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Later, on churches and castles, gargoyles or other grotesque faces and figures such as sheela na gigs and hunky punks were carved to frighten away witches and other malign influences. [18] Figures may also have been carved at fireplaces or chimneys; in some cases, simple geometric or letter carvings were used for these.
It may frighten children from staying out too late and can bewitch hunters. [57] Cipelahq (or Chebelakw) is a dangerous bird spirit of Wabanaki folklore, used in stories to scare children into obeying their parents. Chebelakw has an unearthly cry and resembles a large diving owl, with only its head and talons visible.
Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat.Fear causes psychological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat.
Halloween is synonymous with haunted houses and scary scenes of horror movies, but some of the most common fears can happen any time of the year, not just in October. Weather-related fears are ...
Genres of horror fiction, a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten or scare. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror , which are in the realm of speculative fiction .
Incapacitating agent is a chemical or biological agent which renders a person unable to harm themselves or others, regardless of consciousness. [1]Lethal agents are primarily intended to kill, but incapacitating agents can also kill if administered in a potent enough dose, or in certain scenarios.
A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a candle A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1]
Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carried by guisers on All Hallows' Eve in order to frighten evil spirits. [75] [148] There is a popular Irish Christian folktale associated with the jack-o'-lantern, [149] which in folklore is said to represent a "soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell": [150]