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It was believed that witches rubbed their bodies with goose fat, which enabled them to fly.
People left the fat in a pot outside as an offering to witches on Christmas night, enabling the witches to take nightly ‘Grease Flights’ over the 12 days of Christmas.
However, theres a lesser known and darker manifestation of the holiday that includes a figure called Dark or Bloody Lucy, who I believe primarily appears in Bavaria and Austria.
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🎄🐦💀❤️ According to Bo Wreden, Victorians "liked to send out cards with dead birds on them, robins in particular, which related to ancient customs and legends.
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Peau d'Âne (1970)
Baby Doll (1956)
Kuroneko (1958)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Aztec god Chalchiuhtotolin (Precious Night Turkey) was a plague god that had the power to change an individual's fate. Turkeys were sometimes eaten on important festival days or used in rituals, including funeral feasts & as burial offerings.
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