THE PARIS CATACOMBS house six million skeletons twenty metres underground. It's the largest necropolis in the world & was largely forgotten until it became a novelty place for private events. Opening to the public in 1874, it is still welcoming fearless guests #31DaysOfHalloween

🌟Join us Tues 10/14🌟 🎃CELEBRATE #Spooky Season🎃 w/#FairyTaleTuesday's theme 🎃VAMPIRE, WERWOLF & Other SHAPE CHANGER Lore, Superstitions & Trivia🎃 & in #fairytales #folktales #myths from around the world in #stories #art & #film! #FairyTaleFlash #vss #Halloween #Vampire

19th century illustrations of bats

Autumn view 🍂🪟

Today's #FairyTaleTuesday theme is Vampire and Shape Changer Lore, Superstitions & Trivia! 🖤 We warmly suggest listening to our Three Ravens Bestiary Bonus Series, especially #12: #Vampires! threeravenspodcast.com/threeravensbes… New episode on #Zombies and Revenants this Thursday!

The Writers' Museum On Lady Stair's Close, Edinburgh.

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Illustrations for Dracula by Anne Yvonne Gilbert #FairyTaleTuesday

In multiple Japanese tales, a haunting spirit that is frightening villagers turns out to only be a mischievous shape-shifting tanuki (raccoon dog) yokai #FairyTaleTuesday

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#FairyTaleTuesday 🐺"Vampire, werwolf & other shape changer lore, superstitions & trivia"🦇

Owls on vintage Halloween cards

Inspired by 诗画山河's breathtaking karst landscape at dawn. Capturing mist-shrouded majesty. Misty Peaks Karst towers pierce the dawn's veil, Ancient pines cling to stone's embrace. Fog whispers secrets through the vale, Eternal heights in fleeting grace. #EricJPoetry

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“Any power (light, dark, masculine, feminine) may be used for good or evil; it is how it is used that affects the outcome. The power in itself is neutral.” ― Judika Illes, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft

Deluxe greetings, Autumn dressed in shiny costume All the better for being boastful #vss365 #deluxe #art - Shiny Costume - Katy Lycett Wisniewski

In the Alps, stories tell of tatzelwurms, cat-faced serpents hiding in snow caves. Whether demon, dragon, or mountain spirit, they embody the wild shapes nature takes when feared from afar. #FairyTaleTuesday

Shape-changers walk between worlds. Beast and man, life and death, human and divine. Their stories are warnings and wishes both: be careful what power you crave. #FairyTaleTuesday Art: Rackham