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In the begining, by his will power, Raja Entala, the supreme deity, created 2 giants birds, which in turn, created the sky, the earth, and Lupar River.

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2022-01-06

Vivienne Enchanting Merlin, a famous moment for (painting by Arthur Rackham)

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2021-12-31

In Poland, finding ancient buried treasure is a folk tale that sometimes comes true! From a story I often heard in childhood. Paul Ranson, “Apple Tree with Red Fruit,” 1902. Zofia “Kolomyjka,” a dance from southeastern Poland and Ukraine, 1927.

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2021-12-31

In Ecuador it is New Years Eve tradition to burn scarecrows to banish bad luck and memories no longer wanted.

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2021-12-29

All hail the Yule Goat. A recurring theme in Scandinavian winter traditions is goats. Since Thor rode a magic chariot pulled by immortal goats, is it possible Santa's related to Thor? Chariot = sleigh, goats = reindeer? 🤯🎄🐐
Art: "Julbocken" by John Bauer

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2021-12-24

Lokul Frosti also known as Jack Frost or Old Man Winter is the personification of winter

He was known to paint the leaves brown, red, and gold in the fall and then paint the frost on windows during the winter months. Lokul also guards the mountains

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2021-12-24

🌿❣️🌿Holly's evergreen leaves and scarlet berries are a symbol of enduring life at the darkest time of the year. A Christmas superstition said that saving a sprig of holly from the decorations each winter would protect the house from being struck by lightning.

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2021-12-17

The Cailleach is the Ancient Earth herself. She is the lichen-covered rocks and the mountain peaks. She is the bared earth covered with snow and frost. She is the Deep Ancestress, veiled by the passage of time. - Liesens, H.

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2021-12-17

Industrialization made printing cheaper and more accessible to authors who wrote 'short' stories around this time of year for the masses! Everyone at the time could retell the easy-to-follow structure of a ghost story from memory.
🖼️Robert W. Buss

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2021-12-16

To celebrate the Winter Solstice (grian-stad geamhraidh), it was customary to carve the face of the Cailleach - an old woman associated with winter - into a log and burn it in the hopes of banishing the cold, dark nights.

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'Woman and Children by a Snowball, Winter' from the series 'Elegant Beauties and Precious Children' - Kikugawa Eizan, ca. 1810.

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2021-12-16

There are similarities between winter festivals throughout history. Tenuous links more by accident than design but shared threads of fire, light in the darkness, revelry, tumbling social order and celebrating the returning sun Solstice blessing

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2021-12-16

Dickens likely took inspiration for the chained spectre of Marley from Pliny The Younger's letters. Along with 'the Spirit of Africa' inspiring the other Spirits.
Researching A Christmas Carol for Early Haunts & delving into the story's origins was a treat.

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2021-12-16

In Roman mythology, holly was the sacred plant of the god Saturn, and to honor him at the Saturnalia festival, the Romans gave each other gifts of holly wreaths. Christians would place holly wreaths in their houses to avoid detection https://t.co/F0xO6zoD66

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Behind Door 16 in our of advent calendar - The Spectral Bear Hunt of Verdley Castle
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The first edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published privately on 16th Dec 1901, when had 250 copies printed as gifts for her family & friends. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was given a copy for his children.

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2021-12-16

The Scandinavian festival of St. Lucia’s Day not only celebrates the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracruse, but it also involves Norse pagan traditions, such as lighting fires to ward off evil spirits that emerge during the winter solstice.

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