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One of the many fauns I've drawn while thinking about creature designs on my blog, Arcana. They will no doubt provide more inspiration in the future! ✨

https://t.co/Oe6TxzaUrC

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2019-02-08

In Norse myth, at the end of the world the gods--Odin, Thor, Loki and the others--as well as all humans, will die. Evil triumphs over good, and the world will be engulfed in water. Ragnarok by soys.

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2019-02-07

Anansi is a cheeky character whose many stories originate in Ghana, and are central to Caribbean culture and folklore.

Join us for a FREE Fairy Tale Trial featuring Anansi over Feb half term with > https://t.co/9JNTskzbPu

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2019-02-08

Angels (from Greek 'angelos,' meaning messenger) are, according to Christian tradition, genderless & incorporeal emissaries of God. In early-Christina Slavic lore, they took on the form of larks to spread God's will. Hence, larks were always feed & respected.

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2019-02-07

Dewi Sri: Pre-Hindu & Islamic Javanese goddess of rice & fertility, who had dominion over prosperity & famine. She was a princess who was poisoned & died only for different plants to spring from different parts of her body. The rice paddy snake is her herald.

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2019-02-07

It's and Mandy the Monster Hunter must face the nightmarish Spindly Man. The childrens' fear & belief have made Him flesh, and now he enacts his story. Children are vanishing, and his story continues to spread.

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2019-02-07

In Norse Mythology Heimdallr, son of Odin & 9 mothers, is the guardian of the Rainbow Bridge Bifrost, connecting Asgard (home of the Gods) with Midgard (home of Man).

With Superhuman sight he can see grass grow & he can hear wool grow on the backs of sheep

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2019-02-07

In old lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged to see her reign is coming to an end.
Illust: Cicely Barker

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2019-02-07

The Choice Between Virtue and Vice - Veronese, from the Frick Collection.
At a crossroads, Hercules encountered Vice and Virtue. A moral lesson is enscribed on the entablature at upper left: [HO]NOR ET VIRTUS/[P]OST MORTE FLORET (Honor and Virtue Flourish after Death).

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2019-02-05

I may have been reading too many faerie stories lately

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2019-02-01

One of my favourite traditional tales is Maud and the Dragon or The Dragon of Mordiford. Legend has it that in a small English community a girl, Maud, found and raised a baby dragon. Sadly, it regressed to its beastly nature...

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2019-01-31

was brought to you today by and . Huge thanks for a great day, and we'll see you all next week! (Image: From Folktales of Bengal)

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2019-01-31

Thank you 🐉 Today's theme has been traditional and to celebrate This is signing off. Have a great week everyone! (img. Frans Snyders pre 1657)

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2019-01-31

In Japanese folklore, the Funayūrei are malicious spirits at sea said to be the remnants of those who died in shipwrecks

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2019-01-31

⚜️The Laird of Duffus heard the words: "Horse and Hattock!" from a whirlwind - he shouted it back & was swept up with a troop of Fae to the King of France's wine cellar. He drank all night, got left behind, pardoned by the King, & came home with a Faerie cup!

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2019-02-01

The Pied Piper of Hamelin who took away the rats & then the children. The legend may refer to the town’s youths emigrating abroad. Here’s an image of him from 1592 & my sketch of today

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2019-02-01

Ałbast (Slavic lore): a cursed child that was drowned by its mother &sunk to the bottom of a lake/river, where it absorbed the evil of the land & become a horrid water-dweller. Demands sacrifice of fowl or horse, not to curse the river/lakesides or drown anglers

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2019-01-31