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Peter Nicolai Arbo's 'Wild Hunt of Odin', an artist's impression of the legendary Wild Hunt which took place during the Zwölften or Twelve Nights at the turning of the year! #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs @folklorepod @DeeDeeChainey @IcySedgwick @WillowWinsham @TheSacredIsle
Illustrations for #ghoststories from THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, humorous tales & poems written by Richard Harris Barham (pen name Thomas Ingoldby)based on actual legends & myths. Compiled into books published from 1840 & illustrated by John Leech, A. Rackham + more #FolkloreThursday
⛄️Merry Christmas!🎄🎁
Loretta and Larry in their last minute Christmas shopping alongside her loyal nutcrackers!
#art #cupheadoc #drawing
#FolkloreThursday In the Ozarks in older times, people believed on Christmas Eve that all animals could talk. It was also said that cows and oxen would kneel
The rebellion has ended, and the tyrant king Leopold is overthrown by his brother, King Lav, a gentle and enlightened monarch, versed in the sciences as well as the nuances of politics.
Read more about the Lav Rebellion on our Discord: https://t.co/OQdBU4KV6B
#ArkLoreTuesday
My little Lorette, she has something very valuable to protect 🖤
#crybabymonsters #crybabymonstersoc #vampires #digitalillustration
And the answer to this week's #FolkloreThursday #riddle by Jonathan Swift is:
❄️Snow ❄️
Winners:
@_schaduwmens 🥇🏆
@Tamlin517 🥈🏆
Well done https://t.co/Dn5f9BkMHw
For Nordic countries Dec. 12th is Lossi long night (after Roman calendar winter solstice), the longest and dangerous night of the year. Lossi checked if you were ready for Yule.. If she caught you outside, you’d be out all night in chaos.. #FolkloreThursday
Art R. Yanovskaya.
Reminder that the American Santa used to be thought of as about two feet tall, which is how come he can fit down the chimney. 'A *miniature* sleigh and eight *tiny* reindeer' runs the poem. Look how big he is in this early illustration, compared to the chair. #FolkloreThursday
It’s the final installment of “The 12 Days of Deeply Disturbing #VictorianChristmas Cards,” and this snowman is losing his spatulas! The celestial body in the background looks pleased with his work. What a Victorian twilight zone! #Christmas #FolkloreThursday
Travel down Trefflepugga Path on a snowy morn'up and you may be confronted by Mirabella, the ganticus sleeping creature witch... Those who solve her puzzle may pass through, those who fail leave their bones to the Long long-nosed krellits... #FolkloreThursday
Flower Fairies of the Winter #CicelyMaryBarker #winter #FolkloreThursday
The most ancient of trees, the #Yew symbolises death & #Saturn, but also the rebirth of light at the #WinterSolstice. It is Old Magic, dreams, otherworld journeys & connection to ancestors. It is perseverance leading to transformation & renewal. #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely B.
When time began the #snow had no colour, & the flowers of the earth refused to help. It was only the #snowdrop that took pity & offered up its colour. In return the snow has always protected the snowdrop from the harshness of #winter. #German #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely Barker
In her search for her one true love, Carida has already met five different bachelorettes on five different dates... but where did it all begin?
Read Celeste Academy, from the very beginning, from when the Love Witch spelled out Carida's fate!
https://t.co/Jo6TdcckJ4
the bachelorette
#dragonageorigins #tabris
Thanks everyone for the RTs and answers.
The answer: Devil
(Sorry, not Lucifer or Satan as Devil is 'Lived' reversed)
Fastest off the mark:
@SuzeSchulz 🥇🏆
@witchwalk 🥈🏆
@Littlepiggin95 🥉🏆
See you next #FolkloreThursday 👋 https://t.co/jsqe87fptQ
In the typical legend, St Nicholas and Krampus work together. St Nicholas leaves sweets for good children and twigs for naughty ones, and Krampus beats the extra naughty ones or hauls them to his lair. -> https://t.co/zstTAcWqEs #folklorethursday