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I don't tend to take many photos as they often don't come out well but had to take one of this polished handaxe which includes a fossil orthocone, an extinct group of squid-like cephalopods
Art by Richard Bizley
#WyrdWednesday Black Shuck is a huge hound with glowing red-eyes who haunts the fens, lanes and churchyards of East Anglia, and is often viewed as an omen of impending death.
🎨by Graham Humphreys, 'The Usborne Book of the Haunted World', 1995.
@skippybe Would you settle for a gigantic pelagic crustacean instead? If so the Con Rit's got you covered.
https://t.co/37x3IP0unS
@fizzhog_com @kateinnes2 Here you go, Raggety returns to haunt your nghtmares. You're welcome.
"As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus...waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill"
Bleak House, Charles Dickens, 1852 #BookWormSat
🎨Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
And just found the full first day cover art for them both too, complete with Death's-head hawkmoth
"The White Woman" is a harmless being who slowly dissolves into thin air when encountered by children. She is depicted floating through a field of mullein flowers. The mullein stands for fearlessness and protection from evil spirits.
#DontgointotheWoods The Tälibudel from Liechtenstein is a dog-like spirit with fiery red eyes said to have chased an alpine shepherd from his hut.
🎨 by Eliane Schädler for @PostEurop's 2022 stamp theme of Myths & Legends
https://t.co/upPCD5J5HP
#FaustianFriday 'Man Proposes, God Disposes' by Edwin Landseer depicts the aftermath of the doomed Franklin Arctic expedition. It is covered by a Union Flag during exams at Royal Holloway, Uni. of London, as students believe they will fail the exam or go mad if they look at it.
@urbanfantasist @Reddit Already pre-installed, how convenient!