#old shuck

[archivist-crow]

BLACK SHUCK

Old Shuck or the Shuck Dog is a one-eyed dog, the size of a donkey, who haunts East Anglia in England. Sparks of green or red fire shower out from his eye. Black Shuck, whose name probably derives from the Saxon word scucca or demon, haunts the salt marshes of this lonely coastline, patrolling the lanes, river banks and dunes that lead to it. Travellers on the road describe feeling the beast's icy breath and shaggy pelt as it comes alongside them. In Suffolk and Norfolk, Black Shuck's companionship on the road augers sickness or death, especially for those who have the temerity to challenge it. The Essex Shuck, however, is more of a guardian of travellers, guiding them and protecting them if they are attacked upon the road.

Text from The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John and Caitlin Matthews (HarperElement, 2005)

[NOTE: postage stamp illustration by Adam Simpson - issued by the Royal Mail in March 2025]

[revvy1andonly]

Trying to figure out how to make him look like he actually belongs to dislyte, do I just keep adding belts and straps until it looks right

[locomotive-paws]

Black Dog

Visitor that came this Halloween.

Oh shuck...

[inkhasnothoughts]

This isn't what I'd usually post but me and my friends are currently developing a boardgame based on the black shuck and the legend surrounding it! I love the black shuck soooo much, it was such an integral part of my childhood and being able to make a boardgame about the myth I was practically grown up on has been amazing. My team is just the most wonderful people I've ever met and we're making great progress so far, and there is actually a black shuck festival with an art exhibition! But sadly, you need to be over 18 to submit your work, and it has to be for sale, so sadly that's not something we can feasibly do right now. I'd love to make an actual, physical boardgame to share with others, but that isn't really in budget right now (this is a college assignment and so far we have done everything by hand, from modelling the player counters to developing the board) If you guys would like to see it when it's finished, do say! I'd love to share what we created as I am really proud of what we've been able to do so far

[caniisfeliidae]

Black Shuck

“He takes the form of a huge black dog, and prowls along dark lanes and lonesome field footpaths, where, although his howling makes the hearer's blood run cold, his footfalls make no sound.”

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[kabbal]

La Bête entre les pierres

Une nouvelle illustration de ma fic Atropos. Le Vieux Shuck dans toute sa splendeur. je l'aime, ce canaillou

[fablepaint]

Black Shuck, also known as Old Chuck, the Black Dog, or the Grim

[fallbabylon]

The Legend of Black Shuck is alive and well in Suffolk, observing the town of Bungay from its perch atop the market square weathervane. it is even included as part of the town’s coat of arms. While in Blythburgh’s Holy Trinity Church one can find scratch marks on the church door allegedly made by Shuck itself.

Black Shuck is one of many Black Dog apparitions that appear within the British Isles and more often than not portents to ill tidings for those who lay eyes on it.- Bungay and Blythburgh- Suffolk- England.