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"The Great Red Dragon Paintings" are a series of watercolour paintings by William Blake, painted between 1805 and 1810. These paintings depict "The Great Red Dragon" in various scenes from the "Book of Revelation".
#FolkloreThursday Feldgeister are corn demons from German folklore. During harvest season, Feldgeister flee deeper into the fields to escape the mowers. Direct contact to the Feldgeist causes illness. https://t.co/JRlY0di5R0
#art by Jannaphia and Igor Krstic
"Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing" (Edited)
William Blake (1786)
Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep: the hypnagogic state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep.Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include hallucinations,lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis
#WyrdWednesday Hekate is a goddess in ancient Greek mythology. She is associated with crossroads,entrance-ways, night,magic,witchcraft,knowledge of poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery. Hekate has been incorporated in neopaganism, in some cases associated with the Wild Hunt
Dark concept art by Gustaf Tenggren for Disney's "Pinocchio" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" #GothicAesthetics
"The Devil skating when Hell freezes over", John Collier, oil on canvas, 2012. #Baturday
Baudelaire was influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, and his translations of Poe's work became definitive to know the American writer's narratives in Europe. Baudelaire commented that Poe's death was "almost a suicide, a suicide prepared for a long time". 2/5
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#SuperstitionSat Blackberries were considered protective against earthbound spirits and vampires. If planted near a home, a vampire couldn’t enter because he would obsessively count the berries and forget what he was about.
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