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Vampirdzhija, Bulgarian vampire hunters, employed bonfire smoke to drop vampires from their perch between the horns of calves, where they hid after feeding. Others chased vampires into bottles, which they sealed & threw into a fire to destroy the creatures.
#FolkloreThursday
The Celtic festival of #Beltane; when the bounds between the human & other worlds are temporarily erased. Bonfires are lit for protection; their flames, smoke & ash, are deemed to have protective powers. Simply circle (often with cattle) or leap over the flames!#FolkloreThursday
In Mesopotamian #Myth, the Assyrians called upon #fire to undo the effects of evil witchcraft aimed at them. They believed that fire destroyed sorcery or evil/black magic. They would burn sorcerers at the stake; long before the hunts of the Salem Witch Trials. #FolkloreThursday
The tine ghealáin, aka 'bright fire', aka the Will of the Wisp was once a master gambler who beat the Devil at cards. But his profession doomed him at the gates of Heaven so now he wanders the earth, his lantern casting an eery light… #FolkloreThursday
Offending these faeries might lead to being elf-shot, so speak only kindly of the Fair Folk. https://t.co/nH1Z7yt5fr #fortean #fairies #FolkloreThursday
So on stream today i will continue Cereza art work 😍❤️
Character Bachelorettes in our game
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According to a 15th century guide, witches were capable of making penises vanish—and some even kept them as pets. According to the guide, witches kept their penis-pets in nests and fed them oats.
#FolkloreThursday #Body lore
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"Hoichi the Earless" is a Japanese folktale about a blind musician (biwa hoshi) whose specialty is singing 'The Tale of the Heike,' about the Battle of Dan-no-ura, fought between the Taira & Minamoto clans during the last phase of the Genpei War. 1/5 #FolkloreThursday #body
Another Hand of Glory for #FolkloreThursday- This one is from the ill fated Micatonic University expedition to the Arctic. (art-self)
U`tlun’ta, or Spearfinger, figure in Cherokee lore. Hag-like woman with skin hard as stone & a long, deadly forefinger on her right hand, lethal as a spear. Her heart, her only vulnerable spot, beats on her right palm, which she protects at all times.
#FolkloreThursday
Fix Cereza #3dmodels #Character Bachelorettes
in #MemoryTrees #RPG fantasy game
3d artist : @dllxtt
Character concept : @estherfunword
Download public version https://t.co/RxLPjjXYz2
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“Physic without astrology is like a lamp without oil “, Nicholas Culpeper, c.1653.Until the C18th medicine & astrology were inextricably linked. The zodiac man was used by doctors to determine the type, cause & cure of illness & the timing of treatment & surgery
#FolkloreThursday
CLOVER and other three-leaved plants were once considered gifts from the FAIRIES to protect us and bring GOOD LUCK.
#FolkloreThursday #Luck #fairies
Art: Cicely Mary Barker circa 1930
Fortuna was represented as veiled or blind (as in modern depictions of Lady Justice) & came to represent life's capriciousness. She was also a goddess of fate: as Atrox Fortuna. Her father was Jupiter and like him, she could also be bountiful or wrathful. #FolkloreThursday
In Japan the hatsuyume, or first dream of each new year, has significant bearing on one's luck. Dreams of eggplants, hawks, or Mount Fuji are considered especially lucky.
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#Fairies and the Folklore Society: 1878-1945 by @FrancescaBihet for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/DCX5CNGQzA
The #unlucky number 13 can be traced back to Norse Myth; where Loki crashed a dinner party of the gods. He was the uninvited 13th guest & the god Balder was killed as a result. Since then, it is said that if 13 guests are seated for dinner, one of them will die. #FolkloreThursday
Seeing the full moon through the branches of a tree will bring bad luck; a new moon over your right shoulder brings good. But sleeping under the full moon brings the worst luck of all, as its light reaches down & disfigures your face.
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(All art by Jill Battaglia)
#FolkloreThursday Fortuna (or Tyche in Greek mythology) was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck. She has many different aspects such as Fortuna Belli for fortune of war, Fortuna Muliebris for the luck of a woman and Fortuna Faitrix the fortune of life.