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Yosuzume are yokai birds that appear in eerie swarms around travelers at night. They bring bad luck, so chant to scare them away: "Chichichi calls the bird - maybe it wants a branch - if it does, hit it with one.” art by https://t.co/qJtKtgnNNo

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It's & I've always been fascinated in Banshees. Traditionally their wail heralds an impending death. Our incorporates elements of an angered spirit, & her scream can kill! https://t.co/ZoJsPVGAjX

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Happy ("Sea Sprites in Flight," John Anster Fitzgerald)

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We're creating a new 'Folklore Trail' which will be great fun for visitors this summer! But have we left any well known stories out? https://t.co/yG58zjXsFU
We do love a great story here on Dartmoor! 👻💀🦇

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Fairies Rescuing a Bird from a Cage, Margaret Tempest, c. 1920-25 https://t.co/YXRDjbkP0e

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Birds and our hair have a complex history. In Scottish lore, a magpie which stole a piece of your cut hair for its nest died in a year. In Appalachia, a bird that got tangled in your hair shared a piece of your soul. Here's a beautiful bird comb to get it out!

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If you see a magpie on its own, you can salute it with a cheery “Hello Mr Magpie” & that should diffuse the worst of any ill-fortune. But apparently in China a solitary magpie is a good omen

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Odin had two Ravens, Huginn and Muninn, who would fly everywhere and bring information to him. That's how he knew everything which was happening!

Huginn and Munninn, two of the greatest gossipers ever!

Art: Odin by SirGrunt (DeviantArt)

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and the is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god in the form of a swan, seduces the mortal woman Leda.
🖼️Leda and the Swan | François Boucher via https://t.co/TmMjX7fAc6

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4 April. Make offering of cream to the cuckoo to stem bad luck & cuckoldry:
"The cuckoo’s a bonny bird, he sings as he flies,
He brings us good tidings, he tells us no lies…
The grave will receive me & bring me to dust
An inconstant lover no maiden can trust”

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to my Swan Maiden for 🌿
This one was painted for the cover of Emma Hamm's novel, The Faceless Woman.

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The pear is linked to the Greek goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, who watches over wives & fidelity in marriage. It is an ancient fertility symbol, & there is a custom in many countries of planting a pear tree to celebrate the birth of a daughter. Img: Cicely Barker

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the army or bachelorettes grows...

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Jenny Greenteeth lurks at the bottom of rivers and ponds. Her cold, sinewy arms reach up to grab the ankles of those who get too close to the water and drag them down to her underwater lair.

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Loretta has a soft spot on children. So of course she would give ‘s oc Herbert a good amount of coins for his cute drawing and him being cute.

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Shout out to Floretle on DA for the support ♥ get you own chibi here:
☕️ https://t.co/SobDIWq02x

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Home is Where the Heart Is. Thomas Mackenzie, from Aladdin.

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PEARS' SOAP WITCH: A naked on a broomstick was used in 1899 to advertise Pears Soap. A familiar image showing the use of folklore in the house and hearth at the turn of the century

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THREAD
For today’s here’s some household + death lore💀🐝

In the 18th & 19th centuries in the U.S. and Western Europe, a strange ritual involving households that kept bees took place called ‘The Telling of the Bees.’

(Image by Nikolay Tolmachev)

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