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Prometheus Carrying Fire (1630s) by Jan Cossiers (Flemish, 1600 – 1671). Prometheus stole fire from the gods so that he could give it to mankind, thereby leading to the development of civilisation.

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2021-06-24

Today is so here are a few illustrations by the inimitable Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Tomorrow, the 25th of June, just so happens to be the 61st anniversary of her death.

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2021-06-24

In Arab & Islamic folklore, Jinn are spirit creatures who can assume numerous shapes & can be good or evil. They are not immortal but hold significant supernatural powers. In the Quran, it's stated that jinn were created from smokeless fire.

🖼: Charles Folkard

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2021-06-24

In Finnish, the aurora borealis is called revontulet, meaning “fox fires." The mythical tulikettu, or firefox, runs through the snowy hills of the far north, its tail whipping colorful sparks into the sky. No hunter can catch the firefox, as it's fast as wind.

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2021-06-24

As to portrait work, here are original party portraits from... 2019 or 2020, I genuinely don't remember, and the WIPs of their redraws.

Loretta, party wizard: I'm still proud of the B&W one, but you can definitely see an evolution in style & skill. I got better with clothes!

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2021-06-22

me on the phone w my mom: so me and [bf's name] have been watching old seasons of the bachelorette
my mom: oh, which one?
me: right now we're on andi's!
my mom: oh, the one where the [descriptor] wins?
me, previously unspoiled and deeply invested in our fantasy league picks:

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2021-06-20

- Their necklace is a gift so they can go to other dimentions/worlds if they wish by using the special lakes in each of the lands

- Although he can't fly, he is able to glide thanks to his fathers genes making him one of the %30 of the Lunar Deloretta that can do that

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2021-06-20

My character - sassy and fancy rogue named Florette. In one of our sessions we've traveled to another dimension in our ghost forms. So here's her original form and the other one.

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2021-06-19

Got into stardew valley a while back and absolutely loved it!
Painted one of the bachelorettes in the game, was always bias towards cottagecore vibes.💛



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2021-06-18

The Korean tale of Princess Bari tells the story of a girl abandoned by her parents after birth. She took a journey into hell to collect life-saving flowers and became a shamanic goddess, turning her unlucky birth story into powerful one.

A birthday thread for

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2021-06-18



The fertility tree (1265)
A tree with dozens of penises hanging from it. A crowd of women waits for them to fall and two of them are clearly fighting over one in particular

Fresco. Massa Marittima 🇮🇹

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2021-06-18

The Mazzamurello or Mazzamuriello is a whimsical fantasy creature of the Italian fairy-folk tradition, that scares bad people but is generous with good ones. This Italian goblin is known under different names in the various parts of Italy.

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2021-06-17

In Javanese lore, the afterbirth was set adrift at night to please the crocodiles, as it was believed to be their sibling. Crocodiles were thought to be the ancestors of the people and so a "twin" was returned to them...

🎨De Morgan

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2021-06-17

A 'chime child' is a baby born as the clock strikes 3, 6, 9 or 12. They might be unlucky in life but they will have the gift to see things others cannot.

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2021-06-17



6 years of fun "dedicated to gathering, sharing & preserving folklore from around the world"

my 2018 & needs an update!
https://t.co/k1M5zSzVJa

Old Canadian Postcard & Alphonse Mucha

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2021-06-17

Happy Birthday ! Midwives of London in 1554 were instructed ‘a mydwyfe shall not use or exercise any witchecrafte, charmes, sorcerye, invocations or praiers other than suche as be allowable and may stand with the lawes and ordinances of the Catholic Churche’

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2021-06-17

tp262 Birth of Yggdrasil acrylic and oil on paper 22x14 inches.

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2021-06-17

A human-like changeling may display intelligence far beyond their apparent years, as well as possess uncanny insight. A common way such a being could identify itself is through displaying unusual behaviour when it thinks it's alone…

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2021-06-17

In Celtic folklore, the birch tree known as ‘The Lady of the Woods’, is the 1st tree of the Ogham, the Celtic tree alphabet. It symbolises promise, light, new beginnings & birth. Babies cradles were often made of it, drawing on the symbolism of new beginnings.

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2021-06-17