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Inari is the kami of rice and industry, agriculture and smithing: a multifaceted god of male and female forms. Associated with foxes and all walks of life in Japan, her shrines are marked by kitsune statues and offerings of sake and rice.

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The Harrowing of Hell begins tomorrow for Western Christians, where Christ descended into Hell and there Jesus broke the Doors of Death for those saints awaiting Judgment. While only alluded to in the New Testament, and over time has become more obscure.

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It is said that when a char (a type of river fish) lives long enough, it will grow to such a size that it can not just talk but walk on land, such fish are called Iwana Bozu. This one's a magikarp!

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He went to the crossroads to meet his bride-to-be at dawn. To his disgust he saw a hideous old hag cackling and pointing her bony finger at him. On it was the beautiful diamond ring Benlli had given the Maiden of the Forest when they wed https://t.co/lRZ1dcLJ2J

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Narcissus was the son of the river god, Cephissus, and the naiad, Liriope. He was known for his beauty, physique, and hunting skills, making him popular among mortals and gods alike. He was a heartbreaker. There are many versions of his story.

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Easter Bonnets originated during the late 19th Century with the tradition of Easter parades. It represented the tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year, the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption.

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Thor went on a fishing trip with Tyr's Jotun stepfather, bringing a massive cow's head as bait. And what should he catch but his nemesis, the great Midgard Serpent himself, Jormungandr? Though he attempted to strike him dead, the beast escaped: til Ragnarok.

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Harvey Shepherd's chapter, ‘Monstrous Ecology: Regional Iconographies and Bourbon Authority in Depictions of the Beast of Gévaudan, 1764-5’, considers how eighteenth-century rural French folklore reveals structures of political power and violence: https://t.co/sdScXZZ9k9

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Did I miss Well, I'm Ellie, an illustrator living in Devon. I draw folklore inspired art and TTRPG illustrations. Commissions open!
✉️ ellie.co.uk
https://t.co/oenfrBj0mZ

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The Ghillie Dhu was a good natured creature that lived in the woods by Loch an Draing in the Highlands, clad in leaves and moss.

He once rescued a girl lost in the woods, taking her home safely.

So, of course, men hunted him, but luckily they were unsuccessful

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The pwca is the black-furred Welsh version of the pooka - a forest goblin trickster. Sometimes the pwca uses a magic candle to lead travelers off the path, and other times it turns into a black animal, such a horse, and entices travelers to try to catch them.

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She is loosely clad from neck to foot
In a mantel of Moss from the Maple's root,
& like the Lichen grey on its stem that grows
Is the hair that over her mantle flows.
–Archibald Maclaren
In German lore the Buschgroßmutter is leader of the female forest spirits.

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Christiaan Huygens, credited as the inventor of the Magic Lantern, was born 1629. A lifelong sufferer of severe depression & melancholy, his original sketches for magic lantern projection were of Death removing its head.

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Preview of my short story collection with The Wherryman's Daughter - Part One :) https://t.co/dNNqKHtpu7

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These are only some of the many characters circulated throughout this form of digital folklore. As creepypasta is told & retold by different people with many different variations, creepypasta, at least in its earliest form, is a tradition that belongs to all 9/

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The Princess Sleeps in a Palm Tree. Based on Palestinian folklore.

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