Established in 2004 Wulflund Jewelry is a shop where history continues. Inspired by the Celts, Vikings and the Slavic world, shop owner Krak crafts high quality, affordable jewellery, armour, smithy products, leather pieces and drinking horns. I cannot recall ever coming across a shop which offers stunning, beautifully crafted products of such high quality for… Continue reading Wulflund Jewelry
So, this is something pretty damn exciting. A series of strange symbols and witchmarks to protect King James 1st from evil have been discovered under the floorboards of one of England's most important historical houses - Knole, in Kent. For more information on this fantastic discovery, (which have actually been described as a bit 'blair… Continue reading Witchmarks
One can never have too many pillows, especially when they are decorated with skeletons, witches and plague doctors. Loving the intricate illustrations of Elias Aquino.
Did you know that the original Jack O'Lanterns were carved from turnips instead of perky, orange pumpkins? To find out more about the history of our most popular Halloween tradition, go here. The photograph you see is of a 19th Century Jack O'Lantern made from a turnip.
A woman stands in a narrow cell, her arms affixed to the wall in the attitude of the crucifixion, circa 1890. She is undergoing treatment for mental illness in 19th century Germany. - Hulton Archive.
Highly recommended ten minute documentary about the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft. For a really interesting, in-depth look at the secret staves of the Icelandic witches, go here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJqiBE2c5M#t=262
Winter's Gibbet, on Steng Cross, in Elsdon, Northumberland, remains a popular venue for a day's excursion. Named after one William Winter, hanged at Newcastle's Westgate in 1792 for murder and whose body was subsequently displayed as a warning to all Steng Cross, the current gibbet is the latest in a long line of wooden replacements.… Continue reading Raise The Horns For Halloween / A Day Out At The Gallows
James Anthony Apparel offers historically inspired, screen printed garments for men and women. Each item is screen printed by hand and never mass produced.
I found these leather plaited bracelets at Jorvik Viking Centre in York. (Jorvik is York city's original name, the name the Vikings gave to it back in the 9th century.) If you happen to be visiting the North of England, I highly recommend you pay Jorvik a visit, and not just for the beautiful jewellery.… Continue reading Fashion Witch/Leather Plaited Bracelets
There's really something for every strange soul you know, over at Lyra Nebula Prints. Personally, I love receiving prints as gifts, and these antique works of beautiful art are affordable and quite irresistible.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 