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1. Can we talk about these vintage Christmas cards?

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

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💀🎄Since it is Friday the 13th + holiday szn, it seems like the perfect time to share a few death and Christmas superstitions

(GIF by lakritzellaz) #FridayThe13th

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.

Frau Perchta, sometimes known as “the Belly-Slitter” for the trademark punishment she’s said to inflict on disobedient or lazy children, is a Yuletide figure who is in many ways similar to the Krampus.

🎄More in our latest ep of @boneandsickle!
🎧https://t.co/gZ6HHilGyi

In order to protect themselves, people prepare wax crosses and stick them on the right horn of the cows. No one is allowed to comb their hair, or to pronounce the word “lup” (wolf in Romanian), as these might attract the wolves.

🦃 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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Here are some obscure food + death facts for you that will be great #Thanksgiving dinner convo starters —festive, fun, & guaranteed to make everything awkward! (which is probably why I don’t get invited anywhere)

#FolkloreThursday

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