In medieval mythology there was a creature called the Yale or the Centicore. This creature appeared like a deer the size of a horse with the snout of a boar and the feet of a unicorn. It had an elephant's tail and long straight horns that it could rotate and turn on its head to point in different directions giving it great defensive abilities.
The Yale was used by the British Royal Family as heraldry because of their defensive strengths.
In medieval mythology there was a creature called the Yale or the Centicore. This creature appeared like a deer the size of a horse with the snout of a boar and the feet of a unicorn. It had an elephant's tail and long straight horns that it could rotate and turn on its head to point in different directions giving it great defensive abilities.
The Yale was used by the British Royal Family as heraldry because of their defensive strengths.
That’s so cool! I always liked the Yale.
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I've been researching a lot of Appalachian Folklore lately and found some interesting stories about witches.
The stories I heard were very short first person accounts about a witch bothering somebody's family. The witch's magic has some very similar elements with voodoo and empathy and in two of the stories there is a witch doctor who is knowledgeable about the magic and uses it against the witch.
In two of the stories, the witches would sneak through the keyhole of a door to harm children (one poked them with needles, the other killed them with a hammer). In the first story, a witch doctor drew a picture of a woman on a tree and shot its toe. The characters then heard that the person they thought was a witch had been out chopping wood and had cut her toe off on accident. This witch knew what made her do it and she stopped attacking the kids. In the second story the father of the murdered child simply made a silver bullet and threatened to shoot her with it if she ever harmed anyone again.
In another story, a witch would cause a needle to hop around the house at night and poke the chest of a man who was trying to sleep. This man asked a witch doctor what to do and the witch doctor said to grab the needle next time it came hopping and bring it to him. The man did so, and the witch doctor held the needle in a fire until it was red hot and bent it in two. He then told the man that the witch would send someone to his door to ask for the needle back soon. Sure enough, someone came knocking and asked the question. The man took the needle with him to the witch and found that she was all cramped up and bent over like the needle. He heated the needle up again, causing the witch a lot of pain, and then bent it straight. The witch was immediately healed and promised never to harm him again.
The part of the story where someone knocks on the door after the witch's victim does something to protect themselves is very common. The witch doctor usually tells whoever they are helping that the witch will come by to knock on their door soon to ask for something. The witch usually comes by herself to ask for some medicine to fix an injury she got and the people usually refuse and send the witch away.
I was researching modern urban legends, UFO, and MIB sightings and noticed something.
It is common knowledge that in the old legends vampires and some other demonic spirits could not enter a house without an invitation. Many Men in Black, black-eyed kids, and a few other reports involve the strange beings asking for permission to enter someone's dwelling. Not just politely asking if they could come in, but creepily looking for excuses to come in, making odd requests, or even out right saying, "We cannot come in unless you give us permission." I just found it interesting that this odd piece of lore has not died out over the ages.
yeah actually there's a podcast now called Haunted Cosmos (it's Christian so for you non-Christians you might not like it) and it goes into detail about things like bigfoot and black-eyed kids and it's really interesting.
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A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them.
yeah actually there's a podcast now called Haunted Cosmos (it's Christian so for you non-Christians you might not like it) and it goes into detail about things like bigfoot and black-eyed kids and it's really interesting.
Y'all ever hear about the Texan Headless Horseman?
is this some offshoot of the Dullahan
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if i say something inflammatory the intention is not to trigger an emotional response and the fact that it does so is purely accidental and I sincerely apologise if it does
Y'all ever hear about the Texan Headless Horseman?
is this some offshoot of the Dullahan
No it ain't because this actually happened.
For a while, there were real world sightings of a wild black stallion ridden by a headless man in a poncho. Tied to the horn of the saddle was the headless horseman's head wearing a sombrero. This ghastly figure haunted the deserts and ranches of Texas, spooking the cowboy's horses and causing stampedes as the screaming horse it rode tore across the dusty landscape. Of course the Texans shot at it but no bullet seemed to harm the figure. Even the Native Americans of the region saw it and feared the headless horseman.
Eventually a couple of cowboys grew tired of allowing this seemingly supernatural figure to terrorize the land. They formed a posse and waited to ambush the thing at a watering hole. When the headless horseman showed up, they fired at it, but just as before their bullets did not harm it. Before it could run off, one of them fired at the horse, killing the crazed beast. When they investigated the scene, they found that the strange rider was actually a headless corpse tied onto the back of the stallion. The horse acted so wild because it had a rotten corpse strapped to it back which scared away any other horse it tried to approach.
They later were able to identify the corpse as the body of a double agent in a recent war (can't remember which one, Texas had so many) who also was a secret horse thief. He eventually was caught and one of the cowboys that killed him hated him so much that he cut off his head and tied it and the body to a saddle.
mb it was the phantom mustang. apparently only one poem has been written about it and that's the only piece of info on it. it's completely obscure and boring. nvm.
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He seeks only to obliterate them."
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Ancient Japanese conservationist fish priest are the best
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Let’s all celebrate the ancient Japanese conservationist fish priest!
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Cool kinda of the same but not as much folktales and celtic
I’m a sucker for Celtic folklore
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In medieval mythology there was a creature called the Yale or the Centicore. This creature appeared like a deer the size of a horse with the snout of a boar and the feet of a unicorn. It had an elephant's tail and long straight horns that it could rotate and turn on its head to point in different directions giving it great defensive abilities.
The Yale was used by the British Royal Family as heraldry because of their defensive strengths.
Always two maybe three
That’s so cool! I always liked the Yale.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they.
I've been researching a lot of Appalachian Folklore lately and found some interesting stories about witches.
The stories I heard were very short first person accounts about a witch bothering somebody's family. The witch's magic has some very similar elements with voodoo and empathy and in two of the stories there is a witch doctor who is knowledgeable about the magic and uses it against the witch.
In two of the stories, the witches would sneak through the keyhole of a door to harm children (one poked them with needles, the other killed them with a hammer). In the first story, a witch doctor drew a picture of a woman on a tree and shot its toe. The characters then heard that the person they thought was a witch had been out chopping wood and had cut her toe off on accident. This witch knew what made her do it and she stopped attacking the kids. In the second story the father of the murdered child simply made a silver bullet and threatened to shoot her with it if she ever harmed anyone again.
In another story, a witch would cause a needle to hop around the house at night and poke the chest of a man who was trying to sleep. This man asked a witch doctor what to do and the witch doctor said to grab the needle next time it came hopping and bring it to him. The man did so, and the witch doctor held the needle in a fire until it was red hot and bent it in two. He then told the man that the witch would send someone to his door to ask for the needle back soon. Sure enough, someone came knocking and asked the question. The man took the needle with him to the witch and found that she was all cramped up and bent over like the needle. He heated the needle up again, causing the witch a lot of pain, and then bent it straight. The witch was immediately healed and promised never to harm him again.
The part of the story where someone knocks on the door after the witch's victim does something to protect themselves is very common. The witch doctor usually tells whoever they are helping that the witch will come by to knock on their door soon to ask for something. The witch usually comes by herself to ask for some medicine to fix an injury she got and the people usually refuse and send the witch away.
Always two maybe three
I was researching modern urban legends, UFO, and MIB sightings and noticed something.
It is common knowledge that in the old legends vampires and some other demonic spirits could not enter a house without an invitation. Many Men in Black, black-eyed kids, and a few other reports involve the strange beings asking for permission to enter someone's dwelling. Not just politely asking if they could come in, but creepily looking for excuses to come in, making odd requests, or even out right saying, "We cannot come in unless you give us permission." I just found it interesting that this odd piece of lore has not died out over the ages.
Always two maybe three
yeah actually there's a podcast now called Haunted Cosmos (it's Christian so for you non-Christians you might not like it) and it goes into detail about things like bigfoot and black-eyed kids and it's really interesting.
"There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil.
A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them.
He seeks only to obliterate them."
Grand Admiral Thrawn
I listen to them. They are pretty good.
Always two maybe three
I'm not christian, so Ill skip
I am also here.
Am snek.
Y'all ever hear about the Texan Headless Horseman?
Always two maybe three
is this some offshoot of the Dullahan
if i say something inflammatory the intention is not to trigger an emotional response and the fact that it does so is purely accidental and I sincerely apologise if it does
No it ain't because this actually happened.
For a while, there were real world sightings of a wild black stallion ridden by a headless man in a poncho. Tied to the horn of the saddle was the headless horseman's head wearing a sombrero. This ghastly figure haunted the deserts and ranches of Texas, spooking the cowboy's horses and causing stampedes as the screaming horse it rode tore across the dusty landscape. Of course the Texans shot at it but no bullet seemed to harm the figure. Even the Native Americans of the region saw it and feared the headless horseman.
Eventually a couple of cowboys grew tired of allowing this seemingly supernatural figure to terrorize the land. They formed a posse and waited to ambush the thing at a watering hole. When the headless horseman showed up, they fired at it, but just as before their bullets did not harm it. Before it could run off, one of them fired at the horse, killing the crazed beast. When they investigated the scene, they found that the strange rider was actually a headless corpse tied onto the back of the stallion. The horse acted so wild because it had a rotten corpse strapped to it back which scared away any other horse it tried to approach.
They later were able to identify the corpse as the body of a double agent in a recent war (can't remember which one, Texas had so many) who also was a secret horse thief. He eventually was caught and one of the cowboys that killed him hated him so much that he cut off his head and tied it and the body to a saddle.
Always two maybe three
interesting. ever heard of the silver mustang?
"There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil.
A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them.
He seeks only to obliterate them."
Grand Admiral Thrawn
No, I don't think I have.
Always two maybe three
mb it was the phantom mustang. apparently only one poem has been written about it and that's the only piece of info on it. it's completely obscure and boring. nvm.
"There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil.
A warrior does not seek to understand them, or to compromise with them.
He seeks only to obliterate them."
Grand Admiral Thrawn