Open Graves, Open Minds Research Project. Emphasising that sense of Gothic as enchantment. Also tweeting as @DrSamGeorge1 @BillBloodyHughe
Hertfordshire, UK
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Congratulations Clay. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Sheffield for the Dark Enchantments conference later in the week.
I’m honored to have my poem about the fairy Mélusine included in Dark Enchantments: Gothic Folklore and the Monstrous Fairy-Tale, a conference with @SheffieldGothic, later to be published in a special issue by Twisted Ink. The conference keynote to be delivered by @DrSamGeorge1.
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In Chinese mythology, daylight began not with the sun, but with the opening of a dragon’s eyes.
Zhulong (燭龍), the Torch Dragon, was a cosmic deity with a human face and a serpent’s body. When he opened his eyes, day dawned; when he closed them, night descended. 1/2
#mythology
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Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West Wind” was dated in manuscript on this date 25 October 1819.
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing
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Dracula never speaks these lines in the 1897 novel but there is throwaway moment
In the book where he says 'I too can love'. Until this film we had never seen Dracula as a love beyond the grave story but its #loveneverdies theme has endured.
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VINTAGE HALLOWEEN FAIRIES reminding us that fairies and goblins were once as likely to be found on #Halloween cards as vampires and witches!! At a time when the veil between our world & the shadow world is extremely thin there are likely to be encounters between humans & fairies #FolkloreSunday
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BECOMING A VAMPIRE does not always involve being a victim of bloodsucking. The myriad ways one can become a #vampire according to Romanian folklore include: dying unmarried, dying a suicide, dying unforgiven, having the shadow of a person fall on your corpse #31DaysofHalloween
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YEATS & VAMPIRES The poet W. B. Yeats read about #vampires in Ennemoser's History of Magic 1852. Vampires feature in his poem 'Oil and Blood'
'Under heavy loads of trampled clay
Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood;
Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet' #31DaysOfHalloween
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VAMPIRES: TWO CENTURIES OF GREAT VAMPIRE STORIES Doubleday 1987 ed. Alan Ryan. Edward Gorey cover. In the pages of this book in all their glory, are some of the great #vampires in literature, male & female, invisible & metaphoric, doomed & daring! #31DaysOfHalloween
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How a priest and his wife met a fairy and how this led to the world's first troll dossier. britishmythology.substack.co…
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The witches & cats of Margaryta Yermolayeva get ready for #Halloween.
#FolkloreSunday #Samhain
#FullMoon #NationalBlackCatDay 27 Oct
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The Mythology of Samhain: 6 Stories That Give Samhain Added Significance #Folklore
irishmyths.com/2022/08/21/sa…
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Looking for a new text for your #AnimalStudies students? 🐾📚
Beginning Literary Animal Studies by William Welstead introduces students to human-animal studies through #literature, #theory, #science and #ethics.
Published this week!
Order your FREE inspection copy here 👇
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Jiu Tian Xuan Nu (九天玄女), the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens, stands between mystic and warrior. In early legend, she appears with a human face and birdlike form, descending to aid the Yellow Emperor against Chiyou.
Armed not with brute strength but with
#mythology
ALT 🎨 《九天玄女》 現代 彫仙
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How Were Witch Marks Used to Ward Off Evil?
Which ritual marks were the best protection symbols to keep families, homes, and property safe from witches, curses, and evil spirits in early-modern England? #Folklore
thecollector.com/how-were-wi…
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Our new Christmas special edition of a Tales of the Weird favourite is now available to shop online and in-store today!❄️
Celebrate cosying up during the cold winter nights whilst these dark tales send a chill down your spine.
#talesoftheweird #britishlibrarypublishing
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The Witch, a perennial favourite from Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, originally appearing in Elves & Fairies, published 1916. #FairyTaleTuesday #FolkloreSunday #Halloween #Samhain
