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fleurmystique · 1 month

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The night-soil men can see a bird walking in trees. It isn’t a bird. It is a woman who has removed her skin and is on her way to drink the blood of her secret enemies. It is a woman who has left her skin in a corner of a house made out of wood. It is a woman who is reasonable and admires honeybees in the hibiscus.

Jamaica Kincaid, from At the Bottom of the River

#caribbean folklore #jamaica kincaid #caribbean #caribbean literature #whispers from the ceiba roots

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sharlbranch · 1 month

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A lil (late) Good Friday horror comic.

There's a well known superstition that one must never go swimming, or even to the beach on Good Friday because without fail someone has drowned.

there was a discussion on caribbean Twitter talking about making a horror short story/film about this superstition and I couldn't get it out of my head, so this was my take on it!

experimenting with black and white and watercolour brushes in fresco!

#art #my art #illustration #digital art #adobe fresco #black and white #watercolour #comic #horror #horror comic #good friday #easter #superstitions #caribbeam superstitions #caribbean folklore #caribbean art #caribbean artist #vincentian art #vincentian artist

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seasonofthewitch06 · 3 months

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I want to learn more about African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latino, and continental African folklore!!!

Especially the horror stories!!! I already know some but there’s so much I don’t know!

Can anybody please suggest any books or resources that talk extensively about folklore from these communities 🙏🏾?

#06 speaks #folklore #african american folklore #caribbean folklore #afro caribbean folklore #african folklore #afro latino folklore #horror #black horror #folk horror?

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schweizercomics · 1 year

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Companions of Christmas 13: Pitchy Patchy

Once a highly decorated Akan military commander, the man who would become known as Pitchy Patchy was stolen from his home and enslaved in Jamaica, but he was able to escape to freedom and, operating from the Maroon towns that he helped to defend, would regularly lead raids against the plantations to free others.

Since the folks that he rescued didn’t have access to the kinds of ornate trophies and medals that he’d worn in the past, they would honor him with a simple strip of colored cloth as a sign of their gratitude for his valor. He saved so many people that he was eventually festooned with these cloth strips, to the point that they covered his entire body.

At Christmastime, he would parade boldly through the streets during the festival of Jonkonnu (or Jankunu, or Junkanoo, etc), and he continues to be a part of Jonkonnu parades to this very day.

#Pitchy Patchy #christmas #Caribbean Folklore #Junkanoo #Jonkonnu #Jankunu

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briefbestiary · 11 months

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Disturb not the one who stares up at the luminous moon.

Some say that if one manages to distract him from his focused attention to the Moon, he will begin to chase them in order to suck out their brain using the palm of his hand.

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3rdeyeblaque · 1 year

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On March 24th we venerate Brother John Mason Brewer on his birthday🎉

An iconic folklorist, historian, scholar, educator, storyteller, poet, & quadlingial speaker, John Mason Brewer dedicated his 50-year long career, between the early 1900s to the 60s, to the documentation & preservation of Afrikan & Afrikan descendant narratives across the South, particularly his home state of Texas.

It was from the love & education instilled within him by his father & grandfather before him that spurred his barrier-shattering academic career, pursuing his B.A. in English & M.A. in Folklore, & professional career as a lifelong educator/professor and lecturer; in an era that many deemed nearly impossible to fathom. Though long before he was awarded prestigious grants for his outstanding contributions in research and the education of folk traditions among our people in the U.S. & the Caribbean & befriending the likes of U.S. presidents & other notable figures, Brother Mason spent his life fascinated by the tales & belief systems of our people that, over the years since the Great Migration & WWII, became best preserved in the South. He wrote and published a plethora of poems, books, and articles on Afrikan-American & Afrikan-Carribean history & folklore. If not for his unyielding presence in higher academia & public research institutions, and relentless pursuit of the preservation of Afrikan Ancestral voices in oral tradition & literature, centuries of wealth in knowledge and history of our people would be lost.

We give libations & well deserved 💐 today for his ancestral teachings & wisedom, delivered to us via the masterful art of storytelling and poetry & for lifelong work in unearthing & preserving a legacy ancestral voices never to be forgotten.

Offering suggestions: share/read his literary and academic work, a Methodist Bible/verse, & libations of water.

#Hoodoo #the hoodoo calendar #hudu #hoodoos #hoodoo folklore #hoodoo culture #john mason brewer #black poets #black literature #black scholars #African American Folklore #caribbean folklore

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mangoscriber · 10 months

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Expression sheet for El Sombrereo or Tye Mad Hatter for my LatAm AiW AU. Trying to show expression through one eye is already hard enough, but doing it one eye that is just an infinite void into space is another task. Also...HATS ARE HARD!! Overall, I am really happy with the number of ways I was able to contort his the one thing that gives him expression. Which is your favorite?

#digital aritst #digital illustration #procreate #procreateillustration #latina artist #alice in wonderland #alicia en el pais de las maravillas #character art #south america #the mad hatter #the caribbean #caribbean folklore

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havatabanca · 7 months

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#la diablesse #folklore #caribbean folklore

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theblasianwitch · 2 years

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To anyone who is like me when it comes to learning history (reading it is very difficult for me unless it's a subject I'm really passionate about. Only time was art history) I'm just here to share my current fav podcast/s for learning witch history and folklore. I'll probably share a list of my fav books soon.

The History of Witchcraft by Samuel Hume

Carribean Folklore and Mysteries by Michelle Eastmond

I am still looking for podcasts specifically for Asian and African Folklore. I have TikToks and YouTubers I watch for them but I just want something I can listen to on my walks and at work discretely.

#witchblr #witches of tumblr #witch community #asian witch #black witches #afro witch #witches of color #witch history #folklore #Caribbean folklore

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fyeahgothicromance · 1 year

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I'm reading about Caribbean and Latin American folklore creatures/cryptids and a lot of them have janky feet?? Jumbies and other spirits with backwards feet or one hoof and one human foot, or just one foot (La Patasola), or no feet (trauco).

And sure shape-shifting and spells and murder are recurring themes, but the feet... Why?

#so many backwards feet #or mispaired feet #folklore #caribbean folklore

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pensivegladiola · 11 months

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Folklore: La Diablesse

In Caribbean folklore, La Diablesse is a devil haunts the edges of the woods luring men to their untimely deaths with her beauty.

It is said she traded her soul to the devil in pursuit of vanity. The existence of this deal is evidenced by one of her feet having turned into a cloven hoof.

#folklore #caribbean #caribbean folklore #myths #mythology

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fleurmystique · 1 month

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“What are the lights in the mountains?” “The lights in the mountains? Oh, it’s a jablesse.” “A jablesse! But why? What’s a jablesse?” “It’s a person who can turn into anything. But you can tell they aren’t real because of their eyes. Their eyes shine like lamps, so bright that you can’t look. That’s how you can tell it’s a jablesse. They like to go up in the mountains and gallivant. Take good care when you see a beautiful woman. A jablesse always tries to look like a beautiful woman.”

Jamaica Kincaid, from At the Bottom of the River

#caribbean folklore #jamaica kincaid #At the Bottom of the River #caribbean literature #caribbean #trinidad and tobago #Lajablesse #La Diablesse #folklore #book quotes #whispers from the ceiba roots

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lilibetbombshell · 1 year

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gaulinwife · 1 year

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#Shacqeel Coleby #thegaulinwife #Caribbean folklore #bahamian #Bahamian artist

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ken45roh44kat78 · 7 months

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Heather Laltoo Ferguson -Author Interview

Heather Laltoo Ferguson was born on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad in 1951, and emigrated to Canada in 1970 where she attended Mt. Allison University in Sackville, N. B. She eventually made that Province her home, becoming an advertorial writer for a local newspaper and an online magazine in the City of Moncton. In a freelance capacity, she has also worked on writing projects for a number of…

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#Canada #Caribbean #Caribbean Folklore #Caribbean Literature #Fiction #Indentured Workers #Indentureship #India #India and the Caribbean #India in Trinidad #Literature #New Brunswick #Short Stories #Trinidad #Trinidad and Tobago #West Indies

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briefbestiary · 1 year

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A burning being with some vampiric traits. As an additional note, if one manages to find her skin and rub it with salt or hot peppers, she can be killed as this will prevent her from reentering her skin.

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