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In Greek mythology, the snake-woman Echidna gave birth to Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimera, Ladon, the Sphinx, the Nemean Lion, and the two-headed dog Orthrus. In some versions, the father of all these was the monstrous dragon Typhon, but in others, Orthrus fathered the Chimera, Sphinx, and Nemean Lion. Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire #WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring #Mythology #Folklore #Greece #Monster

Only a few particularly favored witches' gathering are presided over by the Devil's Grandmother herself.#WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Grandmother

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic #Superstitiology: `One the evening before 1 May, an ancient tradition is to light fires on your land in order to drive away evil, known by many as ‘burn the buitch’ (#Manx for witch`; https://youtu.be/SJV0zZf2zM0?autoplay=1). ’Source: https://culturevannin.im/news/do-you-burn-the-buitch-577675/

In early modern European folklore, witch's ointment is a salve by which witches could fly, rubbed on either their bodies or on objects like brooms. Made from the fat of children and various herbs, the herbs were likely a hallucinogen and the fat not human. #WyrdWednesday

In early modern European folklore, witch's ointment is a salve by which witches could fly, rubbed on either their bodies or on objects like brooms. Made from the fat of children and various herbs, the herbs were likely a hallucinogen and the fat not human. #WyrdWednesday

Black dogs have been a witch's familiar since witches have walked the Paths of Night, as these are favored animals of Hekate, Greek chthonic deity of magic and secrets. #WyrdWednesday

Cockaigne is an imaginary land of plenty from medieval folklore, where peasants live a life of luxury and ease. Food and drink are everywhere (the sky rains cheese), and neither lords nor priests are allowed to boss peasants around. It represents both wish fulfillment and resentment towards scarcity and Christian asceticism. Pieter Bruegel the Elder#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Medieval #MiddleAges #Cockaigne #Cockayne #RockCandyMountain

3/ And the Wild Hunt roams in the air above it.https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Hunt_of_the_Untersberg

The realm of the Venetians is a magical wonderland with crystal houses and talking animals.#WyrdWednesdayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Venetians_and_the_Huntsman

The cursed village of Germelshausrn appears only rarely in this world.#WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Cursed_Village

The Stubbenkammer on Rügen Island is one of Germany's most famous landmarks - and the site of a secret pirate treasure hoard.#WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Maiden_at_the_Waschstein_Rock_near_the_Stubbenkammer

"Germanica" is an otherworldly city that only a few people have visited by accident.#WyrdWednesdayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Postman_of_Itzehoe

Extreme weather in Nordic lore is caused by Thurses, chaotic nature spirits that cause great shifts in the natural world. These include Jotnar, the giants, and if the name isn't obvious, Thor himself: Thor's mother is the Earth. #WyrdWednesday : T. A. Sahsnotasvriunt

Extreme weather in Nordic lore is caused by Thurses, chaotic nature spirits that cause great shifts in the natural world. These include Jotnar, the giants, and if the name isn't obvious, Thor himself: Thor's mother is the Earth. #WyrdWednesday: T. A. Sahsnotasvriunt

Those inverted horns are useless weapons but that fundament can fart feculent flame as far as 12km. This is the artillery of the bonnacon, a composite creature with a bull's head & horse's mane. Olfactory overwhelm fells its foes when accosted by its acrid ejectamenta #WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky

Once, a strange fluting thing hatched out of an egg that drove the people of Wewelsfleth to despair and madness.#WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fluting_Thing_in_the_Owls%27_Gable

The spirits of the air can take on bizarre forms.#WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Singing_Thing_on_the_Fields_Near_Sandh%C3%BCbel

“Daurand and WidritodHave taken my beloved!” #WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Amorous_Devil

“There I have my wage,and now I must go away.”#WyrdWednesday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Little_Fodder_Man_at_Thimmendorf

“Caraway breadMakes us dead!”#WyrdWednesdayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Caraway_Bread