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My new Zephaniah! She's an angel based on the nightjar.

In folklore, nightjars suckle milk at the breast of sheep and strike them blind. In actuality Zephaniah serves under Tiernan (my sheep angel OC)... and she reserves the blindness thing for enemies

Artwork © EerieAyres

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Jorōgumo
A fantasy imaginary art about the Jorōgumo, it's a type of yōkai, a creature, ghost, or goblin of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman as the art shows it. https://t.co/NADypEjVPa via

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Sometimes, the Mouros (inhabitants of the underworld in Galician folklore) need help from human doctors, midwives or nurses. The Mouros let them access their world, but if they reveal the secret, they will be punished losing an eye, losing their speech...

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The untouchable Nykur is a water demon, taking the form of a horse who hangs around lakes in Iceland. According to lore, if you touch one, you're instantly stuck to him, and anyone who tries to release you will become affixed and doomed to drown, too.

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[NEW DROP] SPIRIT TOWN

Hand draw 1/1 art piece create from the passion of reading Japanese folklore. Gather all adorable Japanese Yokai in one place.

https://t.co/6x9wWcZFYC

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“Origins” & our planned spin-offs will celebrate Scottish culture, mythology and history, sharing it with the world and telling new and exciting stories to audiences of all ages ⚔️🧝🏼‍♀️🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Folklore is the last of the god trio w Tarot and Oberon. She showed up one day after the No New Gods doctrine without reasoning but she's def divine so thats A Problem. Where did she come from?? Why is she here?? We just don't know

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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.

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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. Art: B. Froud

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A set of wonderful paintings from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, a magnificent play providing hints into the mysterious and beautiful fairy kingdom.



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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...

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FOLKLORE: THE JADE RABBIT

199k words and 20 chapters later, it's finally over 💜

https://t.co/hbVafffsoy

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My mind is wandering
as I imagine the possibilities.

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"Songe d'une nuit d'été"...(Gustave Doré) 🧚🖤✨ 👨‍🎨


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We commissioned to create a concept banner for our animated series, “Quest of the Laoich”, and Rachael Hogg from to create concept art of our protagonist, Mage McKenzie. Support our projects at https://t.co/rarr1zFdPc

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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.



art: Daemon Love by Maximilian Pirner

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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



La Mort d'Arthur by James Archer 1860

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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.

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Nobody remembers his name, that dwarf who delved deeper than any dwarf before him had, who discovered secrets beneath Sèlene which made habitation possible.

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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

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