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Hi I'm Mahanahau and I'm Polynesian Tahitian! I mostly draw fanarts and I'm curently working on my school project which is a Fantasy, D&D, inspired world with the Polynesian folklore!

I'm mostly active on my Instagram: @/tokyogirly

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كيف يحتفل أحمد الرفاعي بالثقافة العربية والخليجية من خلال أعماله الرقمية. مقابلة خاصة مع الفنان الكويتي في عدد الفلكلور
https://t.co/RymiVzsBvu

How Ahmed Al-Refaie digital art celebrates our Arabic culture
From our Folklore issue: https://t.co/cTbvGR30Q0

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2021-05-02

Don't forget, you can still enter the character portrait commission competition until tomorrow (see my pinned tweet) and I have my first batch of character coming next week!

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2021-05-01

Opening today: features in the group exhibition Queer as Folklore, exploring British Paganism — myth, legend, rumour, and gossip — with work by ten LGBTQIA artists. On view at Gallery 46 Whitechapel (1–30 May): https://t.co/YIkqAYgJFv

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Thank you for the Mermay reading recs of sea creature folklore! I have a lot planned for next month as we explore what lurks in the water✨

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The beautiful Harrap series was translated into Dutch as well. The Dutch publisher then expanded the series considerably with folklore from all the Dutch provinces (upper shelf and part of the second. To the right is the 1001 Nights illustrated by Anton Pieck, three examples):

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2021-04-30

Jarilo was the Slavic god of vegetation, fertility, and Spring. He was the son of the thunder god Perun, but was stolen as a baby and raised by the god of the underworld, Veles. Jarilo returned from the underworld in Spring, bringing fertility & Spring with him.

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Primroses have long been associated with poultry in England, as both chicks and primroses are bright yellow. 19thc children were warned to not bring less than 13 primroses to house (the optimum clutch of chicks) - fewer primroses meant fewer eggs would hatch.

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Welcome to the campfire for y'all. This week we have the scary Appalachian folktale of the Tailypo 🧵

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THREAD
This week, April 30th, is Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), also known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES.

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Nixies are German water sprites who inhabit springs & rivers. Male nixies rarely show themselves to humans. If a female nixy falls in love with a human, she lures them into the water, never to be seen again. Humans caught watching nixies bathe are driven mad.

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Created from flowers of broom, meadowsweet and oak by magicians, Blodeuwedd was a Welsh Goddess of both Spring and Owls Image - Yuri Leitch

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2021-04-29

Charles Dodgson —a maths prof who had a bad stutter—loved logic, wordplay, & syllogisms. In 1865, he put some of his favourite logic riddles into the mouth of the Caterpillar in that famous book he wrote, as Lewis Carroll. 📚💫#FolkloreThursday
🎨Tenniel, Rackham, Carroll, Disney

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“Come, Mother of Flowers, that we may honour thee with merry games" (Ovid)

The "Floralia" games around 1 May in ancient Rome to honour Flora, goddess of flowers, may well be one of of the origins of the medieval "Maying" traditions

🖼️ Tiepolo "Flora" 1743

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One of the most fragrant plants in the Spring, the Lily of the valley was also known as ‘fairy bells’ in Celtic cultures. This came from the belief that this flower would ring like a bell, but only fairies could hear them.
https://t.co/PsHFBxCvGh

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🌿#Spring 🦋
Welsh goddess of spring, Blodeuwedd, whose name means “flower face." 🌼
She was created by magicians to become a wife but plotted to murder this unwanted husband. Her punishment was to become an owl, forever haunting the midnight forests. 🦉

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When you think of spring, you think of toads...or is that just me?🤔 Anyway, in Japan, ogama are giant toad that are created when toads reach 1000 years of age. They live deep in the forests and the larger they grow, the more dangerous they become.

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Thread: Zeleni Jura (Green Yura) walking the earth. Part of Jurjevanje, celebration of the return of Jarilo, Jura, The Young Sun God who brings spring...Today performed on St George's day...Tells you a lot about the true Identity of St George...

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