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I am the moon rabbit, I live on the moon pounding the elixir of immortality in my mortar and pestle. I quite fancy rice cakes, but will nibble on anything green.
#WyrdWednesday #ukiyoe
Art: 1. Shoson Ohara, 3. Hokugen. My photo of rabbit statue from Meigetsuin temple, Kamakura. https://t.co/YrLN1abH3k

Scottish artist @stewartbremner has created a serious of animal (beasties) prints with Scots names. What's your favourite? I can't decide between the Corbie or the hoolet. See the whole collection at https://t.co/ggJqHD16DI
#FairyTaleTuesday https://t.co/3xWbHUx2Dv

It is said that Xiwangmu is accompanied by a collection of supernatural creatures in her garden in the mythical Kunlun mountains. Two of special note are the magical 9-tailed fox & a 3-legged crow. The garden is where she grows her peaches of immortality.
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🎨Larry Vienneau Jr.

Xiwangmu is also associated with the moon & is often shown in art alongside the moon rabbit pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar & pestle, & also a dancing frog or toad, which alludes to the myth of Chang-e, the moon goddess.
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🎨1-Wolfberry Studio, 2- Shoson Ohara

'Cinderella' - Edward Burne-Jones.
#preraphaelite #art #fairytales #FairyTaleTuesday

Oiwa is a Japanese ghost, the vengeful spirit of a young woman betrayed by her husband. He disfigured her face in an attempt to get rid of her so he could marry a younger woman. She cursed the pair on her death & returned to haunt all who had betrayed her.
#FolkloreThursday

Image in previous tweet: 'Hercules and the Hydra' - Pollaiuolo, c. 1475.
This image: : 'Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra' - Gustave Moreau, 1876.
#mythology #art

Vietnamese woodblock folk prints often feature historical figures, social commentaries and popular folktales. This print depicts the wedding march of a rat couple and their guests, all nervously hoping the big cat will leave them alone.
#WyrdWednesday #art #folklore

'Spirit of Cherry Tree - New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889.
#ukiyoe #art #Japan #yokai #ghost

Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing), William Blake, 1825
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