Gessica Sakamotoさんのイラストまとめ

In Ainu legends, the Good & Evil deities agreed that those who saw the sun rise first would rule the world. While all faced the East, Fox-god looked West & saw the sunrise first as it was reflected from a high peak. & that's why the good spirits rule the Earth. #FairyTaleTuesday

"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."

William Butler Yates, The Stolen Child
🎨Adam Oehlers
#FolkloreThursday

One day, Fox-Woman from the Otherworld came to live with the lonely hunter in his hut. She cooked, washed, & loved him dearly but her pelt had a wild & strong scent, & the hunter kept complaining about it, until one day Fox-Woman left, leaving him alone again. #FairytaleTuesday

At Samhain the veil between the material & the spirit realm, the living & the dead, grows thin. This is the time of the Crone who awaits at the crossroads, & to whom one must make offerings, in order to be able to cross & leave behind the old to welcome the new.#FairyTaleTuesday

The Handless Maiden tale is a symbol of women's journey into the underworld to reclaim their psychic & creativity power. In the tale, the girl loses her hands to the Devil & then begins her transformative journey of death/rebirth until she heals & becomes Queen.#FolkloreThursday

In Slavic mythology, Dodola is the wife of the thunder god Perun, & the goddess associated with harvest & autumn rain. When she milks her celestial cows, the clouds, it rains on earth. She can control lightning & uses it to punish those who mistreat women.#FolkloreThursday🎨Hieu

Entering the Underworld is a journey of death & rebirth. At first, the hero enters the dark woods in despair & loneliness, surrounded by evil spirits & creatures. However, helped by guardians, he is able to return to the human world with new wisdom & awareness. #FairyTaleTuesday

For the Norse Mythology, the Sea Serpent Jörmungandr was thrown into the depths of the ocean by Odin. Its body is so large that it encircles all the visible world & that is why it is called the world serpent & Sailors sometimes mistake its back for islands. #FolkloreThursday

The White Stag is considered the messenger of the ‘Other world’. Its appearance aims to lead the person who witnesses it on a path of self-discovery and new beginning in order to acquire a new awareness, knowing, and healing.

#FairyTaleTuesday 🎨Stephanie Law

In old tales, the wild woman usually waits in liminal spaces, like the deep part of the forest, for whoever is lost & helps to reconnect with the wild. She offers help in the form of riddles or tasks, & sings hymns that infuse life into what needs to be reborn.#FolkloreThursday