Petra Pavlíková 🦊🌿さんのイラストまとめ

#FolkloreThursday

Polednice is the Czech word for Lady Midday, Noon Witch, and Noonwraith. She comes to punish disobedient children who are not at home for lunch and prayer.

Picture by Jirka23, https://t.co/m1iqnXeNU0 and art by Jan Zrzavý.

After five months, I went to the city centre.😊
People are quite reasonable and they keep distance from each other.
#Brno

Hello, #VisibleWomen :)

I'm Petra, a writer and artist from the Czech Republic.
I have always been fascinated by nature and by mythology and folklore.🌿

@ScrambledStill @dipper_the_cat

It's based on my old short story "Dark Saviour", but the graphic novel has expanded a lot on the original story. That's also why the name was changed to Agnesa Drake.

Here's some concept art.
Thank you, @marielisthename , for working on this with me!❤️

In the Czech Republic, the first of May is also a celebration of love, and it's said that people should kiss under a blooming (cherry) tree. It's probably more of a modern tradition connected with the poem May written by the romantic poet Karel Hynek Mácha.🌸 #folklore #poetry

#FolkloreThursday

The Knights of Blaník

There are many legends connected with the Czech mountain Blaník, some of them originate in Celtic times like The Knights of Blaník. The knights sleep inside the mountain waiting for the Czech nation to be in a bad/oppressive situation.

#FolkloreThursday

In Slavic folklore, firebird is a brightly coloured bird reminiscent of flames, hence the name. In tales, written by Alexander Afanasyev, Karel Jaromír Erben, and others, the bird is a part of a difficult quest.

Art by Olga Zakis

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In some countries, including the Czech Republic, #pansies are called stepmothers. They are connected with love & infatuation, they are believed to heal broken hearts, they were used to foretell the future, and they were King Arthur's favourite flowers.

#FolkloreThursday Vodník is the Czech/Slovak version of vodyanoy, a male water spirit. Vodník looks more humanlike, wears clothes, and can survive outside water with his clothes wet. He tricks people, then steals their souls and keeps them underwater in teacups.
Art: Josef Lada