Betsy Cole (#Published #Fantasy #Author)さんのイラストまとめ

The Roman Emperor Elagabalus, would dance around the Baetylus #Meteorite to the sound of drums, anointing the stone with oil. On the Summer Solstice feast the meteorite was covered with raw wool & placed on a chariot adorned with gold & jewels to parade about. #FolkloreThursday

According to Ancient Phoenician Myth, #meteorites that touched the earth were known as Baetylus. Revered as sacred stones that were endowed with life & given by the gods. Some were preserved for worship & brought into temples; such as the effigy of Rhea Cybele. #FolkloreThursday

According to Greek #Myth, the Arcadian princess, Atalanta's name actually means 'huntress.' Her father King Iasus wanted a son; so when Atalanta was born, she was left on a mountaintop to die. Instead she was cared for by a Bear until hunters found & raised her. #FolkloreThursday

Happy #Halloween and #Samhain! The night where the line blurs between the Otherworlds; where witches, fairies, ghosts & ghouls roam in the darkness! Welcoming the darker-half of the year with the Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples & All Hallows Eve! #HappyHalloween2018 #Folklore

According to Romanian #lore, the blood-sucking #Dracula takes origin from the gruseome ruler Vlad the Impaler. Who got his nickname from his excution style; impaling his enemies & guests with giant wooden spikes, watching their still-twitching bodies slowly die. #FolkloreThursday

According to Asian & Native American Myth; Octopus-People or Cecaelia, are half human/octopus. Known as the Witches of the Sea, with mystic powers & the qualities of an octopus. Often seen with woven seaweed backpacks & domesticated sting-rays, as pack animals. #FolkloreThursday

In Slavic lore, the great witch Baba Yaga doesn't use a broomstick to fly. Instead, she uses it to cover her tracks, as she travels 'round in a flying mortar; pushing herself with a pestle. Wherever she goes, the elements groan & a host of spirits accompany her. #FolkloreThursday

My favorite #Witch in #Folklore is the Russian #Fairytale Baba Yaga! Living deep amid the forest in a turning chicken-leg hut; fortified by watching skulls. Known to help strays, she gets around on a flying pestle &mortar; using a broom to sweep away her tracks. #FolkloreThursday

16th century dining, included placing live birds in a pie as a form of entremet. Hoping they'd fly out singing when the pie was cut. "Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye, 4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the birds began to sing." #Folklorethursday

According to #Legend, the Wendigo is a haunting monster amid the wood; depicted as a gaunt giant with bloody lips, emitting the odor of decay. The embodiment of gluttony & greed: its never satisfied after killing & constantly searches for new victims to consume. #Folklorethursday