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Do not sleep with the obi (belt) of your kimono near you as you sleep: you will dream of snakes. Legend speaks of animated obi turning to snake-like bakemono and strangling people in their sleep.

🖼: M. Meyer

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2021-08-14

The Scottish ban nighe (the washerwoman) is said to be seen by rivers, washing the clothes of those doomed to die. She is a bad omen for any who see her on their travels.



🖼 Alice Alinari

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2021-08-14

A 'hob-thross' lived in Millom Castle. He slept by the fire during the day, and worked all night, doing the chores the humans didn’t want to do. One harsh winter he was offered clothes, a terrible insult to a hob-thross, so he left.

art: Eric Edwards

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2021-08-14

🌿Meadowsweet, also known as Queen Of The Meadow. A sacred herb, medicinal and magical, traditionally added to summer wedding bouquets and worn as a garland for Lammas celebrations. It's thought to bring courage and harmony.

[🎨 Cicely Mary Barker]

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2021-08-07

American superstition said, leave bread and coffee under the house to prevent ghosts from calling...

🎨Gérard

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2021-08-07

In the cover of the darkness, some perform a dark ritual.

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2021-08-04

A ‘cooler’ is a person so unlucky that when they play at a gaming table, everyone suffers bad luck. Casinos allegedly hire coolers to bring ill luck to hot tables in games of chance--and the house wins.

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2021-07-31

"Flight of Dragons" is a 1982 Rankin/Bass. In the movie a board game mimics the different characters and types of magic (green (earth), yellow (air), blue (sea) and red (fire,death). Here my take on the music theme https://t.co/CYOZGhROV2

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2021-07-31

One more again for

Vaesen is a fantasy horror RPG based on Nordic folklore, and folks it is a wonderful Strange creatures in deep foreboding forests? Step this way and hold onto to your talisman... 🌿



🖼 Vaesen

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2021-07-31

"Witches...believed to have the power...to don the bodies of certain animals, notably hares...Such, according to local superstition, are easily distinguishable by their size & colour, which approaches jet black." - Folklore of the North-West Highlands

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2021-07-30

While fueled by superstition and hedonism, the Skeksis were once creatures of intellect and science. And in the first few trine since the great division, they sought to look to the stars for answers. A great Observatory was constructed, reflecting the twisted forms of the Skeksis

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2021-07-28

⛈️🐈‍⬛⛈️If a Ship's Cat is unusually excitable or frolicsome it's a sure sign that a storm is on the way!

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2021-07-24

Your weekly Wunderkammer safety advice - under-the-weather edition

“Ring around the moon, it’s meant to rain soon”

Thank you. Spit thrice, touch cold iron and be safe.

🖼️ Alphonse Mucha (#BOTD 1860) "The Moon" (1902)

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2021-07-24

was fascinated by the beauty & lore of the where he made many expeditions to the backcountry prospecting for gold. The grizzled prospector heading into the mountains with his trusty burro was a beloved symbol of hope & independence for DeGrazia.

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2021-07-22

This manga will tell the story of a Korean occult, superstition and meat butcher mainly. lol

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2021-07-13

Que dire... Hanashippanashi c'est sûrement le plus représentatif possible de l'univers d'Igarashi et de ses obsessions. On y retrouve évidemment une Nature mystérieuse et mystique qui borde de paisibles petits villages de campagne mais également un goût pour la superstition.

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2021-07-12

"For centuries, the bottom of the deepest seas have been shrouded by mystery and superstition"

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2021-07-09