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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 ⤵️
https://t.co/RE55O9ZDNF

Many of them will be on their way to The Brocken, the highest peak in Germany’s Harz Mountain range, surrounded by a deep, dark and wild forest that is often shrouded in thick mists and inhabited by strange otherworldly beings.

Walpurgisnacht falls exactly 6 months after Samhain. It is believed that on these 2 nights the veil between the worlds separating the living and the dead - the seen and the unseen thins; allowing devils, demons and witches to mingle openly among us.

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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

On April 30th it’s 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 Witches’ Night here ⤵️
https://t.co/LbqFAEE1R2

The Ancestor by Leonora Carrington who was born #OnThisDay

According to Mexica beliefs, both warriors and women who died in childbirth were transformed into hummingbirds after death.

At my house, whenever we see a hummingbird we say ‘An ancestor has come to visit’ and thank them.

(Art by Kate O’Hara)

Across cultures and throughout human history birds have been associated with death.

Owls and nocturnal birds are almost synonymous with death, their nocturnal habits equating them with ghosts. Simply seeing one or having one land near your house can signal impending death