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The superstition of throwing salt over your left shoulder if you spill it, is because the devil is said to lurk there. The salt blinds him and chases him and evil away... #MythologyMonday 🎨Kahlo

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#StandingStoneSunday The Millennium Stone at Sorel Point on Jersey, one of 12 erected across the island in 1999. In the background of the 1st photo are the Paternosters. Ever since a shipwreck on these rocks many years ago it is said that on stormy nights the cries of drowned children can be heard.

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"Lily's Ball. -Drawn By J. A. Fitzgerald." The Illustrated London News 19.12.1863. #FairyTaleTuesday

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In East Slavic lore, the drowned emerge from their wet graves during summer nights to dry off under the moonlight. This is the reason for the taboo against saying something like "the night is so light, I can see everything". #FairyTaleTuesday #dailyspooklore #folklore Image: K. Makovskyi

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Oatmeal and salt scattered on a child's head protects them from the wandering fairies... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Rheam

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A lot of people don't know it but today is #BlackFaeDay! There is so few POC representations in fae art and Mikey Chiume Jr. did this one to celebrate. We need more diverse fae in media 💯 You can find him at @mikeymakescomics.bsky.social on DA and IG.

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In some parts of Shropshire, there was a belief that one should never look behind them once a journey had started. This was because the Devil was always close to the traveller, waiting to claim their soul. #Superstition #Folklore #Shropshire #Devil #folkbelief

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In the lore of the Udmurts, Obyda is a demonic forest woman with the ability to suffocate solitary travelers. Her ankles are said to be sprained – a characteristic that signifies her connection to the other world. #dontgointothewoods #dailyspooklore #folklore

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In Slavic lore, rye is associated with rusalkas. If you need to cross a rye field, watch out for ladies in white, especially, if the field is covered with cornflowers, which they’re fond of. The dead run fast, and so do they because that’s what rusalkas are. #folklorethursday #dailyspooklore

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The Faroese sleep paralysis demon is known as Marra. Marra sometimes takes the shape of a beautiful woman. Yet not only causes she nightmares but also has a more sinister habit – she counts the teeth of her victims. If she completes this task before dawn, you die in their sleep. #dailyspooklore

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Ghost Plant is also known as Ghost Pipe, Corpse Plant, Fairy Pipe and Indian Pipe. The parasitic flower is associated with wolves in Coast Salish culture. Europeans with the ghost world. A folk remedy claims it can heal a broken heart after the death of a loved one #FolkloreThursday A photo I took

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In Bosnia, guests at wakes hid hawthorn twigs in their clothes, dropping them when they left. If the dead had become a vampire, they would collect the twigs and be too distracted to follow the living home... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Rackham

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In some areas of Britain, stripping a male fern down to five ‘fingers’ then smoking it over a bonfire until they turned hard produced a ‘lucky hand’ that was believed to offer protection against witches. #FolkloreThursday

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In Pellorys, Stinging Nettle is a plant of fire. It removes fear and repels evil. In fact, it will return dark magic to its maker. #FolkloreThursday #Pellor #FolkWitch

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In Vampire lore, rose petals burn vampires like acid! Placing a rose on a grave helps trap a vampire underground... #FolkloreThursday 🖌️Gorey

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Craterellus cornucopioides were referred to as "The Trumpet of the Dead," as it was believed the dead buried beneath played them doot doot #FolkloreThursday

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According to Turkish legend, when Satan fled the Garden of Eden, garlic sprang from the footprints of his right foot, & onions sprang from the footprints of his left. Ancient societies worldwide revered both vegetables as food, medicine, & even currency. #FolkloreThursday

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In Germanic lore, Corn-spirits haunted and protected the fields and could take the form of wolves. When the wind blew the waving corn, folk would say 'The Corn-wolf is abroad'... #FolkloreThursday 🎨🖌️Robin Isely

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Hello there #FolkloreThursday 🌻 A special thanks to @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social and I will be your uninterrupted host for the next one hour! Today's witchy spring theme is the Folklore of Plants, Flowers, and Herbs. 1921 Arthur Rackham

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In Somerset the Ox-eye Daisy was called Dun-daisy, short for Thunder-daisy and in Middlesex it was called Devil's Daisy... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Arthur Hacker

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In Ireland ragwort is the fairies' horse; at midnight, off they gallop through the air on the back of its stems... #FolkloreThursday

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In Irish folklore, the souls of dead children scatter daisies all over the earth... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Hugh Cameron

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In Christian mythology, when Mary saw her son carrying the cross, the tears she shed fell to earth and turned into the first carnations... #FolkoreThursday 🎨Redoute

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The sweet scent of honeysuckle was said to provoke amorous thoughts. Under its alternative name of woodbine however, witches could use it bind or constrain the actions of their enemies... #FolkloreThursday 📷Joe Butler

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Today's #FolkloreThursday theme is folklore of plants, flowers and herbs! Our hosts will share posts to the hashtag at the following times BST: 9am-1pm 2-3pm 3.30-4.30pm 6.30-7.30pm And don't forget the folklore social at the Cultural Futures Hub 1-2pm! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folkloreth...

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The witch walks for feral magics. Her navigations bring dirt to her boots, scratches to her arms. This is the fair and expected cost for use of green temples and filled garnering bags. This is the exchange for wonder, for wild communion. I pay it with joy. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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One's reflected image represented the soul. If this was disturbed, your life was in danger. Romans believed life was renewed every seven years. If a mirror smashed and your image was the final reflection, you faced seven years bad luck before good luck was reborn... #MythologyMonday

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“I am I because my little dog knows me. That does not prove anything about me it only proves something about the dog.” Gertrude Stein #BookWormSat

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'I must admit that our home is an unreasonable place to live in. Yet I love it.' -Dodie Smith @signemaene.com welcomes you to a #BookWormSat that is all about castles and dogs! 🎨Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé

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There is a belief registered among the Selkup people, according to which, human souls after death would go underground and transform into spiders 🕸️🕷️🕸️ #dailyspooklore #folklore Image: Taymar.M

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On #May1st London was once filled with dancing milkmaids, borrowed silver plates piled upon their heads. Little chimney sweeps copied their big sisters and decorated themselves in green leaves which evolved into the Jack in the Green... #Beltane #FolkloreThursday #MayDay

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Sleep under a hawthorn today and you may be carried away by the fairies... #MayDay #1stMay #FolkloreThursday

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The next hosted #FolkloreThursday is 8th May - our theme will be the folklore of plants, flowers and herbs!

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Never tease a cat, especially not tonight on Walpurgis eve, it will turn into a witch and harm you... #MayEve #MayDay #LegendaryWednesday

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The Holy Grail was originally a pagan symbol. It became part of Christian mythology circa the 12th century. It was said to have been a jewel in Lucifer's crown, gifted by sixty thousand angels. As Lucifer fell to earth, so did the jewel, and it was found and made into a chalice... #MythologyMonday

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In North Germany, it was said if you wish to see witches on May-day, go into church on Good Friday, but be sure not to stop to hear the benediction...! #GoodFriday #FolkyFriday #Easter 🎨Beatrice Offor

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Bells were silenced from Maundy Thursday through to Easter Sunday. On Good Friday, French children were told the bells had flown off to Rome to bring back the Easter Eggs... #GoodFriday #FolkyFriday #Easter

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Peonies were once thought to be able to repel evil spirits and storms but also bestow long life. However, like the mandrake, when uprooted, they emitted a horrible shriek which caused death to anyone nearby... 🎨Marie Burke #MythologyMonday

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The aroma of roses repels vampires and the petals burn them like acid. Placing a rose on a grave helps trap a vampire underground... #MythologyMonday 🎨Fantin

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