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Quirky obscure folklore never ceases to amaze me.

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In Icelandic folklore December 13th is the 2nd day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks.

The 2nd Yule Lad to appear is Gully Gawk. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

Listen here: https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1

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And the answer to this week's by Jonathan Swift is:

❄️Snow ❄️

Winners:
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Well done https://t.co/Dn5f9BkMHw

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2019-12-13

That's a wrap on another epic This is signing off as your last host this week & for 2019. Today's theme has been folklore of Winter Festivals, snow and ice! Smiling packs of dogs standing around Yule trees too 😄 Until next time (K Reichert 1918)

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In Greek mythology, kallikantzaroi are tiny, gnome-like creatures who spend their lives at the center of the Earth trying to hack down the tree of life. Only during the winter solstice can kallikantzaroi come to the Earth’s surface. (Image: Daimonologia)

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2019-12-12

For Nordic countries Dec. 12th is Lossi long night (after Roman calendar winter solstice), the longest and dangerous night of the year. Lossi checked if you were ready for Yule.. If she caught you outside, you’d be out all night in chaos..
Art R. Yanovskaya.

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Feeling this powerful energy from this snow witch today.

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In Greek mythology (God of the North Wind) lived in the Rhipaion Mountains .... his chill breath brought to the lands of Europe. However beyond the North Wind lay - a sort of paradise of eternal Springtime.

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In Chinese folklore, when Wang Hsiang's stepmother craved fish in winter,he lay naked on an ice pond to melt a hole out of which carp jumped. When Men Tsung's mother craved stewed bamboo shoots in winter,he searched the snow until he found a fresh-grown shoot.

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Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. In the folklore of many regions of Spain, it is considered a very lucky day – I learnt this from the wife of my father's first cousin, my aunt Urbana, who was from Galicia, on the northwest of the country's mainland. 1/

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hey folks, I'm danny and I draw comic art and caribbean folklore

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hey folks, I'm danny and I draw comic art and caribbean folklore

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For The Yule Goat, Krampus demons, and other goat folklore (with art by John Bauer and others). https://t.co/NZild53tXd

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hey folks, I'm danny and I draw comic art and caribbean folklore

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congrats!
I'm danny and I draw comic art and caribbean folklore

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I'm danny and I draw comic art and caribbean folklore

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Reminder that the American Santa used to be thought of as about two feet tall, which is how come he can fit down the chimney. 'A *miniature* sleigh and eight *tiny* reindeer' runs the poem. Look how big he is in this early illustration, compared to the chair.

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It’s the final installment of “The 12 Days of Deeply Disturbing Cards,” and this snowman is losing his spatulas! The celestial body in the background looks pleased with his work. What a Victorian twilight zone!

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Oh gosh, I've done so many pieces I loved this year, but here's my four!
2020 Goals:
-Get an agent.
-Folklore Thursday book and Kickstarter.
-Apply for some arts funding to give myself more time to make personal pieces.

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Called the Rose of Winter, the Camellia is linked to with the short lives of samurai; the flowers last only briefly & then fall to the ground, much like a severed head falls from a body. In Hanakotoba, the Japanese flower language, it represents a noble death.

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