Gessica Sakamotoさんのイラストまとめ

The monster etymologically means “that which reveals”, for it is a guardian of treasures - often intended as internal resources - which the hero can access only by allowing the monster to swallow his old self so as to spark rebirth & transformation. #WyrdWednesday

Tales such as "Vasilisa the Wise" begin w/ the death of the good mother reflecting the need for Vasilisa to abandon her too-good attitude that made her a slave to her stepmother, & to integrate the Baba Yaga aspect of the self: the wild, fierce, intuitive force. #FairytaleTuesday

❄️ The Yule Goat ❄️by David Procter.

#GothicAdvent #FairyTaleTuesday

In tales like Beauty & the Beast, Marina Warner writes that the woman encounters in the Beast her equal. No matter if she kills him, casts him out, or loves him, she'll eventually come to a new knowledge she did not possess before; a reunion with the wild in her.#FairytaleTuesday

The kitchen represents the center of the house where the cooking of ingredients take place as if in an alchemical transformation. That's why the kitchen is linked w/ the magic cauldron where a person's raw ideas & passions can be cooked into a tangible meal. #SuperstitionSat

In tales, the witch can be the bringer of initiation. In touch w/ nature's occult force, she is both a fearsome figure & a keeper of wisdom. By giving impossible tasks, she makes us grow. In the end, if we don't flee, we discover our authentic nature & agency. #FairyTaleTuesday

In Germany, female deities like Perchta & Holda lead the Wild hunt in the form of a ghostly ride of witches & unbaptized children in the sky. These deities are linked to the horned-moon goddess Diana, protector of the hunt, whose antlers unite hunter & hunted. #FolkloreThursdayFL

Dragon's nature has been described as dual. Both medicine & poison, loyal & deceitful. This reflects, says Martin Shaw, human nature. Do we store personal treasures & gifts in our dark caves, or do we distribute them around the world? Are we a hoarder or a gifter?#FaustianFriday

Ghost said to priest:
'In life, love gnawed my skin
To this white bone;
What love did then, love does now:
Gnaws me through.'

-Sylvia Plath- #FaustianFriday

Folklorist Boria Sax writes that tales like “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”, express a longing for the reunion of the human & animal worlds. The animal spouse carries with it the mysteries & magic of the natural world and echoes the wildness within us. #FairyTaleTuesday