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"Of grim Vikings, and the rapture
Of the sea fight, and the capture..."
—Longfellow
#WyrdWednesday
🖼️Naglfar by Johan Egerkrans
@DirkPuehl Yes! D'ya think a giant-bat-riding-aviator-hat would also work for adventures on a giant-bat-winged-flying-goat? #PracticalFashion
"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."
The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins
#WyrdWednesday
🖼️Yoshioka
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I have no idea what I'm doing 😂 Technically, not a finished illustration and probably never will be. But it deserves some love, just like we all do 🖤🦩🩸
On the night before Beltane, fairies are prone to leave their homes and take away "helpless, unguarded, or unwary" humans.
So says the book of Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1900).
#SuperstitionSat
🖼️Brian Froud
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The roses that nearly broke my hand were very much worth it in the end. I'm usually very nervous to share work based on other's characters, even from classics, but I think she turned out rather dark and lovely.
See more details & WIP here:
https://t.co/GSIUshzc3H
"the devil was in the dance…"
Witch & Hare (1890)
Witches would "ramble through the country in…shapes of cats, hares, and the like." In one such tale, a witch became a hare to con hunters- an endless "dance" or trick, if nothing was done about it.
#MythologyMonday
🖼️Salomaa
@MaeneSigne We can have a whole menu, like fish n chips fresh from the frog pond. We should really patent all these deliciously magical ideas one day ☺️🍻
Rose practice for a crown on a larger piece. These little flowers are breaking my hand 😥 #WIP