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The word witch dates from around 800 AD. It referred to men who practised witchcraft, but 200 years later it referred to female magicians and sorceresses. Later it meant women who cooperated with the devil
Source: A Glossary of Witch Words https://t.co/Te05z7g6YG

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2022-08-26

"Is that all true, Mère Pinquèle?" he said.
"Oh, quite true, and not only that, the best part is yet to come; for they take a child and—" Here Mère Pinquèle showed her fang-like teeth.
"Oh! Mère Pinquèle, are you a witch too?"
— 'The Other Side' (1893) 3/3

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2022-08-26

Wishing everybody a fabulous

Nymphs Dancing to Pan’s Flute, by Joseph Tomanek, c.1920.

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2022-08-26

Darklings!

Today's ends now. And while it's all things over here again, share lore of haunted mines and the crafting of cursed gems with Sam and celebrate dark, weird literature with

🖼️ J. Panuška https://t.co/RTY3Y6demH

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2022-08-20

In Greek lore, Keres were death spirits with gnashing teeth and claws, who spread disease amongst the living. Although most often drawn to the battlefield, they could be prevented from entering homes by painting sticky tar onto door frames...

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2022-08-20

A vampire-like creature apparently stalked the streets of Alnwick, England in 1196, spreading plague in its wake. Two local men dug it up and attacked it with a spade before destroying the monster, thus ending its reign of terror [My AI Image]

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2022-08-20

Cerberus, three-headed, snake-tailed dog of Hades, guarded the entrance to the underworld, to prevent the souls of the dead from ever leaving...

🎨William Blake

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2022-08-20

Alright hi! Gem based magical girl Crystal here! So signed my soul away to faustian gods got powers destroyed the world once. Was sealed away But the desires of people from the recovering world and maybe other worlds broke the seal and now I’m here to redeem myself and give hope!

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2022-08-20

In 'The Were-Wolf' (Clemence Housman, 1896), a family living in the woods waits for one of the eldest sons to come home in a snow storm. As they huddle together, they're haunted by a quiet voice at the door calling "Open, open; let me in!" 1/5

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2022-08-19

A vampire can be prevented from leaving its grave in the first place by stuffing the entrance with woven linen. It has to remain behind to disentangle and straighten the threads...

🎨Wiertz

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2022-08-19

Some replies to a All Hallow's Eve invitation from the girls at Colwall Court (1935-1958), School of Domestic Economy (finishing school, day & boarding), Pages Avenue, 1939.

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2022-08-19

In C. S. Lewis' Cosmic Trilogy, the Devil can only possess people if they invite him. Weston is being tempted by Satan, but only when he egomaniacally yells "I, Weston, am your God and your Devil! I call that Force into me completely!" is Satan able to enter him.

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2022-08-19

if i had a nickel for every time the dorky protagonist sacrificed himself for the woman he loved after making a faustian pact to impress her, all while putting on a play, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's epic that it happened twice

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2022-08-13

Train station and school bathrooms are a hot spot for Japanese school kids playing with ghosts, going in at dark or after school on hopes of drawing the attention of train-split Teke-Teke or bpood-draining Aka Manto, sometimes speaking to them.

🖼: M. Meyer

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2022-08-12


Alongside Satan and Moloch, Belial is one of the only named demons in the Bible. He is a fiend of worthlessness and lawlessness who is especially deceitful. He is also a miserable coward who is especially afraid of God and His judgment, but is too lazy to repent.

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In Romanian lore, if one cut oneself in a churchyard at night and the blood flowed onto a grave, the corpse inside could become a revenant...

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"It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found"
(D.W. Winnicott)

Welcome Darklings to faites votre jeu morbide,

We RT between 10 am - 10 pm CET

🎨 anotherdamian (2013)

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2022-08-12

Hello! Crystal the gem based magical girl here! So I destroyed the world once and the faustian gods weren’t pleased with it so they sealed me away but because of people in this recovering world and maybe from other worlds calling for me to return I’m back at level 1 but still!

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2022-08-12

Hello! The gem based Magical Girl Crystal here! Destroyed my world once faustian gods punished me by sealing me away, and people from my recovering world and maybe other worlds broke the spell by wanting me around and now in between helping the world recover I give others hope!

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2022-08-11

It's always annoying when humans regret their Faustian Bargains and plead for their Sanity and Soul...

Like... my Brother in Tentacles you *ASKED* for this... smh

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