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Wild Cherry Blossom is native to Britain. Its white blossom flowers briefly before fading & so like its Japanese pink blossom cousin (sakura) it is a symbol of the transience of life. So to encounter a wild cherry tree is regarded as both auspicious & fateful.

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Irish hero Oisín's stay in Tir na nÓg is similar to Japanese hero Urashima Tarō's stay in the Dragon Palace. They return home to realise hundreds of years have passed. Oisín ages & dies after falling off his horse & Urashima Tarō opens a forbidden box and ages.

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The people of Vietnam are descended of Lord of Dragons and Queen of Mountain Fairies, divided between them. This origin explains the diverse peoples of Vietnam and its geography, all while setting them apart from their neighbors.

🖼: W. Lin

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🎨 I am a fantasy artist looking for more book/comic cover work & other magical projects. I use symbolism & supernatural elements to explore narratives & am most heavily inspired by mythology, fairytales, nature, music, & ethereal subjects. https://t.co/f9JesxMmW4

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Hello 👋 I'm Juri Chinchilla, Japanese-American illustrator. I do mixed media and digitally enhance them. I love drawing mythical and fairytale themed things💫

🌟https://t.co/UgD0BGvYiS
🌟https://t.co/o0Lqjayuim
🌟 jurithedreamer.com

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Korean illustrator Na Young Wu, breathes a traditional Korean style (manhwa) into Western fairy tales, incorporating classic Korean apparel and scenery.

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Foxes are magical across Asia, a trend that historically begins well over three thousand years ago in China. Today the most famous foxes are kitsune, thr shapeshifters of Japan, but their trickster powers and magic tails can be found in Vietnam and Korea as well

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The Bride is a being from Palestinian folklore, a sort of siren/vampire. She lures cishet men and drains their energy. In one tale, a woodcutter was wasting away until a woman followed him into the woods and discovered The Bride feeding on him.

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Ready for a Sleeping Beauty retelling with:

🦊 Unseelie & Seelie Fae

🦊 A sassy wyvern

🦊 Pining & heartache

🦊 My version of Maleficent: The Unseelie King

🦊 Magic & adventure

Preorder: https://t.co/sW8UbskMIA

Artwork:

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Hi

I'm Nana! Illustrator and comic artist 💫
I dream to illustrate books and novels someday 📚💖

🌙 https://t.co/uxlw0rjbam
🌙 https://t.co/G86Li2doOQ
🌙 ncagutierrezart.com

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The night sky is full of symbols in East Asia, four guardians of the directions and sky. In the north is the black Tortoise-Snake; in the south the Vermilion Bird; in east is the Azure Dragon, and the west the White Tiger. Each direction represents a virtue.

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If a stranger in Japan asks if you can spare a moment, especially at night while you've been out drinking, have a care: the stranger may drop their kimono and reveal a massive eye where their anus should be. The shirime loves scaring people.

🖼: S. Mizuki

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In the tale of Cây Tre Trăm đốt (The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree), Khoai was a dedicated servant for a landlord who promised him his gorgeous daughter if he agreed to work without pay for three years.

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Aldar kose, (native name Kazakh: Алдар көсе/Aldar köse) is a Kazakh folk fairy tale and name of main character. He is collective image of the sly but very kind man. In fairy tales it is a swindler, cheating the greedy rich, evil Khans.

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Day 2: fairytale au

But really it’s just costume party and someone decided it’s good idea to offer Jaku alcohol, Ramu is just vibing tho,

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Princess Mononoke, an animated film by Studio Ghibli based on Japanese legend & folklore. Searching for the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the midst of war between the forest gods & Tatara. In his quest he meets the Mononoke Hime.

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A Japanese legend tells of Yuki-onna, a snow ghost described as having white skin, a white kimono and long black hair. She blows on her victims freezing them to death, sucking out their souls through their mouths.
🎨Alexandria Huntingdon
Silvia Dotti

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Rannamaari was a sea monster that once haunted the people of the Maldives. Once a month, a girl would be chained to a rock, & be eaten by Rannamaari to appease his wrath.

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In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. A girl volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword & slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog.

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Well, I still haven’t got her face right but I’ve got to scan it and move on to the next I’ll come back to it when there’s time.

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