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Cherufe inhabit the magma pools found deep within Chilean volcanoes. They are the source of earthquakes&volcanic eruptions. Cherufes are composed of sentient meteorites that fell into a volcano. To sooth the pain from the heat, they demand virgins as sacrifice.

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2018-11-16

For I bring you the High Prince Stolas, one of the 72 demons/deities found in the Ars Goetia of the Lesser Key of Solomon. I wanted to keep true to the original depiction while adding a little here and there.

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2018-11-16

The Roman Emperor Elagabalus, would dance around the Baetylus to the sound of drums, anointing the stone with oil. On the Summer Solstice feast the meteorite was covered with raw wool & placed on a chariot adorned with gold & jewels to parade about.

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2018-11-16

is an art book that gathers stories of shapeshifters, shamans, völvur, alchemists, seers, travelling cunning women, astronomers, voodoo priestesses, and more🌙
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2018-11-16

According to Ancient Phoenician Myth, that touched the earth were known as Baetylus. Revered as sacred stones that were endowed with life & given by the gods. Some were preserved for worship & brought into temples; such as the effigy of Rhea Cybele.

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2018-11-15

Ohelo, a type of Whortleberry, grows in volcanic ash and pools of cooled lava. The fruit is sacred to Pele and safe to eat, but only if you offer a share to the goddess first.

Crop of The Legend of the Volcanoes by Jesus Helguera

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2018-11-15

Happy Twitter! [Contemporary description of the earthquake in Reggio Calabria, 1783]

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2018-11-15

Myths from the land of ice and fire.Iceland.#FolkloreThursday

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2018-11-15

It's ~ and in now on KS!
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An art book that gathers stories of shapeshifters, shamans, völvur, alchemists, seers, travelling cunning women, astronomers, voodoo priestesses, and more🍃

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2018-11-09

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

For here's Helen Paterson's illustration for Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd,1874, in colls. Liddy Smallbury and Bathsheba Everdene re-enact 'an old Wessex ritual' to discover whom the mistress of Upper Weatherbury Farm will marry...

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2018-11-08

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