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🌿🦄🌿For I'm giving a mention to the magical stepping stones that get me through the week...






And for a daily dose of re-enchantment💚

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2021-01-23

"Firm to the mast with chains thyself be bound,
Nor trust thy virtue to the enchanting sound" (Homer)

Four artists' takes on trickster epitome Odysseus & his adventure with the sirens for

🖼️ Cw Waterhouse, Moreau, Etty & Draper

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2021-01-23

🦊The Fox as Trickster for

🎨Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
🎨Reynard the Fox by Michel Rodange

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2021-01-23

In fable, naive Jemima Puddle-Duck, who has been duped by a charming “foxy-whiskered gentleman”, is saved from being the cunning fox’s roast dinner by canny Kep the farm collie, who chases him away. However the fox returns later in his own tale.

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2021-01-22

In Slavic mythology the Leshy is a tree spirit, protector of flora & fauna found in the forest. A shapeshifter & trickster, he gets his kicks by leading unwary travelers astray through his magic and cunning.

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2021-01-22

Some mysterious bipeds indeed! These curious mushroom prints by German artist Heinz Geilfus (1890-1956) 🍄

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2021-01-15

The Bannik ruled the Slavic bathhouse w/the ability to predict the future. He was consulted by standing with one's back exposed in the half-open door of the bath. It would gently stroke one's back if all boded well; but if trouble lay ahead, he'd strike with claws

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2021-01-15


SATYR
In Greek mythology, a satyr is a male nature spirit with the upper body of a human, and lower body of a goat or horse. They have bestial faces & snub noses. They were ribald, loved wine, music, dancing & women (with whom they were often unsuccessful with).

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2021-01-15

In British mythology, the land (then known as Albion) was inhabited by terrible giants before the first men arrived. The giants were all killed by Brutus and his men - the last was called Gogmagog and was thrown from a cliff, ending the giant bloodline for good.

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2021-01-15

“A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not”

Join the Dark Queens tomorrow for with your tales & images of

"Mythic & Mysterious Bipeds!"

We RT after 2 pm GMT

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2021-01-14

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist", Charles Baudelaire
🎨Gustave Doré, John Collier, William Blake, Alexandre Cabanel

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2021-01-08

In Eastern Europe it was once said devils would celebrate their weddings at crossroads, where their dancing and festivities caused dust-storms and whirlwinds...

🎨Rackham

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2021-01-08

Uriah Heep created by Charles Dickens in David Copperfield is a villain of the worst kind, a snivelling sycophantic creep, noted for his cloying “umbleness” & insincerity. Motivated by greed, he schemes & manipulates, to gain control of the Wickfield fortune.

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2021-01-08

“Without the door let sorrow lie,
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury 't in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry”

Welcome to our 27th

is celebrating with you for the next 2 hours.

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2020-12-25

The Crimson Winter Widow, a dark spirit that blesses weddings or shall haunt the villagers till the next winter. The masses celebrated me.
If I bless your union, I shall never claim your children. My offering is a cake—blended with blood to seal my certificate. https://t.co/ZbstZF09MA

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2020-12-18

Pines & fir trees were loved by the Romans as a symbol of rebirth & life in the depths of winter. A live tree was brought into the home so the spirits that lived within would be warm in winter. Morsels of food were hung on the branches to nourish them. Img: CMB

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2020-12-19

Mari Lwyd is an ancient Welsh Yule custom where revelers carrying the skull of a mare on a stick would attempt to gain entry to homes thru song. They would be discouraged by the homeowner, thru song and a song fest commenced until one side relented

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2020-12-18

Scrooge:“Ghost of the future, I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company..."



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2020-12-11

“It held a branch of green holly in its hand; and in singular contradiction to that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers”

Join the Dark Queens tomorrow for with your tales and images of

Christmas Ghosts

We RT after 2 pm GMT!

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2020-12-10