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

In Celtic lore, the Queen of the Fairies is represented as beautiful & seductive, but also terrible & deadly Paying a tithe to Hell every 7years, with her mortal lovers as the sacrifice. Even though she may show kindness, she is quick to seek revenge! #FolkloreThursday #WomensDay

Aboriginal Australian myth, tells of the #Rainbow Serpent. The colorful creator/giver of life, due to its connection with water. For #water is life! Lore has it, a Wagilag sister gave birth & her blood flowed into the Rainbow Serpent's waterhole, birthing life. #FolkloreThursday

The legend of the Huna people, tells of the #Puffin. One day, a girl was saved by puffins. Her father found out & offered canoes of riches to get her back. Until her mom offered old white hair & they agreed. Each put a white hair in its head, there to this day. #FolkloreThursday

According to Brazilian lore, the shape-shifting Boto always wears a hat to disguise his breathing hole, while human. Transforming from a pink dolphin at day, to a #love-sucking incubus at night! After impregnating women, the Boto abandons them & never returns. #FolkloreThursday

The disturbing Korean #FairyTale; The Fox Sister. With 3 sons, a father prays for a daughter & gets a fox demon! When she gets caught eating the hearts out of cattle, he refuses to believe it! Exiling his sons, his #unconditional #love gets everyone eaten alive! #FairyTaleTuesday

In Irish tales, the Gancanagh is an addicting love-talker fae. Irresistably appearing as a man, puffing his famous 'gean-cánach' pipe. He excretes a dangerous toxin, leaving all who encounter him fatally consumed! Pining & battling others to death for his #love! #FairyTaleTuesday

In Norse Myth, Ymir is in the creation story & the first #frost Giant, created from the #icicles of Niflheim. His hermaphroditic body produced generations of Frost Giants! Because he opposed the rule of the gods, his demise led to the creation of humans & earth. #FairyTaleTuesday

Born from the blood of Dragons, #Poppies are known for their sedative properties. They are #magical ingredients for spells of abundance, love, sleep, & invisibility. Hypnos, (Greek God of Sleep & Dreaming) carried a poppy stalk, or a horn filled with poppy juice.#FolkloreThursday

With #spring2020 right around the corner, it is almost time for one of my favorites to get to #work; the #Garden Gnome! A helpful member of the fae. Bringing protection & good luck. For when the sun goes down, they come alive at night to help work on your garden.#FolkloreThursday

#WinterIsHere when the Norse hunting god Ullr, comes out to play! The personification of everything #snow; including #snowshoes #iceskating & #skiing (even riding his shield down mts, like a modern day #snowboard) Honoring him brings heavy powder to the mt. tops! #mythologymonday