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I love these wet noses and soft paw pads. They are so cute that they win the hearts of everyone. There are many superstitions about the mysterious abilities of cats. Moreover, these cats live in the nft universe and know a little more about it than we do.

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How to have power over men & animals

• bury a toad in an ants nest
• once flesh removed, throw the bones into a stream at midnight St. Mark's Eve
• bones that swim upstream are kept, they have the power of magic


🎨le Dictionnarie Infernal 1863

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Hi and thank you so much for this opportunity! I'm into pre-colonial Filipino notions of spirituality and its relation to queerness, and I would love to work on a story idea that spins a twist on the "pagpag" superstition 💝💝

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Irish "Gaoth Sidhe" (Fairy Wind) is a sudden gust of wind rising out of nowhere. Lots of omens and superstitions linked to it. In fact, the word Sidhe,"fairy"also means "gust of wind" My drawing and my song "The Wind Song" Listen 🎵: https://t.co/nF21SJdODb

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In Argentina there is a saying ' viento del este, lluvia como peste' which means: east wind will surely bring rain, cause gusts from the east are usually humid & stormy

Pic by J W Waterhouse

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Edward Dimon of Marblehead, MA, was quite a wizard. He would use his powers to watch & call out to ships at sea, encased in violent storms, guiding them thru to safety. He did this miles away from the village cemetery.

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In South Wales, Friday was the fairies’ day, it was their whim to make the weather differ
'When the rest of the week is fair, Friday is apt to be rainy, or cloudy; & when the weather is foul, Friday is apt to be more fair.’ (W. Sikes 1880)


🖼️: M.Tarrant 1924

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In Iceland, there's an old belief that dreaming of a white sheep means it's going to snow the next day. Perhaps because of this association, knitting with wool outdoors is traditionally discouraged, as it's believed to prolong winter.

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“The Ceffyl Dŵr or water horse is a superstition common...to all the Celtic race...An evil spirit, who...would induce the unwary stranger to mount him and soaring over river and mountain would suddenly melt into...mist and precipitate his rider to destruction”

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In kamikiri mushi are a type of magical insect with razor-sharp hands & beak. They sneak into homes & cut off people's hair, often while they're sleeping. Some believe that kamikiri attacks are to prevent people unknowingly marrying a yokai.

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In medieval times ladybirds were symbols of good luck and protection, as they ate the aphids destroying the farmers’ crops. In English folklore, a ladybird landing on your hand means you will be married within the year.
🎨Blanche Fisher Wright

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Halloween traditions feed off superstition.
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The final of my new Scary Stories series! Prints coming soon!

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In Ancient Mayan legends the Hummingbird was made from other bird's feathers. The Hummingbird was celebrated by all for its beauty, magic & wit.

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While ominous lore surrounds ravens, in Greek myth they were seen as prophetic & tied to Apollo, the god of prophecy. Apollo adored & used them as his messengers, gallant spies, & avian assistants who could see what was happening in his world 🖤

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In both China and Japan the goose is linked with the moon. It was common for the family of a bride to give a goose as a gift to the groom.

🎨'White-fronted Goose - Ohara Koson.

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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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Scholars pondered the witches' ability to Metamorphosis, but concluded them to be diabolical illusions. The peasants ignored this, there were several testimonies in🇸🇪Dalarna that a bird flew out of a witch's mouth in the moment of death (older Scandinavian belief)#SuperstitionSat

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Traditionally sailors considered a flying albatross to be a sign of good luck. Killing an albatross was said to be extremely unlucky. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner the death of the albatross brought terrible bad luck, including a lack of drinking water.

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