🇵🇸 Sarah Nour 🇱🇧さんのイラストまとめ

The fifth & current sun is Blue Tezcatlipoca, also known as
Huitzilopochtli, god of war, the sun, & sacrifice. He was born from Coatlicue, the mother goddess. Ancient Aztecs made human sacrifices to nourish him & ensure his reign never ended. #MythologyMonday

The fourth sun was Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water & storms, & also Tlaloc's new wife. When Black Tezcatlipoca accused her of faking her love for humans, she wept for fifty-two years, causing a flood that drowned all life on earth. #MythologyMonday

Shahmaran is a cave-dwelling woman/snake hybrid found in the mythologies of Iran, Iraq, Anatolia, the Armenian Highlands, & Kurdistan. When a man gets lost in her cave & discovers her garden, she falls in love with him & teaches him about medicinal herbs. #FolkloreSunday

A palis is a vampiric creature of Middle Eastern lore that lives in deserts. It drains people's blood by licking their feet while they 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. #MythologyMonday

The Alan are mythical winged spirits of Tinguian tribal lore in the Philippines, with fingers & toes that point backwards. They steal the blood of menstruation, miscarriages, & afterbirth to magically create human children, which they raise as their own. #MythologyMonday

Divs are demonic creatures of Persian lore, described as having human-like bodies, horns on their heads, & tusks like that of boars. They are powerful sorcerors, capable of inflicting people with nightmares, but can be bound by iron rings. #FolkloreSunday

In the epic Persian poem The Shahnameh, the divine being Sorush appears in the form of a peri to Keyumars, the first Shah of Iran, to warn him of the demonic spirit Ahriman. Keyumars assembles an army, including peri soldiers, to defeat Ahriman. #FolkloreSunday

"The Story of the Prince & the Peri" is about a young woman whose new husband, the son of a shah, won't speak a word to her. She discovers he's already bound in marriage to a peri princess. Once she breaks the spell, her husband declares his love for her. #FolkloreSunday

Peri (or pari) are winged, fairy-like beings in Persian myth who live in the land of Paristan on Mount Qaf. Originally they were spirits denied entry to Paradise until they completed atonement. Under Islamic influence, they became more benevolent & mischievious. #FolkloreSunday

"Fayiz & the Peri Wife" is a Persian tale of a farmer who leaves his wife & sons to marry a beautiful peri, a winged, fairy-like being. One day the peri lets him visit his human family. He spills the secret of his peri wife, & she banishes him from her realm. #FairyTaleTuesday