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I'm predictable as fuuuuuck, I've been wanting to make a weird folklore animal thing though, and I really like the Wolpertinger. Careful, they bite.
The Seelie & Unseelie are the light & dark courts of the Fae respectively. Seelie even shares a root with the Scottish word for "happy." But don't let that fool you, the Seelie are just as dangerous as their more overtly destructive counterparts. #FolkloreThursday Art: B. Froud
A set of wonderful paintings from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, a magnificent play providing hints into the mysterious and beautiful fairy kingdom.
#FolkloreThursday
#InternationalFairyDay
#Midsummer
Many have been wary of using the word “fairy” – since at least the 17th century it has been believed a taboo word across the British Isles and a term of offence, meaning malicious imp. Use “Good People” instead, or perhaps risk their wrath... #FolkloreThursday
FOLKLORE: THE JADE RABBIT
199k words and 20 chapters later, it's finally over 💜
https://t.co/hbVafffsoy
My mind is wandering
as I imagine the possibilities.
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"Songe d'une nuit d'été"...(Gustave Doré) 🧚🖤✨ 👨🎨
#ArtOfTheDay #folklorethursday
#paintingoftheday #soulfulvibes
We commissioned @vixxnev to create a concept banner for our animated series, “Quest of the Laoich”, and Rachael Hogg from @AbertayUni to create concept art of our protagonist, Mage McKenzie. Support our projects at https://t.co/rarr1zFdPc #folklorethursday #scottish #animated
The gean-cánach, the 'love talker', is a male faerie in Irish myth similar to a leprechaun. He is known for seducing men and women, but is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids.
#internationalfairyday
#folklorethursday
art: Daemon Love by Maximilian Pirner
Along Hardknott Pass, Cumbria’s Faerie King Eveling holds his court. He's an intriguing figure, his name may be connected to the Avalon of Athurian legend
#internationalfairyday
#folklorethursday #cumbria
La Mort d'Arthur by James Archer 1860
Some Celtic legends claim that Aine, goddess of the sun, the moon, wealth, love, and summer, mated with human men to create the first race of fairies.
#InternationalFairyDay #FolkloreThursday
Nobody remembers his name, that dwarf who delved deeper than any dwarf before him had, who discovered secrets beneath Sèlene which made habitation possible.
#scifiworlds #scififantasy #scifi #dwarfs #Dwarves #dwarven #folklore #culturalhero #Artwork #ArtOfTheDay #artist
#folklorethursday
CHANGELING🧚♂️
..a mortal child is taken back to the realm of the fairies to be raised as theirs. Titania, Queen of the fairies, agrees to raise the boy out of love for his mother
"She never had so sweet a changeling.."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
#Shakespeare
Our next lovely artist we're spotlighting is @yllia_eien, a digital and traditional artist who draws BL and bishounen inspired by Japanese folklore. You can find originals, prints, merch and more in their shop: https://t.co/pTyAEdqHOB
Wolpertinger
A creature from German Folklore that lives in the alpine forest of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. It’s noch has various parts from other animals. It lives on roots and herbs. If one touches its spit, hair will grow on the spot.
“14” tells the story of a human who mysteriously discovers a 13th floor in his building and finds himself in the middle of a storytelling session among different mythological creatures of Philippine folklore.
the yokai mc trend? what if i made them into famous indonesian folklore spirits (1/2)
#obeymemc
#FairyTaleTuesday
In Pagan folklore evil spirits appear on the summer solstice. To protect themselves from them, folks would wear garlands of herbs and flowers fashioned as crowns upon their heads.‘Chase-devil’or St John’s Wort, is an effective herb used in the garland.
According to Icelandic folklore, on #Midsummer night, seals change into humans, cows have the ability to speak, and elves come out to walk among men.
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