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Finnish #bear lore, from
#TreasuryOfFolklore—#WoodlandsAndForests.
#FolkloreThursday
The water bull, called tarbh usige in Scottish Gaelic, is a mythological creature, resident of the moorland lochs.
Capable of shape-shifting into a human, it's more amiable than the water horse, but still fearful.
#FolkloreThursday #Animals #ScottishMyth
Art by SantosArt (DA)
✦ Flying Ship Update!✦ Creepy cave on the horizone! https://t.co/5z1n5Wn9oU
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#flyingship #comics #webcomics #russianfairytale #folklore #fantasy
"Witches...believed to have the power...to don the bodies of certain animals, notably hares...Such, according to local superstition, are easily distinguishable by their size & colour, which approaches jet black." - Folklore of the North-West Highlands #folklorethursday #myart
Animal tales are perhaps the oldest of all folktales. They are part myth, part fable, and part fairy tales. Talking animals appear in many European folktales. For example, “The Three Little Pigs” and “Little Red Riding Hood”. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
The bishop-fish is a 16th century sea monster apparently taken to the King of Poland who meant to keep it. When a group of Catholic bishops saw it pleading to be free they obliged. The bishop fish made the sign of the cross and escaped back into the sea…
#FolkloreThursday
@Naughty_Comix @CarlosJimnezMa3 This can give great ideas for a Brazilian folklore character...
Foxglove gets its name from the legend that the Fae gave the fox the blossoms to pad its feet so it would be a more silent hunter.
#FolkloreThursday
.@taylorswift13's albums with the MOST songs over 100M streams on Spotify:
#1. Lover — 12
#2. folklore — 11 (+1)
#3. reputation — 9
‘Airy mouse, airy mouse, fly over my head,
And you shall have a crust of bread,
And when I brew and when I bake,
You shall have a piece of my wedding cake.’
A song for children to sing to protect themselves from the bad luck that bats might bring. 🦇 1/2 #FolkloreThursday
Good morning #FolkloreThursday friends, thank you @CentreMyth for a fabulous and furry first hour, this is @HerbalStorytell rushing in (late as usual) to share your animal lore for the next hour! (illustration The White Rabbit by John Tenniel from Alice in Wonderland)
Stag God. The symbol and reverence of the stag amongst the Anglo-Saxons is a tradition that is very likely to be rooted in the most ancient of Germanic culture and religion. #folklorethursday
Horse skulls have a prominent feature in folklore, as a good luck charm, preventing witchcraft and fae folk from causing mischief as well as a guide of the boundary between the living and the dead. #folklorethursday
In Germany it was said that mice were created by witches who fashioned them from scraps of cloth. #FolkloreThursday
Fearsome Critters! Featuring the #HoopSnake
#fearsomecritters
#talltales
#folklore
#americanfolklore
#creature
#legend
#snake
#reptiles
#rabbit
#characterdesign
#illustration
#cartoon
#seattleillustrator
#seattlecartoonist
#BeatrixPotter - #writer, #illustrator & #wildlife lover, was born on 28th July 1866 in #Kensington #London. She transformed #animal #illustration in children’s literature. #FairyTaleTuesday #FolkloreThursday
2️⃣7️⃣ Kamisama Hajimemashita
Un très bon shojo bourré de romance, et de folklore ! C'est un très bon animé pour passer le temps, un bon développement sur les personnages, principalement sur Tomoe que j'aime beaucoup !
Up next is @bmagrieveson, an artist who specialises in horror, specifically cosmic horror and body horror. With LBGTQIA+ and folklore themes, their past work includes Gutterspawn, a comic about a punk who finds a strange creature in the gutter and decides to take it home.
Nang Kwak is a spirit of Thai folklore. She is deemed to bring good fortune, prosperity, attract customers to a business, and found among merchants. Must have for all NFT creators/collectors
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