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The Irish god, the Dagda, had 2 pigs, one of which was always growing whilst the other was always roasting, & fruit that were always full of fruit! Perfect! As his "un-dry cauldron" said to be bottomless!🎨Jane Brideson ©Recenseo (pigs), mine

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2021-11-27

The Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Baker

In alder trees are symbols of balance between male and female because they have both catkins on the same branch.

In Myths the first man was made of the 🌳 and it was protected by

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In Ireland it is unlucky to cut down a lone hawthorn tree. The tree is considered sacred and thought to be a secret meeting place for the “wee folk” or fairies. Leaving a small offering there ensures good fortune from the fairies in return.
🎨Cicely Mary Barker

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2021-11-27

The kitchen represents the center of the house where the cooking of ingredients take place as if in an alchemical transformation. That's why the kitchen is linked w/ the magic cauldron where a person's raw ideas & passions can be cooked into a tangible meal.

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2021-11-13

Key to a number of potions and balms is mandrake, which had to be handled carefully so it wouldn't scream you to death. Mandrake root was a key ingredient for making a homunculus, for flying ointments, for love potions, and indeed, to prepare for Black Sabbath.

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2021-10-30

Witches of Scandinavian folklore came up with a clever way to get free milk. They made troll cats out of nails and hair. They were often shaped as cats or hares and would steal milk or cream for the neighbours and spit it out into a manger.

🎨Arthur Rackham

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If you can get a ghost between the door and the doorpost, and then slam the door, it will be so tormented it will have to leave you...

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In Gloucestershire there's a superstition that horses can see ghosts.

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2021-10-23

十六日目はヤドリまたはカッパ！
河童の中でもかなり特異な事例。
youkaitover only for kappa!
Please take a look if you like!
kappa-only youkaitober
Day 16:Yadori or Kappa


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2021-10-23

In Irish lore, there is a belief that a house should not be built until a spade is stuck in the ground and left overnight. If the spade is still standing in the morn, it is safe to build without angering the fairies (aos sí) 🧚

🎨Alan Lee

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2021-10-16

🌿🌗🌿Hawthorn trees are sacred to the Fae, and it was believed that anyone foolhardy enough to rest beneath one when the veil between the worlds was thin - at Beltane, the Solstices and Samhain - risked falling under their power and being stolen away.

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The prince thanking the Water sprite, from 'The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland' (1884) by Andrew Lang (illustration by Richard Doyle)

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The colours of the Welsh fairyland, Annwn, are white and gold. As a result, fairies generally have pale skin, blond hair, and pale yellow eyes. Someone born in Wales with such features was often mistrusted, suspected of being secretly a fairy changeling

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Trow are described as small, ugly, deformed creatures sometimes invisible to humans. At night the trow were thought to break into houses to warm themselves around the fire.

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A sprite, a supernatural entity in European mythology. Often depicted as fairy-like creatures or as an ethereal entity


🎨 Mark Potts

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In Ireland it is unlucky to cut down a lone hawthorn tree. The tree is considered sacred and thought to be a secret meeting place for the “wee folk” or fairies. Leaving a small offering there ensures good fortune from the fairies in return.
🎨Cicely Mary Barker

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2021-10-16

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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2021-10-09

In the Kenyan village of Kakamega, some locals believe the resident geese only honk at witches, as they have a sixth sense for identifying them. Families keep geese as security guards to alert them to the presence of witches.

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2021-10-09

According to legend, Siamese cats were used to guard the King of Siam.They would perch on tall pillars placed around his throne; if anyone threatened the King, the cats would leap down on the attacker, slashing with their claws
🎨Eileen Mayo (1906-1994)

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2021-10-03

Different regions have different rules, saying when a cat reaches 7, 8, or 13 years old, it gains magical powers. The bakeneko is a magic cat, a trickster able to shapeshift and create fire. Some even gain two tails, called Nekomata.

🖼: Cake-o

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