🇵🇸 Sarah Nour 🇱🇧さんのイラストまとめ

A palis is a vampiric creature of Middle Eastern lore that lives in deserts. It drains people's blood by licking their feet while sleep. But it's repelled by salt, & can easily be tricked if two people sleep end-to-end with the soles of their feet together. #FolkloreThursday

"The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Anderson has a villain as the protagonist. A man steals a tinderbox that, when used to strike flame, summons three supernatural dogs. He uses these dogs to kidnap a princess, kill everyone else in the palace, & take the throne. #FairyTaleTuesday

Black Annis is a cave-dwelling, blue-faced hag said to haunt the countryside of Leicestershire. She uses her long iron claws to reach inside windows & snatch children from their beds. Once she eats them, she tans their hides & wears them around her waist. #MythologyMonday

The term "jack-o'-lantern" may be derived from the Irish legends of Stingy Jack, a conniving drunk who cheats death time & again. When he eventually dies, neither Heaven nor Hell can take him, so he wanders between worlds, using a hollow turnip as a lantern. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Pesanta from Catalan folklore is an enormous black-furred dog with steel paws who lives in abandoned ruins, mostly old churches. At night it creeps into people’s homes & sits on their chests, giving them nightmares & breathing problems. #MythologyMonday

In the original tale of Aladdin, he captures two djinn: one contained in an oil lamp & one contained in a ring. The former makes Aladdin rich & powerful, while the latter frees him from a cave & helps him find his kidnapped bride. #FairyTaleTuesday

On the night Gautama Buddha was conceived, his mother, Maya, dreamed of a white elephant descending from the sky, holding a lotus flower, & entering her womb. She was told this meant her child would become a great leader. #MythologyMonday

In the Iberian tale "The Seven Pigeons," a princess refuses to marry a knight, so her father orders her death. But a magician instead turns her into a swan with a golden crown, & employs seven maidens who can shapeshift into pigeons as her caregivers. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Belgian tale "The Swan Maidens & the Silver Knight," seven swans (who are actually seven cursed princesses turned into swans) help a knight rescue an imprisoned princess. The latter helps the cursed princesses regain human form by knitting seven coats. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Marabbecca is a creature invented by Sicilian parents to warn their children against playing too close to wells. The Marabbecca will snatch the nearest child, pull them down into the well, & drown them. #FolkloreThursday