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Vassilisa with Baba Yaga’s Fire, by Kate Adams
🎧💀Learn more about Baba Yaga on the latest episode of @boneandsickle
Isabella Mazzanti’s illustrations for ‘Carmilla’
#WorldDraculaDay
The family patriarch would rise at midnight & wash his hands in water three times. Barefoot, he would throw beans over his shoulder or spit them out in various places.
It was believed that souls resided within beans and that this would confuse & distract the ghosts.
The Enduring Allure of Baba Yaga, an Ancient Swamp Witch Who Loves to Eat People
(Gif by Naomi Nowak) #FolkloreThursday
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Remembering mothers who have lost a child to violence.
By artist Tavo Santiago
#DiaDeLasMadres #MothersDay
Portland resident Mike Egan is both an artist and funeral director 💀
Tonight is Witches’ Night!
April 30th is Walpurgisnacht, which means we’re halfway to Halloween. On these two nights the veil between the living and the dead thins and the night belongs to WITCHES.
Read more about Walpurgisnacht here ⤵️
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On April 30th it will be Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES.
#FolkloreThursday