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“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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"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)
@bjorn_stjerne is pushing @DirkPuehl away and taking over #FaustianFriday for the next hour.
I am Bibliophilla, Giantess of the Library. I dwell in the Bodleian where I protect ancient books. My would-be slayer is censorship.
#FaustianFriday #book #Reading https://t.co/K7DdVmv1FU
"...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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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.
#SkadiDottir
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#FaustianFriday 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
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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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
The Porte des Morts, or "Door of the Dead" is a turbulent strait in #Lake 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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The surreal Faustian photographs of Philipp Humm https://t.co/eAdyBambNq (cc @bprojectspace and @PhilippHumm)
Tip of the Day: Don't do drugs and expect a good outcome from encountering Faustian demonic entities...looking at YOU, young!Kou. #drawing #aaronasher #digitalart
did a com recently for Faustians @ dA !! Surprisingly finished this one quicker than I expected/realised!
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. #FaustianFriday
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. #FaustianFriday
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!' #FaustianFriday https://t.co/8F4gz3sBAf
The details of "Charon and Passenger Cross the River Styx" by Pandora Young.
#FaustianFriday #GothicAesthetics
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. #FaustianFriday https://t.co/sJwLF6Gcwv
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...)
@FOBCOfficial #GothicAesthetics #FaustianFriday
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. #horror #FaustianFriday #FolkloreThursday
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 #Folklore #FaustianFriday #SouthAmerica