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By @kate_niemczyk for @espnW
Loretta E. Lynch
(FIFA Slayer)
As U.S. Attorney General, Lynch led the charge in the FIFA corruption investigations, announcing indictments of 14 top FIFA officials and the unsealing of a $150 million case full of bribery, fraud and money laundering
For #FolkloreThursday, it's choose your favorite hero from #myth and #folklore. "I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs. I make them look like pigs." ~Louise Gluck, Circe's Power [The Poem: https://t.co/jhkfKyjUUd] [Circes: Burne-Jones and Waterhouse ]
In Japanese folklore, Kiyohime was the daughter of a village head. Anchin, a traveling priest fell in love with her. The love was not to last, enraging Kiyohime. Anchin fled to a temple, persued by Kiyohime, who transformed into a great serpent, killing Anchin. #folklorethursday
According to Miwok lore Silver-Fox and Jamul made the world. She makes a beautiful proposal to Jamul and says "We will sing the world." Of the two creators, Silver-Fox was more serious and wise. #folklorethursday
According to Greek #Myth, the Arcadian princess, Atalanta's name actually means 'huntress.' Her father King Iasus wanted a son; so when Atalanta was born, she was left on a mountaintop to die. Instead she was cared for by a Bear until hunters found & raised her. #FolkloreThursday
#InktoberDay31 The Brothers Grimm 🔖 My last inktober of the year was dedicated to the brothers themselves and their classic stories. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday #inktober #inktober2018 #illustration #artistsontwitter #folklorethursday
In Chinese mythology the Eight Immortals are a legendary group of immortals each with special powers that can bestow life or destroy evil. They are revered by the Taoists and are also popular in the secular Chinese culture and folklore.
#FolkloreThursday #Taoism #heroes
Happy November everyone// Mis Tachwedd Hapus Pawb! Dyma trac gan #vashtibunyan from her 1970 album Just Another Diamond Day #RosehipNovember #tbt #SlowDown #FolkloreThursday #trackoftheday #music https://t.co/758oylCfY1
Pumpkins brothers are having a tea party and Yokobori was invited, but it went out terrible #inktober2018 #day17 #halloween
#inktoberchallenge #inktoberdrawing #illustrationartists #loretaisac #illustration_daily #loreta #yokobori #pumpkin #horrornights #drawing #illustration
Slavic Lore: Aitwar is a household ghost that takes the form of a cock with a flaming tail&smoke-filled eyes or a strange lizard with fire for a tail. If you allow it to sleep in a warm corner of a home it will bring you treasure, if not, your home will burn 1/2 #FolkloreThursday
"Finders Keepers" by Chiara Bautista
#tpiotd #love #lovers #pain #suffering #art #ThursdayThoughts #poetic #beautiful #symbolism #mythology #folklore #FolkloreThursday #mermaid #ghost #darkness #light #differences #fairytale
The #penanggalan is a S.E. Asian (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) #vampire, a detached female head capable of flying around on it's own at night. It's stomach and entrails dangle below it; during the day it behaves like an ordinary human being.😱 #FolkloreThursday (Image: ProdigyDuck)
Outlines on Brandy's '70s ensemble. You can find instruction telling you to finish all parts of a work at the same rate, or you can do it this way. Whatever works.
Brandy lookbook here - equal parts Ronstadt, Tucker, and Emmylou. Gentry x Loretta x Colter hair completes the look.
HIC FUERUNT DRACONES: Three short essays by Natalie Lawrence on the natural history of monsters
@the_manticore_
https://t.co/2owMaqkrhW
#FolkloreThursday
#ThrowbackThursday
@Joannechocolat new book #BlueSaltRoad is out 15th November. Its a modern retelling of a traditional Selkie tale. Here's one small detail from one of my illustrations for the book. The book was such fun to work on, I cant wait to share more. @DCFolklore #FolkloreThursday
Sure, ghosts and bats and spiders are scary, but let's not forget that in Japan you aren't even safe from vegetables! #FolkloreThursday #yokai
According to Romanian #lore, the blood-sucking #Dracula takes origin from the gruseome ruler Vlad the Impaler. Who got his nickname from his excution style; impaling his enemies & guests with giant wooden spikes, watching their still-twitching bodies slowly die. #FolkloreThursday
When the internet is awash with spiteful Trolls, spare a thought for their ancestors!
John Bauer (1915)
#FolkloreThursday