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Records show that fear of changelings was a disturbingly common belief:
“The complexion of the supposed Changeling was perfectly delicate…he never spoke or cried…If he were left never so dirty, the woman on her return found him with a clean face.” (Waldron)

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2021-01-07

In Wales it was believed that a child born on the day the first cuckoo call of the season is heard will be lucky for their whole life.

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2021-01-07

The Cedar tree is often referred to as The Tree of Life in plant folklore, due to it's long life.
It represents purification, with its wood often burnt to ward off evil spirits.

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2021-01-07

Aries is considered the first sign in the zodiac because the spring equinox originally occurred during the sign. (It's now moved to Pisces). Find out some Greek origin myths for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius here 👉 https://t.co/UmFZcmehff [img: Sidney Hall]

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2021-01-07

The daisy is sacred to Freya, Norse goddess of love, beauty & fertility. Thus it came to symbolise childbirth & motherhood. The daisy is actually 2 flowers - a disc floret & a ray floret, which blend together perfectly, so it also symbolises true love. Img: CB

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7th Jan is Distaff Day when Medieval women resumed their spinning after a break over Christmastide. A distaff is used to hold fibre when spinning is done by hand. It was a day of pranks when lads tried to set fire to the flax & in return were doused with water.

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THE LIMINAL When we are on a threshold, between the known & the unknown, between darkness & light, or bordering one year and the next, during any of these liminal moments, it is said that the Community of Shadows stands ready to claim us 🎨Froud

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2020-12-31

NEW YEAR FAY are often encountered at thresholds in time, at midday or midnight, between night & day, darkness & light, & at liminal times like the change of the year & Yuletide Wishing you lots of fairy magic for
🎨Froud

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2021-01-01

According to urban legend, the Goatman is an ax-wielding half-animal, half-man creature that was once a scientist. An experiment backfired and he mutated. He attacks cars with an axe, roaming the back roads of Beltsville, Maryland.

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2020-12-31

In Chinese folklore, 10 sun crows settled in 10 separate suns. The sun crows loved eating two grasses of immortality, one called Diri & the other Chunsheng. They would often descend from heaven on to the earth & feast on these grasses.

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Day 2! The Yule Log was chosen to bring good fortune, healing, prosperity and/or fertility, using trees such as birch, beech, holly, oak, and apple. The flames symbolize the solstice sun reborn.
May your Yule fires burn brightly.

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2020-12-26

The fylgja ("the follower") is a spirit of fate and fortune that follows an individual throughout their life in Norse mythology. They often take the form of an animal that represents the characteristics of their human, and visit them in their dreams.

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2020-12-17

That's the end of a wintery 🎅

Today's theme was Winter Festivals from around the world! Ghosts of Christmas, feasts of Yule, and monsters of Iceland! A holiday treat for all ❄️⛄️❄️

This is signing off. Happy Holidays friend 🎄

🎨? c 1900

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2020-12-10

One of the oldest, wildest and scariest winter festivals must be the legendary Wild Hunt of European folklore - ghostly flying animal figures often led by the god Odin. Some speculate it may have been the inspiration for Santa Claus

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2020-12-11

A lovely dark Christmas episode of the podcast with 'Bad Santas' author about winter festivals (including the scary Krampus run) and the creepy winter folklore characters in them https://t.co/v7EyxQySgh

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2020-12-11

It's the season and it's time for a

I'm not uploading a new one but here are 2 versions of Christmas: The Good and the Creepy!

Look at the images and let them be your

https://t.co/LPncBkmgSE

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2020-12-11

Christmas Eve Ghost stories - about darker, older, more fundamental times: winter, death, rebirth near the darkest day of the year, when the dead might understandably have more access to the living.

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Takarabune (宝船) is a mythical ship of 7 Gods of Fortune. Putting a Takarabune pic under your pillow during the 1st 3 days of the new year will boost your chances of seeing Mt. Fuji, a hawk or an eggplant as your first dream, which will make 2021 a good year.

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