Siân E Powell〓〓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿さんのイラストまとめ

Someone lovely on tiktok recently made these portraits of me and as someone who struggles with negative thoughts about my appearance multiple times every single day these have really made me feel Seen and appreciated 🥹🥹

Just came across this absolutely incredible piece of art by @NGaitanopoulos on https://t.co/YYawwIBqaV truly amazing work capturing one of the iconic, horrifying scenes. Even if it’s a little embellished (I love that), it conveys the horror perfectly. Amazing work.

#FolkloreThursday theme today is villains so I thought I should bring up one of those tricky characters that acts as a villain and a hero? Efnisien; violent, emotional and prideful commits disturbing & horrifying atrocities but ultimately sacrifices himself in service to others.

#FolkloreThursday food themed post!

Cornish pasties feature prominently in the folklore of the mine spirits ‘Knockers’. Named for knocking to alert miners of danger or to lead to the best ore veins. This comes with a price…and that price is…mutual respect and PASTY crusts!

The bishop-fish is a 16th century sea monster apparently taken to the King of Poland who meant to keep it. When a group of Catholic bishops saw it pleading to be free they obliged. The bishop fish made the sign of the cross and escaped back into the sea…

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My little baby Ddraig Goch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 playing with Cornish piskies 〓〓 by the lovely @ccjellis !! Absolutely chuffed with this. I’ve always wanted a drawing of Welsh and Cornish mythological creatures together! 🥰

The Bugul Noz is a poor, lonely creature who roams the woodland of Brittany, France & believes himself so ugly that he warns others of his approach by wailing/crying. He uses fear to shepherd people to their safe homes and away from the forest in the dark.
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A Leshy is a Slavic forest spirit. He protects the forest & can trick OR help wanderers. In the forest centre they are giants & shrink the further they leave. If 2 leshy meet they will fight for territory. The evidence is in the fallen trees scattered about.

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St Michael & the Devil were always getting into scraps, including in Cornish folklore. The devil was flying, with a giant Boulder, on his way to block the gates of hell. St Michael fights him until he drops the Hell Stone, which later became Helston in Cornwall #FolkloreThursday

Joan the Wad, Queen of the Piskies in Cornish folklore could either lead people astray on the moors or guide them home and keep them safe. She has been recorded as a piece of iconography on door knockers and charms to bring good luck. Usually depicted as naked. #FolkloreThursday