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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

Seeing as we're now officially into Autumn seems a good opportunity to share a panel of 's fantastic artwork for 'The Wild Huntsman' (full of seasonal colours.) The ancient Germanic ghost story which inspired Sleepy Hollow - part of 'Early Haunts.'

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2020-09-23

I am the Lady of the Green Kirtle, in C.S. Lewis', The Silver Chair. My realm is the underworld. My fairy animal the horse Snowflake. As for my relationship with humans, I seduce &imprison them, like that Prince Rillian. https://t.co/OB2oFiBzEh

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2020-09-09

Hekate is a goddess in ancient Greek mythology. She is associated with crossroads,entrance-ways, night,magic,witchcraft,knowledge of poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery. Hekate has been incorporated in neopaganism, in some cases associated with the Wild Hunt

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2020-09-09

A somewhat degenerate albino from a dying elfin race
A black, soul-eating runesword that's actually a chaos demon
Jagreen Lern, Theocrat of Pan Tang (among others)
Basically... bringing about the end of the world

https://t.co/QqmDypQ2Ce

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2020-09-02

Bödvar Bjarki /
Trance-induced battle bear /
King Adils of Sweden /
& King Hrolf Kraki’s honor!
https://t.co/pzr16OSMR4

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2020-09-02

In medieval times it was believed that Bufonite, a mythical gem found in the heads of poison toads, was a powerful antidote to poison. Toadstone jewelry became all the rage, though the magical "gems" were really made from the fossilized teeth of Lepidotes fish.

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2020-09-02

I am Egil Skallagrimsson /
Right-hand man and close confidant of Erik Bloodaxe and his queen, Gunnhild /
A peaceful man of calm and restraint /
And the wise, amicable legal proceedings found in my saga form the basis for modern Iceland’s court system
https://t.co/POTqbmFpll

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2020-08-26

UNDEAD CROSSROADS In Romanian lore, people who are destined to become after death send their souls out of their bodies at night to wander with reanimated corpses at crossroads https://t.co/VRyG4EXF72

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2020-08-26

August 6, 1848, a sighting of great importance to the lore of sea serpents occurred when crew of the HMS Daedalus reported a frightening monster from the deep. Could it be the giant oarfish? It is rarely seen as they live at depths up to 1000ft & grow to 36 feet.

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2020-08-26