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In kijo are female demons. They appear as hideously ugly woman often with sharp horns, long claws, red eyes, wild hair & dressed in rags. These are women who were transformed into monsters due to jealousy, crimes or hatred.

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2021-03-18

The Curupira are demonic fairies of Brazilian folklore, who resembles a dwarf with red hair. They prey on poachers and hunters who take more than they need and they create a high pitched whistling sound to drive its victim to madness.

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2021-03-16

Hi
I'm Marika. I'm an comic book artist and author. I work on ancient history, myths, folklore, fantasy.

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2021-03-09

I am volunteering my arachnid lil demon daughter Coffee!

She's a Spiritus Familiaris from German folklore, a demon that was typically imprisoned in bottles or boxes. Buying one gave incredible good fortune for the demon dragging its owner to hell after death.

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2021-03-06

Today’s is all about Seas And Rivers! In English folklore, hags like Peg Powler, Jenny Greenteeth and Nelly Longarms haunt ponds, streams and rivers, catching and eating any children who stray too close to the water’s edge.

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2021-03-05

The Grindylow is a creature of British folklore, that lurks in rivers, ponds and marshes, and drags children to the deepest areas of the shallows.

They're sometimes known as Jenny Greenteeth.

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2021-03-05

New tour! This week we take you to visit a couple mythical beings from Japanese folklore, the Kappa, and the Yuki Onna.

Catch it wherever you get your podcasts! https://t.co/c0GF746RUm

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2021-03-01

Vora - Yurei

Yurei are ghosts of Japanese folklore, ruined or spiritually dead, but not for our dear Vora.

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2021-02-26

Hi!Thanks for the interest.I posted this:
In German folklore,the Roggenmuhme ("rye aunt") is a corn demon with fiery fingers.Her bosoms are filled with tar,and may end in tips of igneous iron.She is known for stealing children and for replacing them with changelings
🎨Igor Krstic

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2021-02-24

This is what you get when you spend the last few days trapped by snow storms, reading up American folklore, and listening to the score to Alan Wake. You get this.

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2021-02-21

thought about that Philza could be Leshy
(Leshy is a mythical forest creature from russian folklore, which moves by clinging to branches with his hair)

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2021-02-19

*Incest warning*

Uncle and nephview having some bonding time under the moonlit sky. But in their folklore, this seems to be something of a ritual called the moonlight ceremony, akin to a coming of age. Or so it is said. In anycase, we get a front row seat to the show.

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2021-02-16

I love explaining to foreigners the wonders of Brazil folklore, such as... the pink dolphin that transforms into a handsome man and fucks wives during festivals

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2021-02-16

Phil - U.K. Traditional painter. My 1-eyed pet, folklore, and landscape. https://t.co/BJOCnRLzfl

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2021-02-14

the lore of the show was also very unique and interesting with its mixture of european folklore, fantasy themes and a futuristic touch to top it all. it also explored very mature and dark themes such as death, war, poverty and much more.

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2021-02-13

Daily prompt ‘Moehau’
Day 10 in Feb
Day 41 this year
Day 407 this decade
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In New Zealand folklore, the moehau (also called the maeroero) is a creature said to dwell in the Coromandel-Moehau ranges of New Zealand's North Island.

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2021-02-10

The Jubokko is a yōkai vampiric tree in Japanese folklore that appears in many books.
According to folklore, it appears in former battlefields.

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2021-02-07

Greuceanu is one of the oldest tales of written Romanian folklore, the protagonist having to set the sun and moon free from Zmei (archetypical devil/dragon like villains).

Old stamp of Greuceanu (from the collection of folk tales compiled by Petre Ispirescu)

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2021-02-04

"Borscht" is the codename for a personal pet project - a gothic romance inspired by superstition, folklore, e.a.poe & a few historic accounts of nefarious noblemen & women. I wrote its first two themes when i was a teen, began real work on it 4 yrs ago, and it'll take me 4 more.

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2021-02-03

In Tinguian folklore, Alotokan is an old woman who watches over the souls of the dead. In my reimagining of her for she functions as the underworld's security head, tracking down escapees.

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2021-02-02