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Redcaps are viciously quick creatures but seem to prefer hurling large stones at those who trespass in a Redcaps lair. It is said they can be chased away with words of scripture, or permanently dealt with by brandishing a crucifix at them. 🩸

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In some versions of the Norse legend of Sigurd, the blood of the dragon Fafnir is a burning poison. However, in other versions, drinking Fafnir's blood allows Sigurd to talk to animals or bathing in the blood makes his skin so hard that no weapon can pierce it.

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The Cerastes
“horned”, is one of the many snakes born from the blood of in the Libyan desert.


A book of creatures
https://t.co/rCwQnuRtUm

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The blood of the Lernaen Hydra was so poisonous that even a sniff of it could kill you. Heracles went a-hunting at Lake Lerna, mouth of the Underworld, armed with a sword, torch and face mask, shown here being worn as a bandanna, trendy but useless-sssss

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It is believed that the blood dripping from the severed head of Medusa gave birth to serpents...
Pic Medusa by Caravaggio

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Birds mourn the death of Orpheus, who was torn to pieces by Maenads. Even the river mourned, whose tears swelled and caught Orpheus' head in its waters. Eventually his head & lyre washed ashore on the island of Lesbos.

🎨Henri Leopold Lévy (ca. 1870).

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Celtic Vampire-lore Scottish Baobhan Sith means “fairy woman”who appears as a red-head wearing a flowing Green gown that covers her deer hooves, in-place of feet. This night creature drinks human 'blood' and sleeps in the day. She can morph into a crow or raven

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While out hunting, Adonis was hired by a boar and bled to death in Aphrodite's arms. Distraught, she made anemones grow where his blood fell.
🎨 Luca Giordano

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Rubedo -Latin for "redness" was adopted by alchemists to define the fourth and final stage. Reaching this blood stage meant alchemical success and the end of the Great Work.
Psychologically it might mean bringing passion and heart to our daily work.

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When Perseus killed the pregnant gorgon .... the of her severed neck sprang dripped onto the ground from which sprang her twins - a winged boar and his more famous brother the winged horse .....

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When Odysseus enters the Greek Underworld to find the prophet Tiresias, he sacrifices a ram and a ewe. The dead come forth, eager to drink the sheep blood. However, Odysseus refuses to let any other shade approach until Tiresias drinks and delivers his prophecy.

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A palis is a vampiric creature of Middle Eastern lore that lives in deserts. It drains people's blood by licking their feet while they sleep. But it's repelled by salt, & can easily be tricked if two people sleep end-to-end with the soles of their feet together.

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The Alan are mythical winged spirits of Tinguian tribal lore in the Philippines, with fingers & toes that point backwards. They steal the blood of menstruation, miscarriages, & afterbirth to magically create human children, which they raise as their own.

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Coming soon? ⚔️🧝🏼‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉

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The Beithir is the largest & deadliest serpent, with the word meaning “serpent”, “lightning” & “thunderbolt”. If a person is stung by the creature, it’s a foot race to the nearest body of water. Only if you win, will you be cured & safe from the beast ⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉🧝🏼‍♀️

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A mantabungal is like a cow in body and voice, but lacks horns. It has a long coat of shaggy hair that reaches the ground. Its monstrous mouth has two pairs of huge incisors – two above and two below – that it uses to tear its victims to shreds.

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In Inuit mythology an Ijiraq is a shape-shifting creature that is said to kidnap children, hide them away and abandon them. The inuksugaq (or inukshuk) landmarks allow these children to find their way back if they can convince the Ijiraq to let them go.

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The Hecatoncheires was the collective name given to three monsters(Briareus, Cottus,and Gyges)who were the children of Gaia and Uranus. They were not only known for their frightful enormity,but also for their ghastly arrangement of hundred arms and fifty heads.

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"... an owl, that grim bird which Atropus takes for her interpreter..." (Jean de la Fontaine)

🎨 Richey Beckett (2012)

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As it’s June, let’s look at Juno, the patron goddess of Rome and divine protector of women, marriage, childbirth and motherhood. This month is named in her honour. Her sacred animal is the peacock, an emblem of immortality.
🎨Gustave Moreau.

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