In German folklore,the Roggenmuhme ("rye aunt") is a female corn demon with fiery fingers.Her bosoms are filled with tar,and may end in tips of igneous iron.She is known for stealing children and for replacing them with changelings
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MOONLIGHT FAE Nocturnal Fairies & crescent moon inspired by William Allingham (1824 - 1889); Owl-Riding Night-time Fae, Amelia Jane Murray, 1800-1896

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Psychopomps are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.

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The Nazgûl are characters in Tolkien's legendarium. They succumbed to Sauron's power through wearing Rings of Power,which gave them immortality but reduced them to wraiths. The prophecy that the Lord of the Nazgûl would not die by the hand of man echoes 'Macbeth'

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One of the suggested etymologies of the term "Nosferatu" is that it comes from the Romanian Nesuferit ("abominable").Bram Stoker believed it meant "not dead" in Romanian.Another proposed etymology is that the term came from the Greek nosophoros("disease-bearing")

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Thanks to her association with liminal spaces, Hecate is recognized as a chthonic goddess. As the holder of the keys that unlock the gates between realms, she can unlock the gates of death. By the 5th century BC, Hecate had come to be associated with ghosts.

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