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In medieval Northern Europe butter was big business. If it was ruined, & a fortune lost, it was believed the milking had been done by a witch -“the devil’s milkmaid”, or her familiar the milk hare, itself a shape-shifted witch, & the churning by the devil. #FolkloreThursday
In many tales, the heroine gets to marry the prince thanks to the food she cooks. In ‘The Daughter of the Sun' the girl's true royal identity is revealed through the tasty food she cooks in various ways, such as by leaping in the oven's fire w/o getting burned. #FolkloreThursday
Thank you all for an appetising spread of fabulous food lore #FolkloreThursday friends this is @HerbalStorytell off to get a cup of reviving coffee but the amazing @MythCrafts will be back to share more of your finds at 1pm GMT+1(pic:C17th London coffee house Welcome collection)
Why do spiders have eight thin legs? Anansi the Spider was invited to eight meals and wanted to go to all of them, so he had one foot at each table: he was stretched so thin for want of food, his legs became thinner than strings! #FolkloreThursday
Thank-you so much @WillowWinsham for a delicious feast of food lore #FolkloreThursday to start the day. This is @HerbalStorytell here to guest host and share your tweets for the next repast🍰(Pic: The Fig tree from Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal 1737).
Cuchulainn was practically unbeatable in battle, a tradeoff for his two geas: the first was he was unable to deny food offered him, simple enough; but the second was that if he ate dog meat, he would meet his doom defending Ulster. #FolkloreThursday
🖼: S. Reid
Flower fairy food..
#CicelyMaryBarker #FlowerFairies #FolkloreThursday #food
Currant buns were a popular treat in Cambridgeshire. Many bakeries would sell their unsold day-old buns to poor children, earning them the nickname 'burnt bricks'. #FolkloreThursday
A #riddle for #FolkloreThursday:
“My First is a human male, my Second is to move,
my Whole is a delicious Indian fruit.
What am I?”
(First + Second = Whole answer)
Reply with answer.
Solution tomorrow.
In #JapaneseFolklore kappas are a type of water goblin that can be very dangerous. They absolutely love cucumbers though, so if you're near water, keep a few handy in case you need to distract the kappa for long enough to escape.
#FolkloreThursday #yokai
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“Bite No Bit, And Drink No Drop”🍓
In #folklore/#foodlore, to consume the food/drink of the fae is a dangerous act. Many fairy tales and Gothic fantasies draw upon this superstition, including 'Childe Rowland', 'Goblin Market' (1862), & 'Pan's Labyrinth' (2006) #FolkloreThursday
hey I have a comic in this! :D
Some sketchy lil #WIPs of my short that's inspired by Perchta folklore, I'm pretty 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘺 excited about it ❄️😈❄️ https://t.co/SRev00g6bg
Beta Dunsparce:
Dunsparce is based on a snake-like creature from Japanese folklore called the Tsuchinoko. But early in Gen 2's development, its beta design resembled the Tsuchinoko much more closely.
1. Beta recreation by @RacieBeep
2. Beta sprite, final sprite
3. Final artwork
Free League annonce un nouveau setting pour sa licence Vaesen (pour rappel : une plongée dans le folklore horrifique des Pays du Nord). Cette fois, on pourra explorer les contes et légendes de la Grande-Bretagne et de l’Irlande dans « Mythic Britain ». Stay tuned !
The complete Fictionspawn Folklore collection minted on @ParasHQ, three different cards with editions of seven, five and three pieces. I wrote a new story for them as well. It's called A Shared Meal https://t.co/tBM1y9gd7c
#OriginalContentArtist
japan,folklore,dark fantasy.
@thewayofjay Hi you might like my style I like doing creatures,monsters,cryptids etc. also I have knowledge in PH mythical folklore ^^ Dm me if you're interested ^^ samples below
✨Introducing the Artists✨
Evgenia (@vabiropula) is into balkan folklore and is pretty sure Pangrati is inhabited by vampires