Haunted History BCさんのイラストまとめ

Would love to be Ankou, the soul collector, head can turn 180 degrees, with two skeleton helpers as we ride around in our creaky wooden cart seeking lost souls & leading them into to the afterlife. #MythologyMonday

In Slavic #mythology, Dziwozona, a swamp dwelling female demon was said to kidnap human babies & replace them with her own disfigured changelings. She’s described as an ugly, old woman with a hairy body. #SwampSunday #superstitions #folklore #Europe

Worn as talisman the branch of a willow tree is said to help aid in healing from a grievous death. The tree is associated with being the ‘tree of ghosts’ & has the ability to evoke souls & to touch a ghost. #FolkloreThursday

Medicinal preparations using bats asserts that bat’s blood can call evil #spirits, can allow people to see in the dark, can make one invisible, make you #lucky in card games & gives #witches the power “to do anything.” #FaustianFriday

The rabbit is a great taboo for sailors. At sea the word ‘rabbit’ is prohibited as is having one on board. Just saying the name could be a bad omen. Sailors refer to him as ‘the big-eared animal’. In medieval times the rabbit was attributed to demonic symbolism. #MythologyMonday

In Welsh #mythology, the Afanc is said to be a demon that can take on the appearance of a giant beaver, crocodile or dwarf. According to legend the creature will attack and eat those that enter the water where it lives. #SwampSunday #cryptid #supernatural #superstition

In Chinese, Japanese and Korean folklore the crow is believed to inhabit the sun & is depicted as a three-legged god. Legends suggest that Sun crows descended upon earth from heaven to feast on grasses of immortality. They interfere in human affairs for guidance. #FaustianFriday

Windigos were said to kill lonely travellers or a member of a group & then take on their personality temporarily, before eventually killing other humans it encountered. Father Paul Le Jeune reported Windigo sightings during the 17thC while living in Quebec. #MythologyMonday

The Curse of the Muertos Moon, is a curse that Jolly Roger has created to turn every Pirate into one of his minions. The curse was first used on All Hallows Eve, or Halloween as we know it today. #WyrdWednesday #pirates #Halloween #ghosts #legends #folklore #seafaring

In Slavic fairytales, Likho is either portrayed as an evil one-eyed goblin or as an old, skinny woman dressed entirely in black. She is the embodiment of misfortune & can cause possession, bad luck & is said to haunt the hopeless. #FairyTaleTuesday