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

The legend of 'La Diablesse' in Caribbean #folklore. Appearing beautiful, her ancient dress hides her cow hoof! She walks with one foot on the road & lures her victims into the wood. Casting spells on them, until they fall into a ravine & get eaten by wild dogs! #FolkloreThursday

Ireland's Night of the Big Wind, on the afternoon of Jan 6, 1839; was known to many as Judgement Day. #Folklore rumoured that the end of the world would come about on the Feast of the Epiphany. So when this wild storm hit, many thought it was the end of days! #FolkloreThursday

#Goldenweek holds Hamamatsu's #Kite #Festival, where 100 professional kites are flown over windy sand dunes. Battling in the sky, using friction to cut their opponents down! Newborn names are written on the kites. For the higher the kite, the healthier the baby! #FolkloreThursday

When I think of #Spring, I think of the Greek god #Pan. Depicted as a faun or satyr, Pan is the god of the mountain wilds, #Spring fertility, & woodwind music. (Coining the 'Pan Flute'). He is often seen frolicking amid the #forest, with beautiful 'Wood Nymphs'. #FolkloreThursday

According to Greek Mythology, Gaia is the personification of our world. She's the ancestral mother to us all; #MotherEarth. In the beginning, she gave birth to everything, before receding within the planet for her children to care for. #EarthDay2020 #EarthDay50 #EarthDayAtHome

Chudo Yudo, the Slavic version of a multi-headed #dragon. Found in #fairytales like 'Storm-Bogatyr, Ivan the Cow's Son.' This ferocious beast can assume human-like forms & has the ability to grow missing heads! Some say Chudo-Yudo is a descendent of Baba Yaga. #FairyTaleTuesday

#Spring is in the air & it's important to have faerie sanctuaries in your #Garden. For they provide the essential link between the energy of the sun & plants. So leave a corner of your garden wild & uncultivated for them, with tiny gifts of glittering treasures! #FolkloreThursday

"Ring Around the Rosie" a suitably debatable #rhyme for the times. Where children dance in a circle & curtsey to the center 'rose tree.' Later argued to represent the Great #plague (Rosy rash; posies to ward off the smell of #disease)...and we all fall down! #FolkloreThursday

The biggest trickster among #Folklore would have to be the Raven. According to an old Haida tale; in the beginning, the world was in total darkness. With a mischievous plan, Raven succeeds in stealing the sun, moon, & stars! Spilling them across the sky for all. #FolkloreThursday

In Greek mythology, Hermes often plays the devious trickster. He is the patron god of #thieves & the inventor of #lying! The godly messenger is able to move freely between the mortal & divine realms. If any god was going to steal from you, it would be #Hermes!
#FolkloreThursday