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"The Three Friends of Winter" is a Chinese art motif of pine, bamboo, and plum. They symbolize hope and determination in the face of adversity, symbolized by the evergreen pine, versatile bamboo, and winter plum blossoms. 1/4



🎨: Zhao Mengjian (Song Dynasty)

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Seasonal depression is divine, it turns out: Demeter grieves the loss of her daughter Persephone as she descends into the Underworld, and all plants wither and die. This is winter, and the Earth mourns each year.

🖼: Kejokaya

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In East Asia the black tortoise is one of the four celestial animals and is guardian of the north & winter. Despite its name, it is actually a tortoise snake chimera. In Japan it is known as Genbu & is one of four guardian spirits that protect the city of Kyoto.

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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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According to anthropologist Calros Solla, XAN FIZ is a tall, thin and bearded man who became rich in distant lands thanks to the "Pedra de Gilardillo" and returns every Christmas to where people give him a place at the table at Christmas Eve dinner.

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Scottish goddess Beira, Queen of Winter, appears as a blue-skinned hag carrying a magical staff that freezes the ground & a hammer for shaping hills & valleys. At the end of her seasonal reign, & she drinks from the Well of Youth to become young again.

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The answer to this week's on is:

Devil (lived backwards)

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Manananggal is a mythical creature in the Philippines, described as scary and often hideous, usually depicted as female. It is said to prey on sleeping, pregnant women, sucking their blood or the hearts of fetuses. It also haunts newlyweds or couples in love.

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Aldar Kose is a famous figure in Kazakhstan folktale, depicted as a sly, clever, mischievous, but kind man. In various stories, he uses his cleverness to outwit greedy and evil Khans, in order to assist the weak and poor people who are made to suffer by them.

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Today's theme is Villains and Antiheroes to celebrate Krampusnacht! For those who don't know, Krampus is a Christmas being in Alpine folklore sent to punish wicked children 🎄

Art by Nathan Spoor and Adrian Valdez

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In Polish lore, Turoń is a bovine creature who visits houses during a Yuletide festival. He playfully causes havoc in the home and is given alcohol in exchange for the fertility he bestows on inhabitants via a poke of his horn.

🎨 Michal Adamiec

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Folklore Thursday - Nidhogg. In Norse mythology, it's a dragon/serpent who gnaws at the root of the world tree, Tggdrasil.

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Y Ladi Wen is an apparition in Welsh mythology, she is commonly seen at Hollantide Calan Gaeaf. Often characterised as a terrifying ghost she is often evoked to warn children about bad behaviour

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Many characters who are cast as villains simply expose the weaknesses in the relationships and values of the heroes in order to sow chaos, such as Eris with the golden apple.

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theme today is villains so I thought I should bring up one of those tricky characters that acts as a villain and a hero? Efnisien; violent, emotional and prideful commits disturbing & horrifying atrocities but ultimately sacrifices himself in service to others.

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Iron crone - in Belarusian folklore, is a terrible undersized toad-like old woman, with an iron tits and an iron hook, with which she grabs naughty children. Lives in old wells, in fields and vegetable gardens.

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The most ancient of trees, the symbolises death & but also the rebirth of light at the It is Old Magic, dark dreams, otherworld journeys & connection to ancestors. It is perseverance leading to transformation & renewal. Img: CMB

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Aswang is a creature with various forms such as vampire and wolf that live in cemeteries She gains power at night and escapes from the light but comes to the city to hunt. Its prey is baby in the pregnant mothers's womb and she is the cause of miscarriage

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The Sandman was once a terrifying nursery ogre. He threw coarse sand into the eyes of children who would not sleep. When the screaming child rubbed its eyes, they fell out, bloody, upon the floor. The Sandman took the eyes to feed his children in the moon...

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One of the most sinister monsters of Slavic mythology is Bezkost. Often described as a boneless vampire, its physiology resembles a meaty bag that fills up with blood like a water balloon while it is feeding. It can squeeze its body through tiny cracks or holes

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