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on the monstrous-feminine
The Harpy
‘The Monstrous Feminine’ Female Abjection in the Works of Charles Dickens
Role Monsters [a series on monstrous female archetypes by Jess Zimmerman]
Female Monstrosity [collection of various pdfs on this topic]
“Normative Society and the Monstrous Female Transgressor”
The Monstrous-Feminine [the full book by barbara creed!]
“The Good and Bad of that Sexe‟: Monstrosity and Womanhood in Early Modern England”
The Monstrous ‘Other’ Feminine: Gender, Desire and the ‘Look’ in the Hindi Horror Genre
The Monstrous-Feminine [films]
I AM THE MONSTER: SELF AND THE MONSTROUS FEMININE IN CONTEMPORARY YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Unnatural Women, Invisible Mothers: Monstrous Female Bodies in the Wonders of the East
A Regiment of Monstrous Women: Female Horror Archetypes and Life History Theory
POWERS OF HORROR: An Essay on Abjection [the full book by julia kristeva referenced by barbara creed]
EMBRACE YOUR MONSTROUS FLESH: ON WOMEN’S BODIES IN HORROR
The monstrous narratives of transformative fandom
St. Nicholas Church in Amrakits, Armenia
death omens in Polish folklore
the following things, considered to be a sign of upcoming death - or even something that would bring death upon someone - are widely present in many branches of slavic beliefs. they are deeply rooted in the belief in magic - and even if now thought by many to be merely folk superstition, they were once a very set and important way of recognizing signs, foretelling the future, and protecting yourself and your household - way of life if you will.
considering my research and sources I’m using focus mainly on Polish folklore (with lesser additions from other slavic countries) I refrained from using the universal “slavic” title and categorization.
however, keep in mind that many of those will be present in the folklore of other slavic (especially east and west) lands.
birds:
- if a rooster crows three times, it means the death is coming - similarly, if he crows at night. if a hen crows similarly to the rooster, it should be killed because it is a terrible omen
- killing a stork will bring death upon the killer and misery upon the entire village
- if a swallow hits the window and dies, it foretells a death of someone in the household
- if you hear a cuckoo while staring at the ground or looking down it means death will get you before the year ends
- if a woodpecker pecks at the door or threshold of a house it warns you about the upcoming death
- if a woman sees a black pigeon it is a sign she will soon be a widow
- if an owl hoots throughout the night near the household it is a sign that someone will soon die
- if a jay sits upon the roof, someone in the household will die
- if a nightingale sings while someone is sick or dying, it means their death will be peaceful and painless
- crows, raven, and jackdaws circling above the household were the most agreed upon death omen
dogs:
- if a dog howls relentlessly at night, it means someone will die
- if a dog howls precisely three times, it means that someone just died and their soul passed close-by
- if a dog howls while looking down on the ground, it means he sees death itself coming for someone
- if a dog keeps digging in the ground in one place it is a sign of a grave having to be dug soon
- if a dog dies while its master is sick it is a sign the person will die as well
plants:
- cutting down an elderberry would bring death upon the person who did it; cutting one growing above a pond or stream would poison the water
- a lonely tree in a field, especially if dead or slanted, would bring bad luck, demons, or even death upon someone who touched it or sat beneath it
- digging up a rowan or a hazel tree (or destroying its roots) would bring death upon the one who did it
snakes:
- killing a household or barn snake would bring bad luck, illnesses or death upon the family
- if a child was sick and a household snake died it was a sign the child would die as well
dead, corpses, funerals:
- if someone points a finger at a funeral procession, they bring death upon themselves
- falling asleep in the room where a body of the deceased was kept would bring sickness and death on the person – similarly if someone sat or put anything between the legs of the dead
- if you look a dead person in the eyes they might take you with them
- if you do not belong to the closest family of the dead person or you are not the one appointed to carry out funerary preparations, touching the corpse might bring death upon you
- if someone looks through the window of the room and sees the deceased, that person will die soon
- if the funeral procession stops randomly while going through the village, someone will die in the house by which they stopped
- do not look behind you while in the procession, as the dead person’s soul might be following and will take you with it
spring and Kupala’s Night:
- if someone fences off his household in spring – or during Kupala’s Night St. John’s Eve – and drives the stakes through the ground, they will die before autumn
- if someone bathes in a pond or river before Kupala’s Night or St. John’s Eve they might die, killed by “the evil in the water” (usually topielce, boginki, witches, evil spirits etc)
these are, in all honesty, just a part of nearly countless beliefs and superstitions connected to death - and the signs and omens.
if anyone - especially my Slavic followers - knows more and has something to add, please do so, I’d greatly appreciate it.
(main sources, other than personal research and conversations with people - especially older - in villages and cities of Silesia and Lesser Poland: A. Lebeda, Komentarze do Polskiego Atlasu Etnograficznego: Wiedza i Wierzenia Ludowe, 2002; Z. Sawicka Śmierć i pogrzeb w tradycji ludowej; B. Żurawski Ludowe zwiastuny śmierci i złe wróżby; excerpts from S. Hodorowicz, Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore)
Many places have a “forest that shouldn’t be entered.” Even people who are used to working in the mountains feel there is something there. They are suddenly overcome with fear and it becomes the custom to avoid certain places. These places exist. I don’t know what is there, but I think they are real. I’m not a believer in the occult, but the world is more than we can fathom with our five senses. This world doesn’t exist just for humans. So I think it’s all right to have such things. This is why I think it’s a mistake to think about nature from the idea of efficiency, that forests should be preserved because they are essential for human beings …
I am concerned, because for me the deep forest is connected in some way to the darkness deep in my heart. I feel that if it is erased, then the darkness inside my heart would also disappear, and my existence would grow shallow.
Hayao Miyazaki, “Totoro Was Not Made as a Nostalgia Piece”, Starting Point: 1979-1996

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WIKIPEDIA MONSTER COMPILATION PAGES FOR PEOPLE
japanese creatures
greek creatures
creatures organised by type
creatures listed by letter
humanoid creatures
filipino creatures
chinese creatures
cryptids
‘fearsome critters’
angels
beings referred to as fairies
creatures that pretend to be human
a page on therianthropic creatures
shapeshifters
hybrid creatures
extraterrestrial creatures
deities
a page of mythology page links
a section of folklore page links
flying creatures
theological demons
fictional species lists
mythology related lists
legendary creature related lists
According to the laws of physics, a planet in the shape of a doughnut (toroid) could exist. Physicist Anders Sandberg says that such planets would have very short nights and days, an arid outer equator, twilight polar regions, moons in strange orbits and regions with very different gravity and seasons.
Read more: http://bit.ly/1kPLXGT via io9
petition to turn the earth into a fucking doughnut
THE STORY POTENTIAL FOR THIS IS AMAZING YOU COULD HAVE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS SEPARATED BY DESERT ON THE OUTSIDE AND AN PERMANENT NIGHT-WINTER ON THE INSIDE YOU COULD (WITH A LITTLE FUDGING ON TIDES OR SOME STABILIZATION FORCE) HAVE MOONS THAT GO THROUGH THE FUCKING HOLE, WITH LUNAR-POWERED SORCERERS LIVING ON THE INNER EQUATOR IN GIANT ICE CASTLES WAITING FOR THE TIME OF THE MONTH WHEN THE MOON ILLUMINATES THE ETERNAL NIGHTTIME AND THEIR SPELLS HAVE THE MOST POWER
YOU COULD HAVE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT EVOLVED ON OPPOSITE SIDES WHO ARE BASICALLY ALIENS ON THE SAME PLANET AND WHOEVER CROSSES THE GIANT DESERT OR ARCTIC CIRCLE (HEH) MAKES FIRST CONTACT
THIS IS SO COOL
THIS IS SO COOL
I WANT TO RUN FIFTY THOUSAND GAMES ON WORLDS LIKE THIS HOLY FUCK
THIS JUST IN IF I’M UNDERSTANDING THE MAGNETIC FIELDS CORRECTLY I THINK THE ETERNAL NIGHT ICE REALM WILL HAVE NEAR-CONSTANT ELECTRICAL STORMS
Re-reblogging for the additional stuff.
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Hidden gem in Edinburgh: Dean’s village
types of witches from ancient greece and rome
face-eating witches who love a good nose
cemetery witch who lives in a tomb and scorns the boring non-necromancy magic of normal witches
witch who bangs hot strangers and turns men into pigs
poison witch who fucks up the lives of everyone around her if they wrong her in any way
clan of witch bffs who perform sexy magic
goddess of witchcraft who has three faces and hangs out with dogs

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Marsh’s Library, Dublin
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Water springs out of the Mulberry tree at Dinoša, Montenegro. For the last two decades, during the spring floods, the water has been running out of this old mulberry tree in a village of Dinoša in Montenegro.

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types of witches from ancient greece and rome
face-eating witches who love a good nose
cemetery witch who lives in a tomb and scorns the boring non-necromancy magic of normal witches
witch who bangs hot strangers and turns men into pigs
poison witch who fucks up the lives of everyone around her if they wrong her in any way
clan of witch bffs who perform sexy magic
goddess of witchcraft who has three faces and hangs out with dogs