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In a Flemish tale a witch and a cat who lived in a tree almost always went for a walk around the village at night. If they didn't, they had met a traveller who was unaware of their existence. The witch danced in the branches while the cat dug a grave.

🎨Rackham

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2022-02-11

"My dear sir, you see the thing
Exactly as all men see it: why,
We must re-order everything,
Before the joys of life slip by.
Hang it!" (Goethe)

...or, the beginning of one of world literature's most peculiar male bonding scenes

🎨 Harry Clarke "Faust" (1926)

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2022-02-11

In Greek mythology Hermes is the god of speech, eloquence, trade & travel. He was known as a trickster god, is the patron deity of thieves & was a psychopomp guiding souls to the afterlife. He stole his brother Apollo's prized cattle when he was only a day old

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2022-02-11

The sun is just one of many, many, many casualties when almost everyone and everything dies at Ragnarök. Sharing a similar fate as grim, old Odin and her brother, the moon, she gets eaten by a dastardly wolf. 🖼️Dorothy Hardy

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2022-02-05

In Chinese, Japanese and Korean folklore the crow is believed to inhabit the sun & is depicted as a three-legged god. Legends suggest that Sun crows descended upon earth from heaven to feast on grasses of immortality. They interfere in human affairs for guidance.

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2022-02-05

Áine is an Irish goddess of many things! Of summer, wealth & sovereignty, & so is associated with midsummer and the She is also the goddess of love & fertility, & has command over crops/animals & so associated with agriculture. 🎨OlivosARTstudio 🌞

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2022-02-04

In the Grimm fairy tale "Seven Ravens," a girl searches for her seven brothers. She goes to the Sun for help, but he is boiling hot and devours children. Then the Moon, but he is also a cruel child-eater. Fortunately, the stars are benevolent, and help her quest.

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2022-02-04

Sköll and Hati are the offspring of the wolf,Fenrir, and the giant, Iarnvidia. In Norse mythology,Hati and Skoll are the two wolves that chase the Moon and the Sun, until the day they catch them and plunge the world into darkness during Ragnarök

Art:ThreepWoody

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2022-02-04

Morana is a pagan Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature. She is an ancient goddess associated with winter's death, rebirth and dreams.

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2022-01-29

Hel (Old Norse: [ˈhel]) is a female being in Norse mythology who is said to preside over an underworld realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead.

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2022-01-28

Sorlds collide in the fictional city of Newford, the setting of Charles de Lindt's series of urban fantasy novels where old and new world meet. Inspired by Celtic and indigenous folklore with a digital spin, Newford is home to all sorts of people and creatures.

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2022-01-28

The area around Manchester Cathedral is said to be haunted by the demon-dog Black Shuck, whose appearance is an omen of death or portends a deathly curse. The legend exists elsewhere in the U.K., but usually in the countryside: its survival in the city is striking

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2022-01-28


Doppelgänger is German for “double walker.” [aka alter ego] In myths, they are a paranormal phenomenon of a ghost or double of a living person; mostly portrayed as a harbinger of bad luck or an evil twin. [see &

Art by AnotherWanderer

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2022-01-28

I'm Axel, spooky traditional artist, monster enthusiast, weird goth uncle. 🏳️‍⚧️
Wielding ink and paint, I love to illustrate stories, working on a Faustian novel.

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2022-01-25

For The gathering of "food" for the founders day feast on the island of

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2022-01-22



Artemis (2/2)

Artemis as the Moon Goddess was honored by round cakes called amphiphontes (“shining all around”), in which dadia were stuck („little torches).
That may be the origin of the modern „birthday cake“.

🖼Artémis by Auguste Donnay, 1897,

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2022-01-21

In Flemish tales porridge with garlic seems to have special powers. A servant who could shapeshift into a horse was chased away by serving him this delicacy. Also chased away were devils working on farms. They took good luck with them and the farm was doomed.

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2022-01-21


Ambrosia and nectar, sacred food and drink of the gods in Greek mythology, were said to bring eternal youth, long life and immortality. They were served to the gods of Mount Olympus by the Hebe the divine cupbearer.
🎨 Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun.

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2022-01-21

Early birthday gift for of her character Aiden being horridly manipulated by the Faustian piece of crap behind him whose name is Imago that I made the mistake of bringing into this world. C:

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