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"And I told how I came from Ireland, which is of Europe, whereat the captain and all the sailors laughed, for they said, “There are no such places in all the land of dreams." (Lord Dunsany "Idle Days on the Yann")

🎨 Sidney Sime (1910)

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2021-11-03

DC comics' Barbara Gourdon as Vampire "Batgirl" in the "Bombshells" Universe.

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2021-10-28

Tokyo Ghoul takes the Arabic flesh-eating ghoul and makes them into a more super-powered undead rather than a djinn, setting it in a world hostile to this hidden race. Despite the increased stamina and strength, Ghouls must eat flesh, making a normal life hard.

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2021-10-27

Pumpkins not eaten after 10 days, left out in the light of the full moon or after Christmas can turn into vampires that drain your physical energy and leave you weak. Some even turn to physical attacks, according to Romani lore from the Balkans

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2021-10-27

One of my favourite films is Studio Ghibli's extraordinary 'Spirited Away,' a story about a young girl who finds herself transported to a supernatural world. The idea of a world full of spirits, and the possibility of being spirited away is based on the idea...

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2021-10-27

To light a candle is to cast a shadow...

—Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea

🎨Nikos Gaitanopoulos

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2021-10-21

Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the 16th century rabbi of Prague, reportedly created a golem out of clay from the banks of the Vltava River. He brought Yossele to life with ancient ritual to defend the Prague ghetto from anti-Semitic attacks.

Art: Owen W. Weber 2013

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2021-10-20

I'm back with an updated Woodpecker design. I still need to do some tweaking but I think it's almost there. Thank you for your support and have a peaceful day.💚

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2021-10-20

Creatures conjured from the other side for

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2021-10-20

Kinnara (male) & Kinnari (female) are celestial musicians, part human & part bird, in Hinduism & Buddhism. According to the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, they come in pairs, always wedded, eternal lovers, who never have children, living a life of eternal hedonism.

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2021-10-14

The Victorians were besotted with Norse myths. With ascendent nationalism, the search for mythic origins fascinated them. Here are two Victorian images of Valkyrie, Odin’s female spirit helpers with strong powers, & one by Leeke of Brunhild & Odin.

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2021-10-14

Lo! The longship Wyrdiska continues its voyage to shores both known and unknown with now at the helm this

🖼️ Uncovered at https://t.co/fihPnLqpN7 with no runes left to identify its digital carver.

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2021-10-13

After many years on the whale-road, Styrbjörn the Strong lead the Jomsvikings to defeat at the hands of Erik the Victorious, who sacrificed to Odin and declared ”May Odin have you all!” as he threw his spear over Styrbjörn’s forces at Fýrisvellir 🖼 Winge / Nyström

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2021-10-13

‘Over the foaming salt sea spray
The Norse sea-horses took their way
Racing across the ocean plain.’
-Heimskringla

Wyrd Mother bids you welcome to this Norse

Art by Frank Dicksee

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2021-10-13

In Norse mythology, Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death. She owned the magical necklace Brisingamen and a cloak of falcon feathers that gave its wearers the gift of flight. She is accompanied by the golden boar Hildisvini and...

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2021-10-13

Peter Firmin illustration for Oliver Postgate’s “Sagas of Noggin the Nog”.

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2021-10-13

Listen to the clamour – it is the wild hunt of Odin!
—Johan Sebastian Welhaven, (1844)

🎨Åsgårdsreien, Peter Nicolai Arbo
Norse Mythology

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2021-10-13

Kibaan/ Kaibaan come from the Philippines. They have backwards feet & gold teeth & court beautiful women. If rejected by a woman, it will blow a powder, said to caused skin diseases. The only way to cure this is to ask the Kibaan for forgiveness

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2021-10-07