Ellen Hagen 𓅃さんのイラストまとめ

Sankthansbål ~ Summer fire
Norwegian painter Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928)/AstN0235/ovaering.

Revantulet is the Finnish word for the Northern Lights, it means ‘fire fox’. It was believed when artic foxes ran across the sky their bushy tail would either sweep up snowflakes or make sparks against the mountains creating the Aurora. #FolkloreThursday
‘Revantulet’ by Rinkula.

Norwegians are mad about knitting & have started to knit the mittens of Bernie Sanders, and a local yarn fabric here are almost out of yarn for the Bernie pattern - even people from across the globe have been in touch. Mitten pattern in Norwegian⬇️🧤🇳🇴: https://t.co/VmKhMWsYTG

How to plant peregrine flowers in urban areas. You need a tall building, flower box and gravel. Wild peregrine flowers usually cast 3-4 seeds, the young carnivorous seedlings turn airborne after ca 40 days 🌱🦅

Story via @LdnPeregrines https://t.co/QyKpYKCaOd
Art Anceylee Star

For Nordic countries Dec. 12th is Lossi long night (after Roman calendar winter solstice), the longest and dangerous night of the year. Lossi checked if you were ready for Yule.. If she caught you outside, you’d be out all night in chaos.. #FolkloreThursday
Art R. Yanovskaya.

Sea travelers of the Viking Age respected and feared the untame powers of the sea. Myth told of a monster so big, it was placed in the endless ocean. The Midgard Serpent, Jörmungandr, could also spit ‘eitr’ venom.
#FolkloreThursday
Art, Johu Huttunen.
Altunastone w/Thor, Sweden.

Bold and beautiful, the Valkyries. From Old Norse ‘valkyrja’ (fallen+choose), ‘choosers of the fallen’, would bring the slain warriors to Fólkvangr and Valhalla. #folklorethursday #viking

Credit: 1). E. Doepler, 1905. 2). E.R. Hughes, ca.1900. 3). S. Sinding, 1910. 4). No credit

Watched Inception again since 2010, and realized that a scene had Japanese sliding doors (400 years old) and one side with hawks from Nijo Castle in Kyoto. Hawking was one of Shogun Tokugawa‘s passions. Adding Hans Zimmer’s soothing 'Time' https://t.co/Eg8nOTNs2X

Norwegian nature has from old time created stories of many trolls & creatures. A runic inscription 250AD tells of a father that lost his son to ‘fladg’, a word for supernatural creatures. The placename the runes are from ‘Vettaland’ means ‘wight/creature-land’. #folklorethursday