#A History of Folk Horror

[sesiondemadrugada]

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (Kier-La Janisse, 2021).

[fallbabylon]

Devils and the Mouth of Hell details from South Leigh doom painting 15th C- South Leigh, UK

[tinseltina]

trying to make fanart of leona from @kiame-sama's humans are extinct twst au (warning it is a yandere au and 18+ so minors DNI)

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog – Caspar David Friedrich // Wild Blue Yonder – The Amazing Devil

[he-xie]

I actually have a webcomic. It's a folk horror set in 17th century eastern europe. It has a suprising number of onimous birds. You can check it out here . :)

[schlock-luster-video]

On November 7, 2015, The Wicker Man was screened at the Night Visions Film Festival.

Here's some new Christopher Lee art!

[soulsanitarium]

DANCE IN HORROR

In different cultures dance and music was (and still is) appropriate way to negotiate with gods. Music and dances have been a part of religious festivals, births, deaths, marriage ceremonies, and other festivities. Midsommar (2019).

Ritual dances can be performed individually or collectively, in traditional dresses, along with their own songs. Wicker Man (1973.)

Trance, on the other hand, was often the prerogative of holy men. The Believers (1987).

God’s death and rebirth are also associated with fertility rituals such as maypole dance. Ritual is used to eliminate things that threaten the world order, such as sickness, the order is restored. Angel Heart (1987).

In Europe the development of art dance began to form first in ballet. The ballet was initially a very well-defined series of movements. It took a long time before the art dance could be expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself. Red Shoes (1948).

In the early days of Western art dance, ballet was disciplined and regulated and left very little room for self-expression. It was not until the turn of the 20th century that modern art dance took its first steps. Isadora Duncan danced barefoot, she was interested in Greek antiquity - for example The Furies. Suspiria (1977).

Before The World War II, modern dance was influenced by Mary Wigman and Rudolf Laban in particular. "Ausdruckstanz" meant that the primary function of dance was to give shape to emotions and inner experiences. The expression of personal feelings in dance was banned along with psychoanalysis and many dancers and psychoanalysts fled from Germany to America. Wigman and Pina Bausch have been mentioned as a model for the Madame Blanc in Suspiria (2018).

Mirroring & Reflecting are important in dance & Psychotherapy. In French, “être Médusé” means literally to be paralysed by stupefaction. Les médusées-group was a model for the Suspiria (2018).

It may be that the superego problem is also reflected in the body. Our bodies are like bound by curses. The madness, the melting superego, was seen in the Climax (2018).

Modern dance diversified in the 1980s. Non-European influences began to show more clearly. Dancing is increasingly being done in public places, not just in a dance theater. The content of the dance is important, not just distinctiveness. However, classics - like the Swan Lake ballet - have remained popular with the general public. (Haukinen et al. 1992.) Black Swan (2010).

The Witches (1966): Beneath everything controlled lies the primitive power of libido and aggression that threatens the order. Dancing is also a way to get to know different cultures. Flamenco, Latin dances, etc. For many, dance is an exercise and a way to take care of their health.

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[mmhawkes]

Historical Curiosities: The Werewolves of Ossory

Hello, friends, and welcome to the inaugural post of our Historical Curiosities column! History is full of the weird, the spooky, and the confounding. In this column we’ll share fun anecdotes that fit the bill. So, join me as we kick things off with one of my favourite strange tales — the werewolves of Ossory.

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[batwynn]

I just found out about Gay Bob and I’m… don’t call yourself an ally unless you decide to invest $10,000 of your own money into making a gay doll in 1977.

[hairtusk]

i'm already such a boring old fuck in my twenties. realised i could spend the evening quilt-making, drinking red wine and rewatching a 3hr+ long documentary about folk horror and starting grinning to myself. my god.

[fallbabylon]

Since its debut, Nuremberg's Ehekarussell (the Marriage-Merry-Go-Round) has stirred controversy with its dark portrayal of marriage's challenges. Unveiled in 1981 to cover an underground shaft, the bronze fountain reflects artist Jürgen Weber's rather bleak perspective on married life.- Nuremberg, Germany

[medicus-mortem]

Fae Hearted // Folk Horror Verse

Lore:

In an age forgotten, a bargain was forged between the fair folk and the inhabitants of a small hamlet by the name of Flevance. The myths say a great sickness ravaged the people, and they asked the faeries for help, hoping their magics would save them.

They asked the dryads that danced among the trees, but the mischievous creatures only laughed, chittering that the fate of a few mortals was no concern of the ageless elms. They asked the selkies that sunned themselves on the stony shores, but the reclusive creatures merely bared their fangs and slipped back into the waves. How could they care for the plight of those who walk on land? They sought the faeries of the Seelie court, those good elves that were known for their love and compassion. The high fae took one look at the sickly mortals and recoiled, finding their wasting bodies and discoloured skin loathsome. They shooed the mortals away, believing their end inevitable.

Hearing of the mortal’s suffering the fae of the Unseelie court, those of darkness and corruption, those hated by beings of light, came to the people of Flevance. They offered a hand in friendship, providing the mortals with what knowledge they could give. A magic not known for its gentle touch was offered to the people, and they took it. They accepted this gift, merging the power of the dark elves with their own knowledge and will to survive. They took the magic of corruption and shadow and turned into a tool of healing. The people of Flevance survived, and on the day the last of their sick became healthy, a bargain was sealed.

The Faeries of the Unseelie court would continue to gift the mortals with their magic as long as the mortals would love and accept them.

The mortals kept their side of this bargain and more. They welcomed the Unseelie into their homes and hearths. Many grew to love the fair folk that came to live in Flevance, even marrying them. It wasn’t long before the people of Flevance were both mortal and fae in equal measure. Their town flourished, becoming a small city known for its healing arts and the humans with fair folk features. For an age longer than memory Flevance remained, strong and in harmony with its Unseelie friends. But no peace can last, not when intolerance, envy, and fear still live so comfortably in mortal hearts.

A time of tragedy came to Flevance a decade and a half ago. Neighbouring towns and settlements looked upon the magic of Flevance with disgust, fearing its unusual origins. They feared the Unseelie who walked with the people with such ease. They were disgusted by the half-breeds that were loved and accepted by their families. And they were envious, desiring the wealth and power for their own. That desire came to Flevance with fire and blood. The city being torn by hatred and greed. Mortal, Fair Folk, and hybrid were put to sword, put to the pyre. A unity shattered, a bargain broken and through no fault of the Unseelie or the people of Flevance.

None survived the onslaught but one. A child of ten with death on his hands and Death at his shoulder. A life that should have ended with all the others, if not for the last blessing or perhaps curse, his parents left him. A mark to ward away Death, to keep skeletal hands from his throat. So survives Trafalgar Law, the last child of Flevance. The ghost of a ruined haven he refuses to leave. Forever haunting and hunting any who wish to steal anymore from his home, and from him.

Description: Law is half human, half faerie. As such, he has traits of both. His fae traits are very prominent, so it’s hard to tell how much of him is human. One trait that is common of all the people of Flevance is their golden eyes, which he, of course, has. Law also has blue skin; a trait dark elves tend to have. His shade is a grey tinted ultramarine. His hair is black, and he keeps the same style of hair and beard as in canon. His tattoos are markings he was born with and are seen as prophetic. They contain the story of his life to come. He just doesn’t know how to interpret them. He has long, pointed ears and a set of sharp teeth. His more human side comes out in his lifespan being shorter than a full faerie and the fact that he can grow facial hair.

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[crisalidaseason]

Do I have a very shadowbanned account? Probably, or maybe I am just a trashy account (which isn't far from the truth because all of this is chaos)

Did I create a side blog for my history/folklore/pantheons/archeology content? Yes. Will it flop? Most lokely. Do I care? A little bit, sometimes I get sad but also I do shit anyways.

Here is the new account @thehistorianrants I have one post up already. If you enjoy it, feel free to follow and if it's not much to ask plsss show some love there. History is one of the few topics I can feel connected to people - due to my extreme social inadequacy - and I'd love to discuss history with anyone who also wants to share things.

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On July 20, 1968, The Devil Rides Out debuted in the United Kingdom.

Here's some new Christopher Lee pop art!

[soulsanitarium]

HISTORICAL MOVIES ABOUT WITCH PROCESSES

🇩🇰/🇳🇴🇨🇿🇫🇮🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇸🇫🇷🇵🇱 From the best known to the least known.

The Crucible (1996) - based on the play of Arthur Miller. Miller likened the situation with the House Un-American Activities Committee to the witch hunt in Salem in 1692 (the love story is purely fiction). Other American films & series that are based more or less in to Salem trials are: The Maid of Salem (1937) & Salem Witch Trials (2002) with Kirstie Alley, Shirley MacLaine, Alan Bates, Rebecca De Mornay.

Witchfinder General - see my previous post.

🇬🇧The Devils (1971) based on the book of Aldous Huxley, loosely based on the historical events in France. The Loudun possessions, known in French as the Possessed of Loudun Affair (Affaire des possédées de Loudun), was a notorious witchcraft trial that took place in Loudun, Kingdom of France, in 1634. A convent of Ursuline nuns said they had been visited and possessed by demons. Following an investigation by the Catholic Church, a local priest named Urbain Grandier was accused of summoning the evil spirits. Polish 🇵🇱Matka Joanna od Aniołów, also known as The Devil and the Nun (1961) is an art Film based on the same book.

Kladivo na čarodějnice (Witchhammer) Dir. Otakar Vávra (1969), adaptation of Kaplický's novel of the same name about the Northern Moravia trials. It is drawing from original historical documents.

🧹This film is very provocative, but it also offers a bit of a view of the layers of society and political motives. Indeed, the film is considered an allegory for the Stalin’s political show trials. What was quite exceptional in this historical case was that lawyer Jindřich František Boblig z Edelstadtu sought mainly the Conviction of local wealthy burghers.💰

🇩🇪Mark of the Devil (1970) - only the location is real. Schloss Moosham (moosham castle) is in Salzburg , Austria 🇦🇹 The Zaubererjackl trials or Salzburg witch trials, also known in history as the Magician Jackls process, which took place in the city of Salzburg in 1675–1690, was one of the largest and most famous witch trials in Austria but the movie has nothing to do with this it is basically torture porn.

🇩🇰Vredens Dag (1943) - Day of Wrath is a 1943 Danish drama film directed by C.T.Dreyer. It is an adaptation of the 1909 Norwegian play AnnePedersdotter by Hans Wiers-Jenssen, based on a 16th century Norwegian witchtrial case. It might reflect also the Nazi occupation in Denmark.

The Basque word AKELARRE means 'the field of the he-goat' as well as 'witches sabbath'. 🎥Akelarre (2020) centers on the relationship between a judge called Rostegui and a group of teens suspected of witchcraft. In an attempt to evade execution, the six teenage girls decide to tell the judge what he wants to hear. Their leader, Ana, realizes that the judge is desperate to prove the reality of the sabbath.

Pierre de Rosteguy de Lancre or Pierre de l'Ancre (1553–1631), was the (56 yo) French judge of Bordeaux who conducted the massive Pays de Labourd witch-hunt in 1609. In 1582 he was named judge in Bordeaux, and in 1608 King Henry IV commanded him to put an end to the practice of witchcraft. However before that 2 noblemen from Labourd asked help from the King.👑

Total of suspects in the area was 5000 but there are no clear records how many was killed in local trials. In famous Logroño trials 6 people were burned alive, 4 women & 2 men, 13 died in prison.🔥 five burned in effigy. (and many toads 🐸 were hanged too)

Finnish film Tulen morsian (2016) Devil’s Bride, is partly based on research but the plot (love story) is fiction. Influenced by the Feminist-movement.

Did you know that before the famous Swedish witch trials ( in Dalarna - Mora) they started from Finland? 🔥In the 17th century Finland was part of Sweden 🇸🇪🇫🇮and at that time (in 1655) man called Nils Psilander was appointed to be an Åland island 🇦🇽district judge.⚖️ District judge Psilander was the man behind the only linked trials in Finland (a snowball effect that led to multiple death sentences). Demonological ideas such as the demonic pact, the sabbat, and the Devil’s mark come to the fore. Psilander’s university studies in Tartu, with its German teachers, help to explain his knowledge of these ideas. 😈 7 women (+1) were beheaded and burned in these trials.

🇮🇸 Myrkrahöfðinginn (1999) Dir.Gunnlaugsson

⛪️This witchtrial film is loosely based on the historical events in Iceland. The trial & the burning in Easter week 1656 in Skutulsfjörður, Ísafjarðarsýsla, of the two Jón Jónssons, father and son, from Kirkjuból for witchcraft against their parish priest Jón Magnússon. (Ellison 1994-97)