The Ethiopian Crocotta/ Leucrotta is a hybridized were-animal that can mimic human voices to lure their prey. If the creature looks at you three times then it will root you to the spot.
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And this years Halloween self portrait! I was going to be a three eyed ghost, but I ended up creating this instead.
Who needs to take selfies when you can draw them instead?

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Day 8 of our own

Muppet's Haunted Mansion

(First Watch)

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Day 7 of our own

The Blood on Satan's Claw

(First Watch)

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Eden Cooke's Illustrations are fantastically whimsical and perfect for inspiration. Her work includes inspirations from fairy tales, myths, and loads of other bookish art!
https://t.co/pGW912KzZV

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"My father, my father, he seizes me fast,
Full sorely the Erl-King has hurt me at last."—Goethe

The Erlkonig by Schubert



🎨Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Moritz von Schwind, Albert Sterner

https://t.co/4hUbyDoYlA via

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In Celtic lore, fairies had a matriarchal society and were known as "the mothers". The children of fallen angels, they carried off the souls of the dead. Anyone who died at twilight would find themselves in Fairyland, between life & death...

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"The dark and tattered draperies...rustled uneasily about the decorations of the bed...An irrepressible tremor gradually pervaded my frame; and, at length, there sat upon my very heart an incubus of utterly causeless alarm."

—Edgar Allan Poe, died 1849

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6. A Mother's Love

Coraline (2009) is such a banger! Top notch animation. So weird, so fun, so creepy. A Halloween classic!

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Day 6 of
The Brilliant Lovecraftian themed flick…
“THE VOID”

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Just found this old piece I did that was an idea based around Giallo films. The name was simple to come up with once I had the design down. 😁

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Today’s prompt was number 11, “ocs with pumpkin heads”! So I used my good gay married ocs, Ross and Austin

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Illustrations from alchemical manuscript Clavis Artis. The title page states it was written in 1236 by 'Zoroaster' on the skin of a dragon and the book was produced in the late 17thc. There are 3 known editions of the Clavis Artis, 2 illustrated

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Recogiendo la tendencia en estos de octubre os propongo un tuit espantoso cada jornada.
Y hoy, traigo el horror del cólera en 1831 retratado en el rostro real de una joven:

Sana 4h antes de morir

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WATER-ELF DISEASE: Of unknown origins, this caused nails to darken, eyes to water and an urge to look down. One remedy was to make a salve and repeat a 'galdor' (incantation) three times: https://t.co/kvnvWgYNQz (Image: 'Elves', A. Rackham)

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game time

You haunt a medieval castle since 1485 - show us with 4 images what fetters you to this ghostly existence and QT https://t.co/RVFRaEAe8L

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Atropa Belladonna -
It is said that medieval witches made brews and salves using deadly nightshade as a constituent in their "flying" ointments.
Don't try this at home. ☠️

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