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The next morning, the upset farmer was told his fields had been aflame all night- but when he arrived, the crops were safe and the field was neatly mown in perfect- too perfect- circles. The devil had come to do what was asked of him. (2/2)

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My take on for is more of a great big monster stomping around the North Pole, pulling out Christmas trees🎄

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2019-12-05

It's across Europe tonight! Watch out naughty children! will be coming to the Crags for a special event on 21 Dec, tickets here: https://t.co/d2qTpkchtO
Have you been good this year?

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Gwydion, a skilled and cunning enchanter, used his magic to defeat Pryderi, the beloved King of Dyfed. He and Math also created the flower maiden Blodeuwedd out of the blossoms of oak, broom, and meadowsweet.


🖼️: Wallcousins

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I hope you've been good boys & girls this year! Today is when Krampus will roam the streets looking for the naughtiest to take back to the underworld with him!

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For a post about the Swedish tomte. This little sprite requires a bribe or two to keep the family and home safe from evil - and to not bribe him is to risk nasty consequences... https://t.co/wo6v3xZX56

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is the amazing spirit that leaves frosty fern-like patterns on windows & nips the extremities in cold weather. He leaves wherever he goes & personifies crisp, cold, wintry weather. Magically depicted in many

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In Scandinavian the Tomten sleeps under farmhouse floorboards until when he wakes to prepare for Cleaning, baking sweets & trimming the All he asks in return, is a bowl of porridge with LOTS of butter

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Four demons, in watercolour.

From a c. 1775 German and Latin grimoire (book of spells, rites and incantations). Roughly translated title = A Rare Compendium of the whole Magical Art, by a Celebrated Master of this Art.

Courtesy of .

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Leshy is a male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology. Leshies are terribly mischievous beings: they have horrible cries, and can imitate voices of people familiar to wanderers and lure them back to their caves, where the leshies will tickle them to death.

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Krampus is a companion of jolly old St. Nick.

He punishes children that misbehave, by throwing them in his sack or basket.

He is often seen with a birch branch that he uses to hit naughty children.

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In Estonian mythology, the Külmking is the evil protector of the forest, eating children alive when they bother forest spirits. One legend says that if the Külmking goes through the body of someone, this person also becomes evil. (Image: Unknown)

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Folklore abounds with fairies tricking children into danger. Stories about them provided warnings against careless behavior. Like Peg Powler or Jenny Greenteeth, water hags who would snatch children away into the deeps if they got too close to the river's edge.

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Krampus postcards used to be very popular, particularly in the 1920s for some reason.

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Unfairly called villain, the banshee? She’s a harbinger of death but reminiscent of old Irish funerary processions which included paid mourners to wail/shriek, doesn’t she also mourn death? Why is she always depicted so frightful?

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villain in Y/n? The men who stole & hid away the sealskin of Selkie maidens so they cannot go home. This binds them to the land, forcing them into marriage but always she stares at the sea...longing to return. If she finds her skin she surely will.

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A2 Florette captures the loss of the wilderness a child feels when they move to the city . ‘Amy & Louis’ tackles the loss of a best friend when one friend moves. No longer can the friends call cooee to each other across the playground. My heart ached reading this!

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In Central Europe, Krampus is the counterpart of Santa Claus, punishing the bad children, rather than rewarding the good ones.Two illustrations from Austria, early 20th century

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Capricious French and Swiss Elves The Lutins think of endless to tease and torment; whether in the guise of horses throwing their riders into a ditch, making seashells temporarily become gold or even appearing as giant spiders
🎨by Godo

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- Join Zach as he reviews and gives his in depth thoughts on the new 1 to 5 player board game from it here: https://t.co/E3Xduwav3a
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