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The Welsh Mari Lwyd is a horse skull carried on a long pole (with cloak) led around by wassailers. They would knock doors between Christmas Day and Twelfth Night and engage in a rhyming ritual called 'pwnco' in exchange for food and beer

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'Woman and Children by a Snowball, Winter' from the series 'Elegant Beauties and Precious Children' - Kikugawa Eizan, ca. 1810.

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There are similarities between winter festivals throughout history. Tenuous links more by accident than design but shared threads of fire, light in the darkness, revelry, tumbling social order and celebrating the returning sun Solstice blessing

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Dickens likely took inspiration for the chained spectre of Marley from Pliny The Younger's letters. Along with 'the Spirit of Africa' inspiring the other Spirits.
Researching A Christmas Carol for Early Haunts & delving into the story's origins was a treat.

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In Roman mythology, holly was the sacred plant of the god Saturn, and to honor him at the Saturnalia festival, the Romans gave each other gifts of holly wreaths. Christians would place holly wreaths in their houses to avoid detection https://t.co/F0xO6zoD66

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Behind Door 16 in our of advent calendar - The Spectral Bear Hunt of Verdley Castle
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Some of my artworks depicting Indonesian Javanese folklore, Queen of the South Java Sea.
Tagging &

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The first edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published privately on 16th Dec 1901, when had 250 copies printed as gifts for her family & friends. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was given a copy for his children.

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The Scandinavian festival of St. Lucia’s Day not only celebrates the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracruse, but it also involves Norse pagan traditions, such as lighting fires to ward off evil spirits that emerge during the winter solstice.

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Dongzhi (Winter Arrives) is an East Asian winter solstice festival, of which there are regional variations. Families get together to eat dumplings & tangyuan, drink rice wine, & gather in clan tombs to offer food & drink to their ancestors' spirits.

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So Folklore is finished and is a lot better than I ever expected it to be: it’s basically an all out prequel to The Eyes of Mr Pepper and The Visage of Unt, and the final story I wrote for it actually startled me a little, which is always a good sign. I’m really proud of it

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We have a new story for you, Prince Behram and his fairy bride, Gul Bano. An unexpected, rather peculiar friendship, and a fleeting romance in lands beyond our world. Happy reading❤️

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In Wales there is a wassailing folk custom using a macabre hobby horse called the Mari Lwyd. The festive horse skeleton travels door-to-door and challenges people to “pwnco” a rhyming battle of wits.
✨ 🎄#YuleFolklore

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The Aurora Borealis, a beauty beyond compare- and were so lucky that and worked together to bring this tale to life!


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In there is a strange phenomenon known as nurikabe, which translates as 'plaster wall.' This occurs on roads late at night in the form of a huge invisible wall, blocking the way for travellers. Generally all attempts to pass by prove...

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Delve deep into holly folklore and tradition and view The Holly Gatherers (1858) watercolour drawing by Frederick James Shields...

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Otras portadillas de la Horror Silky vol.13:
⭐️Oren ie Folklore de ('Kami no Nawa' de )
⭐️Majime ni Uranatte Moraimashita de y Kenji Nakamura
⭐️Elevator de

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Hide your brooms!
Norwegian folklore says Christmas Eve is when witches fly, spreading mischief & general tomfoolery. Setting off on their brooms into the sky. It's tradition for Norwegian families to hide away any sweeping sticks where the witches can't find them

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[GEEK-ART // PORTFOLIO] 2/2
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🇺🇸> The wonderful animals of ! Between Russian folklore and Dungeons and Dragons, simply fabulous!

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[GEEK-ART // PORTFOLIO] 1/2
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🇫🇷> L'art de ! Entre folklore russe et Donjons et Dragons, ses animaux anthropomorphes sont tout simplement fabuleux !

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