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The current demo for Floret Bond has plain sketches for the CGs. We’re now in the process of replacing those with colored CGs that closer match the normal sprite style. They’re very pretty ❤
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#China The Goddess Weaver, daughter of the Celestial Queen Mother, and Jade Emperor, floated down on a moonbeam. She wove the stars and their glow, into "Silver River" (Milky Way), to shine over heaven and earth #folklorethursday
🎨 #illustration by Honor Charlotte Appleton
The 7 lucky gods of Japan (Shichi Fukujin)each symbolise a virtue, honesty, fortune, dignity, amiability, longevity, happiness & wisdom. Derived from Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist & Shinto gods they've been grouped together in Japanese Folklore since the 17th century.
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Crones, hags & witches vilified & stereotyped as cruel, evil & wicked in most folklore & fairy tales, were in fact once the spiritual leaders, healers & midwives of their communities. Highly respected & esteemed as imparters of lived knowledge
🎨Brian Froud
New #cartoon from the brilliant @tomgauld for a #FolkloreThursday - come on parents, up your game!
Interestingly, there's no word for 'work' in Winchett Dale. The closest is 'theralush' - which loosely translates as 'loving to care'. Here's Arborella, sprite of Wand Woods contentedly 'theralushing' the trees around her... #folklorethursday #matlockhare
Traditional sea-shanties are sailors’ work songs used to coordinate labour through rhythm and to alleviate boredom. The shantyman would sing most of the song, the other sailors joining the refrain & chorus. Here is “Sailor’s Alphabet”:
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#Eire Legend tells of spectral ‘fetches’, spitting images of living mortals, (sim doppelgänger). A sighting was taken as foreboding the demise of the person they resembled, UNLESS the fetch shows up in the morning, when it signifies longevity #folklorethursday
🎨 Elinore Abbott
BEEKEEPERS have long believed that care should be taken not to upset or to offend a colony. It is said that bees will not remain with a ill-tempered keeper ... so it is considered extremely bad luck to argue or curse within earshot of hives 🐝 #folklorethursday #bees #apiary
Bees symbolise wealth attained through hard work. They belong to Hera, the Mother Goddess of the #moon, & are therefore linked to the sign of Cancer, also known for its love of hard work. Honey is the ambrosia of the Goddess, & symbolises richness & abundance. #FolkloreThursday
Harvest Moon Back To Nature Bachelors and Bachelorettes kids cuz we never saw them so here ya go :D #harvestmoon #hm #harvestmoonbacktonature #backtonature #harvest_moon
In Greek Myth, Gaea (Gaia) is the personification of our world. She's the ancestral mother of all, Mother Earth. In the beginning, Gaea, Chaos & Eros were born out of the Cosmic Egg; which was created out of nothingness. Together they gave birth to all creation. #FolkloreThursday
Happy new year #FolkloreThursday 🤗 hope you all had a brill start to 2019✨ Picture -John Bauer ‘The Yule Goat’
To English folk the mighty oak
Is England’s noblest tree
Its hard-grained wood is strong and good as English hearts can be!
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Hello! Welcome to the first #FolkloreThursday of 2019! This is @BenTheEpicure looking forward to hearing all your New Year and new beginning folklore.
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The Rosehip belongs to Jupiter & Venus. A cold weather berry, it can be used magically to bring health, prosperity, & peace to your home for the new year. Placed under a pillow, it protects against nightmares & troublesome spirits.
#FolkloreThursday Flower Fairy: Cicely Barker