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“It held a branch of green holly in its hand; and in singular contradiction to that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers”
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#GothicAdvent Christmas Ghosts
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“... the Yule-clog and Christmas candle were regularly burnt, and the mistletoe with its white berries hung up..."(Washington Irving)
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#GothicAdvent: Pagan Christmas Customs
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"And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" (13:33)
@bjorn_stjerne is pushing @DirkPuehl away and taking over #FaustianFriday for the next hour.
The details of "Charon and Passenger Cross the River Styx" by Pandora Young.
#FaustianFriday #GothicAesthetics
#FairyTaleTuesday Rhodopis while bathing an eagle snatched one of her sandals; it flung it into the king's -Memphis- lap; by the strangeness of the occurrence & beauty of the sandal, he sent men in quest of to find who wore it. The king found her in Naucratis & became his wife.
"He that revels in a well-chosen library has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavor."
— William Godwin
#FaustianFriday #DarkAcademia
Introducing myself, @LordSteerpike, as one of the first Dark Queens of #FaustianFriday. I shall begin with a four image game to exemplify my aesthetic: my attire, my abode, my specialisation (Necromancy), and the historical figure that I identify with (Circe). #DarkAcademia