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The Wild Hunt is a motif that occurs in the folklore of various Northern European cultures.The hunters are the souls of the dead or ghostly dogs,sometimes fairies,Valkyries or elves.Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to presage some catastrophe such as war or plague

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2020-10-31

“Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah —‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’” (Herman Melville)

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2020-10-23

"And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" (13:33)

is pushing away and taking over for the next hour.

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2020-10-23

I am Bibliophilla, Giantess of the Library. I dwell in the Bodleian where I protect ancient books. My would-be slayer is censorship.

https://t.co/K7DdVmv1FU

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2020-10-16

"...they defiled...they begot giants and monsters...they begot, and, behold, all the earth was corrupted...with its blood and by the hand of...giant's which did not suffice for them and...and they were seeking to devour many" (Book of Giants)

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2020-10-17

In Norse cosmology the Aesir are gods of war, love, ferility. Giants are depicted as an opposing force. A goddess accepted by both was Skadi, goddess of many aspects of Winter. Daughter of the giant,Thiazzi, wife of the god Nijord.


Images: Pinterest

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2020-10-16

In Polish folklore and literature, Pan Twardowski is a sorcerer who made a deal with the Devil. He sold his soul in exchange for special powers – such as summoning up the spirit of Polish King Sigismund Augustus' deceased wife – but he eventually met a tragic fate

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2020-10-02

It's commonly said that the last witchcraft execution in England took place in Exeter in 1682, involving Temperance Lloyd. But in 1716, Mary Hicks and her young daughter were hanged in Huntingdon, as the mother had convinced the girl to sell her soul to the Devil.

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2020-10-01


The Guardian rose from its long sleep, moving earth and water of Sorrow Lake. It was disturbed by the Raven Clan's strong magic cast to find the lost lance of Boudicca to give them strength for the battle.
But first they must face the power of this behemoth. https://t.co/jlXkPHSD3e

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2020-09-26

The Porte des Morts, or "Door of the Dead" is a turbulent strait in Michigan near Door County, Wisconsin. It has been the home of 24 ship wrecks and a battle in which 600 Potawatomi warriors were thrown up against the rocks and killed during a storm.

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2020-09-25

Rusalka, female mermaid-like ghosts in Slavic mythology were said to be souls of young women who died before their time or were murdered. They haunted lakes & could leave their watery depths to swing on branches of birch & willow trees by night to seduce men.

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2020-09-05

In Polish folklore, Pan Twardowski, a sorcerer who made a deal with the Devil is said to have escaped as he was being taken to Hell. Ending up living on the Moon,his only companion, a spider would descend to Earth on a thread & bring him news from the world below.

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2020-08-28

The mysterious La Bella, natural philosopher and magician at the court of Gloriana; tragically undone by an ermine https://t.co/AuC032AFXt

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2020-08-29

Catherine Earnshaw. My Usheresque abode is Wuthering Heights, my demon lover is Heathcliff, my fate: 'she must have been a changeling... She told me she had been walking the earth these twenty years: a just punishment for her mortal transgressions, I’ve no doubt!' https://t.co/8F4gz3sBAf

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2020-08-08

The details of "Charon and Passenger Cross the River Styx" by Pandora Young.

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2020-08-08

Always moving in darkness, the abode & demon lover. We are able to wander the earth only one fleeting night each month, the rest of the time we are pushed by faceless, tortured souls, to fall, without reprieve, into the endless void. https://t.co/sJwLF6Gcwv

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2020-08-07

The magnificent decaying beauty of living work of art
La Marchesa - Luisa Casati.

Now a resident of Brompton Cemetery, buried with her stuffed Pekinese, Spider, and a spare pair of false eyelashes (just in case...)

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2020-08-07

Banshees appear in many forms—a beautiful woman wearing a shroud or white dress, a headless woman, an old woman with terrifying eyes, a woman with a green dress & silver hair. History has traced stories of banshees to the 8th century.

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2020-08-01

When you dine, La pisadeira watches! Beware of her if you ever go to sleep on a full stomach! She'll sit on your chest so you cannot move. She'd watch gleefully as you panic, helpless and trapped in a body that will not move!#Brazilian myth

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2020-07-31

Bukavac is a demonic creature in Slavic folklore. It lives near swamps, rivers & lakes. It screams loudly, has a long tail & terrifying curved horns. If you walk too close to its watery lair at night it will look to drown you.

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2020-07-24