GUARDIAN ANGELS The idea that every living being has its own attendant spirit is shared by many cultures. The literature of encounters with is vast; a surprising number of people speak of experiencing angelic assistance or visions Ills Mann; Galli Swinstead

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A TAXONOMY OF ANGELS
The Nine Choirs of Angels:
First order: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones
Second order: Dominions, Powers, Virtues
Third order: Principalities, Archangels, Angels
Image: Victorian Christmas Card bring trees and Lilies

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While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads…
“The Christmas Dream” by French artist-adventurer Jules Tavernier (1844-1889)— the content pre-empting many a contemporary horror film.

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16. ‘The Open Door’, Margaret Oliphant,
"restlessly wandering to & fro; sometimes the voice dropped, as if throwing itself down, sometimes wandered off a few paces, growing sharp & clear. “Oh, mother, let me in! oh, mother, mother, let me in! oh, let me in!”"

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To wish someone wealth and prosperity, give them a gift of jewellery. Spiders symbolise reward and recognition for creativity and hard work.

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Albtei im Eichwald / The Abbey in the Oak Wood, Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1808-1810. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

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チャオを育てるシルバーが
見てみたいですね!!

そう言えば新ソニのクライシスシティにも
chao in spaceの看板なかったっけ?
(・ω・)?




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Made an animation of a after seeing the short!
I’ve loved these guys since and still play to this day. I’ve spent an ungodly amount of time in the chao garden.
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GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME. 3rd spirit to appear to Scrooge. 'The Phantom gravely, silently, approached, shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand'. Images 1843, 1920, 1970

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I drew me and a friend's dragons like Chaos 0 (●´ω`●)

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JACK FROST Is wonderfully In 1902 he appears in 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus', by L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz. He's re-imagined by Arthur Rackham in Allies' Fairy Book 1916, Hawthorne's Wonder Book 1922 & in Linda Ravenscroft

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VICTORIAN XMAS After all nothing quite says Christmas like an amorous root vegetable, a group of pyromaniac sparrows or a grotesque-looking teapot lady!! You have to love Xmas cards

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The horrible, terrible (and sometimes benevolent) Frau Perchta, a cousin to the is the topic of the new episode now out. Complete with music and FX. on , Stitcher, etc. and link here:
https://t.co/QejS2EunkA

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THE SNOW QUEEN'S MIRROR makes anything good in the world appear bad & all that is evil & worthless seem attractive. It's the work of a Hobgoblin. If a fragment enters a person's eye they will see only faults, if a splinter enters a person's heart it will turn to ice

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In Polish folklore, Turoń is a festive monstrosity in the form of a black, horned and shaggy animal with a flopping jaw. Its appearance can be noticed at folk events during the period of Christmas, yet most likely in times of Carnival and before Lent begins.

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