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The a demon badger Broc Sidh terrorised residents of Inchiquin, killing men & cattle. The prayers of 6 priests were unable to subdue the beast but MacCreahy of Clare caught it and tossed it:

‘Deep in that forgotten mere
Among the tumbled fragments of the hills’

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My favourite Supernatural book when I was growing up was 'Vampires, Werewolves & Demons'. The chap in the middle is Eurynome, a medieval prince of death, who fed on human corpses. The colour pic shows some sort of demon party

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This on the theme of let me tell you the story of the 'Ginger Beast of Beckermet'. Cumbria's own mystery.

https://t.co/myI372OOYb

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Monopods (dwarflike creatures with a single foot) get an early mention in Aristophanes’ 413BC The Birds. Pliny the Elder in his Natural History (77CE) recounts travelers tales that these monsters are to be found in India.

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Yorkshire has its very own werewolf - Old Stinker. He is 8foot tall with red eyes, a human face and disgustingly bad breath (hence the name). Sighted since the 18thc, it was spotted again in 2016, prowling around an industrial estate near Hull

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The Nucklavee plagues the people living on the isles nearby. It is said that its foul, black breath is poisonous; it comes in on the sea-breeze, blighting crops, spreading illness, and killing livestock as it goes by. 3/5

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The Gytrash. One of the most menacing creatures in Northern English folklore. Said to be a gigantic black dog with eyes that shone red like glowing coals, it led unwary, lost travellers astray and to their doom.

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What do Jean Grey of the X-Men & Helen of Troy have in common?

Eidolon, ka, fetch, doppelgangers, spirit-doubles: a mythical plot device from Euripides to Goethe to Marvel.

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Minotaurs feature heavily as in and as described by Ovid, paints the creature as having the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull begot from a rather awkward encounter with a goddess and a sacrificial bull...

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The Dullahan is a headless rider in Irish mythology. He carries a whip made from a human spine, his wagon wheels are made from human thigh bones and its covering is dried flesh. When the Dullahan stops riding and calls a name that person will die immediately.

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Perseus rescuing Andromeda, who was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to the sea-monster Cetus, sent by Zeus to punish the kingdom. A Greek myth still popular in the Middle Ages: Christine de Pizan: Epistre d'Othea: BL ms Harley 4431 f.98v

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The Celtic Reed Month - 28 Oct to 24 Nov. The yellow iris has reed stems & thrives by marshes, ponds, fens etc. In Greek myth one of the goddess Iris’s tasks was to carry water in a ewer from the River Styx when any god had to take a solemn oath. Img: C. Barker

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Day 18 -
The sacred, cosmic bird was said to be the messenger between worlds, carrier of souls, a traveler that flew along the Milky Way to rest.

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WILD HUNT In Celtic & Germanic folklore a furious bunch of of the restless dead, which ride through the sky on their phantom horses accompanied by spectral hounds, shrieking & making wild noises; reported as late as 1940 in England on All Hallow's Eve

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Day 22 of 31 Days Of Halloween: TWISTED FAIRYTALE: Goldilocks and The Three Bears👩🏼🐻🥣
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Every year the twisted Disney Princesses is a really popular makeup. I’ve even done a few! I’ve been thinking about doing twisted fairytales/folklore for the last couple years. Enjoy!

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22 - Dark
Here Darkrai eternal nightmare form, The incubus and horse's head refer to contemporary belief and folklore about nightmares.

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