Purgatory in Spanish Folklore: The Night of the Ánimas

Procession in the fog, by Ferdinand Oehme.

In rural Spain, the night still belongs to the ánimas, the spirits of the dead who didn’t go straight to Heaven or Hell.

From The Fool to the World: The History and Folklore of Tarot Cards

This sheet (304 x 217 mm) shows all or part of twenty playing cards, dated c. 1500. It is part of the Cary Collection of playing cards, in the Beinecke Library at Yale. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34906134

When you think of tarot cards, do you picture a fortune teller predicting your untimely end in a darkened room? Do you think they’re evil? Thankfully, as you’ll soon discover, the former is unlikely and the latter is simply wrong. Let’s investigate the history and folklore of this much-maligned form of divination.

The Writing on the Wall: Street Art and Graffiti as Folk Art

Banksy artwork on Israeli West Bank (Photo by Szater, Public Domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3408829

Since the dawn of mankind we have desired to leave our mark on the world around us. From grand monuments, to drawings on the side of cave walls, our need to express is something that continues today — but has our relationship with the medium remained the same?

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