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Buddhism, Sikhism & other: Preta are undead with a massive deficit of Karma. As punishment for leading horrid lives they roam the world searching for food & no way to eat it. Fire burst from their mouths when they try to eat charring the food. Always they hunger #FolkloreThursday
Greek myth: At least the frightful gorgon Medusa could be slain bur her sisters, Euryale with the loudest scream & Sthenno the most ferocious one were immortal.
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In traditional British folklore if you see an owl during the daytime it is an omen of imminent death. #FolkloreThursday #creepy
In Japanese folklore witches are often the spirits of women seeking revenge after losing, or being betrayed by, those closest to them. They become trapped in the spirit world as haunting ghosts.
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Image: 'Cat Witch of Okazaki', Utagawa Kunisada
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In #Wales #CwnAnnwn - the Hounds of Hell - are sent out during the hours of darkness to collect the souls of the damned ...... their howls can be heard in the distance, but the nearer they come to you the quieter they become .....
(image: #akreon)
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The #Welsh coal mines were home to #Coblynau - similar creatures to the #Cornish #Knockers - who could be benign & help miners to find new seams of coal ...... but if you upset them they would throw rocks or cause rockslides.
today's #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs is scary stories and imo my fave hag, Black Annis, applies! She lives in a cave, wears a skirt made of the skin of children's hands, and is either a mother goddess or a hermit nun. You can read her tiny story here: https://t.co/1VEXKn3pod
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The site of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, St James Mount was once home to a witch #JennaGreen. A statue of her was found when excavations were taking place. She is also believed 2B the inspiration behind #JennyGreenteeth, child snatcher.
Art Alexandra Dawe
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The notorious #MadJackMytton of #HalstonHall #Shropshire led a dissolute life - and died trying to drive his horses & carriage into his house ...... his ghostly carriage can be heard & seen on lonely stretches of the road between #Whittington and #Ellesmere
#FolkloreThursday Lavinia Fenton gained fame as Polly Peachum.The Duke of Bolton installed her as his mistress in Hackwood Park alongside his wife & later married her. She still haunts Spring Wood there. On warm evenings you can smell her perfume & hear the swish of her silk gown
'The House in Athens' part of a letter by Pliny the Younger written in the 1st- 2nd century A.D tells of Athenodorus who's haunted by a spectre in chains (thought to have inspired Marley's Ghost) here's some images from mine and @MikeOB graphic novel adaptation #folklorethursday
Busgosu, genio protector de los bosques de la mitología asturiana que tiene aspecto de fauno: https://t.co/7WfB96XJB2 #FolkloreThursday
Ilustración de Alberto Álvarez Peña.
the theme for today's @FolkloreThurs #folklorethursday is historical ghosts! here's one of my faves, The Cauld Lad, a sad little ghost boy who's also a bunch of other folkloric things at the same time. weird! you can read the tiny story here: https://t.co/zYOE0t96dK
#FolkloreThursday Procopius on 'Brittia' a ghostly isle off the Euro coast:"the souls of the dead are transported to that island. On the coast of the continent there dwell under Frankish sovereignty, but exempt from all tax, fishers & farmers, duty-bound to ferry the souls over."
Aboriginal legend: In Dreamtime, the Creator made mammals, fish & birds and gave each of them a gift: fur for warmth, gills to breath underwater, & eggs to protect the young. After he finished there were pieces left over, so the Platypus was made. 1/4 #FolkloreThursday
Droid Nipasu (ep. 62) is based on a yuki-onna (雪女; transl. Snow woman), a Muromachi pd. youkai. She is the spirit of a woman who died in the snow. Nipasu's name comes from the Greek "nifás" (Νιφάς; transl. Snowflake). #SailorMoon #FolkloreThursday #SailorMoonTrivia #雪女
#FolkloreThursday #WorldAnimalDay In Jewish tradition Lilith was Adam's first wife. A witch & a vampire "her enchanted hair was the first gold" She took the form of a large black cat to steal young children. Was she the origin of the myth that cats steal the breath of babies?
Medieval beauty tip: Spread crocodile dung on your face until the sweat washes it off for a fresh look. [Bestiary of Anne Walshe: Crocodile hunter. The crocodile will weep after, but ion't be sincere.] #FolkloreThursday #animals @FolkloreThurs
#Uchchaihshravas - pure white, seven-headed, winged #horse from #Hindu #mythology. Emerged with other treasures during the #SamudraManthan. King of Horses, ridden by either #Indra or #Bali, varies by source. #Sanskrit
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