🇵🇸 Sarah Nour 🇱🇧さんのイラストまとめ

In several European countries, there are legends claiming that anyone born on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or one of the 12 Nights of Christmas, will be a werewolf. In some versions, baby boys will be werewolves & girls will be witches. #WyrdWednesday

In Finnish, the aurora borealis is called revontulet, meaning “fox fires." The mythical tulikettu, or firefox, runs through the snowy hills of the far north, its tail whipping colorful sparks into the sky. No hunter can catch the firefox, as it's fast as wind. #MythologyMonday

In Navajo lore, two important female figures are Changing Woman, who represents the changing seasons, & White Shell Woman. The former became pregnant by spreading her legs to the sun, the latter by lying in a stream & becoming the wife of water. #FolkloreThursday

Historians have uncovered evidence that pirates practiced gay marriage, which they called matelotage. Male partners would exchange gold rings & vow to share everything they plundered, & also fulfill each other's physical/romantic needs. #WyrdWednesday

In the Norwegian fairy tale "East of the Sun & West of the Moon," a peasant girl marries a cursed prince who's been turned into a white bear. To break the curse, the girl travels to a hidden castle, where the prince's stepmother is forcing him to marry a troll. #FairyTaleTuesday

Many mythologies have hearth goddesses, like Hestia (Greek), Vesta (Roman), Brigid (Celtic), Chantico (Aztec), Gabija (Lithuanian), & Kamuy-huci (Ainu). Ways to honor hearth goddesses include cleaning the hearth, keeping flames burning, & offering food & wine. #MythologyMonday

Akaname (translation: "filth-licker") are child-sized, goblin-like Japanese spirits that live in bathrooms, sometimes inside toilets. They keep bathrooms clean by using their long tongues to lick the filth, dust, waste, mold, etc., that collects. #MythologyMonday

Yuki-Onna (Japanese for "snow woman") is the spirit of a beautiful woman who froze to death in winter. She leads winter travelers astray to their deaths & can even create blizzards. Sometimes she seduces men & kills them with kisses that freeze them solid. #MythologyMonday

Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) is the Slavic version of Santa Claus who delivers gifts with his granddaughter Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) in a troika pulled by three horses. For a time his image was banned under the Soviet Union due to his origins as a pagan deity. #MythologyMonday

The Malaysian penanggalan looks like a woman by day, but at night detaches its head from its body & flies around with its spinal column & internal organs dangling while it searches for prey. It uses its long tongue as a straw to drain humans to death. #FolkloreThursday