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Cernunnos, the Horned God

the dualistic god of two-fold aspects:
day & night
light & dark;
summer solstice & winter solstice

the god of wild places, animals, the Underworld




art:

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The Spindle Berry, a winter beauty, is known as Robins’ Bread, as the guards it from other birds. The berry’s name from the Greek is Euonymus, which is said to mean “lucky”, an irony because, although alluring, the red berries are poisonous to humans.

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Tuatha de Dannan were considered supernatural, angelic-like beings who came to Ireland and encountered two groups that they successfully overcame. Epic battles were waged to defeat both the Firbolgs and the Fomorians.

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💫Join us for Welcome to where our theme is punishment. Give us your naughty children legends, your ancient torture chamber & vigilante deities. Give us your   &

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2022-12-05

⏳🌹⌛️"Silence and dust.
Green light and red roses.
A place quietly slipped from the grip of time, and preserved unnoticed, in an amber cottage."

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🍄🍏🍄If you find yourself in the land of Faerie, never accept any food or drink - no matter how tempting it may appear - or you will never leave. But if you offend them by refusing their generosity within the mortal world, you will be cursed.

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The candy cane dates back to 1670, when the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany offered sugar sticks to child singers to keep them quiet during the Living Creche ceremony. In honor of the occasion, he bent the candies into shepherds' crooks.

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“Avaunt! and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee!

Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;

Thou hast no speculation in those eyes

Which thou dost glare with!”

Macbeth seeing the Ghost of Banquo - Theodore Chasseriau, 1854

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in Sagittarius, 23 November 17:57 EST, 22:57 GMT. A new moon means new beginnings, & in fiery, mutable Sag it is the time to create them, with a sense of adventure, optimism & honesty, as we head towards the next full moon.

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- Norse trolls were not famous for being associated with fashion, but they loved to steal anything they could get their hands on.
Old Scandinavian legends tell trolls often visited cemeteries and stole grave clothes. https://t.co/hzj19VzRyD

🎨 John Bauer

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In Manx lore the god Manannán Mac Lir possesses the ‘Féth Fíada', a cape of invisibility used to protect the Isle of Man from being seen. He rises from the sea conjuring up his magical cloak of mist, wrapping it around the island to protect it from invaders.

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Idun/Iduna is the Norse Goddess of Spring and the keeper of the apples of immortality that the gods would eat to preserve their youthfulness.
https://t.co/qmE821Da4U

🎨 Idun and the Apples by James Doyle Penrose (1890)

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2022-11-10


In Irish folklore, Tír Na nÓg, is a paradise and supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance, and joy.

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2022-11-09

💫Thank you all for your tweets today! They were a great beginning to November!💫We will announce next week's theme on Sunday. Follow us & we will follow back.💫 See you  

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Join us today as we hang out with our Wynderful pals at
and and of course, as usual, will happily retweet your bookish posts📚✨ https://t.co/umcSnszPid

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The Tinderbox tells the story of a humbled knight seeking out a turn of fortune with the help of three magical dogs with enormous eyes.

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2022-11-02

Delightfully wicked fairy tale witches by Arthur Rackham.

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2022-10-26

🦇🖤🦇On the very edge of Halloween this

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2022-10-26

The origin of jack-o'-lanterns is said to be the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, who tricked the Devil and was neither allowed into heaven nor hell when he died. His soul was sentenced to wander the earth forever, with only a turnip lantern to light his way.

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