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HIC FUERUNT DRACONES: Three short essays by Natalie Lawrence on the natural history of monsters



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2018-10-26

Sure, ghosts and bats and spiders are scary, but let's not forget that in Japan you aren't even safe from vegetables!

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2018-10-25

According to Romanian the blood-sucking takes origin from the gruseome ruler Vlad the Impaler. Who got his nickname from his excution style; impaling his enemies & guests with giant wooden spikes, watching their still-twitching bodies slowly die.

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2018-10-25

When the internet is awash with spiteful Trolls, spare a thought for their ancestors!
John Bauer (1915)

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The only sort of Troll we welcome on (OK. it's actually a Goblin, but pretty close!) art-self.

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2018-10-25

Illustration to (1785) by ‘some account of the principal charms and spells of that night so big with prophecy to the peasantry in the west of Scotland’ watercolour by Walter Weir 1816 https://t.co/wA3e7YNF7J

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scenes from un-life just off the coast of Hopeless, Maine... Art-self and

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Mythic Appalachia includes everything from haints and hags to Black Shuck himself, talking animals to faceless demons. GHOST DAYS is an illustrated anthology that explores the landscape via the travels of an errant witch:
https://t.co/GXmPmhQE4N

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Some terrifying details from ‘Witches at their Incantations’ (c.1646), by Italian artist Salvator Rosa. The painting, kindly loaned to by , is one of many chilling items in our https://t.co/eDz3Kuzpw1

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2018-10-25

Hello This is welcoming you to a spooktacular Halloween edition! Click on our account to see the best of the day's folklore.
(Image: via Wikimedia)

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2018-10-25

The Blackthorn rules the dark half of the year from It is dark moon magic, an "increaser of secrets." Its thorns are the pins in a poppet, its wands used for cursing. A tree protected by faeries, its berries are the sloe.
Image - Cicely Mary Barker

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2018-10-25

while we're feeling spooky, , how about the story of Jan Coo, who clearly hasn't seen enough horror movies because a *something* in the river calls his name and he goes to investigate! You can read the tiny story here: https://t.co/aJeHXikRYc

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2018-10-19

was brought to you today by and . Thanks for a terrifying day, and see you all next week! (Image: The Vampire, by Edvard Munch)

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2018-10-19

The Guajona is a blood-sucking nocturnal creature of Cantabrian legend. Her hands & feet are gnarled bird legs, skin yellow and wart-covered; she has a single sharp tooth to suck up blood. Her favourite victims are children.

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2018-10-18

In the 1866 edition of 'The Ingoldsby Legends' we find an apparently more fashion conscious Death.
These 'Legends' were mainly humorous parodies of medieval folklore.

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2018-10-18

Buddhism, Sikhism & other: Preta are undead with a massive deficit of Karma. As punishment for leading horrid lives they roam the world searching for food & no way to eat it. Fire burst from their mouths when they try to eat charring the food. Always they hunger

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Greek myth: At least the frightful gorgon Medusa could be slain bur her sisters, Euryale with the loudest scream & Sthenno the most ferocious one were immortal.

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2018-10-18

In traditional British folklore if you see an owl during the daytime it is an omen of imminent death.

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2018-10-18

In Japanese folklore witches are often the spirits of women seeking revenge after losing, or being betrayed by, those closest to them. They become trapped in the spirit world as haunting ghosts.

Image: 'Cat Witch of Okazaki', Utagawa Kunisada

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In - the Hounds of Hell - are sent out during the hours of darkness to collect the souls of the damned ...... their howls can be heard in the distance, but the nearer they come to you the quieter they become .....
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