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Three scary companions of Santa
It seems that Halloween isn't the only spooky time of year. The season of Yule is upon us and always considered a merry time to spread love and happiness, joy and exchange gifts. There is an abundance...
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Yuletide monsters
The season of Yule is filled with scary legendary creatures. I already mentioned Krampus, Belsnickel and Hans Trapp in the previous post "Three Scary Companions of Santa." Here are some more nightmares...
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True Christmas time ghosts
There are legendary ghosts who haunt places around the festive season of Yule. Some of these have become well known Christmas spirits. Here are some of those spooks that manifest during the long winter...
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Witches of Yule and Winter
Here are the witches, good and bad, who make a return during the season of Yule and winter, associated with the periods of Christmas and New Year. La Befana, from Italian folklore about a witch who...
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Wildlife picture of the month
This blog will begin each month with a nice post featuring a particular wild animal from Britain, Ireland and Europe. As this topic will feature what goes on in nature as the seasons change. It seems a...
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The Southern Necropolis
In Glasgow, Scotland, is a large cemetery called Southern Necropolis found in Gorbals. It was created in the 1840's as a burial place for many people of the location Gorbals and the city of Glasgow....
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Texas Big Bird
This is the nickname of a winged cryptid seen flying over Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. Although it's named "Big Bird" it wasn't really described as a bird, with a long beak, a monkey-like face,...
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Beast of Bodmin
This is a legendary creature, found in Bodmin Moor, located in Cornwall, England. Bodmin The moor itself is a vast wilderness of granite, with a mystical hill named Brown Willy (Bronn Wenneli "hill of...
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The Inari white fox
The magical worship of the magical White Fox deity in Japan is known as Inari Okami. which also includes fertility, rice and tea. The foxes of the Inari are called Kitsune and these are pure white as...
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Wildlife picture of the month
"Hey, I think spring is coming now!" Each month I've been doing "wildlife pictures" to represent an animal in their natural habitat. The images and animals are tied in with the season, and may have a...
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Wold Newton Triangle
Inside England is a place called Yorkshire Wolds, a district of hills of the Chalk Group, limestone rocks and an arc formation that appeared during the Cretaceous era. The Rudston Monolith is the...
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Alicanto
This magical creature is a strange nocturnal bird that looks golden in colour. It's feathers are believed to appear beautiful like metal, golden and silver, sometimes with shining green at its wings....
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The purple mirror
An urban legend from Japan is about a purple mirror. The actual words are "murasaki kagami", and it means purple mirror. According to a certain story, there was a girl who was extremely vain and loved...
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Wildlife picture of the month
"Are you nuts?"Squirrels are not hibernating animals and they're very active during early Spring. They're seen all year round. They're omnivores, feasting on seeds like acorns, beech nuts, walnuts and...
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Lake Ladoga Monster
Lake Ladoga is the biggest freshwater lake found in Europe, which is found at the border of Russia and Finland. It was once called the Great Nevo, and it features in Norse sagas as a city of lakes...
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The Tooth Fairy
The origin of the modern idea of the Tooth Fairy comes from ancient times in northern Europe. In ancient Eddic literature, which is Medieval, there are poems and sagas written down from oral traditions...
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Gnomes of Wollaton Park
In 1979 a strange thing happened in Wollaton Park in Nottingham, England. A supernatural event that seems like a fairy tale. A number of children were playing outside after 8 pm and they ended up...
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Azzurrina
There is a certain charm to the Province of Rimini, Italy. The location looks like a fairy tale place with castles and villages overlooking thick forests and misty hills. But there is a mysterious...
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A castle of werewolves
One of the most infamous castles with a creepy reputation with werewolf stories is Moosham Castle, in Salzburg, Austria. The castle's first documented deed was in 1191 that was built on the site of a...
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Wildlife picture of the month
Every month will be a picture of a British and European wild animal looking nice for the season. This month we'll be looking at common blackbirds ready for Spring. In the photo there is a blackbird sat...
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