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💀 dead moth messenger
🔥 birds about to do an arson
🐦 other birds who possibly did a MURDER
🦞 lobsters. why?

1. Can we talk about these vintage Christmas cards?

“Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” - witch moths sending you ‘season’s greetings’

The Devil Skating When Hell Freezes Over, by John Collier

However, there’s 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.

🦃 Turkeys came from Mexico. Mexica/Aztecs served turkey at funeral feasts and used it as burial offerings.

There was also a plague god named Chalchiuhtotolin, which translates to PRECIOUS NIGHT TURKEY
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Aztec god Chalchiuhtotolin (the 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 and as burial offerings.

The art of Saturnino Herrán

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For today’s #FolkloreThursday here’s some insect folklore about bees & death💀🐝

In the 18th & 19th centuries in the U.S. and Western Europe, a strange ritual involving households that kept bees took place called ‘The Telling of the Bees.’

(Image by Nikolay Tolmachev)

The Enduring Allure of Baba Yaga, an Ancient Swamp Witch Who Loves to Eat People

(Gif by Naomi Nowak)
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Liyen Chong’s hair embroidery 💀