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In my corner of the world in Southern England as children we were scared half to death on dark nights of Black Shuck, a ghostly black dog with glowing eyes; it was said that to meet him is to be warned that your death will occur before the end of the year

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2018-04-27

Hello, And happy It’s Crystal of with you for the next 90 minutes! This week’s theme is and folklore. Tweet me your hottest legends and lore! (Image: Arthur Rackham)

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2018-04-26

The Celtic festival of when the bounds between the human & other worlds are temporarily erased. Bonfires are lit for protection; their flames, smoke & ash, are deemed to have protective powers. Simply circle (often with cattle) or leap over the flames!#FolkloreThursday

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2018-04-26

In Mesopotamian the Assyrians called upon to undo the effects of evil witchcraft aimed at them. They believed that fire destroyed sorcery or evil/black magic. They would burn sorcerers at the stake; long before the hunts of the Salem Witch Trials.

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2018-04-26

The tine ghealáin, aka 'bright fire', aka the Will of the Wisp was once a master gambler who beat the Devil at cards. But his profession doomed him at the gates of Heaven so now he wanders the earth, his lantern casting an eery light…

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2018-04-26

i was trying to edit loretta's official art to look less terrible but i got frustrated so i started to draw it instead and got frustrated with that so i started to color what i had and then got frustrated so im posting it.

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2018-04-21

Offending these faeries might lead to being elf-shot, so speak only kindly of the Fair Folk. https://t.co/nH1Z7yt5fr

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2018-04-20

So on stream today i will continue Cereza art work 😍❤️
Character Bachelorettes in our game
https://t.co/kqec4VIryN
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2018-04-20

According to a 15th century guide, witches were capable of making penises vanish—and some even kept them as pets. According to the guide, witches kept their penis-pets in nests and fed them oats.

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2018-04-20

"Hoichi the Earless" is a Japanese folktale about a blind musician (biwa hoshi) whose specialty is singing 'The Tale of the Heike,' about the Battle of Dan-no-ura, fought between the Taira & Minamoto clans during the last phase of the Genpei War. 1/5

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2018-04-19

Another Hand of Glory for This one is from the ill fated Micatonic University expedition to the Arctic. (art-self)

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2018-04-19

U`tlun’ta, or Spearfinger, figure in Cherokee lore. Hag-like woman with skin hard as stone & a long, deadly forefinger on her right hand, lethal as a spear. Her heart, her only vulnerable spot, beats on her right palm, which she protects at all times.

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2018-04-19

Fix Cereza Bachelorettes
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Download public version https://t.co/RxLPjjXYz2
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2018-04-19

“Physic without astrology is like a lamp without oil “, Nicholas Culpeper, c.1653.Until the C18th medicine & astrology were inextricably linked. The zodiac man was used by doctors to determine the type, cause & cure of illness & the timing of treatment & surgery

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2018-04-19

CLOVER and other three-leaved plants were once considered gifts from the FAIRIES to protect us and bring GOOD LUCK.

Art: Cicely Mary Barker circa 1930

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2018-04-12

Fortuna was represented as veiled or blind (as in modern depictions of Lady Justice) & came to represent life's capriciousness. She was also a goddess of fate: as Atrox Fortuna. Her father was Jupiter and like him, she could also be bountiful or wrathful.

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2018-04-12

In Japan the hatsuyume, or first dream of each new year, has significant bearing on one's luck. Dreams of eggplants, hawks, or Mount Fuji are considered especially lucky.

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The number 13 can be traced back to Norse Myth; where Loki crashed a dinner party of the gods. He was the uninvited 13th guest & the god Balder was killed as a result. Since then, it is said that if 13 guests are seated for dinner, one of them will die.

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2018-04-12

Seeing the full moon through the branches of a tree will bring bad luck; a new moon over your right shoulder brings good. But sleeping under the full moon brings the worst luck of all, as its light reaches down & disfigures your face.

(All art by Jill Battaglia)

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