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posts tagged "aspen"

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Aspen, CO. Pyramid Peak in the distance.

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Aspen, CO. Pyramid Peak in the distance.

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washed out at belly up aspen
independence pass | aspen, colorado
Mount Sopris, Carbondale, Colorado.

Mount Sopris, Carbondale, Colorado.

Aspen Police & their new Saab 900 Patrol Cars c. 1970s

Aspen Police & their new Saab 900 Patrol Cars c. 1970s

Tom Benton
Lefner Opens Woody Creek Art Studio (The Aspen Times)

Lefner Opens Woody Creek Art Studio (The Aspen Times)


Aspen has been traditionally reputed in many countries to drive off evil spirits, hence it was often planted near the dwellings. According to an Eastern Slavic apocryphal legend, Judas Iscariot hanged himself on an aspen tree, hence its leaves have been trembling with horror ever since. The species does not grow in the Middle East, so this legend obviously has local syncretic origins.
An aspen stake was believed to be one of the few weapons suitable to kill a vampire or a werewolf. By the same token, a bigger stake could be driven into the grave of a person condemned to damnation, so as to prevent them from rising from the dead.

Aspen has been traditionally reputed in many countries to drive off evil spirits, hence it was often planted near the dwellings. According to an Eastern Slavic apocryphal legend, Judas Iscariot hanged himself on an aspen tree, hence its leaves have been trembling with horror ever since. The species does not grow in the Middle East, so this legend obviously has local syncretic origins.

An aspen stake was believed to be one of the few weapons suitable to kill a vampire or a werewolf. By the same token, a bigger stake could be driven into the grave of a person condemned to damnation, so as to prevent them from rising from the dead.

pulchramundi:

David Hiser, The U.S. National Archives

I love this hike. Maroon Bells / Maroon Lake, Aspen, CO.

pulchramundi:

David Hiser, The U.S. National Archives

I love this hike. Maroon Bells / Maroon Lake, Aspen, CO.

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myself at the base of the tiehack lift on buttermilk mountain, aspen, colorado.

myself at the base of the tiehack lift on buttermilk mountain, aspen, colorado.