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Winter Folklore Candles

Winter Folklore Candles

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Goth Winter Folklore Wooden Wick Candle Collection

Dark Legends • Winter Magic • Crackling Wooden Wick Rituals

Unleash the shadows of winter with the Goth Winter Folklore Candle Collection—a hauntingly luxurious lineup inspired by Europe’s most enigmatic cold-season legends. Each candle is hand-poured with natural soy wax, set with a mesmerizing crackling wooden wick, and housed in a sleek black vessel that feels like an artifact from a forgotten tale.

Crafted in small batches and infused with winter spices, deep woods, smoky resins, and occult inspiration, these scents summon the ancient spirits that once ruled the darkest nights of the year.


Why You’ll Love This Collection

  • Eco-friendly soy wax + hypnotic wooden wicks

  • Strong, room-filling fragrance throw

  • Gothic winter aesthetic that elevates any altar or dark home décor

  • Folklore-inspired scent stories included with each candle

  • Ideal for Yule, Christmas, Winter Solstice, and witchy winter gifting


Choose Your Winter Spirit

❄️ Baba Yaga — The Forest Witch

A candle as wild, cold, and ageless as the Slavic crone herself.
Scent Profile: Black spruce • Siberian pine • Birch smoke • Clove • Cold earth
Mood: Frostbitten forests, ancient secrets, the creak of a hut on chicken legs shifting through the dark.
Perfect For: Hedge witches, dark-academia winter rituals, forest goths.


❄️ Le Père Fouettard — The Punisher of the Naughty

Gritty, smoky, and dangerously intoxicating—the scent of old-world discipline and shadowed Christmas nights.
Scent Profile: Smoked leather • Charred cedar • Black pepper • Ink • Winter amber
Mood: Coal fires, narrow alleyways, and the scrape of boots behind you.
Perfect For: Lovers of masculine, smoky fragrances and moody winter atmospheres.


❄️ La Befana — The Midnight Gift Bringer

Warm, sweet, and enchantingly soft—Italy’s winter witch sweeping blessings beneath the stars.
Scent Profile: Eucalyptus • Lavender • Cedar
Mood: Cozy kitchens, glowing hearths, and the rustle of a broom carrying comfort through the night.
Perfect For: Kitchen witches, cozy goths, hearth magic lovers.


❄️ Mari Lwyd — The Ghostly Winter Horse

Eerie, ethereal, and beautifully uncanny—the skeletal horse spirit wandering the Welsh midwinter dark.
Scent Profile: Holiday cookies (you can add more notes if needed)
Mood: Moonlit village lanes, spectral singing, and coastal winter chill brushing your spine.
Perfect For: Folklore collectors, ghost-story devotees, atmospheric winter rituals.


❄️ Krampus — The Christmas Devil

Dark, spicy, and wickedly festive—Krampus storms in with a scent as fierce as his legend.
Scent Profile: Snow & soil • Dark resin • Fir balsam • Patchouli
Mood: Ringing chains, midnight mischief, and firelight dancing on horns in the cold.
Perfect For: Woodsy scent lovers, villain enthusiasts, and alternative holiday décor.


Build Your Winter Altar

Choose your winter entity—or collect all five to forge your ultimate goth holiday altar. Perfect for folklore lovers, dark-romantics, collectors, and anyone who believes winter is better when it bites back.


Product Details

  • 100% natural soy wax

  • Crackling wooden wick

  • 40–60 hour burn time

  • Matte black glass jar

  • Hand-poured in small batches

  • Includes folklore story card for each spirit


Bring Home the Dark Magic of Winter

Invite shadow, myth, and enchantment into your seasonal rituals. Perfect for Goth Christmas décor, Winter Solstice celebrations, Yule altars, and witchy winter gifting.

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