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If you are visiting the mountains of Japan, beware, for there are #yokai lurking. The ferocious karasu (crow) tengu waits in treetops ready to swoop and snatch away unsuspecting victims. Hanataka (long-nosed) tengu are less dangerous but they can conjure...
#FairyTaleTuesday
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'Psyche Opening the Golden Box' by John William Waterhouse, 1904.
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Two modern witchy tarot decks are The Everyday Witch Tarot (left) illustrated by Elisabeth Alba and The Modern Witch Tarot (right) created by Lisa Sterle.
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The Greek god Hermes (or Roman Mercury) was generally associated with the Magician card. Two decks that depict Hermes as the Magician are The Mythic Tarot (left), which is based on Greek mythology, and The Alchemical Tarot (right) by Robert Place.
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'Echo and Narcissus' by John William Waterhouse (1903) illustrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
#SwampSunday #preraphaelite
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In #JapaneseFolklore there is a gruesome practice known as hitobashira, which refers to a living human being buried alive in the foundations of building, especially castles or bridges. These sacrifices were a form of magic based on the belief that...
#MythologyMonday
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