Ele Willoughby, PhD on Nostr: Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar: Here’s the latest in my slightly sinister winter holiday ...

Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar: Here’s the latest in my slightly sinister winter holiday folklore collection: the Italian Christmas witch. La Befana is a witch of Italian folklore who brings sweets & gifts to good children & coal or cinders to bad children on Epiphany Eve. She flies on her broom & comes down the chimney. It’s dangerous to watch her. She’s both grandmotherly and a witch, beloved and ridiculed. 🧵

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