J. E. Siburt, PhD. Prof. Sociology of Leadershipさんのイラストまとめ

In every tale one should look for the embodiment of death, rebirth, the Holy Fool, and the Trickster. One or more of these take form within any story and may exist all in one character. Loki is a common example. #FairyTaleTuesday

“But in the dim dusk of a winter’s day there appeared suddenly among them a man, as it seemed, of great bulk and girth, cloaked and hooded in white; and he walked up to the fire without a word.” (Beleg Cúthalion) —#Tolkien #Silmarillion #BookWormSat #GothicAdvent

Lucifer, a created being elevated to a villain on par with God, has been crafted into the garden serpent and the dragon of the last days. #Tolkien attempts to dissuade this notion with Morgoth, yet, it is too removed from Christian Mythology to have much effect. #FolkloreThursday

There are children who call #witches evil and state that only girls can be #fairies. Then there are the children who are thunder hammer wielding cyborg pirate fairies. Which do you think will change the world?
#FairyTaleTuesday

The #WyrdWednesday theme is creatures conjured from the other side. From a wyrd perspective Alice, Flatland Sphere, and those meddling Pevensie children were othersiders. To indigenous peoples around the world colonists would also be apropos. Not sure who is doing the conjuring?

Green things fell sick and rotted, and rivers were choked with weeds and slime, and fens were made, rank and poisonous, the breeding place of flies; and forests grew dark and perilous, the haunts of fear; #SwampSunday #Tolkien #Silmarillion

Seasonal Death

Crunch Crunch,
Desiccated leafy flesh.
Brittle tiny sticks,
Cracking of the bones.
Rot Wafts with every step,
Autumn’s pheromones.

#FaustianFriday

Beauty & the Beast and the like are similar to the story of King Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Daniel. Due to his arrogance he was changed into a beast & lived in the wild for 7 years until he was humbled. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Appalachian Cherokee prior to their removal in 1838 were warned by the Nûñnë'hï, or little people, who offered to hide them in the fair lands. Many accepted & rushed inside the mountain. Those who refused were protected by Nûñnë'hï who left with them. #FairyTaleTuesday