𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝖛𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖞𝖗𝖊 𝒐𝒇 𝐒𝐨𝐡𝐨

❛𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝; 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍. . . 𝑪𝒐𝒔 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑳𝑫. . . ❜ 𝖥𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗆𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝗈𝖼 𝖵𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗋𝖺 | 𝖿𝗅𝖾𝗑 | 𝗆𝗏 𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝖻𝗒 𝖍𝖊𝖐𝖆𝖙𝖊

Enamelled gold scent flask pendant, in the form of a cat on a cushion set with an emerald, rubies and pearls, Western Europe, 1860-80. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Opalescent glass Art Deco sculpture By Lucille Sevin

What's around the cat's neck isn't an ordinary collar, but a finely crafted piece of brocade with light blue, orange, and red motifs. In 19th-century Japan, domestic cats were already highly valuable; because they kept mice away from silkworm farms, they saved millions of cocoons. In the Ōshū region, a cat sold for five times the price of a horse.

Tamara and the Demon, Romantic Encounter ~ Mihaly Zichy, 1864.

Life Magazine, March 1909

REVENANT early vampires were often termed 'revenants' a generic name for returners from beyond the grave. Baudelaire's 'Revenant' is driven to return by passion: Softly as brown-eyed Angels rove I will return to thy alcove, And glide upon the night to thee, Treading the shadows silently, 1857

#𝖍𝖊𝖐𝖆𝖙𝖊 wednesday 💅

'Playing Cats' by Takahashi Shotei, 1929.

#𝖍𝖊𝖐𝖆𝖙𝖊 The struggle is so real 😩😂

The rest, though, I hope I provide.

Cat on the Roof. Artist: Masaharu Aoyama, 1950. Medium: Woodblock print on paper. Collection: DePauw University Art Galleries. Cats have a long and layered history in Japanese art. Their first arrival on the islands coincides with the 6th-century arrival of Buddhism in Japan; Buddhist monks brought cats with them to protect sacred manuscripts from mice. By the Edo period (1603-1868), cats had become a common motif in ukiyo-e prints. They were depicted as protectors of silk production, companions to aristocratic women, and even supernatural creatures.Aoyama's cat, however, doesn't directly carry any of these traditional symbols. It's neither a luck-bringing maneki-neko nor a fearsome nekomata. It's a simple, everyday, real cat- perhaps just one of the strays wandering across the tiled roofs of a Japanese neighborhood.

IRISH VAMPIRE KING In Glenullin, is a stone which marks the grave of ABHARTACH, an ancient #vampire. Slain with a Yew sword, he was buried upright with his feet towards the sky & a large stone cross & thorns were placed on the grave to hinder his return #MythologyMonday

WILD HUNT My favourite mythical haunting. In Celtic & Germanic folklore a furious bunch of #ghosts of the restless dead ride through the sky on their phantom horses accompanied by spectral hounds shrieking & making wild noises🎨Haynes 1874; Dore’ 1865 #FolkloreSunday

Not so sure about humble, love...😅

Cat Looking at Butterfly, by Byeon Sangbyeok (변 상벽) Korean, Mid -18th century

YEATS'S VAMPIRES (1933) In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet. But under heavy loads of trampled clay Lie bodies of the #vampires full of blood; Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.

@WilburStrauss You never dreamt of becoming anything else, even as a boy? I can't imagine that amidst all the whimsy of youth, you chose 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. There must have been something else, something you were passionate about?

@LvstEternal *He rubs the back of his head with a sheepish grin, as if covering for his own unease with an apology.* Ah... haha. I simply cannot remember. But I can't let it go, either. A part of me thinks maybe if I fulfill my obligation, I will remember what it was all for.

December 21st; the longest night, the first of winter. And, the night I died. There's something rather poignant about that. Or, so I tell myself.

BLAKE'S VAMPIRE ‘The Ghost of a Flea’, a miniature painting by visionary artist and poet William Blake, is an image of vampirism in action; the flea holds a cup for blood drinking and stares eagerly towards it. Surprisingly, it was produced in 1819, the same year as Polidori’s Vampyre #FolkloreSunday

Not as well as I knew some of his contemporaries, but yes. When we'd summer at the Strawberry, he'd sometimes stay with us a while.