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Halloween on the island of Hopeless, Maine for (Salamandra and not too personal demon)

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2021-10-26

Insomnia struck again, currently fuelled by tea. 3 tiny to cheer anyone up that might need it today.

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2021-10-26

Gather all ye 🧙‍♀️
At the rock in the misty place
It's time for the Hags 100
The October🧹race.

With the rising of the ghostly🌘
When all the world's a-tremble
The sisters of the cauldron join
To watch competitors assemble.

🎨Mark Joyce

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2021-10-26

Baba Yaga appears in many Slavic folk tales. She's an ugly, fierce-looking old witch who flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, & lives in a forest hut that stands on chicken legs. Depending in the tale, she can be a villain, a helper, or ambiguous.

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2021-10-26

Bayun the gigantic man-eating cat who lurks in the Siberian forests. His voice is said to be both hypnotic and curative. Illustration by K. Kuznetsov

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2021-10-20

This is the only kind of castle for unicorns and white stags...


by Sieskja

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2021-10-20

I’m under the weather today. So here’s a bit of Arthur Rackham’s Edwardian, gothic magic to cheer us up: it’s a splendid witch and then a witch “in cat form” during the day. Hugs to you all 🤎

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2021-10-19

On a stormy night , she gave birth to her thirteenth child, having cursed it to be the devil. And it was: the Jersey Devil was born a child who over time grew cloven feet, a goat's head, bat-like wings, and a forked tail.

🖼: N. Anderson

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2021-10-19

Day 18 The two lived happily for years. One day Lucas went out hunting. His wife tried to keep him from going, for she had felt some kind of dark premonition. But he paid no attention.

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2021-10-19

Garm is the Red Rag, a wolf so drenched with the blood of the dead he simply looks red. He has always guarded Helheim, since before there was even a Hel, not allowing anyone in or anyone out. He will only abandon his post to join in Ragnarok.

🖼: KayDaKay

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2021-10-19

In there is a known as makuragaeshi, which translates as pillow flipper. This creepy phenomenon is caused by a ghostly child spirit believed to haunt rooms. If you sleep there, you may wake up with your pillow flipped...

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2021-10-19

In Cumbrian folklore, a Bargest is a frightening spirit which has the power of foretelling death. It generally appears in the form of a large black dog. A strike from it's paw leaves a wound that never heals

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2021-10-19

"There appeared unto her a Blacke Dogge: speaking unto her, and desiring her to give him her Soule, and he would give her power to doe any thing shee would..."
- The Confession of Alison Device, hung for 1612

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2021-10-19

That wraps up another Join here next week for a new theme.

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Art: Crescenzio Onofri/Livio Mehus

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2021-10-19

Koschei the Deathless is one of the stock villains of Slavic folklore. He is an immortal sorcerer who his his soul in an egg on the mystical isle of Buyan, and is known for kidnapping fair maidens.

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2021-10-13

it’shorror Dark Fairytale Origins - Princess & the Frog

Modern day says the spell was broken by the kiss of a princess, but originally the Prince’s return to human form was brought on by the princess flinging the poor frog against the wall in anger & disgust😧

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2021-10-13

"Fee, fie, fo, fum. I'd love some babies in a bun. Then some little boys and girls, finished off with chocolate whirls!" The Giant, Jack and the Beanstalk. Read here: https://t.co/ENs7q0y3J0
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2021-10-13

The trickster púca (Irish for spirit/ghost) is a mischievous shapeshifter, taking the form of a rabbit, goat or black horse with red eyes. The púcaí are known to be capricious, either wreaking havoc or bringing good luck.


🎨Tony M. DiTerlizzi

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2021-10-13

Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek are Canadian artists, who work collaboratively under the name "Tin Can Forest." They draw inspiration from the forests of Canada and Slavic art and folklore, which is rife with shapeshifting characters.

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2021-10-12