🇵🇸 Sarah Nour 🇱🇧さんのイラストまとめ

In West African myth, the Aziza are a supernatural race that lives in anthills & silk cotton trees. They taught humans how to use fire, & use magic to aid hunters. Originally described as little hairy folk, they're now commonly portrayed as resembling fairies. #FolkloreSunday

According to Japanese myth, if a spider reaches 400 years old, it transforms into a Jorōgumo, a demon that takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce young men. The men are bound in a strong web, slowly killed by powerful venom, & then devoured. #MythologyMonday

Uttu, the Mesopotamian goddess of weaving, taught mortal women to weave, ushering in a new era in which humans less often froze to death or burned in the sun. Her name means woven in Sumerian & resembles the Akkadian word for spider, ettūtu. #MythologyMonday

The Hopi & Pueblo tribes have tales of Grandmother Spider, said to live on Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. She spun a giant web, waited for morning dew to accumulate on the web, & threw it into the night sky. The dewdrops became the stars. #MythologyMonday

@DiscoxBloodbath @ShamirBailey Residents can stay or they can leave. They just can't benefit from oppression of Palestinians. They can't occupy the homes that Palestinians are forcibly removed from.

I've lost relatives to Israeli violence and you're just the person in the middle of this picture.

In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. A girl volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword & slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog. #FairyTaleTuesday

Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegār (translation: "Emerald-Studded Sword") appears in the Persian epic The Shahnameh. Only a magic potion can heal injuries caused by this sword. It's guarded by the demon Fulad-Zereh, because it's the only thing that can kill him. #FolkloreSunday

Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Little Mermaid" was inspired by the novella Undine (1811), in which a water spirit marries a knight to gain an immortal soul. She gets pulled back into a river by relatives, then returns to kill her husband for marrying another. #FairyTaleTuesday

Gautama Buddha was caught in a storm during his meditation under the sacred Bodhi Tree. Mucalinda, the seven-headed King of Serpents, emerged from his underground palace & shielded him from the rain, allowing him to keep meditating. #MythologyMonday

In the Syrian tale "The Cat Who Went to Mecca," a mouse tries to congratulate a cat on his holy pilgrimage, believing it means he'll stop hunting mice. The cat tries to attack & the mouse declares, "He may pray like a Hajji, but he still pounces like a cat." #FolkloreSunday