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In time for the holidays!
Get ready for cozy chaos with "Yule Mischief Makers"
a delightful new #ebook packed with cheeky sprites, snowy pranks, and heartwarming holiday magic!
🎁 Grab your copy now and let the Yule shenanigans begin!
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A gift-giver, too, but, much like Virgil’s Danaans – beware those bearing gifts!
Read what happened in the link below.
🎨 Alphonse Mucha
A gift-giver, too, but, much like Virgil’s Danaans – beware those bearing gifts!
Read what happened in the link below.
🎨 Alphonse Mucha
We find delight in the most loathsome things;
Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,
And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.’ ~
Charles Baudelaire
#BookWormSat
We find delight in the most loathsome things;
Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,
And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.’ ~
Charles Baudelaire
#BookWormSat
Dan Brown's Angels & Demons (2000) – the ultimate clash of science vs. faith!
Robert Langdon races through Rome decoding Illuminati symbols to stop an antimatter bomb at the Vatican.
Perfect #angels 👼 vs. #demons 😈 thriller!
Dan Brown's Angels & Demons (2000) – the ultimate clash of science vs. faith!
Robert Langdon races through Rome decoding Illuminati symbols to stop an antimatter bomb at the Vatican.
Perfect #angels 👼 vs. #demons 😈 thriller!
The Little Prince, a philosophical novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, tells of a young prince exploring planets and meeting adults embodying vanity, greed, and routine. Seen as an angelic, innocent figure.
Published in 1943, it’s a timeless tale of innocence & insight.
The Little Prince, a philosophical novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, tells of a young prince exploring planets and meeting adults embodying vanity, greed, and routine. Seen as an angelic, innocent figure.
Published in 1943, it’s a timeless tale of innocence & insight.
The Archangel Michael defeating Satan, 1635 by Guido Reni, is a Baroque masterpiece showing angelic might, with Michael as a graceful Roman soldier pinning a contorted, dark Satan beneath his foot, symbolizing triumph over evil famously housed in Rome's Santa Maria della Concezione.
The Archangel Michael defeating Satan, 1635 by Guido Reni, is a Baroque masterpiece showing angelic might, with Michael as a graceful Roman soldier pinning a contorted, dark Satan beneath his foot, symbolizing triumph over evil famously housed in Rome's Santa Maria della Concezione.
"The Devil's Walk", was not written by William Wordsworth alone, but was a collaborative satirical ballad co-written by Samuel T. Coleridge & Robert Southey. Published in 1799 in the Morning Post under the title "The Devil's Thoughts".
poem: www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-dev...
"The Devil's Walk", was not written by William Wordsworth alone, but was a collaborative satirical ballad co-written by Samuel T. Coleridge & Robert Southey. Published in 1799 in the Morning Post under the title "The Devil's Thoughts".
poem: www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-dev...
Detail from André Orsel’s 1832 painting "Good and Evil" — Lucifer tempting a woman, symbolizing the battle between good and evil. 🎨👹
🎨Good and Evil: The #Devil Tempting a Young Woman), created in 1832 by the French artist André Jacques Victor Orsel.
Detail from André Orsel’s 1832 painting "Good and Evil" — Lucifer tempting a woman, symbolizing the battle between good and evil. 🎨👹
🎨Good and Evil: The #Devil Tempting a Young Woman), created in 1832 by the French artist André Jacques Victor Orsel.
"The Devil and Tom Walker" is a short story by Washington Irving published in 1824 as part of his collection Tales of a Traveller. It's a retelling of the Faust legend, set in colonial Massachusetts around 1727, it features a man named Tom Walker who makes a deal with the devil.
"The Devil and Tom Walker" is a short story by Washington Irving published in 1824 as part of his collection Tales of a Traveller. It's a retelling of the Faust legend, set in colonial Massachusetts around 1727, it features a man named Tom Walker who makes a deal with the devil.
On St. Michaelmas (29 Sept), the #DEVIL was cast from Heaven, landing furious in the brambles—and spitting on the berries. 😈
Pick after Old Michaelmas (11 Oct), and risk bad luck or worse. Beware the devil’s curse! 🚫🤒
On St. Michaelmas (29 Sept), the #DEVIL was cast from Heaven, landing furious in the brambles—and spitting on the berries. 😈
Pick after Old Michaelmas (11 Oct), and risk bad luck or worse. Beware the devil’s curse! 🚫🤒
- C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters'
(Illustration is by Cruikshank for a story from 'The Ingoldsby Legends'. I admit it's a rather over-literal interpretation of the text!)
#BookWormSat #CSLewis #devil #devils
- C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters'
(Illustration is by Cruikshank for a story from 'The Ingoldsby Legends'. I admit it's a rather over-literal interpretation of the text!)
#BookWormSat #CSLewis #devil #devils
I dreamed a banished angel to me crept'
-George Meredith
@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat.
🎨Joseph Middeleer
I dreamed a banished angel to me crept'
-George Meredith
@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat.
🎨Joseph Middeleer
For this #BookWormSat we will cherish the angels of literature and relish its devils. Join us. 😇 😈
For this #BookWormSat we will cherish the angels of literature and relish its devils. Join us. 😇 😈
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropt from the zenith like a falling star.”
(Milton)
🎨 Gustave Doré
#bookwormsat
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropt from the zenith like a falling star.”
(Milton)
🎨 Gustave Doré
#bookwormsat
Rests such a shade of deep despair,
As nought divine could ever know.'
-Emily Brontë
🎨Alfred Stevens
#BookWormSat
Rests such a shade of deep despair,
As nought divine could ever know.'
-Emily Brontë
🎨Alfred Stevens
#BookWormSat
A walking the Devil is gone,
To visit his little snug farm of the earth
And see how his stock went on.’ ~ The Devil’s Thoughts ~ Coleridge. #BookWormSat
A walking the Devil is gone,
To visit his little snug farm of the earth
And see how his stock went on.’ ~ The Devil’s Thoughts ~ Coleridge. #BookWormSat
We won't be back next week as we have another commitment BUT on Friday 19th our theme will be "Legendary Endings and Midwinter Lore" ahead of the Winter Solstice.
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then, on 19/11, 10am-6pm UK time!
We won't be back next week as we have another commitment BUT on Friday 19th our theme will be "Legendary Endings and Midwinter Lore" ahead of the Winter Solstice.
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then, on 19/11, 10am-6pm UK time!
In Russia & Slavic lands, Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) 🎅❄️ and his enchanting granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) 🎀☃️ bring #gifts on New Year’s Eve, slipping them silently under the sparkling yolka tree 🌲✨ while children sleep. #Slavicfolklore ❄️
In Russia & Slavic lands, Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) 🎅❄️ and his enchanting granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) 🎀☃️ bring #gifts on New Year’s Eve, slipping them silently under the sparkling yolka tree 🌲✨ while children sleep. #Slavicfolklore ❄️
On January 5th, Epiphany Eve in Italy! 🇮🇹✨ The kind old witch, #Befana, soars across rooftops on her trusty broomstick, 🧹🏠 bringing joy and surprises. Good children wake up to stockings filled with sweets, toys & gifts, while naughty ones might find coal or a garlic bulb. 🧄
On January 5th, Epiphany Eve in Italy! 🇮🇹✨ The kind old witch, #Befana, soars across rooftops on her trusty broomstick, 🧹🏠 bringing joy and surprises. Good children wake up to stockings filled with sweets, toys & gifts, while naughty ones might find coal or a garlic bulb. 🧄
In time for the holidays!
Get ready for cozy chaos with "Yule Mischief Makers"
a delightful new #ebook packed with cheeky sprites, snowy pranks, and heartwarming holiday magic!
🎁 Grab your copy now and let the Yule shenanigans begin!
niftybucklesfolklore.fun/yule-mischie...
In time for the holidays!
Get ready for cozy chaos with "Yule Mischief Makers"
a delightful new #ebook packed with cheeky sprites, snowy pranks, and heartwarming holiday magic!
🎁 Grab your copy now and let the Yule shenanigans begin!
niftybucklesfolklore.fun/yule-mischie...
Finding the coin meant good fortune!
Finding the coin meant good fortune!
Greece's #Kallikantzaroi are mischievous underground #goblins emerging during the 12 days of Christmas.
Born from a human mother on #Christmas Day, they torment humans until Epiphany waters banish them.
Greece's #Kallikantzaroi are mischievous underground #goblins emerging during the 12 days of Christmas.
Born from a human mother on #Christmas Day, they torment humans until Epiphany waters banish them.
From the heart of Vatnajökull glacier emerges Skessan í Vatnajökli, the mighty she-troll giantess of Iceland! Her skin, a white blue glacier ice, is veins of glowing lava and volcanic ash, embodying the land of fire and ice 🌋❄️.
🌌🗻 #IcelandicTrolls
From the heart of Vatnajökull glacier emerges Skessan í Vatnajökli, the mighty she-troll giantess of Iceland! Her skin, a white blue glacier ice, is veins of glowing lava and volcanic ash, embodying the land of fire and ice 🌋❄️.
🌌🗻 #IcelandicTrolls
Starting December 11, one mischievous Yule Lad arrives each evening for 13 magical nights. 🌙✨
These jolly visitors sneak into homes to leave treats in children’s shoes — fluffy pancakes, creamy yogurt, meat or surprises… but beware!
Naughty kids might get a potato 🥔 instead!
Starting December 11, one mischievous Yule Lad arrives each evening for 13 magical nights. 🌙✨
These jolly visitors sneak into homes to leave treats in children’s shoes — fluffy pancakes, creamy yogurt, meat or surprises… but beware!
Naughty kids might get a potato 🥔 instead!