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@Photochromprints@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
Cathedral, Frankfort on Main (i.e. Frankfurt am Main), Germany between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of Germany #Frankfort #Frankfurt #Germany #ViewsofGermany #Gothic #Views #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002713662/
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Apr 15, 2026
Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' may be based on the County Durham legend of the Sockburn Worm. This foul-smelling, poisonous dragon, who lived on an isolated peninsula in the River Tees, was beheaded by a local noble. Jabberwocky describes how "The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head, He went galumphing back." Carroll's father was the rector of the nearby village of Croft. In the village church is a carving said to have inspired the Cheshire Cat. #WyrdWednesday #folklore #literature #weird #mythology #gothic #history #poetry #poems #poets #churches
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Mar 31, 2026
The theatrical harlequin character - an astute servant & nimble trickster - first appeared in Italy in the late 1500s. He's believed to have originated from a devil figure in French medieval mystery plays. This figure, in turn, was based on a folkloric demon, known as Hellequin, that scoured the countryside searching for damned souls to chase to hell. Devils often have trickster-like attributes in European folklore. This painting of a harlequin, from 1890, is by Paul Cezanne. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #theatre #history #mythology #weird #gothic #art #arthistory #painting
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@universeodon.com · Mar 09, 2026
Real attempts to deal with 'dangerous corpses' persisted in England long after vampires had been made into literary and theatrical spectacles. Four years after the publication of 'Dracula', a Devon farmer is recorded as saying the coffin of a "troublesome" woman would be buried upside-down so "her can on'y diggy downwards." During World War I, English soldiers are recorded as having buried a "huge, scowling" German facedown for the same reason. #gothic #folklore #mythology #vampire #vampires #death #history #paranormal #weird
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Mar 09, 2026
The cathedral, Lucerne, Switzerland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of Switzerland #Lucerne #Switzerland #Viewsof #European #Gothic #COURTTOURS #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001703049/
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Mar 08, 2026
Chapel Bridge and view of Pilatus, Lucerne, Switzerland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of Switzerland #Pilatus #Lucerne #Switzerland #Viewsof #ChapelBridge #Kapellbrücke #LakeLucerne #Gothic #European #Swiss #PZ-LUZERNPILATUS #LakeLuzern #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001703043/
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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · Mar 07, 2026
🏰 An abandoned chateau, somewhere in France This old residence has a very striking, fairytale-like exterior. Ivy drapes over the main entrance. The chateau-style pointed roof gives an imposing and almost Gothic appearance. There are terrace balconies on both of the upper floors of the three-storey mansion. #Abandoned #France #UrbanExploration #Photography #Ubex #Mansion #Gothic
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@universeodon.com · Mar 07, 2026
Painting of the Last Judgement from Haukipudas Church, Finland, by Mikael Toppelius (1770s). Notice the 'biting corpse' in the lower left-hand corner. Toppelius was known for incorporating folkloric material into his Baroque style and the biting corpse may represent local beliefs in what might be termed 'the restless dead', more commonly known as 'vampires'. This area of Finland may have been influenced by Scandinavian ideas about such revenants. #art #churches #folklore #gothic #weird #vampire #vampires #death #history #Finland #paranormal
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Mar 06, 2026
Rigi, seen from the Gutsch, Lucerne, Switzerland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of Switzerland #Gutsch #Lucerne #Switzerland #Viewsof #Gothic #European #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001703037/
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@ItalianPostcards@mastodon.ozioso.online · Mar 01, 2026
ASSISI - SANTUARI E CONVENTO DI S. FRANCESCO VEDUTI DALL'HOTEL SUBASIO Fotografo: undefined #ASSISI-SANTUARI #theHotelLeone #Assisi #Italy #Gothic #Morgan-Stoppani #Terni #Santuari #diSFrancesco #Subasio #Umbria #Perugia #photography #FerroCandilera https://fotografia.cultura.gov.it/iccd/item/FFC046618
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@universeodon.com · Feb 26, 2026
In Richmond, North Yorkshire, legend claims a secret tunnel runs between the town's castle and a ruined abbey in the nearby hamlet of Easby. It's said that soldiers one day discovered a mysterious tunnel in the castle dungeons and - due to its narrow dimensions - decided to send a young drummer boy along it while they followed his beats from above. About half-a-mile outside town, however, his drumming ceased and he was never seen again. Folklore states that on dark quiet nights, you can still hear his drumming beneath Richmond's marketplace. Similar legends are found elsewhere. In Edinburgh, a tunnel beneath the Royal Mile was explored by a young piper who met a similar fate and the faint sounds of his bagpipes can also be heard in the wee hours. #Folklore #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday #history #mythology #Yorkshire #ghosts #paranormal #gothic #weird
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@universeodon.com · Feb 24, 2026
Though ravens are strongly linked to the Tower of London, the association may not go back further than Victorian times, when some beefeaters started keeping the birds as pets. Ravens became popular pets thanks to Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem. The idea some misfortune will occur if the ravens leave the Tower seems to have emerged about 1900 and the notion their departure will result in the kingdom falling doesn't seem to predate World War II. However, medieval Welsh legend says that the severed - though still talkative - head of the hero Bran the Blessed was buried on nearby Tower Hill, facing out towards Europe as a talisman against invasion. The name Bran translates as 'raven'. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #gothic #mythology #poem #poems #poetry #poets #history #London #weird
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@universeodon.com · Feb 23, 2026
Some of the most curious English ghost stories relate to 'screaming skulls'. A famous one is housed at Burton Agnes Hall, Yorkshire. It is said to have belonged to Anne Griffith, whose father built the Hall. Anne had watched in amazement as the Hall was constructed, declaring it would be the most wonderful home ever built. Shortly after it was finished, however, she was fatally wounded by robbers. As she lay dying, she made her sisters promise they would sever her corpse's head and keep it in the Hall, but Anne was buried conventionally in the local churchyard. The Hall was, thereafter, tormented with groans and poltergeist activity until the family had Anne exhumed and decapitated. As long as the skull stayed in the Hall, everything was fine, but - over the years - several attempts to remove it led to supernatural disturbances. The skull remains in the Hall today. Nobody is sure of the exact location, but it's said to be bricked up in a wall. #gothic #folklore #history #paranormal #ghosts #skull #skulls #death #mythologymonday #graveyard
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@floofpaldi@mindly.social · Feb 21, 2026
#WordWeavers 2.20 — What part of editing is the hardest for you? The part where I'm nearly ripping my hair out over the structure of a single sentence that I'll never be satisfied with and can't figure out how to settle on, even though I've rewritten it nine times. #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Victorian #Gothic #Vampires #Werewolves
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Feb 17, 2026
Canterbury Cathedral, N.W. between 1890 and 1900 Canterbury Cathedral 1890-1900,Cathedrals England Canterbury 1890-1900 #CanterburyCathedral #England #Gothic #Europe #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96513053/
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Feb 16, 2026
Cambridge, England: Kings College no date recorded on caption card King's College (University of Cambridge),England Cambridge #Cambridge #England #GothicRevival #theKingsCollege #King’sCollege #Gothic #KingsCollege #British #LeanderNolens #Leander #Photochrom #Europe #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002715632/
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Feb 16, 2026
Barnard Castle. Eggleston Abbey , ca. 1890-1906 Egglestone Abbey (Durham, England),Abbeys,Ruins,Great Britain England Durham (County) #BarnardCastle #EgglestonAbbey #Durham #Ruins #England #Gothic #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017659168/
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@TG_Esq@mastodon.online · Feb 15, 2026
Dark rose #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #SilentSunday #Bloomscrolling #roses #gothic
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Feb 13, 2026
Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles Image shows the bandstand in Grove Park in Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) England Weston-super-Mare #GrovePark #Weston #England #NorthSomerset #Gothic #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002708222/
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@Photochromprints__dup_26476@mastodon.ozioso.online · Feb 12, 2026
Cathedral, east front, Wells, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles Image shows the Gothic-style Wells Cathedral, part of the Church of England, in Wells, Somerset, England. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) England Wells #Wells,England #WellsCathedral #theChurchofEngland #Wells,Somerset #England #EnglandWells #Gothic #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002708213/
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