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Black Dogs are often seen as harbingers of death. The demonic dog roaming Cannock Chase, known as the ‘ghost dog of Brereton,’ has been seen stalking the roads leading to Brereton. It has been described as large & black with sharp pointed ears & glowing eyes.

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In Ainu legends, the Good & Evil deities agreed that those who saw the sun rise first would rule the world. While all faced the East, Fox-god looked West & saw the sunrise first as it was reflected from a high peak. & that's why the good spirits rule the Earth.

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"Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path, for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down.”

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The of Tom Kitten written & illustrated by is an endearing children’s about manners. It tells of a naughty kitten called Tom, his mischievous sisters Moppet & Mittens and their harassed mother Tabitha Twitchit.

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The cù-sìth is a mythological hound from Scottish folklore. A similar creature exists in Irish folklore (the cú sídhe), & it also bears some resemblance to the Welsh Cŵn Annwn. It's said those who hear it must reach safety by its third bark or risk dying of fear

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Martin Shaw writes, "Sometimes you have to sit with a story for 10 years before it knows you're serious about it." 2021 marks a decade telling the Handless Maiden I'm serious.

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The of legend is reborn at (October 31st) as an old woman & ages in reverse during the Winter months until becoming a beautiful young woman by (May 1st)

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Chione or Khione (from χιών - chion, Ancient Greek for, "snow") was the goddess of snow in Greek mythology, daughter of Boreas, god of the chill North wind and Winter, and his wife, Oreithyia, the lady of mountain gales.
Art - Volkan Baga

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Queen of Winter, Skadi married into the gods as the price for her father's death. With snowshoes she comes down from her mountains to visit the sea, where Njord lives: theirs is a tragic but enduring love. Which side will she join at Ragnarok?

🖼: W. Dada

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The Cailleach's reign has begun. Master of winter, she is stern and hard but she is a wisdom-giver. The weight of wisdom is a stone about the neck, but those willing to use winter to reflect and plan, and are generous, gain wisdom and bounty.

🖼: M.T. Caya

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A Sami tale tells of a crafty little reindeer that escapes a terrible stalo or troll by making him chase after her over a thick layer of fresh, powdery snow. The reindeer's hooves dance lightly over the snow, but his huge, heavy feet see him buried underneath.

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The snowdrop fairy
🎨Cicely Mary Barker

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In some Gaelic myth, were regarded as either non-human nature spirits or as spirits of the dead. They would exist in 'faerie mounds' awaiting reincarnation (a similar belief regarding elves in northern Europe).

🎨 The Fairy Raid by Sir Noel Paton 1867

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The wren is the Druid Bird in Irish Gaelic & in Welsh the word ‘dryw’ means both druid & wren, as the bird symbolises wisdom & divinity, & its song is portentous. Harming its nest or killing a wren is very unlucky, & the wrong-doer may be struck by lightning.

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A young child knows about death from an early age and reading to or with them
about the greatest story ever told is loving and heartwarming.
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Avoid the fourth toilet stall in Japan, especially at schools. You will discover it without toilet paper, and a voice will offer you red or blue paper. Both will lead to a gory end at the hands of Aka Manto, a murderous modern spirit in red

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“It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye.”

~ Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling ~



by Josef Paleček

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As a child I found Hauff's fairytale 'das kalte Herz' (the cold heart) rather terrifying. Set in the Black Forest it features Peter Munk (not happy with being poor), the Glasmännchen (on the side of light) and the ginormous Holländermichel (on the side of dark)

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