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I had a lot of fun working on this painting. The Boogeyman who's inky form changes based on ones fears.
https://t.co/awI6QB5lLZ

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2021-05-07

By accident the ten solar crows were all released and the heat was such the world was going to catch fire. The archer Hou Yi went out with nine arrows and killed nine of the ten: that is why their is one sun. Later, he would lose his great love Chang'e, the moon

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2021-05-07

In the Dagda a.k.a. Eochaidh Ollathair ("All-Father") wields a sentient harp named Uaithne. When stolen by the evil Fomorri, the Dagda tracks it down & summons it. The harp flies to its master, killing nine Fomorri. https://t.co/VGGRhRng4e

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2021-05-07

- Persian Folktales: The Son of Malik ut Tujjar and the Grateful Dead https://t.co/EFF7NtJRp9

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2021-05-06

In variants of the ballad "The Outlandish Knight" Lady Isabel justifiably murders a vicious (sometimes magical) serial killer and a parrot helps her keep her vigilanty crime-fighting identity secret.

It's no hero's journey but it's good enough for me

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2021-05-06

In brazilian lore, Cobra-Norato was an enchanted giant snake that lived in a stretch of the Amazon River. Half-human, he always protected nearby villages from river beasts such as his twin sister, Maria Caninana. At night, he could take human form.

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2021-05-06

Puck, Hobgoblin or Robin Goodfellow, this creature of goes beyond its appearance in Puck Through the Ages: The History of a Hobgoblin explores this shrewd and knavish sprite in its many forms. https://t.co/b9LXzLhvsa

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2021-05-06

Styrbjörn the Strong is the hero of his own full saga (now lost), set in ancient Svealand and featuring the likes of Eric the Victorious and the Jomsvikings. 🖼 Mårten Eskil Winge & Jenny Nyström https://t.co/l51YwCQ1gd

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2021-05-06

In Greek myth, Chiron the Centaur had quite the hero-mentoring pedigree, educating Hercules, Achilles & Jason! He also trained Asclepius in the healing arts. Some think he became the Centaurus constellation, others Sagittarius. [img by Hendrik Goltzius Workshop]

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2021-05-06

Woken with a kiss, Brunhilde the shieldmaiden was tricked into marrying the wrong man through illusion and magic. Truth is in valor and Brunhilde swore revenge on deceitful Sigurn: she is the hero of her own tale, but Sigurn's villain.

🖼: J.N. Chinchilla

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2021-05-06

Demigod of earth and sky, trickster Maui is hero of men from the Maori to the Hawaiians, bringing fire, islands, stars and the sun all to humanity, while teaching valuable lessons about why consent matters (without it you die).

🖼: T.C. Wolfe

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2021-05-06

Pursuing love across a thousand years, surviving impossible quests and monstrous reincarnations, Midir and Étain are our hero and heroine this Listen to Ben Haggarty tell this 10th century epic on Radio Crick Crack now! It's ❤️💥🔥 https://t.co/H3EMOfpYuS

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2021-05-06

Mythical Irish hero Demne Mael was coveted by sisters. Milucra knew Aine won't marry a grey haired man so she tricked him to swim in a lake that turned his hair white, leading to his name Fionn Mac Cumhaill meaning white, bright & lustrous.

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2021-05-06

For theme of heroines and heroes I give you plucky Irish Margaret who escapes a sea-serpent, and fights and kills a giant while the prince falls asleep: https://t.co/z3VOQcAmEC

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2021-05-06

300 Brythonic warriors of the Gododdin tribe feasted for a year and a day. They went from Din Eidin in Scotland to Catraeth in Yorkshire to fight against the English. Though they fought well only 3 survived. Aneirin the bard sang of their defeat.

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2021-05-06

LIBAN The who became a saint. Caught in a net, Liban was given a choice, to be baptized and go to heaven within an hour, or to wait 300 years on earth. She chose death, miracles were wrought through her & she became St. Muirgen of Donegal 🎨C. Smithers

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2021-05-06

In Greek myth, Aries was the golden ram that saved Prince Phrixas from being sacrificed on his stepmother's orders. Aries took Phrixas to safety in Colchis. His fleece went on to become the Golden Fleece, sought by Jason and the Argonauts! [img by Sidney Hall]

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2021-05-06

Shieldmaidens were female warriors in Scandinavian folklore and mythology. Devoting their lives to the pursuit of war, they took up arms by dressing as men and learning the skills of archery, swordsmanship, and horseback riding.
🎨Peter Nicolai Arbo G Irving

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2021-05-06

Banu Goshap, heroine of the Sistani Cycle, challenged three potential suitors to a jousting match & defeated them all. When a general tried to abduct her, she cut him in half. When her father made her marry, she tied up her husband on the wedding night.

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2021-05-06

funfact: Gideon and Loretta both went to the same high school. Bad history, Bad history

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2021-05-04