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Načnica is a female night spirit in Belarusian mythology who loves to sneak into house and scare children. After death women who did not a have a child through a curse can be turned into Načnica, Protection against Načnica is to place a rag doll in every window.

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Salamandra is often tempted to set fire to things. And people.

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Balthazar Lemon only does magic by accident when he is trying to build sensible devices.

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'Michael Scot, the Wizard' was born in the border regions of Scotland and northern England in 1175.
He was a mathematician and scholar. His writings dealt with astrology, alchemy, and the occult sciences.


Medicinal Alchemy 1512

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"Divination" by Hans Weiditz (1519 - 1532)

During the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe there was a resurgence of hermeticism and neo platonic ideas of ceremonial magic which lead to various prints exploring these ideas, such as this one.

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Gwydion was a warrior-magician and bardic god of wisdom in the Mabinogion. He was taught wizardry from Math. Using magics, he created Blodeuwedd from broom, meadowsweet and oak blossom as a wife for Llew. His sacred tree is the ash.

🎨 by Alan Lee

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I went on a Miskatonic University field trip and all I got was this unwholesome magical device!

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“The adventures of Fra Diavolo have left a legendary reputation" (Victor Hugo)

Fra Diavolo, the devil's brother, legendary Italian robber chief turned guerrilla leader against Napoleon was brought to bay by Victor Hugo's father, of all the people.

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PUSS IN BOOTS also known as the 'robber kitten' is the most renowned animal outlaw and trickster in folklore. Popularised in Perrault (1628–1703) as Le Chat Botté, in English in Mother Goose, 1780 & The Blue Fairy Book, 1889. Ills. Doré c.1870; Robber Kitten, 1887

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I remembered a Greek/Albanian that also fits today.

"How the Dragon was tricked"

I can't find an illustration for it so I used a sketch of a dragon by (Honestly, amazing fantasy art. Check them out and follow to support!)

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In Welsh King Arthur, Arthur's most enigmatic warrior is Eiddilig the Dwarf, shapeshifter and wizard. Ambiguous if Eiddilig is a short human or a fairy. Also ambiguous if he's also Iddawc, who tricked Arthur and Mordred into battling each other to see the bloodshed

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On the island of Hopeless, Maine, demons are not fussy about where they begin with their raw material, resulting in things like this...chicken demon.

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In 1671, notorious thief & conman Thomas Blood stole the Crown Jewels of King Charles II. He was arrested, but the king was so impressed by his ingenuity that he pardoned him. When Blood died, his body was exhumed to ensure he didn't fake his death to avoid taxes.

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A single panel from the 'Fantastic Voyage' comic book.

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This Please enjoy these beautifully surreal artworks from Todor Popov.

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In Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry a young prince leaves his asteroid (& rose), visits 6 planets each inhabited by one odd individual: a subject-less king, a narcissist, a drunk, a businessman, a lamplighter, a geographer. On earth he meets a fox...

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A steampunk submarine approaches the coast of Hopeless, Maine

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The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ship, said never to be able to make port, it's doomed to sail the oceans for eternity.

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Horses were used to find the resting places of vampires in South-Eastern Europe. They were led into cemeteries suspected of sheltering the undead and forced to tread on graves. They refused to step over ground which held these creatures...

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When Marco Polo returned home after two decades travelling, the stories he & his brothers told were dismissed as outright fiction, until (legend goes) they sliced open the hems of their garments, & 100s of gems poured to the ground in a glittering cascade.

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