Emily Fin
Guising
Illustration
2020
"Guising" - the origins of trick or treating in costume - included wearing frightening masks of demons and dead animal heads to blend in with the other spirits and demons. The sacrificial slaughter originates as a hopeful influence on a plentiful crop season.
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