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My grandmother Cicely Anderson, would recount the tale of her Irish ancestor who encountered a Banshee on his way home one evening. Understanding it as an ill omen, he kissed his wife and children goodnight and was found dead in the morning.

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'The Wild Hunt' image occurs in folklore across Europe - wailing ghoslty souls in a hunt across winter skies, said to be led by a figure such as Odin (providing very tenuous claims of links with Santa Claus).

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Good morning. Day 16 . Today's piece is a WIP I started earlier this year and a nod to my Celtic roots. Still a little way to go but it will be finished... I hope.
Take care lovely people.💚

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Never kick fungi or you will have bad luck for seven years.

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Her long hair flickered in the midnight blast
She sighed with sighs inhuman;
On snow-white horse she galloped fast.
– Johannes Carsten Hauch, The Wild Hunt.

The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif involving a host of lost spirits led by a legendary deity at Yuletide.

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The fearsome, giant black Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn) of Icelandic folklore devours wicked and lazy children who didn't earn new clothes and encourages the charity of providing them for the poor. Art by Tony Hough. 🐈‍⬛

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Hi DRS! I'm Haniel Moreno and I focus on dark fantasy and folklore

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In the Orkney Islands, there is a winter demon called the The Nuckelavee. TheMither o' the Sea, keeps hold of it for most of the year, but in winter, the Nuckelavee emerges from the sea, as a ferocious hybrid beast and harbinger of illness, drought and death.

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Saule is the Baltic goddess of light and the sun. When she cries her tears become amber. At winter solstice she rides across the sky, drawn by reindeer, dropping gifts of amber to those below. The reindeer are all female, as males shed their antlers by December

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The Dangers of a Norwegian Christmas--beware the Oskorei and Haug-folk, who become more dangerous at Christmas.
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Thank you for a fun filled hour! This is signing off, but the wonderful will be back after the break for more winter folklore. We wish you all fabulous holidays however you celebrate.

Img: The Four Seasons: Winter by François Boucher

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Welcoming Kazumi Komiya! Kazumi creates dreamlike collages and is inspired by Japanese folklore and vintage ads. Her mesmerising illustrations are perfect for advertising, editorial and publishing projects.

More from Kazumi: https://t.co/A6La8XXn17

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3. is the of and in He is the son of and Stepson of and is said to be an expert and who would glide around the and cover the with snow
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Bocuk is the name of a witch-like evil creature in Thracian folk beliefs. By appearing in the coldest days of winter,she does evil & harms people.Although Bocuk is referred to as a male in some villages, she is mostly described as a woman https://t.co/oPUp0sD1lX

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Barbegazi are kindly mountain spirits from the French-Swiss Alps. Their name comes from the French ‘barbe glacée’ meaning ‘frozen beard’. They wear bright white fur clothes to stay camouflaged in the snow and have long icicles hanging from their hair and beards.

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