Clothes in Japan could be deadly. Some kimonos, called kosode no te, could be possessed by the vengeful dead, such as prostitutes whose clients owed them money; or amgry belts, called jatai, strangling bad men in Ehime Prefecture. Watch yourself!

🖼: M. Meyer

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The "kosode-no-te" of Japanese folklore is an artifact spirit (tsukomokami) manifesting within the sleeveless robe (kosode) of a prostitute who died in misery. These vengeful beings have been said to attempt to strangle anyone who puts the robes on!#FolkloreThursday

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That interview where it's said that Sherlock would be William's Mary Magdalene...makes so much sense:

-Far from being a prostitute, she was the best disciple Jesus ever had (even if she wasn't an apostle). There are many theories that explain that they were married. ⬇️⬇️

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Micol Arianna Beltramini e Daniele Serra reinterpretano le murder ballads: storie di incubi, passioni, ossessioni. E sangue, tanto sangue
Bambini perduti nel bosco, amanti crudeli e folli, brigantesse, prostitute, assassini seriali.

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We love the guys at , really love them <3
But when they called Cherry ''Cookie'' and write about her that she's a "vulgar android trucker prostitute" (Prostitute?!?!?! XD)
She didn't properly like it.

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NEW ITEM / Utamaro

"7 Komachi of the Floating World"

He learned painting as a pupil of Toriyama Sekien, an artist of the Kano school. After that, he created attractive artworks whose motifs are famous ladies and prostitutes, and it made his name famous.

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The Visit [Two Sisters](1902)__ Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
''The meeting of a prostitute from the prison hospital with her sister, a nun.'' From this very concrete origin, the Hermitage painting developed until it gained a universal character.

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Tsukumogami No. 11: Kosode No Te

The Kosode No Te is a pair of ghostly hands that emerge from the sleeves of a kimono formerly owned by a prostitute. Some say that if the deceased was owed money in life, the yokai will seek out her debtors and scare them into paying... (1/2)

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A GOBLIN YOU SAY? You mean like Cricket? The fat assed, anal obsessed, S+ tier ass, always horny, always wanting to fuck for days, sexually submissive, prostitute/nymphomaniac? You couldn't possibly- 👁️👁️

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Check out Aiko, the nekomata courtesan. She’s a cheerful, fancy, prostitute. 😉

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So now Isaac is human again, and the Gargoyle (the other one) is free to terrorize the countryside with his pals. But it was all a trick! The woman promised to Isaac isn’t actually Elaine; it’s Germaine, a prostitute who he once loved but who rejected him!

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One for my folklore friends!

What’s your favourite Santa trivia?
Saint Nicolas/Santa Claus/Father Christmas.

Red and white robes, colour of the fly agaric or Coca-Cola*?

My favourite:
St Nicolas
Patron Saint of prostitutes.
https://t.co/QroGknW6yc

* Hex color:#F40009

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Happy St Nicholas Day. St Nicholas was born in Patara, (now in in AD270 & died on 6th December AD343 in Myra (also now in Turkey). He is patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, prostitutes, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students.

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rude women and prostitutes

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Ah shit i just noticed in caitlyn's rework they basically covered all her sexy exposed parts. Im not even dissapointed, it DOES help her look more like a serious cop and not a cop prostitute with guns

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TRUE BLOOD X WINGS OF FIRE

Asra wanders into a foggy small town. What awaits him?

a dragon who vehemently, suspiciously protects him🐉
a lion with debilitating war flashbacks🦁
a pyro maniac fairy prostitute🧚

and a town waiting to eat him

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Parade of Prostitutes
Kitagawa Utamaro
1781-1806

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Figured the best time to post this is Nonsense November. Shes some sort of really weird demon prostitute, I know this certainly isn't for everyone, but she was fun to make

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