Just over 200 years ago, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their first volume of 86 stories culled from European folk tradition and memories. This collection of fairy tales, criticized as too dark and violent for children even upon its first… Read More ›
Later this week, on the eve of Saint Nicholas day, hundreds of demon-faced creatures will descend upon the snowy streets of Alpine countries, rattling chains and bells in preparation for capturing naughty children and carrying them away on Krampusnacht. Fearsome… Read More ›
La Bête du Gévaudan by Johanna Öst. Watercolor, 2010. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Death in the Tree (1897) – Silent Sundays: A Modern Dance of Death (1912) – Silent Sundays: Gothess Absynth (2010)
The Year of Halloween 