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@MariaStrutz @FranconianExile Owls and peaches, together at last! In China and Japan apparently both are auspicious and can ward off evil, so the combination is doubly powerful
https://t.co/a0mJmCSx2n
@GemmaKhawaja @ScarredForLife2 This was the main Mothman image that got to me. At least that was over in America though so safely distanced (though still terrifying), Owlman was in England and in woodland just like the ones I knew. The Dover Demon was just odd.
#VintageChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasCard (click for full reveals)
#VintageChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasCard (click for full reveals)
A thread of some more bizarre #VintageChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasCard for your enjoyment (click to reveal them in their full glory)
Once again a shout-out to @weird_christmas who shares so many of these baffling cards from the past for us to marvel at today
The Lady of the Cold is a character from Tove Jansson's 5th #Moomin book 'Moominland #Midwinter' (1957). She brings ice and snow to #Moominvalley and is described as extremely beautiful. However if you look into her eyes she will instantly freeze you to death #GothicAdvent 🥶❄️🌨️
In traditional Himalayan #folklore Yetis are sometimes said to have feet that point backwards to #trick hunters attempting to track their footprints in the snow🏔️👣🦍
Explains why no one's ever managed to find one.
#FolkloreThursday #GothicAdvent #cryptozoology
American #FolkArt "Carved wood sculpture of an #exorcism scene, Mid-western, circa 1910, depicting a group of people surrounding a child in bed with a demon"
Love the eyes peeking out from under the covers 👀
Sold by Sotheby's last year https://t.co/LhBHXvmnDT
#FolkloreThursday lumberman Albert Ostman told a tale of how he was kidnapped by a family of Sasquatch in the wild woods of British Columbia in 1924. He was snatched up in his sleeping bag and kept for 6 days, eventually escaping when the father fell ill after eating his snuffbox
Chickcharnies live in pine forests on the island of Andros, #Bahamas. If you meet one and are polite they will help you, but if you are rude they will twist your head off. They are suggested to be based on giant extinct barn owls #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #FairyTaleTuesday