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Cats being... err, cats? Some fun medieval cat art for #wyrdwednesday

The Stoor Worm was a gigantic sea serpent in Orcadian mythology, capable of destroying ships, houses, and humans with it's putrid breath.
In folklore a worm is generally a dragon without legs or wings, generally inhabiting water
#mythologymonday #PirateLoreWeek
🎨 Bo Myles

The 'Child Ballads' are a collection of 305 ballads collated in 19th century by Francis James Child, published in 10 volumes 1882 - 1898
#folklore #storytelling #verse

art: The Twa Corbies by Arthur Rackham, #BOTD 1867
#illustration of Child Ballad 2

Latest #painting, exploring birth and rebirth and its lack of inherent existence; elements of Greek and Egyptian mythology

"may this universe not deceive you"
gouache and ink on paper

#abstractart #contemporaryart #mythology #philosophy #artist

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 folk tales
https://t.co/nThQYKjP0p
#dragons #folklore #AyrshireFolklore

In the folklore of the Anglo-Scottish Borders, the 'Brown Man of the Moors and Mountains' is a dwarf who serves as the guardian of wild animals. His dress is brown like winter bracken, sports frizzled red hair and eyes that glow. #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨 Amanda Moffet

The August edition of @CumbriaMagazine is out now.

Includes my article on the Bargest - the demon dog of Cumbrian folklore

https://t.co/0VAJ0GgWFX

#folklore #lakedistrict #cumbria

'acetabulofemoral'; charcoal on paper

https://t.co/VC9R8RTdsy
#artwork #artistontwittter #cumbria

The gean-cánach (love talker) is a male faerie in Irish myth similar to a leprechaun. Known for seducing men and women, he is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids

#FairyTaleTuesday #faeries
🎨 Daemon Love by Maximilian Pirner

My late grandmother would often recount the tale of one of her Irish ancestors encountering a Banshee on his way home one evening.
Understanding this to be an ill omen, he spent that night putting his affairs in order, and was found dead the next morning #WyrdWednesday