Gessica Sakamotoさんのイラストまとめ

In tales, the devil is often a predator & is attracted to creative & wild energy. He seeks to destroy & promises wealth in exchange for our inner life. Many times an encounter w/ him leaves deep marks, but one way to ward him off is to cry. Tears for love & beauty #FaustianFriday

The summer solstice marks both the year's longest day w/ the Sun in its full power & the start of its descent into darkness that peaks at winter solstice w/ its renewal. Thus, solstices are "a divine rotation of ascent & descent that makes light & darkness one." #FairyTaleTuesday

In 'Vasilisa the Wise', Baba Yaga's servants appear as disembodied hands flying in midair. Vasilisa wants to question the nature of those hands, but her doll advises against it. Knowing too much about the underworld is dangerous and can "make one old too soon." #FaustianFriday

Fairy tales, says Gertrud Nelson, are about anguish & darkness. Heroes are thrown into a world where all disguises are torn off, & a kind mother is a witch, a frog is a prince, where one must be seated in ashes & dressed in rags to connect to one's noble nature. #FairytaleTuesday

Type AB (Sheh Hsien tale): The first act follows type A, w/ a girl whose magical animal is killed. From the buried bones or the growing tree, she gets magical clothes. In the second act (type B) she goes to the ball and loses her shoe, which the prince uses to find and marry her

The horse is linked to the chthonic world, to death & life, to instincts & libido. In tales, when the hero travels through the dark woods, he must surrender to the wisdom & magical power of the horse, which is the only one that can lead him out of the Underworld.#FairytaleTuesday

In 'The Three Golden Hairs,' an old man staggers through the dark winter forest until he reaches an old woman's hut. Here, she hugs & rocks him until he is reborn as the brightest sun. When ideas get frozen, do nothing but sit & rock them, they will be renewed. #FairytaleTuesday

Many Equinox blessings! May all the seeds you plant now bring you prosperity & joy! Bless Spring and renewal! #SpringEquinox 🌸✨🍀

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In the tale "The Girl Who Changed Her Fate" a girl is cursed w/ a bad fate & so everything she does ends badly. So, she climbs a mountain where all the fates live & gives a gift to hers - which is ragged & wild - & by doing so restores her relationship with it. #FaustianFriday

For Jacob Boehme although light derives from fire, it is “kindly, gentle, and fruitful”. By making a place for the fire to burn, be it a lamp or a hearth, the fire can be made into a light that warms, nourishes, & protects ourselves and others. This is our duty. #FolkloreThursday