I don't know if anyone has heard ... hummingbirds are said to be the souls of Aztec warriors who have died in battle.

Peeps are like that in a sense, they are the souls of all the Christians killed in Roman Coliseums.

The back of that metal hand looks suspicious, like an absinthe spoon - 1850-1910 is the right period. I bet the amputee consoled himself with the Green Fairy.

I live for these snippets of arcane mythology! Monsters! A favorite book of mine is the AD&D Monster Manual.

I wrote my Pazuzu trilogy to give life to creatures of my own creation - pazuzu.yolasite.com

Artwork of the monsters can be seen at my online gallery - isylumn.deviantart.com