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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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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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Fortuna (or Tyche in Greek mythology) was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck. She has many different aspects such as Fortuna Belli for fortune of war, Fortuna Muliebris for the luck of a woman and Fortuna Faitrix the fortune of life.

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SFW : Victory Rabbit
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A little water nymph I made for an upcoming children's book project

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To take part in the 52 Crows project please send your story / poem (max 600 words) to 52crows2018.com. Remember a new illustration posted every Monday

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Naglfar is a battleship to be made of the dead's nail clippings (why Norse funerary rites included trimming the nails) and if completed, it slipping its moorings into the ocean is one of the events of Ragnorok (appocalypse).

Viking Storm by KenHuys on Devianart

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In Orkney Lore, Finfolk were dark, shape-shifting Sorcerers that lived in a luxurious city under the called Finfolkaheem. It is said, they would abduct humans; taking them for a husband/wife; transforming them to forever live in their Undersea Realm.

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Angus Og God of Love Putting a Spell of Summer Calm on the Sea - woken from his snowy sleep 'laughed with joy...at his laughing the whole green earth was veiled in a snow of blossom' 🎨 John Duncan 1908 https://t.co/BEuM8lJIY3

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Fossegrimmen, is a Norwegian water-creature. He is a young, handsome man who sits naked under waterfalls, playing the fiddle. He plays the music of nature itself; the sound of the water, the wind in the trees, it all comes from his music.

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The Mermaid of Zennor is a tale of a woman who never ages (she turns out to be a Mermaid) who falls in love with a village man because of his sweet singing voice. They leave together never seen again & start a family in the sea near Pendour Cove

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Every culture has a rabbit-god & they’re nearly always trickster spirits. How interesting that today should link the trickster spirit of April Fool's Day & Originally honoring the goddess, Ēostre; who was often accompanied by a rabbit-spirit.

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In Greek & Latin The Nymph is regarded as a divine spirit, animating Nymphs are depicted as beautiful maidens who love to dance & sing. They are often identified with a woodland location; and typically bound to the land they inhabit.

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Folklore tells of Faerie Dogs who enter our world via certain crossroads —These dogs are bright green and will bark once or twice as a warning. But upon the third bark, the listener is doomed....

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The Nachtkrapp is a creature in Germanic lore. Some tales describe them as having holes in its wings and when it flaps them disease is spread others say it has no eyes and if looked upon it brings death. If it finds a child out at night it may carry it away.

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Leszy, Slavic spirit of the forest. It takes the form of a huge humanoid but shrinks & shrinks the further away it moves from the heart of its forest. The Leszy calls to travelers in voices familiar to them, luring them into the heart of the wood.

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