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The gruesome French tale of Bluebeard. Leaving his new wife alone, Bluebeard tells her not to open a specific door. She does,falling into a bloodbath! With bodies of old wives hanging from the walls! Not able to clean the blood from the key; revealing her demise!#FolkloreThursday

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Fantasmagoriana, a French anthology of German ghost stories, plays a key rol in the genesis of Frankenstein and The Vampyre during the "wet, ungenial summer" of 1816 https://t.co/tRW6ju3e9I

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Phobos (who lends his name to the word 'Phobia') is the Greek God of fear. The lion-headed Phobos stalked battlefields with his brother Deimos (Dread). Fear is part of Halloween, and the wise or unlucky know that fear of death is the least of it. (Art by me)

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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. Img: Cicely Barker

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The Kingdom was in trouble once again. The King offered half his wealth to anyone who would come to his aid.

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Properties 9-15 of are said to be linked to sightings. The first was in 1996 when a street cleaner heard commotion inside. Timber was seen being hurled around inside, despite nobody being on site.

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'Jack-o'-lantern' was originally used to refer to either a night watchman or the light of a will-o'-the-wisp.

(🖌️Jason Engle)

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The Malaysian penanggalan looks like a woman by day, but at night detaches its head from its body & flies around with its spinal column & internal organs dangling while it searches for prey. It uses its long tongue as a straw to drain humans to death.

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A palis is a vampiric creature of Middle Eastern lore that lives in deserts. It drains people's blood by licking their feet while they sleep. But it's repelled by salt, & can easily be tricked if two people sleep end-to-end with the soles of their feet together.

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2021-10-22

I don't know about you, but I can't name a ghost scarier than the Malaysian penanggal, a witch who, at night, detaches her head and flies around as a disembodied head with its entrails dangling underneath it.

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2021-10-22

Kar-kadın, "Yuki-onna” olarak bilinen ve buz saçaklarıyla birlikte anılan bir ruhtur Tsurara-onna.

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2021-10-22

She is called the Phantom Queen: the Morrigan is the Irish goddess of fate, battle, and death, appearing as either an old woman savaged by time or a young seductive woman. Spectral at times, she is one of the proposed origins of the banshee.

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2021-10-21

In Germany, female deities like Perchta & Holda lead the Wild hunt in the form of a ghostly ride of witches & unbaptized children in the sky. These deities are linked to the horned-moon goddess Diana, protector of the hunt, whose antlers unite hunter & hunted.

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It's (Théodore Chassériau, Banquo's Ghost)

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The Cù-Sìth is a spectral hound from Scottish folklore that haunts the Scottish Highlands, its name essentially means Fairy Dog. The Cù-Sìth was feared due to the belief that it was a harbinger of death Halloween

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2021-10-21

The penanggalan or krasue is a from the south east asian especially Thailand and Malaysia. She looks like a normal girl during the day, but at night her head separates from her body, dragging the rest of the internal organs.

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2021-10-21

Sleepy Hollow’s ghost story blends history & lore: the Revolutionary War haunts the tale. The Hessian Headless Horseman, loyal to England, was decapitated by a cannon in the War. Buried in the 17th-cen Old Dutch churchyard, he haunted Ichabod, & still haunts.

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2021-10-21

I'm back with an updated Woodpecker design. I still need to do some tweaking but I think it's almost there. Thank you for your support and have a peaceful day.💚

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2021-10-20

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Every features spiderwebs. From graveyards to haunted houses we see telltale signs of venomous arachnids.
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In Ghanaian lore, the Trickster uses cunning to get his way –& his comeuppance.

https://t.co/0IBfjyDuZt

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