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In medieval Wallachia and Transylvania it was believed that every house had a guardian snake near the foundation and was said that killing it would bring the imminent death of a member of the household. #FolkloreThursday

Jan von Goyen (1633) Peasant Huts with a Sweep Well

@FolkloreThurs Witches' Sabbath (1798) by Spanish Painter Francisco Goya, with the devil incarnated as a crowned goat surrounded by a coven of witches, young and old, and being offered a child for either initiation or for feasting. #FolkloreThursday

#FolkloreThursday Jonah in the New Testament a prophet sent by God on a journey to Nineveh to warn the residents of impending divine wrath. Instead Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish where he would be caught in a storm, swallowed by a whale for 3 days and regurgitated near Nineveh.

The Victors of Lepanto (from left: Don Juan de Austria leading the Spanish fleet, Marcantonio Colonna leader of the Papal Fleet, Sebastiano Venier #Venetian admiral) #OTD #DonJohn #History 2/2

Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V on horseback at Bologna in 1530 by Jacopo Ligozzi, c. 1580 (L)

#Charles V, enthroned over his defeated enemies (from left): Suleiman, Pope Clement VII, Francis I, the Duke of Cleves, the Duke of Saxony and the Landgrave of Hesse. (R) #OTD

#OTD 1500 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was born in Ghent. Arguably one of the most influential monarchs of the 16th century, he consolidated Imperial/Spanish influence in Italy, Western Mediterranean, linked Europe with the American dominions and fought against Protestantism1/3

#OTD 1804 First #Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire started, with Đorđe Petrović leading the revolt. The first uprising would last until 7 October 1813 and be suppressed. However, a second uprising would start in 1815. #History

@FolkloreThurs Tristan and Iseult, a tragic tale of romance that has had a significant influence on Western art and literature. Paintings by Herbert James Draper(Left), Hughes Merle (R up), John Duncan (R lower)

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#OTD 1692 Massacre of Glencoe takes place after the Jacobite uprising of 1689-1692, where 38 unarmed MacDonalds of Glencoe were killed by troops under Robert Campbell of Glenlyon from Clan Campbel. #History #Scottish

Painting by Peter Graham,After the Massacre of Glencoe 1889

Gerrit Dou, one of the most iconic painters of the #Dutch Golden Age, died #OTD 1675. A student of Rembrandt's, he became known for his nocturnal settings with strong chiaroscuro. #art #History

The Quack Doctor, 1652 (#Dou leaning on the window), The Physician, The Silver Ewer