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Mummified Hand from Yorkshire May Be Last Hand of Glory in Existence

• SolarNet 11y ago
  As seen in "The Laundry Files" a series of books by Charles Stross mixing computer science, lovecraftian horror, and British humor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stross#The_Laundry_Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stross#The_Laundry_Fil...
  • probably_wrong 11y ago
    And in Hellboy, "Box full of evil"[1]. I don't know how Mignola found so many interesting pieces of trivia and legends, but once again I'm not surprised to learn that something he mentions on passing turns out to be a real thing. [1] http://hellboy.wikia.com/wiki/Box_Full_of_Evil http://hellboy.wikia.com/wiki/Box_Full_of_Evil
  • kenOfYugen 11y ago
    "Severed hands in an occult context occur as early as Herodotus's 'Tale of Rhampsinitus'"[1]. In the "The Invisibles" as well [2]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory#In_literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory#In_literature 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles
• vacri 11y ago
  > This mummified hand supposedly has the power to “entrance humans” Fascinating!
• alex_hitchins 11y ago
  Could this be behind the excellent Rippings Yarns - The Claw eppisode? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0686865/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0686865/
• madengr 11y ago
  Would have liked to read it, but the website is loaded with pop-up ads and it won't render on my iPad.