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When I was very young, my Auntie June gave me this book, My mother read to me from it, as I poured over the beautiful, whimsical illustrations by Garth Williams. It seeped into my soul.

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In South America, Sinsimito is a bigfoot-like creature with backwards feet and a humanoid body. It falls in love with and kidnaps women; it kills all men by breaking their bones and devouring them. Dance in a circle to escape. It's backwards feet make it fall.

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DAY 23 -
Brothers or Sisters
I was going to draw the Fates, but these sisters embody sisterly love.😆

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The Dullahan is the Irish Headless Horseman. This Unseelie Fairy rides a black horse and holds his severed head under his arm. Whoever's name he calls out is said to die. Variations say he dumps blood on passersby. Gold may deter him. https://t.co/w0gDp2UbCY

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Illness manifests as monsters in this 1788 etching by Thomas Rowlandson; ague (the chills) is an eel-like specimen with long bony fingers, while fever is a furry creature with red eyes. 🦠

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Waheelas are gigantic wolves with wider heads, spread-out toes, and long white fur. They are said to hang out in the Northwest Territories, specifically the remote Nahanni Valley, and their hobbies include ripping your head off.

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The hydra might be the most famous monster in Poisonous breath, blood so toxic that the smell was deadly, and an undetermined number of heads that later regenerated exponentially. Herakles killed it with help from his nephew.

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In Arkansas folklore, the Howler is a creature said to dwell in the Ozarks. According to tradition, the creature is bear-like in shape with a gray colored, shaggy coat.

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Originating in Olde English folklore and later all over Europe & north America, a 'Will-o'-the-Wisp' is an atmospheric ghost-like light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.

Art from:
Hermann Hendrich, 1823.
Arnold Böcklin, 1882.

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The boo hag is a skinless ghoul who sneaks into homes through cracks and crevices. She sits on her victims' chests and sucks out their breath, slipping their skin off to add to her collection if they struggle.

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The scariest monsters MUST be vampire pumpkins of Balkan lore! The fruit begin to shake and make a ‘Brrl! Brrrl!’ noise, and go about houses at night with ill intent— but they can’t do much harm, so aren’t as feared as other vampires. I had to draw them, obvs

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The Questing Beast is a mystery. Some say it has the head of a snake, leopard body & yelps like 30 ravenous hounds. Others say it it’s like a cute wee white fox. 1/2

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In the Folklore of Guadeloupe, La Diablesse is a beautiful woman who appears to young men to lure them in the woods where she will lose, beat and/or kill them. One of her legs is that of a horse or donkey and she hides it under a long dress or skirt.

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Woody Nightshade is a poisonous cousin of deadly Belladonna. It is very protective, especially if hung in a secret place in the home. Gathered at it is used to honour the dead & for powerful dark moon magic of binding & enchantment. Img: CB

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Black Dogs are harbingers of death in folklore. The demonic dog roaming Cannock Chase, also known as the ‘ghost dog of Brereton,’ has been seen stalking the roads leading to Brereton. It has been described as large, black with sharp pointed ears & glowing eyes.

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One of the few friendly Black Dogs of the British Isles
Gurt the Black Dog of Somerset
A protector of children and the good folk of Somerset. Helping those lost in the hills to get home. Gurt was so trusted, kids could play in the hills without parents worrying

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For folklore tells us this truth, the ultimate monster is man. All others are but reflections in dark pools. -

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Persephone and her brother Arion. In the original myths he was a horse. I decided to make him a centaur. His father is Poseidon. She owns the little pink girl.

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