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Meet Loretta Gefion! Shes 22 and, as her sin is, very Lustful! Shes all about flirting.
#ArtistOnTwitter #digitalart
Overlooking Mexico City, the Iztaccíhuatl (The Sleeping Woman) and the Popocatépetl (The Smoking Peak), two mountains, a princess and warrior, stand for eternity.
He guards her, kneeling in pain, for she killed herself thinking him lost in battle.
#FolkloreThursday
Cailleach – the dark mother is a #Celtic goddess of winter, appearing as an old one-eyed hag with a magical hammer. She creates mountains, brings storms, and protects wild animals such as deer and wolves.
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The dahu is a mythical mountain goat-like creature from French lore, with legs shorter on one side to better climb the steep rock face. It’s the object of a lot of pranks, from convincing children of its existence to sending gullible people to hunt it down. #FolkloreThursday
Many know Dwalin from the Hobbit, but there was also Dvalinn, a ruler of the Norse dwarves who taught them the writing of runes. His daughters were among the Norns and he helped to forge Brisingamen, Freya's necklace. #FolkloreThursday #thehobbit #dwalin
If you sleep on Cadair Idris (Idris's Chair') you will wake to find yourself a poet or a madman - if you wake at all. The lord of the Otherworld hunts there with red-eared hounds. The crater lake is not only bottomless but the home of a dragon. #FolkloreThursday #WorldMountainDay
For years after its first reported sighting in 1920, scientists have tried to prove the existence of this 2-3m long amphibian known as the Trinity Alps Giant Salamander, but none have succeeded
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#FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs #cryptidsforthecurious
Manfred on the Jungfrau by Ford Madox Brown depicts Manfred's torment as he contemplates suicide. Based on Byron's dramatic poem, Manfred’s unnamed guilt is generally thought to reference Byron's incestuous affair with his half-sister Augusta Leigh #FolkloreThursday #mountains
Heidi..
#GustafTenggren 1923 #FolkloreThursday #WorldMountainDay
Mind the trolls and be polite to the folk you may meet while exploring the mountains. @folklorethursday #FolkloreThursday #kidlitart #hikingadventures #folklore #lakedistrict #dartmoor
#FolkloreThursday According to folklorist Wirt Sikes the gwyllion are female fairies of frightful aspect who haunt lonely roads in the Welsh mountains and lead travellers astray. They are more akin to hags or witches.
#art by Todd Lockwood
This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is folklore of #mountains, #hills and rocky places for #WorldMountainDay
So here’s a little dragon from the rock-strewn slopes of Tryfan - one of the higher & wilder places in Wales.
#WilliamBlake, visionary #poet, painter & printmaker, was born in #Soho #London on 28th November 1757. He first published his poems as illuminated plates. #Artlovers #art #symbolism #arte #FolkloreThursday
Finished underpainting of this latest work “Chef Mario at Gastroteca A Z U L” in raw umber tonight... ©️Stark 2019 #underpainting @gastrotecaazul #loretobay #rawumber #oilpainting
‘Afternoon Art Walk’: gathering of the local Loreto community ©️Stark 2019
Stardew Valley bachelorettes! Who is your favourite? (1/2) #StardewValley
Tokoloshes are a creature from Zulu mythology that inhabit South Africa. These creatures attack you in your sleep and are said to be a part of the reason while many people in the Zulu culture used to sleep with their beds raised off the floor.#FolkloreThursday
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“Trnka, the very name conjures up childhood and poetry.” ~ Jean Cocteau
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#illustrations Jiří Trnka
clip of "Arcangel Gabriel and Mother Goose" https://t.co/eurNO5UOVu
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In Ozark folklore, it is believed that mushrooms must be gathered when the moon is full or they may become poisonous!
#Mushroom #Art by me!