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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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Hecate is a Greek goddess known for her associations with witchcraft, however she originally ruled over sky, earth and sea, and was linked to fertility. She carried flaming torches and was considered a bringer of light and a powerful guardian deity.
#halloween2021
🎨Mythic Tarot

One of my favourite films is Studio Ghibli's extraordinary 'Spirited Away,' a story about a young girl who finds herself transported to a supernatural world. The idea of a world full of spirits, and the possibility of being spirited away is based on the idea...
#WyrdWednesday
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In #JapaneseFolklore there is a #yokai known as makuragaeshi, which translates as pillow flipper. This creepy phenomenon is caused by a ghostly child spirit believed to haunt rooms. If you sleep there, you may wake up with your pillow flipped...
#FairyTaleTuesday #ayokaiaday
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In Greek mythology Hypnos and his brother Thanatos are the gods of sleep and death respectively. They reside in the underworld realm of Hades, Hypnos in the light and Thanatos in the dark.
#FolkloreThursday
🎨'Sleep & His Half-Brother Death' - John William Waterhouse, 1874.

In Norse mythology, Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death. She owned the magical necklace Brisingamen and a cloak of falcon feathers that gave its wearers the gift of flight. She is accompanied by the golden boar Hildisvini and...
#WyrdWednesday
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More art by Lim Heng Swee.

The Devil features in the Tarot Major Arcana. Here are three card versions, this first one is from the Della Rocca Italian Soprafino deck from around 1880.
#WyrdWednesday #tarotcards
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In Greek mythology Hypnos & his brother Thanatos are the gods of sleep & death respectively. They reside in the underworld realm of Hades, Hypnos in the light & Thanatos in the dark.
#MythologyMonday #preraphaelite
🎨'Sleep & His Half-Brother Death'-John William Waterhouse, 1874.