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In kappa are small reptilian child-sized that live in lakes and rivers waiting to attack unsuspecting passers-by and drag them to a watery death. However, what they really want is your shirikodama, a mysterious jewel that resides...

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🐂 Water bull 🐂
Also know as tarbh-uisge, this is the less evil, almost benevolent counterpart of the kelpie!
Timelapses are posted on my Patreon. Link in bio!

https://t.co/4VvFaqbaj1

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Gloson: The Pig That Will Cleave You in Half by for (Img: © Robin Kuusela) https://t.co/4ObifAZQnr

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Idun/Iduna is the Norse Goddess of Spring and the keeper of the apples of immortality that the gods would eat to preserve their youthfulness.
https://t.co/qmE821CCfm

🎨 Idun and the Apples by James Doyle Penrose (1890)

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At the moment I’m trying to develop a character for a larger story I’m working on for fun in my free time, inspired by Slavic folklore ~ This is one of the first tests of her ‘Firebird’ form.

I’ll try to post some story moment sketches soon :)

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NINGYO Japanese 'human fish' Appears first in the Nihonshoki in Osaka in the year 619 as a fish 'shaped like a child'; Ningyō bring good fortune & in some cases immortality; Happyaku bikuni is the myth of an 800 year old nun who ate Ningyō as a child

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へびさんのらくがき

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nothing will ever beat my redraw of the hatsune miku figure that's based on a jap folklore https://t.co/m1uXJRWWEH

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Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) is one of China's most ancient goddesses. She lives in the mythical Kunlun Mountains where she tends the peaches of immortality in her garden. More in thread below.

🎨'Seiobo - Queen of the West' - Takeuchi Keishu, 1907
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The Skeleton Tree: Stories of the Demon Oak, Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll, & other spooky Trees from the of - https://t.co/j5cncGbxUj - also looks at the inspiration behind 'Final Bough', my 2008 novelette set against the legend-rich landscape of

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Just some Monsters for a Folklore Project.

As for commissions on top of these they should be started within the next few days. Please be mindful and remember to check dms :)

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Thank you and for the shout out! I draw folklore inspired fantasy illustrations and ttrpg art. Send me a DM if you think I can help 😊

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Dorme criança, dorme,
Eu já ouço ela chegar,
a velha manca e disforme,
Não desiste do jantar…

os cabelos brancos da cuca
refletem a luz do luar
e escondem a carranca da bruxa
que faz o sangue gelar

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🐗Caipora 🐗
"Toma, Caipora deixa eu ir embora" remember these words of you are trapped inside his forest. Add some smoke, Caipora loves it.

https://t.co/mgGlRuayug

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In Italian Christmas folklore,the befana is a good witch who flies astride a broom and visits children on the night of January 5th and fills their"stockings"with sweets and toys,if they have behaved well.Instead for those who have behaved badly,he puts ashes and coal in the socks

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Icelandic folklore inspired character artwork for Beware the Yule Cat rpg adventure module  

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Jacob Grimm, philologist, folklorist & editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales was born in 1785. He not only collected German folklore but translated Irish folklore into German. In 1816 Jacob Grimm published a collection of German local legends but it wasn’t as popular as fairy tales.

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