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In several European countries, there are legends claiming that anyone born on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or one of the 12 Nights of Christmas, will be a werewolf. In some versions, baby boys will be werewolves & girls will be witches.

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2020-12-02

I am the moon rabbit, I live on the moon pounding the elixir of immortality in my mortar and pestle. I quite fancy rice cakes, but will nibble on anything green.

Art: 1. Shoson Ohara, 3. Hokugen. My photo of rabbit statue from Meigetsuin temple, Kamakura. https://t.co/YrLN1abH3k

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2020-11-25

I am a Lempo (aka will-o-wisp). I live in Scandanavia's lush forests. I entice humans with the promise of treasure, but ultimately lead them into danger. As insubstantial as I am, I eat light, whipped cream is my favorite. Add a cherry and I might spare you harm.
https://t.co/84T21QDlU0

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2020-11-25

Travels with Ptolemy!

1540 hand-colored Cosmography with a side order of (putative) cannibalism.
One of my favorite woodcuts in

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2020-11-18

A ‘gret & konnyng man in astronomye’ & ‘renowned in all the world’, Roger Bolingbroke was one of three scholars implicated in the conspiracy to bring about the death of Henry VI. Accused of treason & sorcery, he was hanged, drawn & quartered at Tyburn 1441.

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2020-11-18

Historians have uncovered evidence that pirates practiced gay marriage, which they called matelotage. Male partners would exchange gold rings & vow to share everything they plundered, & also fulfill each other's physical/romantic needs.

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2020-11-18

Outstanding artwork by Paul Kidby, an English artist best known for his art based on Terry Pratchett's "Discworld". https://t.co/MSGhs80Gj0

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2020-11-11

According to some Scandinavian folktales witches could create 'troll cats' from human hair and nails. It's said that they looked like a ball, a rabbit, a hare or a regular cat. They stole milk and cream and brought it back to the witch that had created them.

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2020-11-04

We enter the Cailleach's time of year, when the winter woman reigns over the earth and nothing grows. She is portrayed as a trickster in Scottish and Irish tales, sometimes cruel in her winter winds, but she brings bounty too, and wisdom always.

🖼: J. Brideson

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2020-10-28

A jack-o'-lantern is a carved pumpkin, turnip, or other root vegetable lantern associated with The name is tied to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack,a drunkard who bargains with Satan and is doomed to roam the Earth with a hollowed turnip to light his way

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2020-10-28

Old One-Eye for the win /
Mimir’s severed head /
The RUNES /
& The skies above.
https://t.co/h4gfhFnhtG

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2020-10-21

For and day 21 of we have Margaret Brundage (1900-1976). She was an artist for Weird Tales and created many of the magazine's iconic covers in the 1930s-40s.

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2020-10-21

Freya, Norse goddess of love, beauty and fertility, in a 1894 ad for Liebig's Meat Extract. "Liebig's meat extract is a molasses-like black spread packaged in an opaque white glass bottle, which contains reduced meat stock and salt (4%)". (Wikipedia)

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2020-10-21

Haunted quilting from Hopeless, Maine, art by and

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2020-10-21

Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia. She falls ill and dies. After her death,the narrator marries Lady Rowena,who dies as well.The narrator watches as Rowena comes back from the dead transformed into Ligeia

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2020-10-21

I am a Were Crow; my change comes on when people reenact Monty Python sketches.
I haunt those who call out ‘nevermore’ - don’t they know I’m not a raven?!
When the Morrigan calls I usually wake up and remember I’m not a crow. But not always https://t.co/AeikEkKCWy

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2020-10-07

Vietnamese woodblock folk prints often feature historical figures, social commentaries and popular folktales. This print depicts the wedding march of a rat couple and their guests, all nervously hoping the big cat will leave them alone.

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2020-10-07

In Kosovo, it was once believed all vampires were forced to wander the earth until they met a wolf that would tear them to pieces...

🖼Wierusz-Kowalski

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2020-10-07

Demonic Lilith was said to be the first wife of Adam. She refused to lie beneath him, cursed him and fled to couple with demons and give birth to 100 daughters - lilim -a day. Myths told of Lilith possessing women by entering them through mirrors...
🎨Rosetti

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2020-09-30

My hero secret identity!

A bookworm by day and Witch soul keeper by night, my mission is to stop the souls of the dead from the soul thieves & my opponents are the arm of Collectors controlled by the Lord of The Phantasmagoria.
https://t.co/qAEYeE75he

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2020-09-23