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Loviatar, blind Finnish goddess of disease. Her nine children are all deadly illnesses: Colic, Pleurisy, Fever, Ulcer, Plague, Consumption, Sterility & Cancer. But even Loviatar couldn't bear the presence of the nameless ninth child, & so she banished it.

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2018-05-10

Xingtian challenged the Supreme Deity to a duel to see who would rule, and his head was cut off & buried under a mountain. Undaunted, Xingtian turned his nipples into eyes & his navel into a mouth, & relentlessly terrorizes the Supreme Deity as a martial god.

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2018-05-10

The tree month of Hawthorn begins on 13 May. The May tree, it gifts love & healing to the heart & is sacred to the goddess Brighid when she brings new growth & fertility. Known as a faery tree, the hawthorn should never be harmed. Illust: Cicely Barker

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2018-05-10

Hearth & Home Folklore for
In English lore - When the flame in the hearth fire turns blue, an otherworldly presence has entered the room.

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2018-05-04

Ekwensu is an evil deity of the Igbo people of Nigeria. Possession by Ekwensu can lead a person to commit acts of great evil against humanity. Without excusing the person, the Igbo acknowledge that there are levels of inhumanity humans cannot reach on their own.

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2018-05-04

'Anyone who gathers the first dew of May will be protected against the evil eye'. May folklore from Maypoles, Mandrakes & Mistletoe: A Treasury of British Folklore by https://t.co/7V85OrHtp0

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2018-05-03

Every day, Balinese households craft an offering to the Sang Hyang Widhi. Called 'Canang Sari', they are made in gratitude for peace, and is seen as a small but essential form of worship, since it takes a small yet constant effort and time to craft one daily.

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2018-05-03

In Greek mythology, the Naiads are a type of female nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams & other bodies of fresh water. Often boys & girls at coming-of-age ceremonies cut &dedicated their hair locks to the local naiad of the spring

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2018-05-03

To win good favour with pixies/faeries - leave out a bowl of the creamiest milk or clearest water. Many household spirits react well to kindness and will not suffer insult; maybe we should learn something from that? Lessons of folklore aren’t obsolete.

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2018-05-03

In my corner of the world in Southern England as children we were scared half to death on dark nights of Black Shuck, a ghostly black dog with glowing eyes; it was said that to meet him is to be warned that your death will occur before the end of the year

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2018-04-27

Hello, And happy It’s Crystal of with you for the next 90 minutes! This week’s theme is and folklore. Tweet me your hottest legends and lore! (Image: Arthur Rackham)

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2018-04-26

Vampirdzhija, Bulgarian vampire hunters, employed bonfire smoke to drop vampires from their perch between the horns of calves, where they hid after feeding. Others chased vampires into bottles, which they sealed & threw into a fire to destroy the creatures.

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2018-04-26

The Celtic festival of when the bounds between the human & other worlds are temporarily erased. Bonfires are lit for protection; their flames, smoke & ash, are deemed to have protective powers. Simply circle (often with cattle) or leap over the flames!#FolkloreThursday

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2018-04-26

In Mesopotamian the Assyrians called upon to undo the effects of evil witchcraft aimed at them. They believed that fire destroyed sorcery or evil/black magic. They would burn sorcerers at the stake; long before the hunts of the Salem Witch Trials.

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2018-04-26

The tine ghealáin, aka 'bright fire', aka the Will of the Wisp was once a master gambler who beat the Devil at cards. But his profession doomed him at the gates of Heaven so now he wanders the earth, his lantern casting an eery light…

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2018-04-26

Offending these faeries might lead to being elf-shot, so speak only kindly of the Fair Folk. https://t.co/nH1Z7yt5fr

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2018-04-20

According to a 15th century guide, witches were capable of making penises vanish—and some even kept them as pets. According to the guide, witches kept their penis-pets in nests and fed them oats.

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2018-04-20

"Hoichi the Earless" is a Japanese folktale about a blind musician (biwa hoshi) whose specialty is singing 'The Tale of the Heike,' about the Battle of Dan-no-ura, fought between the Taira & Minamoto clans during the last phase of the Genpei War. 1/5

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2018-04-19

Another Hand of Glory for This one is from the ill fated Micatonic University expedition to the Arctic. (art-self)

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2018-04-19

U`tlun’ta, or Spearfinger, figure in Cherokee lore. Hag-like woman with skin hard as stone & a long, deadly forefinger on her right hand, lethal as a spear. Her heart, her only vulnerable spot, beats on her right palm, which she protects at all times.

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2018-04-19