"Pesta" is the name of a lone, eerie figure, often described as an old woman, who brought the Black Death to Norway in 1349. Theodor Kittelsen (#BOTD 1857) created a series of haunting images, illustrating the pestilent ministry of the Medieval disease demon.

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She Is Making Her Way Through the Country, 1900

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Tread on after sunset & that night you will be swept up by a magical horse and raced across the skies until dawn .... when you will be deposited back in bed exhausted after a sleepless night 😃🐎

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Mor Mor Det Gjoer Saa Vondt Aa Loepe, 1894

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Illustrations by Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen from Svartedauen (Black Death), a book of poems and art inspired by the plague of 1349.

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Bauer and Kittelsen... or do you mean the Victorian slang term for "Scandinavians"? :-) And yes, I do like Pieck!

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“That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered.” ( J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)

So, we have , & ... but Wednesday? Any idea what to do with a Wednesday? Or am I missing something?

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