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In Norse mythology, Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death. She owned the magical necklace Brisingamen & a cloak of falcon feathers that gave its wearers the gift of flight. She is accompanied by the golden boar Hildisvini & rides in...
#WyrdWednesday
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...and home, they are relatively benign, with no known fatalities reported.
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🎨1. Mizuki Shigeru?
2. Takehara Shunsensai, Ehon Hyaku Monogatari.
3. Matthew Meyer via https://t.co/xobtRY1SJl
4. Brian Jones
5. Unknown
6. Modern depiction by Lili Chin @Yokai_Parade

Jubokko are trees found on battlefields in Japan. It is believed that because they absorb the blood of slaughtered bodies through their roots, they transform into #yokai. They then snatch passers by, pierce their skin and drain every last drop of their blood.
#FolkloreThursday

'The Bathing Pool' - Hubert Robert, 1777-1780.
#art #romanticism #weekendvibes

'Monkey and Bee' - Ohara Koson, ca. 1900s.
#ukiyoe #art #Japan #WorldBeeDay

If you need a daily dose of #folklore, I recommend these hashtags:
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FaustianFriday #SuperstitionSat
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#JapaneseFolklore #yokai #GothicSpring #OwlishMonday #ukiyoe #preraphaelite #Caturday

While most makuragaeshi are happy just to play pranks, some are reportedly far more sinister. There are accounts of people being flipped over or thrown around in their sleep, and even makuragaeshi that sit on the victim’s chest, forcing the air from their lungs or causing...
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Any attempts to walk around it, or climb over it, will prove futile. It is believed that if you tap the ground with a stick near the bottom left of the wall, you may be able to pass. Some descriptions of nurikabe are of a dark or invisible wall, but other depictions show...
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When you think of spring, you think of toads...or is that just me?🤔 Anyway, in Japan, ogama are giant toad #yokai that are created when toads reach 1000 years of age. They live deep in the forests and the larger they grow, the more dangerous they become.
#FolkloreThursday
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In #JapaneseFolklore, the now extinct Japanese wolf features as okuri-okami (or sending off wolf) who trails closely behind travellers, appearing to be sending them on their way and even guiding them to their destination safely. However, there's a catch...
#FolkloreThursday
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