Bats: A Winged Emblem of Evil

One of the most well known creatures of the night, swooping and swerving as they hunt, bats struck fear in humankind. They were furred like beasts yet winged like birds – an in-between nature believed to link them to old magic. Some folk said that bats were the ghosts of the unburied dead, or of criminals or those who trafficked with devils. Others concluded that they were witches in disguise, or even cloaks for Satan himself when he went traveling.

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