The Oak Kingさんのイラストまとめ

#botd 1863, author Arthur Machen; an influential figure in the development of fantasy and folk horror

@StephenKing described his tale The Great God Pan, as:

"Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language"

#faustianfriday #horror #folklore
#art: Stephen G. Rae

A boggart is a goblin-like creature in northern English folklore, inhabiting woodland, marshland, sharp bends in the road or residing under bridges

Boggart lore @BardCumberland
https://t.co/ks8LHKXtxt

#folklore #illustration #cumbria

My grandmother Cicely Anderson, would recount the tale of her Irish ancestor who encountered a Banshee on his way home one evening. Understanding it as an ill omen, he kissed his wife and children goodnight and was found dead in the morning.

#faustianfriday #folklore #ireland

Cernunnos, the dualistic god of two-fold aspects: light & dark; day & night; summer & winter; the Oak King & the Holly King 

god of wild places, of animals, of the Underworld

#mythology #contemporaryart

art: Cernunnos, the Horned God; mixed media on canvas

#FolkloreSunday from my hometown, Ayr - Black Shuck haunts woodland on the outskirts of the town. These large, red-eyed black dogs from folklore have both malevolent and benevolent natures. This shuck however, was attempting to save a child from a wolf. #ayrshirefolklore

Loch Iorsa on the Isle of Arran has it's very own monster myth. The loch's name means 'loch of the serpents'. This serpent is perhaps a wurm, a dragon with no legs nor wings from folklore.

#folklorethursday #ayrshirefolklore
art: unknown

In the Solway Firth, a mermaid fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return, but after many years, he died, alone.

#folkloresunday #swampsunday
#illustration : Arthur Rackham

My latest #paintings are a contemporary take on traditional thangka art, the deities replaced by characters from folklore and mythology

#contemporaryart #mythologymonday

My latest #paintings are a contemporary take on traditional thangka art, the deities replaced by characters from folklore and mythology

#art #contemporaryart #painting #folklore #mythology #modernart

Grief or Sorrow by Richard Dadd

part of the @bethlemmuseum collection of his work