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Ok, this is absolutely my last devil-related tweet for but it has helped in the interminable wait for my doctor’s appointment. This is ‘Humbugging, or Raising the Devil’ by Thomas Rowlandson, 1800. 😈

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2021-09-29

game time

Your 20-years-contract with the archfiend finally expired and he came to claim your soul - show us what they found on your body when your earthly remains were discovered in your study with 4 images and QT

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2021-09-29

There is a rock formation in the bay that locals call The Devil's Fingers. Legend has it that this is all that remains of the Devil after he came to the island and lost a fight with a local entity.

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2021-09-29

The Devil features in the Tarot Major Arcana. Here are three card versions, this first one is from the Della Rocca Italian Soprafino deck from around 1880.

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Though not quite comparable to a satanic figure, the demon Mara personifies obstacles to spiritual enlightenment. He attempted to prevent the Buddha from attaining this goal by various means, most notably by trying to tempt him with his three daughters

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2021-09-29

The Curse of the Muertos Moon, is a curse that Jolly Roger has created to turn every Pirate into one of his minions. The curse was first used on All Hallows Eve, or Halloween as we know it today.

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2021-09-23

The version of Red Sonja from the 'Legenderry' world, lived as a pirate aboard her ship, The Nautilus.

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2021-09-22

Near where I grew up in NY, is Bull Hill on Mt Taurus. Legend says the pirate Capt. Wm Kidd/Capt. Kidd buried treasure in one of the caves. He stashed his treasure in the Hudson Highlands when his ship went down in a storm over 300 yrs ago. It has never been found.

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2021-09-22

The timawa was the warrior class of Ancient Visayas. There were skilled warriors & seafarers, and would conduct annual sea raids on neighbouring areas They also had their very own god of plunder (patron of pirates) Makanduk
🎨 War gods trinity by Alfred Galoroza

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2021-09-22

The adventures of Captain Pugwash. Watched these as a child, good to see today's children can still enjoy these tales.

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2021-09-22

When Quetzalcoatl came down to earth as a man,a rabbit offered to be his food when he saw that the god could starve. Then Quetzalcoatl raised the rabbit to the sky & stamped its silhouette on the moon so that all beings on earth would remember the rabbit's kindness

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2021-09-16

Bumblebee 🖤💛

Some stories say that if a lone bumblebee enters your house, it is a sign of wealth and good
fortune (they are also great secret keepers, Raven's word) 🐝!

🎨 Illustration by the AMAZING Maggie Vandewalle ✨

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2021-09-16

‘In the lowland of Creggan, there lives a white hare,
As swift as the swallow that flies through that air.
You may tramp the world over but none can compare
With the pride of low Creggan, the bonnie white hare’

She cannot be caught…

Art self

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2021-09-15

The next volume of Hopeless, Maine will begin with some freshly hatched Spoonwalkers.

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2021-09-15

For here are some animals in Japanese prints. 🐘🐕🐅🐢
🎨1. 'Great Elephant' - Utagawa Yoshitoyo, 1863.
2. 'Pekingese Dog and Bush Warbler' - Shoson Ohara.
3. 'Tiger' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848.
4. Tanuki (Raccoon Dog) and Turtle - Kawanabe Kyosai, 1881.

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2021-09-15

"First Witch:
I come, Graymalkin!"
Graymalkin is a cat, and is the witch's familiar. Part of the magic drama of Macbeth.

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2021-09-15

Hermit crabs don't always use seashells.

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2021-09-15

The Two Mousketeers (MGM, 1951). This classic Tom and Jerry short won an Oscar for Best Cartoon Short Subject. It's all-around joy to watch. Jerry and his friend, the French speaking Nibbles, against Tom (Monsieur Pussycat).

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2021-09-15

Homemakers eager to make their domestic chores more manageable & escape the drudgery of everyday life were particularly profitable targets in the 1960s. Creative advertisers promised them a future transformed by forward-thinking products & space age technology.#WyrdWednesday 3/4

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2021-09-09

The surface of Venus is obscured from telescopes by thick swirling clouds which led some writers to suggest that the planets surface was covered in lush tropical swamps, thick forests, and perhaps even inhabited by

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2021-09-09