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Still not very well today but I did manage one new thread. I thought I'd also re-share this old thread that has a small collection of my tweets about #yokai birds in #JapaneseFolklore for today's #FairyTaleTuesday. Also here are some birds in #ukiyoe prints by Utagawa Hiroshige. https://t.co/pwQ2fjZHy1

🎨Art credits:
1 & 2. Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832
3 & 6. Ohara Koson, 1920s
4. Yoshimoto Gesso, 1930s
5. Masaharu Aoyama, 1950
7. Matthew Meyer
8. Narazaki Eisho, 1930
#ukiyoe #JapaneseArt #owls
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'Deer in the Forest' - Eugen Kruger, 19th century.
#WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring

Sadly, the Japanese wolf is long extinct. Despite this, there are people who believe these wolves still exist somewhere and continue to search for them. They also feature in Japanese folklore as okuri-okami (or sending off wolf) who trails closely behind...
#WyrdWednesday
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'Song of the Sea' is a beautiful hand-drawn animated film about selkies. A boy discovers his mute sister Saorsie is actually a selkie and he blames her for their mother's disappearance. She has the task of freeing faerie creatures from the Irish goddess Macha.
#FairyTaleTuesday

Chione was the goddess of snow in Greek mythology. She was a daughter of Boreas, god of the wintry north wind. She was also the consort of Poseidon, god of the sea, and mother of Eumolpus who she threw into the sea (it's ok, Poseidon rescued him).
#MythologyMonday
🎨Jen Hallbrown

...to talk about how tengu were viewed from the 11th to 13th centuries. From the 11th century they came to be associated with Buddhism and it is said that one of the things they enjoyed was abducting monks and trying to convince them to gain power from the tengu instead of...
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In #JapaneseFolklore a hososhi is a government official who has special magical powers which allow it to see in all four directions and punish evil. The concept originated from China where is was known as fangxiang.
#DailyFolklore #yokai
🎨1. Matthew Meyer
2. Nakajima Soyo, 1928

...some cucumbers ready if you meet a kappa as it's their favourite treat and can distract them long enough to allow you to escape. Alternatively, a deep bow should do the trick. Out of politeness, kappa will bow in return and the water will run out of the bowl-like dip on...
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