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In Slavic #folklore and Eastern Orthodox Tradition it is believed that on St. Elijah's day (20th of July) he thunders with his chariot of fire in the skies bringing at times violent storms and punishing those caught doing labours especially in the fields. #FolkloreThursday
Anyone familiar with the Fachan from Scottish mythology? He's featured in my current WIP, a children's fantasy novel, but all I've found on him so far is a general description of his appearance and a not-very-detailed account of his personality.
Thanks!
#FolkloreThursday
“Pimpernel, pimpernel, tell me true,
Whether the weather will be fine or no…”
The scarlet pimpernel, known as “the poor man’s weatherglass”.
Its star-like red flowers open for sunny days and close for rainy days. Flowering now until August.
(🎨 C M Barker)
#FolkloreThursday
Akashita is a #yokai appearing as a dark cloud with sharp claws, a beast's face & long red tongue. If rice farmers divert & steal water from neighbours during droughts, akashita punishes them by draining their water & snatching them with its long red tongue.
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Spriggans are the mischievous ghosts of giants, prevalent in Cornwall, often calling up foul winds and tempests to blight crops & disturb fishing ventures.
Troll-like in appearance, turning your clothing inside out is one way to ward off an unwanted Spriggan.
#FolkloreThursday
In Ibaraki prefecture, Japan there is a #yokai known as hiyoribo who summons the sun and ensures good weather. It lives in the mountains & is only visible on sunny days. It is believed to be a variant of the Chinese weather spirit hiderigami.
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Art: Matthew Meyer.
Here's my short thread on #weather myths in #Ireland! 🎨Jane Brideson #FolkloreThursday 🌈⛅️🌧️⛈️☃️❄️☔️ https://t.co/GCKjnYe6oz
Yuki-onna (Snow Lady) is a Japanese yurei (ghost) who appears as a beautiful woman during snowstorms, often without legs, drifting across the the snow. One glance at her can cripple you & if you look at her she’ll suck the life from you via your mouth.
#FolkloreThursday #yokai
Isis with her plumed bow..
Goddess of the Rainbow
#ArthurRackham #FolkloreThursday
This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is weather folklore for #StSwithins day! Here's hoping for sun come Wednesday and not a storm like this one! (Image: Ludolf Bakhuizen)
Join @Im4Lab and @VIFFest this Wed, July 8 at 5pm PST for another exciting live webinar of the Immersive Knowledge Transfer Series. Featuring IM4 Matriarch Loretta Todd, Nancy Lee, and Nyla Innuksuk!
Register for the event here → https://t.co/bzDvztfYHs
art attack for @/floretle 🌈✨
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#artfight #artfight2020 #teamsugar #mlpart
Marie from Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. 9 days to go!!
imo her new design (and Elli’s) is just adapting to current time, not redesign like the other. I planned to do all of the bachelorettes :p
I cant really draw glasses o.o
#SoSFoMT #StoryOfSeasons
cleaned up that old sketch of maloret, changed some stuff up a bit, and ive gotta say. i think i like it better this way
#art #originalcharacter
I heard that this #FolkloreThursday was about plants!
In English and Scandinavian folklore, the Elder Mother was said to guard the elder trees.
In other stories, a farmer takes a branch from an elder tree and later sees a witch with a bandaged arm.
#characterdesign #fantasy #art
“For don’t you see
A spotted thrush,
One thrush or two,
Or even three,
In every laden elder-tree?
They pull and lug,
They flap and push,
They peck and tug
To strip the bush;
They have forsaken
Snail and slug;
Unseen I watch them, safe and snug!”
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Some say it is perilous to sleep under a fig tree, as lore tells of a nun's spectre appearing, proffering a dagger and asking "How will you take the knife"? #FolkloreThursday Answer "by the blade", it will pierce your heart, but "by the handle" will bestow you with untold fortune
That's it for another legendary #FolkloreThursday 🐉
Today's theme was folklore of Herbs, Plants and Flowers! Several grimoire additions for all you witchy people 😅 I might try to see some ghosts this week, as well, so no judging! Until next time 🌻
W.H. Margetson 1914
The Virgin Mary is sometimes pictured holding a red carnation. According to tradition, when she wept during the Crucifixion, red carnations grew where her tears landed. #FolkloreThursday
I proud to finally show the project I've been working on the last weeks! It's my first professional Illustration as a freelancer.✨
Want to learn something about German Folklore? Check out https://t.co/O2BFQKRdHl by @FranconianExile
#FolkloreThursday #Folklore #illustration