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Aztec god Chalchiuhtotolin (Precious Night Turkey) was a plague god that had the power to change an individual's fate. Turkeys were sometimes eaten on important festival days or used in rituals, including funeral feasts & as burial offerings

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Happy Twitter! [Puss in Boots, Gustave Dore]

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this is a truly wonderful resource: a sort of Hopi & Pueblo kachinas catalogue from 1903 (Kachina - spirit or personification of a thing or concept)

https://t.co/Su02i53Cxi

images via https://t.co/CXLVwhqkCS

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In 1907, when came into the public domain, Arthur Rackham a new edition

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In European tradition, swiftly changing weather or rushing winds often portend the Wild Hunt. The hunt's participants vary between cultures, but often include fairies or elves, Woden and his valkyries, dead souls, or the Devil.

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Tiny Bird Garden by is the CUTEST, I had to draw lovely Loretta and some birbs 💖 it's out now on iOS and Android!

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The Cailleach Bheur, bringer of Winter snows and storms and mother of all gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology
Image ©Andy Paciorek

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Japan: Yuki-onna ("Snow-Woman") is a spirit with white skin, white kimono & long black hair. She appears in snowfall, gliding around like a ghost. She feeds on human essence. She blows cold air on her victims to freeze them to death, then suck out their souls.

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Ullr is the Norse hunting deity of everything snow; including snow-shoes and skiing. Ullr sometimes uses his shield, to ski down the mountains, like a modern-day snowboard. There are still festivals held in his honor, to bring heavy powder to the mountain tops.

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For we celebrate the beautiful of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen for the 1914 book 'East of The Sun and West of the Moon'. Mysterious, and other wordly Norwegian folktales brought to life.

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Raijū (Thunder Beast) is Japanese wolf made of lighting. It cry sounds like Thunder. When agitated it leaps on fields and trees (trees struck with lighting are said to be scratched by Raiju's claws.)

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Cereza character Bachelorettes for male player
Life+Farming simulation game
DL public version https://t.co/l3bLgoR0kw
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Melusine character Bachelorettes for male player in game
Life+Farming simulation game
Download public version https://t.co/l3bLgoR0kw
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In Welsh folklore,"Cŵn Annwn" are the white "Hellhounds" of Annwn. The hounds hunt human souls to guide them on. They are known to hunt from Christmas-12th night & meet their "Wild" hunting party at the crossroads. Their paws make the mandrakes scream!

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If the rock you are leaning on turns out to be more than a rock, you better have a really good excuse for not moving on.

Inspired by tales from Duncan Williamson.

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Folklore of the deadly Skinwalkers, comes from the Navajo "yee naaldlooshii" Where human eyes that glow yellow; can be found on the coyote, wolf, cougar, or fox. It uses witchcraft to shapeshift & the only way to kill one, is with a bullet dipped in white ash.

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Happy Here is a lovely little folk inspired piece by the ever so talented

https://t.co/84hcaFTaoT

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"It is a vulgar proverb, that it is easy to raise the devil but difficult to bury him."

ref: Letters of S. Taggart. Original Latin 16th-cent aphorism: "Facile vocaveris Cacodæmona, sed vocatum non facile repuleris."

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