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Love the contrast of these two together - Forgetting Passions, 1913, and Satan’s Treasures, 1895, by Jean Delville (1867 - 1953)
Bacchanalia, also called Dionysia, one of the several festivals of Bacchus (Dionysus) the wine god. The Great Dionysia had dramatic performances in the theatre of Dionysus. There was also the Lenaea, which included a procession and dramatic performances #FolkloreThursday
Leaving the office on Friday? Broom? Check! Clothes? Well, they’re overrated! #FridayFeeling ‘The Witches Sabbath aka Muse of the Night’ 1880 and ‘Departure of the Witches’ 1878 by Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896)
The Red Cap or Bloody Cap is an unseelie fae Goblin creature from Anglo-Scottish folklore. The name comes from it's hat or cap made of human skin and soaked with the blood of travellers it kills; this must not ever dry out else the fae will grow sick and die #FolkloreThursday
In my corner of the world in Southern England as children we were scared half to death on dark nights of Black Shuck, a ghostly black dog with glowing eyes; it was said that to meet him is to be warned that your death will occur before the end of the year #FolkloreThursday