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Sen början på 1700-talet tills 1765 var svenska uniformen i stort sett oförändrad, annat än att den blev blå-gul för samtliga regementen. Efter kriget i Pommern moderniserades uniformen till ett preussiskt snitt och olika färger återinfördes för att enklare urskilja regementen.
In the French tale "The Goblin Pony," three boys ignore their grandmother's warning not to go out on Halloween night. They decide to ride a black pony who, unbeknownst to them, is a shapeshifting goblin in disguise. The goblin runs into the sea & drowns them. #FairyTaleTuesday
In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches.
―Roald Dahl, The Witches
🎨Sophia Rapata
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Today's New Moon bathes & heals by shedding its skin in Scorpio:
'Mother, the moon is dancing
in the courtyard of the dead.'
-Federico Garcia Lorca-
🎨Christian Schloe
#FairyTaleTuesday #BookwormGhost
"I am the lady of the castle. My name is exile. My name is anguish. My name is longing. Far from the world on the windy crests of the mountain, I am kept in absolute seclusion. My time passes in an endless reverie, a perpetual swooning."
-Angela Carter
#FairyTaleTuesday
In Scandinavian folklore, a troll cat is a cat made by a witch from bones, sticks, wool, hair, nails, metal scraped off a church bell and graveyard soil. It was believed that the troll cat gained life in a magic ritual where blood was sacrificed.
#FairyTaleTuesday
'When the air grew chill, and the sky more fierce, when the rains carried out their patient vengeance, and the wind went wild, that was when she came.'
- The Weather #Matron
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#art by Rima Staines
In the Tlingit vampire legend, a flesh-eating giant is defeated by a brave warrior, who chops up & burns the body. The ashes turn into a cloud of mosquitos, & the man hears the giant's voice declaring, "I'll eat you people until the end of time!" #FairyTaleTuesday
"The Soldier and the Vampire" tells of a serviceman who visits home and finds an undead warlock stealing blood from civilians. (Source: Russian Folk-Tales by W. R. S. Ralston). #FairyTaleTuesday
Art: "Ryott, Bloody Warlock" from Legends of the Cryptids wiki.
The vampirix strix of antiquity feasted on the blood and flesh of newborns, but could be driven off by garlic in an infant's mouth at night. Likely descended from owlish Lamashtu, striges are also considered witches. #FairytaleTuesday
#Fairytaletuesday #gothtober #vampire
Celtic Vampire-lore Scottish Baobhan Sith means “fairy woman” who appears as a red-head beauty with a flowing Green gown that covers her deer hooves in place of feet. This deadly night creature drinks human 'blood' and sleeps during the day
#FairyTaleTuesday
Davy Jones is a phantom pirate who serves the Devil. He menaces sailors and pirates alike, capturing them to steal their souls to keep in his ale locker. As famous as he is, the origins the Davy Jones myth remain unclear.
#CapeCod #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash
The Chupacabra's name translates into literally ‘goat sucker’ but it also preys on humans throughout the Americas. Its has sunken and bloodshot eye sockets, along with its razor-sharp claws and fangs.
#FairyTaleTuesday: Angela Carter wrote a wonderfully creepy depiction of vampirism with "The Lady of the House of Love."
Mama, Mama, help me get home
I'm out in the woods, I am out on my own.
I was stopped by a vampire, a rotting old wreck
It showed me its teeth and went straight for my neck.
A Child's Walk Home Nursery Rhymes and Folk Tales
Lauren Oliver
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🎨Chenthooran
Abhartach was a psychotic dwarf chieftain from Donegal, Ireland who, despite being slain and buried by Cathán, a neighbouring chieftain, kept re-emerging from his grave to terrorize the village. Cathán found out that Abhartach was simply a dearg-dililat.. 1/2
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