Kimberly Lojewskiさんのイラストまとめ

A Huldra, or skogsrå, is a Scandinavian forest spirit whose back is a hollowed out tree trunk. Sometimes beautiful and kind, sometimes frightening and pernicious, in Sweden she has the tail of a fox. #FairyTaleTuesday #Huldra

The boo hag is a skinless ghoul who sneaks into homes through cracks and crevices. She sits on her victims' chests and sucks out their breath, slipping their skin off to add to her collection if they struggle. #FolkloreThursday #31daysofHalloween

My favorite witches for #FairyTaleTuesday are the Graeae, or Grey Ladies. 3 sisters named Deino (dread), Enyo (horror) and Pemphredo (alarm). Sometimes old hags, sometimes young and fair, they shared one eye and one tooth between them. 🎃 #31daysofHalloween #greekmyth #graeae

My favorite #boldgirl and #strongwoman for #FolkloreThursday is Sedna, Mother of the Deep. When her hands are chopped off and she’s pushed from a boat, her fingers turn into marine creatures and she sinks to the bottom of the sea to become an Inuit goddess.

Dożynki, the Slavic harvest festival, was originally celebrated on the Autumn Equinox. Traditions include parades, feasts, wheat wreaths, and dancing. A wreath made from the last of the year's wheat was believed to have magical powers. #FairytaleTuesday #AutumnEquinox

In medieval times it was believed that Bufonite, a mythical gem found in the heads of poison toads, was a powerful antidote to poison. Toadstone jewelry became all the rage, though the magical "gems" were really made from the fossilized teeth of Lepidotes fish. #WyrdWednesday

Favorite fairy tale from Poland: The Glass Mountain. Boy kills lynx, uses its claws to scale a glass mountain. Then tricks giant eagle into flying him to apple tree that heals his wounds. He slays the eagle and the blood restores life to the dead princes below. #FairytaleTuesday

Bolitnitsa, Slavic mistress of swamp and tundra, may look like a maiden sitting on a lily pad, but her long hair hides a pair of goose feet, and her calls for help are merely a lure. She pounces on stray wanderers and drags them to the bottom of the marsh. #FairyTaleTuesday

According to legend, upon hearing of her husband's death, Lady Meng Jiang wept tears so bitter they crumbled the Great Wall, revealing his bones. After tricking the emperor into burying him in a golden coffin, she threw herself into a river and became a fish. #FairyTaleTuesday

In The Golden Reed Pipe, a boy named Bayberry rescues his sister, Little Red, from a dragon by playing a magic flute. Brother and sister peel the dragon's skin and build a house from the bones. They plow their fields with the horn, and grow rich and prosperous. #FairyTaleTuesday