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James Tissot attended a séance where he contacted his deceased lover through a spirit guide. He created this painting in 1885 to immortalize the moment.

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2022-08-05

We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun
A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about,
An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you
Ef you
Don't
Watch
Out!

—James Whitcomb Riley
Little Orphant Annie (1885)

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2022-07-15

Mistrz Pan Twardowski is a Polish Faustian sorcerer who sells his soul in exchange for dark magic. According to an 1822 ballad, the devil releases the nobleman from the contract after finding a clause requiring the devil to spend a year with Twardowski’s wife.

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2022-02-18

In Norse mythology, Draugr are the spirits of dead Vikings that would rise from their barrows and terrorize villages. It was an Icelandic custom not to open a door unless the visitor knocked three times to signal they were not a Viking zombie.

🎨Darron Bensen

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2021-10-22