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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.
#FairyTaleTuesday
Thank you everyone for your fabulous posts on gardens! This is @frome_maude signing off for this week. Next Sunday (26/6) the theme is:
SPORTS & OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES!
Retweets after 10:30 BST on the hashtag #FolkloreSunday!
Image: A Rally by Sir John Lavery, 1885
Chilli peppers will turn out more spicy if you plant them while angry. #FolkloreSunday
Okay Laoich! You GET to choose one of these outfits! Comment below with your favourite look, and help bring Mage to life! 🏴⚔️🐉🧝🏼♀️ #scottish #scotland #animatedseries #animation #laoich #superheroes #mythology #dwsr #tvseries #fantasy #celtic #gaelic #folklore
In the MABINOGION Celtic wizard Gwydion creates a woman out of flowers, Blodeuedd, who becomes a flower-faced owl. When Alan Garner found plates the design of which could be seen as either owls or flowers (pic 3) The Owl Service 1960 was born #FolkloreSunday🎨J.Doleen; S.Bechtold
Traditionally Shepherds Purse was used as a charm against bleeding. The seeds in an amulet were used for teething children. Eating the seeds could protect against all manner of diseases. (I ❤️SP - using the herb saved me from a surgery!) #FolkloreSunday
'I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Lebanon.'
#Psalm 37:35 #FolkloreSunday
Cernunnos sleeps
The Old God sleeps
down in the dark, moist,
odorous underfoot,
Waiting for us
To put down our roots
~ J A Reinbold
Veneration to Cernunnos, the god of fertility, abundance and regeneration, this gardening year
#folkloresunday #druids
art: Luke Hillestad
In Cumbrian dialect, 'wiggen-tree' is the rowan tree. Plant a rowan tree in your garden to ward off evil influence, and provide a home for benevolent faeries.
#folkloresunday #folklore #cumbria
art: Arthur Rackham
Baba Yaga, in Slavic folklore, is an ogress who steals, cooks, and eats her victims, usually children. A guardian of the fountains of the water of life, she lives with two or three sisters in a forest hut that spins continually on birds’ legs.
#HorrorCommunity #Folklore #babayaga
Shahmaran is a cave-dwelling woman/snake hybrid found in the mythologies of Iran, Iraq, Anatolia, the Armenian Highlands, & Kurdistan. When a man gets lost in her cave & discovers her garden, she falls in love with him & teaches him about medicinal herbs. #FolkloreSunday