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‘Ittan-momen’ are long, narrow sheets of cloth, reanimated as tsukumogami (house objects that have acquired a spirit). They attack with malice & anger by wrapping their bodies around a person’s face and neck, strangling or smothering them to death! 😧

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The Hidebehind of American folklore is a vicious, man-eating creature that stalks the forests forests, hiding behind the nearest tree whenever their victim turns to look back. It was blamed for the unexplained disappearance of lumberjacks and others in the woods

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The Mongo people speak of the Biloko (Eloko in singular) dwarf-like creature of the Congo River forests who are hairless, clawed creatures covered in grass with mouths big enough to eat a human. The spirits of ancestors who hold grudges, they are treacherous.

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Robin Hood and Little John
Walkin' through the forest
Laughin' back and forth
At what the other'ne has to say
Reminiscin', This-'n'-thattin'
Havin' such a good time
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day

Song from Robin Hood
Lyrics by Roger Miller
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For we're honoured to share a terrific new piece of from Todor Popov.

Todor designed the striking titles and poster concept for our film 'HEX':https://t.co/kUieUMGhfb

See more of his work here: https://t.co/bUHbumkJBk

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The wilderness is masculine, the city feminine, in Mesopotamian reckoning: Shamhat, a sacred prostitute, goes into the wilderness to use her wiles to "civilize" Enkidu so he may fulfill his purpose and rouse Gilgamesh from his tyrannical ways.

🖼: LiigaKlavina

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My fav centaur is from Greek Chiron. A great healer, astrologer & respected oracle. Said to be the first centaur; highly revered as a teacher of mythological In his accidental death, he was spread among the  as the constellation Centaurus.

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A part of me will always wish that we can, like Hansel & Gretel, find houses made of gingerbread deep in the woods, if we search hard enough. ☺️🌲🍭


🎨By Vogel, Kubel, Mattotti, Vtorenko

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The German love of mysterious forests runs deep. So when Romanticism hit, the Grimms turned to Germany’s Black Forest for inspiration. Nearly 200 km of dense, pine forest made it a perfect setting for enchanted fairy tales. 💫🌲#FolkloreThursday
🎨 By Friedrich & Nielsen

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Limos, the goddess of famine, breathed into Erysichthon's mouth and cursed him with insatiable, inhuman hunger. Why? Because he cut down a dryad's tree. This killed the dryad. He ended up eating himself. The gods don't play.

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Creepy warning! The wendigo stalks East coast forests, including our own region. This was created with on Readi-Board.

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In Thailand there is an archetype, the Nang Mai, the Lady of the Woods. This spirit manifests in different trees, each with their own specific lore. Banana trees are Nang Tani, beautiful young women who manifest in full moonlight.

🖼: IBlacKIE-MaiDeNI

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Kodama are the spirits of old trees in deep forests in Japan. Sometimes seen as orbs of light or tiny vaguely human shapes, they are more often heard, as echoes that are just slightly oddly delayed art by
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The Celtic tree month of Hazel goes from 5 August to 1 Sep. Hazel is the tree of knowledge, wisdom & poetic inspiration, & its nuts bring prophetic power. It is good for magical wands & dowsing for water & ley lines, as it holds the secrets of the earth. Img: CB

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According to pagan lore,yew trees are sacred to Hecate, the Greek goddess of death,witchcraft, and necromancy. It's said that the yew purifies the dead as they arrive in Hades,also known as the underworld https://t.co/nrlkqNDNDD
🎨Maximilian Pirner,William Blake

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Woodland animals & their young:
Badger – boar, sow & cub
Stoat – jack, jill & kit
Hare – buck, doe, kit
Otter - Dog, bitch, pup
Hedgehog – Boar, sow, hoglet
Fox – Dog, vixen, cub
Deer – buck, hind, faun
Squirrel – buck, doe & pup

(🎨R Sheppard)

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In Kodama are the spirits of trees. While they are attached to specific trees, they can also move freely through forests often appearing as glowing orbs of light. In some accounts they present as regular trees but with the ability to...

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In the Sumerian legend The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Cedar Forest is the glorious realm of the gods, guarded by the demigod Humbaba. Early versions of the legend place this forest in the mountains of Iran, while Babylonian retellings place it in Lebanon.

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