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Four Articles of Faith concerning
the sallowness of their skin
their dislike of iron
their dwelling underground
their deep-rooted objection of the green sward being broken up by the plough


Image: Brian Froud
Source: Celtic Folklore, 1901

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2018-11-09

Strange December Book Fair: UFOs, Ghosts, Zombies and Much More
1 December 12pm-6pm
https://t.co/sLtlF1BcyG
Ghosts, UFO art, voodoo, mermaids, the world's first amphibious baby and much more.

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2018-11-08

This prophecy was supposedly fulfilled when the Tweed burst its banks on the day of the coronation of James VI and I.

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2018-11-08

For it's choose your favorite hero from and "I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs. I make them look like pigs." ~Louise Gluck, Circe's Power [The Poem: https://t.co/jhkfKyjUUd] [Circes: Burne-Jones and Waterhouse ]

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2018-11-02

In Japanese folklore, Kiyohime was the daughter of a village head. Anchin, a traveling priest fell in love with her. The love was not to last, enraging Kiyohime. Anchin fled to a temple, persued by Kiyohime, who transformed into a great serpent, killing Anchin.

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2018-11-01

According to Miwok lore Silver-Fox and Jamul made the world. She makes a beautiful proposal to Jamul and says "We will sing the world." Of the two creators, Silver-Fox was more serious and wise.

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2018-11-02

According to Greek the Arcadian princess, Atalanta's name actually means 'huntress.' Her father King Iasus wanted a son; so when Atalanta was born, she was left on a mountaintop to die. Instead she was cared for by a Bear until hunters found & raised her.

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2018-11-01

The Brothers Grimm 🔖 My last inktober of the year was dedicated to the brothers themselves and their classic stories.

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2018-11-01

In Chinese mythology the Eight Immortals are a legendary group of immortals each with special powers that can bestow life or destroy evil. They are revered by the Taoists and are also popular in the secular Chinese culture and folklore.

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2018-11-01

Happy November everyone// Mis Tachwedd Hapus Pawb! Dyma trac gan from her 1970 album Just Another Diamond Day https://t.co/758oylCfY1

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2018-11-01

Slavic Lore: Aitwar is a household ghost that takes the form of a cock with a flaming tail&smoke-filled eyes or a strange lizard with fire for a tail. If you allow it to sleep in a warm corner of a home it will bring you treasure, if not, your home will burn 1/2

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2018-10-26

The is a S.E. Asian (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) a detached female head capable of flying around on it's own at night. It's stomach and entrails dangle below it; during the day it behaves like an ordinary human being.😱 (Image: ProdigyDuck)

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2018-10-26

HIC FUERUNT DRACONES: Three short essays by Natalie Lawrence on the natural history of monsters



https://t.co/2owMaqkrhW


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2018-10-26

new book is out 15th November. Its a modern retelling of a traditional Selkie tale. Here's one small detail from one of my illustrations for the book. The book was such fun to work on, I cant wait to share more.

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2018-10-26

Sure, ghosts and bats and spiders are scary, but let's not forget that in Japan you aren't even safe from vegetables!

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2018-10-25

According to Romanian the blood-sucking takes origin from the gruseome ruler Vlad the Impaler. Who got his nickname from his excution style; impaling his enemies & guests with giant wooden spikes, watching their still-twitching bodies slowly die.

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2018-10-25

When the internet is awash with spiteful Trolls, spare a thought for their ancestors!
John Bauer (1915)

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2018-10-25