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The Gashadokuro is a yokai that take the form of a gaint skeleton. They are said to roam around at past midnight looking for lone humans. They then bite the persons head off and drink their blood.

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This All Hallow's Eve is extraordinary for it's coinciding blue-moon (2nd full moon of the month) which is said to call all creature-witches of the Majickal Dales to broom to fly in its radiance until dawn's first light...

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🪦⚰️☠️ Between 1742-1832 plagued churches! Join us & at 1pm for a & discover what lengths churches went to in order to combat them!

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In the middle ages it was believed that witches anointed their bodies with a tincture of Deadly Nightshade to induce the sensation of flying or being changed into animals, as the Atropine in the berries causes hallucination, confusions and convulsions.

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The Mischief of Spirits On All Hallows Eve acrylic and oil on paper 12 x 19 inches.

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The of 31 Oct arrives right on enhancing the energy of as the veil between the worlds thins. It is also especially magically powerful as it is a rare being the second in a month. Img: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

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Cailleach roams free during Samhain in Ireland and Scotland. She is a crone with no patience for anything. She carries a huge hammer to destroy everything she sees.

It is said that she created many places, including Ceann na Caillí ('The Hag's Head').

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Oiwa is a Japanese ghost, the vengeful spirit of a young woman betrayed by her husband. He disfigured her face in an attempt to get rid of her so he could marry a younger woman. She cursed the pair on her death & returned to haunt all who had betrayed her.

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In a woman who die in childbirth may assume the form of a vengeful ghost called 'antu koklir'. It threatens men, the agents responsible for female death, with castration or death by emasculation.

Image: Adeshark in DeviantArt

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The Bean Nighe in Scottish folklore is an omen of death. Found by streams or pools, she sings a wailing dirge while washing blood from the clothes of those who are to die. Some say if you lay eyes upon her, it will be the last thing you see.
📷W.H. Brooke (c.c)

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For before Halloween, here are a few illustrations by Arthur Rackham from The Ingoldsby Legends which is a collection of ghost stories, myths & legends. They were written mostly as pastiches of medieval folklore & poetry.

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By the Pricking of my Thumbs is one of Agatha Christie's later works. It has an eerie plot, with themes such as memory, enigmatic artworks and missing children. There is also an old ruined doll which falls out of a chimney and provides a clue.

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When I was very young, my Auntie June gave me this book, My mother read to me from it, as I poured over the beautiful, whimsical illustrations by Garth Williams. It seeped into my soul.

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In South America, Sinsimito is a bigfoot-like creature with backwards feet and a humanoid body. It falls in love with and kidnaps women; it kills all men by breaking their bones and devouring them. Dance in a circle to escape. It's backwards feet make it fall.

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The Dullahan is the Irish Headless Horseman. This Unseelie Fairy rides a black horse and holds his severed head under his arm. Whoever's name he calls out is said to die. Variations say he dumps blood on passersby. Gold may deter him. https://t.co/w0gDp2UbCY

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Illness manifests as monsters in this 1788 etching by Thomas Rowlandson; ague (the chills) is an eel-like specimen with long bony fingers, while fever is a furry creature with red eyes. 🦠

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Waheelas are gigantic wolves with wider heads, spread-out toes, and long white fur. They are said to hang out in the Northwest Territories, specifically the remote Nahanni Valley, and their hobbies include ripping your head off.

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The hydra might be the most famous monster in Poisonous breath, blood so toxic that the smell was deadly, and an undetermined number of heads that later regenerated exponentially. Herakles killed it with help from his nephew.

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