Crossroads (folklore)
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In folklore, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place. Symbolically, it can mean a
Relief triplicate Hekate marble - The Goddess Hekate resides at crossroads.
A herma was a statue associated with Hermes. It was used to mark boundaries and crossroads in ancient Greece, and thought to ward off evil. Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece.
In Hoodoo crossroads are where two roads meet to form an X. The crossroads in Hoodoo originates from the Kongo cosmogram in Central Africa.
The crossroad of U.S. Route 61 and U.S. Route 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, one claimant to be where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil
Cross Road Blues
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"Cross Road Blues" is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it solo with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues style. The song has become part of th
Crossroads (folklore)
…may be about making a deal with the devil at the crossroads. Many modern listeners believe that the premier song about soul-selling at a crossroads is "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson. According to a legend, Johnson himself sold his soul at a crossroads in order to learn to play the guitar. This is chronicled in…
Original 78 record label
1969 Italian picture sleeve
Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, in 2010
Patrons at a juke joint in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1939