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In honour of we'll share the Greek myth of Persephone. Hades kidnapped her to live with him in the Underworld for half the year, leaving her mother, the goddess of harvest, sad. This causes the infertile winter months. https://t.co/j590jM3azy

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2017-12-21

[Gerda and the Reindeer (Illustration by Edmund Dulac to The Snow Queen]

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Some wintery art for by artist CHARLES ROBINSON:
The Russian Princess-1913 from "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" OscarWilde

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2017-12-15

As the Ijiraq is a shapeshifter it can come in a range of different shapes and sizes, even going so far as to copy the appearance of other monsters.

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2017-12-14

The reindeer did not dare to stop. It ran on till it came to the bush with the red berries. There it put Gerda down, and kissed her on the mouth, while big shining tears trickled down its face.
Image:

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2017-12-14

Jack Frost, the winter spirit that leaves frosty fern-like patterns on windows & nips the extremities in cold weather. He leaves Frost wherever he goes & personifies crisp, cold, wintry weather. Similar to the Norse god(Kári)'s son, Jokul Frosti (frosty icicle).

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2017-12-14

From Inuit mythology comes the Ijiraq. A shape shifting creature who kidnaps children. Legend has them as people who went too far north, and became trapped between the world of the living and the dead.

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The epitome of fairytales: "The Snow Queen". Boris Diodorov (b. 1934, Moscow) received the 2001 Grand Prix of Hans Christian Andersen for these illustrations and was named 'Ambassador of Andersen in Russia' (2005).

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2017-12-14

The Wild Hunt already saddles up & ghostly steeds chomp at their bits. Friday next is Midwinter and the "Rauhnächte" (rough nights) fall on Northern Europe. Time for the wild huntsmen to ride across the night skies. tales for - https://t.co/hyLRAD6GCc

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2017-12-14

The is a symbol of the Old Magic, rebirth, dreams, otherworld journeys, & ancestors. The Yew Fairy, Cicely Barker

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2017-12-14

Hey there ! We are an anthology of new and reinvented lore and legends, with artists taking on siren romance, John Henry's daughter, haunted subways, and more! This is our last week, so don't miss this chance!
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2017-12-08

Well, then. The Original ‘Nightmare’ Was a Demon That Sat on Your Chest and Suffocated You https://t.co/NIpvy7iprO via

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2017-12-08

The Banshee has diff. names & forms in Celtic legend; but this female keening spirit will omit a high-pitched lamenting cry when a family member dies or is about to die. The wailing of the Banshee is often the 1st warning to the family, that a loved one is gone.

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2017-12-07

'As Above - So Below' - the creed of the tzorkly creature-witches of Winchett Dale - black-hatted sisters of 'The League of Lid-Curving Witchery'.... https://t.co/SHZDUIuono

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2017-12-07

If your Christmas tree comes from a Welsh forest, please check it VERY carefully for small, unexpected guests! Wild, Welsh, woodland Dragons do NOT make good decorations...


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2017-12-07

An ancient custom saw children dressed up in holly & ivy to bring light & life to the darkest part of the year.

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In Celtic lore, to strain potatoes over the threshold of a Faerie door, would bring horrible luck. But burying a potato outside on the first of the year, insured good luck and fortune from the faeries.

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The Elder is known as the Queen of Trees. Its berries protect & break spells cast against you.
Illust: Cicely Barker.

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“I meet the biggest most giant doll i have ever seen. She was made of gold. She sings when she talks and she was the Queen of other dolls in the kingdom.
“Loretta' s Quote”
Story is availabe on amazon for $0.99. As an E-book
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2017-11-28