Karen Lee Streetさんのイラストまとめ

"The Foundling" by Fatima Ronquillo (b. 1976, Phillipines). Inspired by art history and myth, her paintings evoke tales of magic and the uncanny.
#foxes #Folklore

Archery dresses. #Victorian

Instructed my cats to be fierce and spooky for #Halloween 🎃. Epic fail.

#CatsOfTwitter

The Guajona is a blood-sucking nocturnal creature of Cantabrian legend. Her hands & feet are gnarled bird legs, skin yellow and wart-covered; she has a single sharp tooth to suck up blood. Her favourite victims are children. #FolkloreThursday

Cockaigne: a land of endless plenty & luxury in medieval legend. In the 13th c. French poem "The Land of Cockaigne" houses are made of barley sugar cakes, streets are paved with pastry, all items in shops are free... #FolkloreThursday

'Haint blue' bottle trees, popular in the US south, are said to trap evil spirits at night which the rising sun then destroys. Originally an African tradition, this folk magic is thought to come from Arabian traders' tales of Jinn imprisoned in bottles (lamps?) #FolkloreThursday

In Slavic myth Zorya Utrennjaja is the Morning Star, linked to protection, hope, light. She opens sun god Dažbog's palace gates for his chariot each morning.
Zorya Vecernjaja is the evening star who protects lost travelers & closes the gates on Dažbog's return #FolkloreThursday

Fraktur: a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of decorative folk art often used to illuminate milestone documents like birth certificates & marriage blessings.
#FolkloreThursday

Mother West Wind "Why" Stories (1920) by Thornton W. Burgess, fables based on #nature folklore explaining why animals have certain traits. Moral: Old Mother Nature knows best. Burgess was a conservationist who wanted to inspire children to revere wildlife. #FolkloreThursday

Cats and Irresistible absinthe for #Caturday