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Isabella Mazzanti’s illustrations for ‘Carmilla’
#WorldDraculaDay
Sweet Death: Honey and Bees in Death Rituals 🐝 💀🍯
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(Art - Nicholas Tolmachov) #WorldBeeDay
Remembering mothers who have lost a child to violence, by Tavo Santiago
#DiaDeLasMadres #MothersDay
According to a 15th century guide, witches were capable of making penises vanish—and some even kept them as pets. According to the guide, witches kept their penis-pets in nests and fed them oats.
#FolkloreThursday #Body lore
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The Enduring Allure of Baba Yaga, an Ancient Swamp Witch Who Loves to Eat People
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(Gif by Naomi Nowak)
Telling the bees ritual - when someone dies ‘a member of the household… is told to visit the hives, and rattling a chain of small keys tap on the hive and whisper three times: Little brownies, little brownies, your mistress is dead.”
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#folklorethursday
The Enduring Allure of Baba Yaga, an Ancient Swamp Witch Who Loves to Eat People
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(Gif by Naomi Nowak)
A beautiful goethite that kinda looks like a heart 💙 From Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain via awminerals.
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.
On Christmas Eve in Finland, the dead are honored guests 💀🎄
(GIF by lakritzellaz)
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