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In Ireland it is unlucky to cut down a lone hawthorn tree. The tree is considered sacred and thought to be a secret meeting place for the “wee folk” or fairies. Leaving a small offering there ensures good fortune from the fairies in return.
🎨Cicely Mary Barker

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2021-10-16

The savage Gremork looks like a werewolf, but he's actually a wilderkind, an Aeres race. Chance encounters with him in the wild foment superstitions among fearful northerners, and depictions of him often show up on snippets of propaganda.

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2021-10-14


Day 13 - Aye-aye

• One of the most unloved and misunderstanding animals !!
The species is victim of superstitions and are generally considered bad omens, killed on sight and hung up so that the "malefic spirit" be carried away by travelers.

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2021-10-13

The Ethiopian Crocotta/ Leucrotta is a hybridized were-animal that can mimic human voices to lure their prey. If the creature looks at you three times then it will root you to the spot.
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2021-10-09

In the Kenyan village of Kakamega, some locals believe the resident geese only honk at witches, as they have a sixth sense for identifying them. Families keep geese as security guards to alert them to the presence of witches.

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2021-10-09

Here's one i'm waiting to mint. It's the next one for my 'red object' series, which explores symbolism and superstition...

'Pillars of light'

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2021-10-08

Day 7 Superstition Feat.

Throwing salt! Because she likes to throw things!

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2021-10-08

Good morning everyone!~

For all that gave me the words of kindness, care and comfort yesterday, i give you all hugs.

(I can't say thank you cause of our superstition, sorry 😖)

I hope that you all will have a magnificent day/night today. 💛

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2021-10-07

As the established comic custom suggests, the best insult is a line of unreadable symbols.
I'd like to think of (or be suggested) more funny cartoony insults Dr V, Filo could use
Doc's hiccup is based on the superstition that if someone talks about you you either sneeze or hiccup

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2021-10-05

According to legend, Siamese cats were used to guard the King of Siam.They would perch on tall pillars placed around his throne; if anyone threatened the King, the cats would leap down on the attacker, slashing with their claws
🎨Eileen Mayo (1906-1994)

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2021-10-03

Different regions have different rules, saying when a cat reaches 7, 8, or 13 years old, it gains magical powers. The bakeneko is a magic cat, a trickster able to shapeshift and create fire. Some even gain two tails, called Nekomata.

🖼: Cake-o

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2021-10-02

is finally here! And damnit, I'm gonna finish this year!

This year I'm doing candy witches with some inspiration from my Serbian heritage, namely in superstition and traditional dress. And what better candy for crystal than rock candy?

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2021-10-02

The Scottish 'Cat Sìth' is said to be a thief of souls. The superstition that cats have nine lives comes from the idea that the Cat Sìth's were witches that could transform nine times, with the final transformation being permanent.
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2021-10-02

The Cù-Sìth is a spectral hound from the Scottish highlands that takes souls to the afterlife. A popular superstition states that hearing a dog howl is an omen of death and this comes from the idea that the Cù-Sìth's three howls can cause death.

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2021-10-02

In the past, when horses got a new pair of horseshoes, their owners didn't throw the old pair away, because they believed in "cream witches:" witches that kept cream from becoming butter. The remedy was to drop a red-hot burning horseshoe into the butter churn.

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2021-10-02

"... like another cursed Jonah..." ("Moby Dick")

A bringer o' bad luck on board a ship be called a Jonah 'n thrown into the sea, like the sailors o' Joppa did wit' the prophet on thar way t' Tarshish



🖼️ print after Rubens, 1755

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2021-09-19

Although their real existence is not proven, it is said that, on stormy nights, the RAQUEIROS (from English wrecker) tied torches to the horns of cows and released them on the cliffs, in order to confuse the ships that sailed near the coast and cause their wreck.

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2021-09-18

What became of St Dahalin's pirates? Well, I like to think that they became really friendly ‘saintly’ seafarers after that! Instead of pillaging people, they took to the high oceans, had fun looking for🧜‍♀️, & never ever made anyone walk the plank again!

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2021-09-18

Yer weekly wunderkammer safety advice - edition

If ye see red sails East o' the Good 'ope, shipmates, beware! Arrgh! It be the Flyin' Dutchman! Yer doom be ascertained!

Thank ye. Spit thrice, touch cold iron an' be safe.

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2021-09-18