In Kleist's "The Foundling," the protagonist rejects absolution while on the scaffold, declaring, "I do not want to be saved, I want to go down into the deepest pit of hell" to finish off his arch nemesis, who certainly "will not be in heaven." #ofdarkandmacabre #FaustianFriday

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Don't mess with Lucifer. At least not in Italy.

Not at all sinister

Smoking kills.

Regenbogen 🌈 Lugano.

Since sightings of the church tower of the drowned town of Esonstad in lake Lauwersmeer are scarce, this tower at Potosí, Bolivia. For all summer holiday guests of Lauwersmeer, here the legend of Esonstad: frisiacoasttrail.blog/2020/10/02/the…

Exploring more the St Gallen Rheine Valley. Schloss Werdenberg is well worth a visit

Once a man tired of life hanged himself on the old bridge. From then on, a black poodle was often seen crossing the bridge at night or sitting in the middle. No one could go over, otherwise the bridge would have fallen into the Sitter. stgallenmyths.com/2022/04/06/505…

It is said that several iron bars and a small green tree were buried in the ground on the Breitfelde after a battle fought there in earlier times. All this will be a sign of the coming of the Antichrist, at whose birth all flowers will sweat blood. stgallenmyths.com/2022/04/07/506…

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Burgruine #Grimmenstein, #StMargrethen #Rheintal #History 🏰 #burgen

Storytelling with #midjourney - 1940s ‘photo’ of a #Swiss Bergmannli stgallenmyths.com/2022/02/21/461…

Agnes von Brunnberg, with #Midjourney stgallenmyths.com/2023/03/29/438…

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