Day 13: Lagoon 🐊 For this prompt I chose the Rusalka from Russian folklore. You can find this illustration and many others in my coloring book Curious Creatures of Russian Folklore.

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Koschei the Deathless is one of the stock villains of Slavic folklore. He is an immortal sorcerer who his his soul in an egg on the mystical isle of Buyan, and is known for kidnapping fair maidens.

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Hi! My name is Loles, I'm a concept artist and illustrator working as a freelance while developing my own pieces of fantasy and folklore.

I love seeing my timeline full of artists sharing awesome art, these days Twitter is nicer.
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Oh hello
I'm Erin-Claire and I retell and subvert fairy tales and folklore. These days my illustrations are mostly digital, although you can also find my watercolour work on my website at https://t.co/HoP3iPw99g

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A Jiangshi is also known as a "Chinese Hopping Vampire", which is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese legend and folklore.

There are only 8 Vampires sporting both the Jiangshi Clothing and Talisman!

Image of Vampire
https://t.co/Rvz0cMMnvF

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Mermaid Saga by Rumiko Takahashi. A beautiful, chilling tale of life, death, & love inspired by Japanese folklore. Eat the flesh of a mermaid & they say you'll live forever...but what happens when you're tired of immortality? Available in print & digitally https://t.co/mBEv6y9vD9

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Late night character design/color test for an upcoming personal project based on Russian folklore.

Domovoi are mischievous house spirits that can shapeshift into animals and occasionally even humans!

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Day 3: Witch 🧡 For this prompt, I wanted to share an illustration from my Yuletide Tales Lenormand deck. This is Befana! She's a Christmas witch in Italian folklore. She visits all children on Epiphany Eve to fill their socks with treats.

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Today I'm at where I'll be talking on the subject of Writing About Folklore.

If you're in the area, drop in and say hello.

All of my books are available there, or on ourwebsite, or from all good bookshops.

Maybe even Twitter legends have them?

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Feldgeister are corn demons from German folklore. During harvest season, Feldgeister flee deeper into the fields to escape the mowers. Direct contact to the Feldgeist causes illness
https://t.co/JRlY0di5R0
by Jannaphia and Igor Krstic

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Paintings in the Musha-e (Warrior Pictures) tradition depict samurai warriors & battles from Japanese folklore. Such a painting would have been typically used for a kite. Musha-e iconography is now a reference point for contemporary Japanese tattoo design. https://t.co/9ady9ltUDm

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Joan de l'Ós is a character from Catalan folklore. He was born from the union of a bear and a woman. Disowned by his people, he wandered alone through the Pyrenees mountains living various adventures, until he faced the Devil himself to rescue a girl.

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Today's Character Based On of the day is Kayo Sudou, from The Evillious Chronicles.

She is possibly based on Kuchisake-onna, a figure who appear in Japanese urban legends and folklore. According to popular legend, she asks potential victims if they think she is beautiful.

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Brazilian Folklore. Saci-pererê 🔥

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In this week’s new video, we delve into the possible link between fossils and folklore.

We also take a detailed look at the famous in-game dragon skeletons to try and work out how they may have evolved!

https://t.co/dvIF2YxvW7

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Boitatá, the large fire snake of Brazillian folklore.

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The Orishas of Yoruba (Nigeria) spirituality are some of the most well (and diversely) depicted figures from African mythology and folklore.

Today, we give you Obatala, Baba Nla.

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Orange Kinkwa-neko or Golden Flower Cats have a demonic nature, in Japanese folklore.

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GAME: Black Book
DEV: Morteshka (Russia)
Beautiful RPG with fun card mechanics, based on Russian folklore. Released on Steam this month.
https://t.co/aMJH6iQkmd

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Lupeux, creature of french folklore.
Art for Mitos y Leyendas.

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