Category: art
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Tales From Texas
Available as a print from Theater of Creeps
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Famous Witch: Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga is one of the most famous characters in Slavic mythology. The old crooked-nosed hag is as evil as she looks. She is both a force of nature and a cruel old woman who eats people who dwell into the deep forest. Her name comes from the Slavic word for grandmother “Baba.” The meaning of the word “Yaga” is not certain but some think it means “wicked.”
Baba Yaga In some myths, Baba Yaga gives tasks to her victims and, depending on the successful completion of their mission, they are either eaten or rewarded. She is not only an evil villain but, in many cases, she could even help them, like in the Russian story of “Vasilisa the Beautiful,” where Baba Yaga gives Vasilisa tasks to accomplish in trade for help.
Vasilisa outside of Baba Yaga’s hut. Read more about Baba Yaga at Baba Yaga – The Mythical Forest Witch from Slavic Folk Tales.
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Demons in the Pit of Hell
Heaven and Hell by the Master of Avicenna, c. 1432 -
Devil waiting for death
The devil waiting for death when the soul leaves the body.
From Medieval Monsters on Patricia Lovett, MBE -
She’s dead as earth
King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia ,1786-8, James Barry (1741-1806)
Tate Gallery UKKING LEAR:
Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones:
Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so
That heaven’s vault should crack. She’s gone for ever!
I know when one is dead, and when one lives;
She’s dead as earth.King Lear, Act V, scene iii
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Glam Freddy Krueger
Rupaul’s Drag Race season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd brought Freddy Krueger glam to the Drag Race franchise, which I love! She also brought the devil to the runway.
The Devil's Muse 