Godysseyさんのイラストまとめ

A subsection of Romantic literature and art arose focused on death, darkness, horror, and love. The imagery often involved sublime places like ruined cathedrals overtaken by nature, or places at the edge of civilization; these were often examinations of the horrors of humanity

Altogether more erotic than Dracula and one of the many inspirations Bram Stoker drew from, "Carmilla" is a tale of sapphic friendship turned to dark seduction as the nameless Carmilla inches into the life of her victim. #FaustianFriday

🖼: IrenHorrors

Once the sky held all the stories of mankind, and Anansi wanted them. Sky father Nyame told Anansi that he must capture four impossible beings, too large for a mere spider; but Anansi is nothing if not tricky. He won and gave us stories. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: K. Whitman

The sun Amaterasu banished the moon Tsukuyomi, for he broke the rules of hospitality and killed his host. Yet they reunite at times, when the Empress of the Universe feels so inclined: when the moon and sun meet, during eclipses, the two kami reunite, if briefly #FolkloreThursday

Ouranos was one of the Greek primordial beings, most often born of one of the other primordial like Nyx or his wife Gaia. Representing the Sky, he was cut down by his son Cronus, and cursed him to fall the same way. Thus the King of the Gods rules the skies. #FolkloreThursday

The ancient Irish believed that a comet in the night's sky represented the Spear of Assal, the weapon wielded by Lugh Lamfada. Once thrown he commanded it, and it flew until he called it back, hunting blood: thus comets were an ill omen. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: J. Brideson

The Pandavas are the stars of the Mahabhatara, the Indian epic. Each has a different divine father, but these five brothers work together in the face of extreme adversity to overcome the odds, always facing it together despite friction. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: Y. Yoshitani

In Yoruba-derived spiritual practices Ogun is often called the God of Iron, for his work as an iron worker and one of the great warriors of the orisha. He is a primordial, the first born after Oduduwa, and has a love of rum. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: I. Pickering

Love is love.

Anyone have a source on this?

One of Japanese fairytale's great heroes, Momotaro was born of a favorite sweet of East Asia, the peach. From this he grew to be a brave and clever warrior able to defeat the chief of some particularly pesky oni. #MythologyMonday

🎮: Ōkami