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The Tale of Beatrix Potter, who died #OTD in 1943
Thirty-three books bearing the name “Beatrix Potter” have sold close to 200 million copies. Frank Delaney enquires into the more complex woman behind the safe and warm-hearted stories
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Upcoming Dracula Movies: 'Renfield' & 'The Last Voyage of the Demeter', both by Universal Pictures
My essay on Eiko Ishioka’s costume design examines how Ishioka highlighted a mixture of Western and Eastern cultures. Ranging from Symbolist artists to an armadillo or a lizard, the designer’s influences when creating led to colourful garments https://t.co/mvUot1rkMc
#FolkloreSunday Yule was a time associated with the Wild Hunt. The Wild Hunt is a procession of spectral huntsmen that streak across the sky. Some tales claim that the group is made of fairies, others elves, though most settle on the idea devilish beings.
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#FolkloreThursday Bocuk is the name of a witch-like evil creature in Thracian folk beliefs. By appearing in the coldest days of winter,she does evil & harms people.Although Bocuk is referred to as a male in some villages, she is mostly described as a woman https://t.co/oPUp0sD1lX
Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' illustrated by Tudor Humphries
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#GothicAdvent The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis https://t.co/fzYFJe2umc via @tygertale
“My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood.I am 18 years old...I could have been born a werewolf,because the 2 middle fingers on both my hands are the same length,but I have had to be content with what I had”
― Shirley Jackson,#BOTD 1916,We Have Always Lived in the Castle #GothicAdvent