I cannot remember who started #FaustianFriday over on that "other site" - I'd sure love to see that hashtag come back here. 🖤🔥🖤

In the deep woods, it’s no toy. The "dumb-bull" or bullroarer whirs with a low, heavy vibration that makes blood run cold. Old folks call it "the Old Boy’s holler" - a frequency used to call the Devil’s own hounds. Spin the wood until it screams, and listen for the reply. #FaustianFriday #Folklore

"When a west country witch wishes to draw to her spirit forces... she makes use of a wind roarer... Little wonder that the spirits come flocking in to see what all the ghastly moaning is about." (ALT: Cecil Williamson) (1 of 2) #FaustianFriday #Pellor #FolkWitch #WitchSky youtu.be/5PgGDMmBtDg?...

Loud Bullroarer Demonstration

During sun-showers in the South, you will hear someone say, "The Devil is beating his wife!" Some say he is angry with God for creating beautiful sunny days, & takes his anger out on her. In turn, she cries large tears / raindrops. #FaustianFriday #SouthernFolklore #WitchSky #FolkWitch

In Welsh folklore, certain mines are haunted by coblynau. If treated with respect, these goblins will lead miners to precious ore and warn them of danger, but if treated with disrespect, coblynau will throw rocks at the miners or even collapse their shaft.
🎨 Alan Lee
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Though dividing fairies into a more benign Seelie Court and a more sinister Unseelie Court is prominent in modern fantasy, the only folklore it appears in is Scottish, and even then it's a later addition. Other legends don't divide fairies into such easy categories.
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"Tentazione" by Gerda Wegener
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