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https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/04/26/w3-prompt-52-weave-written-weekly/
http://gmgblog.ca/2023/04/24/five-word-weekly-challenge-2317/
V for vampire, of course! A vampire in popular legend, is a creature, often fanged, that preys upon humans, generally by consuming their blood. Vampires have been featured in folklore and fiction of various cultures for hundreds of years, predominantly in Europe, although belief in them has waned in modern times. Because there is a long history of walking corpses and bloodsucking ghouls in folklore, it is difficult to pin down a distinct set of characteristics consistently attributed only to vampires. Giure Grando (1579–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. He was referred to as a štrigon, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock. Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. In most cases, vampires are remains of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or a living person being bitten by a vampire themselves. Belief in such legends became so rife that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be vampires.
My favorite vampire, Nosferatu:
Santana and Peter Green perform at the 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Song written by Peter Green.
https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/04/25/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-317-4-25-23/
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/photo-challenge-461/#like-24797
“Okay are we done yet? I can’t wait to get this bulky heavy equipment off! Boy, George, you certainly know how to pick ‘em…last year’s college reunion adventure required a pick axe, carabiners and heavy ropes. Oh and let’s not forget the night goggles for the dark caves.”
“Seriously, Becky, does your husband have to put up with all this whining every time you leave the house?”
Becky’s old friend, Bill offered “yes…yes, we all do.”
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http://christinebialczak.com/2023/04/25/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-04-25-2023/
U for Unicorn☺️another favorite. This majestic creature represents all that is good in the world and reminds us that we should strive to be our best selves.
Unicorns are not found in Greek mythology, but rather in the accounts of natural history, for Greek writers of natural history were convinced of the reality of unicorns, which they believed lived in India, a distant and fabulous realm for them. Although unicorns were thought to be fierce fighters, they were also symbols of purity. Perhaps this was because the ancient Greeks and Romans had associated them with virgin goddesses, such as Artemis, whose chariot was said to be drawn by eight unicorns.
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