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I have a new book called SCARENTHOOD by me, and coming THIS October from . It's about parents who go ghosthunting while their kids are in preschool. It's got adult anxiety, Irish folklore and The Divil. Plus swears! PLEASE pre-order now!

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Folklore no Gochisou Vol.1 by Yoshio Akira
https://t.co/QyTv7YTJw0

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The island of has deep roots in ancient Greek mythology as the Diktaean Cave at Mount Dikti was believed to be the place of Zeus' birth. In Crete Hercules captured the Cretan bull & where the labyrinth of the Palace of Knossos was built. Map by Piri Reis

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Bysen is the tomte-like väsen that is doomed to forever wander the woods of the Swedish island of Gotland as penance for a past crime. He leads people astray, taunts human woodsmen, and conducts his own nefarious logging operations.

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The legend of 'La Diablesse' in Caribbean Appearing beautiful, her ancient dress hides her cow hoof! She walks with one foot on the road & lures her victims into the wood. Casting spells on them, until they fall into a ravine & get eaten by wild dogs!

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I’m off to bury my toes in the sand, This is Crystal waving goodbye. The magnificent will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Every island to a child is a treasure island.” ― P.D. James (Image: M. Pernhart)

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The Islands of Orkney were reputed to be a haven for witches and King James wrote in Daemonologia of the special power of the devil there - the spae-wives were the wise women of the island and they were victims of the witch hunters. Spae - fortell . . .'to spy'

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In Scottish waters, three days before a storm, the drowned would leave their watery graves to lament and warn the living of what was to come...

🎨John McGhie

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In the tale of Momotaro, the oni were pillaging villages and kidnapping women, and would take them back to their island, Onigashima. It was up to Momotaro and his animal friends to go to that island, defeat the oni, and rescue the captives.

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Ukonsaari Island in Lake Inari is a sacred site of the Sámi, Europe's only indigenous culture whose people have long inhabited the arctic circle. Shamans (noaidi) visited the island to communicate with Ukko, the god of thunder in charge of weather & harvests.

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An aside to Glastonbury being the Isle of Glass in Welsh: when the base of the Tor was a lake, several villages were built in the marshes - Iron Age crannogs.
One of them, Meare Lake village, was a centre for rare Iron Age glass bead making.

A real Glass Isle.

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the Beach-Crow sees what is lost, opens the earth, and owns that which is not possessed by anyone.

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Old beliefs in the British Isles featured lightning birds, in the form of many native birds, come to earth via electrical storms, bearing branches of invisible fire. Those who robbed the nests or harmed the birds risked their own home being burnt up by lightning

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Fiery goddess Pele not only hewed the natural features of her native Hawaii, but her bones formed the hill of Ka Iwi o Pele. Her tempestuous spirit is said to live in the Kilauea volcano; you might spot her face in its lava flows. https://t.co/kTdeNRUUwE

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Today's is island folklore. According to myth, punished a mutiny by marooning the crew on the barren Dead Chest Island in the British Virgin Islands. Each mutineer was given a bottle of rum in the hope they'd get drunk, belligerent & kill each other!

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Avalon, Isle of Apples, is the legendary island where the sword Excalibur was forged and King Arthur was laid to rest. Its name comes from belief that on this Isle, fruit and grain grew itself - no need for a farmer's plough or cultivation.

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Little demon gfit for my friend Marga Biazzi!
Hope you like it

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Since today's is island-themed, check out the discussion and I had about Homer's island-hopping adventure THE ODYSSEY and some outstanding adaptations across different forms of media: https://t.co/ReE2XBFRlN (Art: Boecklin)

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