Houses in fairy tales are never just houses; they always contain secrets and dreams. ~ Kate Bernheimer #FairytaleTuesday

"They dwelled on earth and we remember On this second of November Give prayers for their eternal rest Sweet afterlife may hold their best. The dear departed rest in peace Removed now from this world of grief." ~ Delarosa Laskovna #AllSoulsDay #CatholicX #CatholicTwitter

💫This week's theme is grief! Join us Wednesday for #LegendaryWednesday with your mourning legends, your lamentation traditions, bereavement rituals, tales of sorrowful woe, & deities of misery. Share a #legend #folklore #quote #fairytale #poetry #film #art #mythology💫

Viking vampires? Vikings had a belief in the draugr— malevolent undead beings. To prevent the deceased from turning into draugr, the Vikings might drive a stake through a dead person's body, ensuring they could not rise again. #FairyTaleTuesday

Hail Mary

"They lie, departed evermore The soldiers, scholars, thieves and whores Among these cemetery graves Ripe food for worms, till bones remain. So make life count, it is advised. Not one of us gets out alive." ~ Delarosa Laskovna #LegendaryWednesday #Death #Grief

“Invoke your Guardian Angel who will enlighten you. God gave you your Guardian Angel for this reason. So make use of your Angel's service." -St. Padre Pio

James Melville 🚜

"Odd things afoot and tasks confused Books and their knowledge act as muse When silence is rewarded thus While noise and voices make a fuss. This mission holds us to fate strange Provocative and causing change." ~ Delarosa Laskovna #FreakyFriday #thoughtoftheday

"Sweet November, dark of tides Poets, dreamers, hopes abide In the scarlet fallen leaves Let imagination seize. Beauty grey, a diamond mist Autumn's deep eternal kiss." ~ Delarosa Laskovna #NOVEMBER #DarkAcademia #thoughtoftheday

Hi all, a reminder that this Sunday’s theme, as the nights draw in, is: ANIMALS, PLANTS & BIRDS Of LATE AUTUMN Bring your posts to the hashtag #FolkloreSunday for a repost after 10:30 am GMT! See you then, Maude xx Image: Beatrix Potter

Bram Stoker, creator of #Dracula, was born on 8 Nov 1847 in Dublin. His Gothic masterpiece was inspired by a holiday in Whitby & that is where he has the world’s most famous vampire landing in 1897 #OTD #FolkloreSunday #Victorian #Whitby Harbour by John Atkinson Grimshaw

#Caturday #CatsOfX

"Strong garlic wards off all undead The bloodless vampires go unfed. Hang strands above your door and home; You'll have no visitors from the tomb. No sick nor evil can invade Wherever garlic cloves are laid." ~ Delarosa Laskovna #FolkloreSunday

Many botanists & historians believe psychedelic "redcap" mushrooms which grow wild in Lapland influenced the Santa Claus legend. Sami shaman used them in ritual & had visions of flying reindeer, elves, etc. Their vivid red color was a natural for Santa's suit! #FolkloreSunday

🌟Join us Tues 11/11🌟 w/#FairyTaleTuesday's theme The TALES OF ✨HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN✨ ✨CHARLES PERRAULT✨ ✨or MADAME D'AULNOY✨ ✨& Stories that influenced them✨ ✨OR other tales that THEY inspired✨ #FairyTaleFlash #fairytales #WritingCommunity #writers #fairytalepoets

🌟This week's prompt 11/9-11/15🌟 Share your #vss #story or #poem retelling one of the fairytales of ✨HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, CHARLES PERRAULT or MADAME D'AULNOY✨ Use #FairyTaleFlash for repost! #FairyTaleTuesday #vss365 #vssprompt #poetryprompt #fairytales #WritingCommunity

"The mother of Fairy Tales in her salon Weaving her stories like cloaks she would don Her life was an intrigue, a tale of great woe That made for grand stories of castle and foe Oh Madame d'Aulnoy! We owe to your mind Of witches, magicians & beauty in kind." #FairyTaleTuesday

"A cat outsmarts the dukes and kings A fetish slipper marriage brings A beauty falls to endless sleep A wolf lurks in the forest deep While Bluebeard murders all his wives Dark fairy tales reveal true life." ~ Delarosa Laskovna #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash #Perrault

In 19th c England, witch cakes could often be found hanging secretly behind doors. These non-edible "cakes", shaped like spiked wheels, were baked rock solid and dried in the oven, then hung on a string on the door to keep evil from the home. #LegendaryWednesday