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2022-11-06

Hi all, a reminder that is happening now, with the theme:

THE DARK HALF of the YEAR.

Swirl your tweets of MAGIC & MAYHEM, that only happens when nights are long, over to the hashtag for a retweet.

See you there! Maude xx (Image: Terri Foss)

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2022-10-31

Samhain is the first month of the Irish calendar, and the beginning of the dark half of the year. In Gaelic folklore it is this time the Caileach lays out her cloak and walks with her frosty hammer, covering the land in ever-increasing white.

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2022-10-30

“Magic and Mayhem in the Dark Half of the Year” (NASA photo) For additional proof that fire moons are real, click here: https://t.co/0Ga4mpBVEE

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2022-10-30

In some versions of Cinderella there is no midnight curfew. She simply leaves the ball because she is tired which is, quite frankly, relatable.

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2022-10-30

Morning all! Hope the days leading up to are going well for you. theme tomorrow is:

THE DARK HALF of the YEAR.

Swirl your tweets of MAGIC & MAYHEM, that only happens when nights are long, for a retweet after 10:30 am GMT. See you then! Maude xx

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2022-10-29

In chinouya are a that look like kind human women with long black hair and very large breasts. They live in rivers near graveyards where children are buried, and come out of the water to nurture the spirits of the dead...

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2022-10-23

The Cauchemar - French term which means “fiend that tramples.” The Proto-Germanic word meaning is evil demon or spirit being that rides astride chest of a sleeper and regarded as similar to mythical incubus and succubus.#FolkloreThursday
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2022-10-21

A legend from the Native American Paiute people tells of the Ghost Land accessed through caves and tunnels under Death Valley. A chief grieved by the death of his wife travelled in his earthly body to the Ghost Land to find her.
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2022-10-16

Morning all, here welcoming you to this Sunday’s theme of:

WHAT COMES THROUGH THE VEIL BETWEEN WORLDS ON HALLOWEEN.

Bring on your ghosts, goblins, faeries, witches and, most importantly, ANCESTORS who come through.
Retweets on the hashtag xx

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2022-10-16

In Scots Gaelic lore, faeries were regarded as either nature spirits or spirits of the dead. They exist in faerie mounds/ the underworld awaiting reincarnation. A similar belief regarding elves in n. Europe.


art: The Fairy Raid by Noel Paton

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2022-10-16

Hi all, hope you’re having a great week so far! This Sunday’s theme is:

WHAT COMES THROUGH THE VEIL BETWEEN WORLDS ON HALLOWEEN. Bring on your ghosts, goblins, faeries, witches, & most importantly ANCESTORS, who come through.

Retweets after 10:30 am BST

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2022-10-14

In the British Isles owls have generally always been associated with death and so it was seen as a protective talisman against death to hang an owl feather over the door.

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2022-10-09

“Now shift the scene to moonlight glade,
Where dapper elves beneath the shade
Of oak or elm, their revels keep,
What time we plodding mortals sleep.” - from ‘The Spirit of the Woods’, author unknown.

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2022-10-09

The studio behind 'Nosferatu,' Prana Film, was founded in 1921 by Enrico Dieckmann and occultist artist Albin Grau, named for the Hindu concept of prana. Nosferatu was its only production as it declared bankruptcy after the film's release
Source: Wikipedia

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2022-10-03

Anton Mesmer believed that all humans and animals had a fluid running through their body which if blocked could cause illness. Mesmerism, as it became known, was the practice of unblocking the flow of liquid with the power of the mind.

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2022-10-02

If you like fairies, mermaids, and Disney princesses, follow lavera.grace on Instagram!


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2022-09-26

I highly recommend following willowwaves_art on Instagram if you like fairy tale illustrations of people of color. I especially love her mermaids.


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2022-09-26

Undine by Baron de la Motte Fouque (1811), about a water nymph that marries a man and gains a soul (& the weight of such feelings) only to be betrayed. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1909)
➡️🎧 My song "The Spirit of Water" https://t.co/3edntRZCKX

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2022-09-26

"The Buried Moon" is an Fairytale included by Folklorist J. Jacobs in "More English Fairytale" in which the a
Moon falls on a bog and is trapped by a falling tree so she stops rising. Here a haunting illustration for it drawn by Edmund Dulac (1916)

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2022-09-26