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Less of a faustian bargain, more of a faustian mugging.

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2021-11-17

"Now, man of the croziers, shadows called our names
And then away, away, like whirling flames;

And now fled by, mist-covered, without sound,
The youth and lady and the deer and hound."

The Wanderings of Oisin, by W.B. Yeats, 1889

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2021-11-13

Did you drink too much night potatoe vodka.... or did she?

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2021-11-13

The Brocken spectre is an optical illusion created by the shadow of an observer cast upon mist or clouds when the Sun is shining behind them, often observed in mountainous regions. A halo of light will frequently surround the figure's head.

Artist unknown

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2021-11-13

"On many occasions the curious atmospheric effects enchanted me vastly; these including a strikingly vivid mirage—the first I had ever seen—in which distant bergs became the battlements of unimaginable cosmic castles." At the Mountains of Madness (1/2)

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2021-11-12

In Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock's 'The Other Side' (1893), Gabriel is a boy in a beautiful Breton village that lies opposite an evil shadow land, separated by a brook. That is, until Gabriel crosses over, picks a witch flower and meets the beautiful Lilith 1/7

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2021-11-12

Salamanders 🖤🔥

"Salamanders have been seen in the shape of fiery balls, or tongues of fire, running over the fields, or peering in houses" Paracelsus

It was believed that salamanders could withstand heat and flames (and even create fire).

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2021-11-05

Chinese mythology - Hui Lu, a magician and fire god who kept 100 firebirds in a gourd. By setting them loose, he could start a fire across the whole country.

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2021-11-05

Tikbalang are malevolent/mischievous creatures who waylay travellers and sometimes kidnap young women. It's said that one April night in 1580, a woman at a Manila ball was kidnapped by one, with horse's legs clearly visible under its coat
🎨 iantoy (deviantart)

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2021-10-30

In Japan, if your child starts acting strange quite suddenly, there's a good chance they're dead and a goblin is wearing their skin! Called an Amanojaku, these spirits resemble changeling tales of Europe.

🖼: M. Meyer

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2021-10-30

The Princess and the Goblin✨
In George Macdonald's 1872 novel, the goblins plan to abduct Princess Irene and marry her to the goblin prince. This fairy tale book was inspiration for fantasy authors Tolkien, Lewis and L’Engle.

🌟Charles Folkard

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2021-10-29

"I saw pale kings, and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
Who cry'd—'La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!'" (Keats)

🖼️ Frank Dicksee "La Belle Dame sans Merci" (1901)

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2021-10-29

"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."

The Stolen Child - W. B Yeats

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2021-10-29

In the Scottish "Tam Lin," Tam Lin was kidnapped by the fairies. Though he enjoys his time in Fairyland, he knows that every seven years, on Halloween, the fairies offer up some of the humans they've abducted as tithes to Hell. Tam fears he'll be chosen next.

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2021-10-29

To protect a child from being kidnapped by the Mamuna (a Slavic spirit), a mother would tie a red ribbon around her baby's wrist, put a red hat on its head, & keep it out of the moonlight. Other preventative methods include not washing nappies after sunset…

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2021-10-29

For he comes, the human child,
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping
than he can understand.

—W.B. Yeats, The Stolen Child
🌟Arthur Rackham

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2021-10-29

“The Fairies come and go with noiseless steps, and their thefts or abductions are done silently and unawares to men”

Darklings! Join the Dark Queens tomorrow for & with your tales of

"Supernatural Abductions"

We'll RT after 2 pm BST

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2021-10-28

Pacts to extend life often have terrible consequences

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2021-10-23

For those anxious to keep vampires at bay this - the rosehip should do the trick. Its thorns, strategically placed around a vampire’s grave can trap it therein, whilst the hips, when thrown, can stop an out & about vampire in their tracks.

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2021-10-23

The most popular versions of the Yuki-onna, the Snow Woman, involve her taking a human life after sparing the young woodcutter or weaver. She later marries him and gives birth to children, before she reveals her true spirit form.

🖼: Y. Yukikata

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2021-10-22