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Maeve, (Medb) queen of Connacht in Irish had several husbands, led cattle raids, was ambitious, cunning, & an archetypal warrior 👑 She's linked to the Morrigan, & believed to be a manifestation of a sovereignty

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1884 The herring fishermen of England and Scotland believe that if a woman touches a net without first having repeated the Lord’s Prayer, they will catch no fish in it.

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Beatrice is a crucial female figure in Dante's Divine Comedy & a fundamental written female character in Middle Ages Italian literature, representing guidance, faith & revelation in Paradiso.

Beatrice appears to Virgil at the start of Inferno, by Gustave Doré

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It’s the best time of the week, Crystal back to share some more of your great lore. A hat tip to for hosting before our break. This week’s theme is the folklore of women in honor of TWEET! (Image: Cecile Walton)

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Daniel Gardner's 3 Witches 1775. Setting taken from Shakespeare were portraits of the most politically influential & socially notorious women of the time: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire & sculptor Anne Seymour Damer.

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In Chinese lore, Wen Shi is Longmu Finding an egg by the river, she hatched 5 snakes that matured into She became legend when her dragon-children ended the drought. When she died, the dragons took human form, aka the 5 Scholars.

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Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (1997) is a "jidaigeki" (period drama) set in the late Muromachi era of Japan which took sixteen years to design and three years to produce.
Princess Mononoke: How the film was conceived (1998)

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Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and takes to the sky like a bird in flight. Who do you think will be her lover? https://t.co/gvFNAOBHpn

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Today's theme is the folklore of Meet the greatest pirate ever: Ching Shih (1775-1844). She commanded 1200 ships & 75000 & triumphed against the English, Portuguese & Chinese navies! So respected, she became Lin Zexu's advisor in the Opium Wars

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is called the 'Dark Mother of the Woods' & is sacred to the 3rd phase of the the Known as Morrígan or Caillech or Beira, ‘Goddess of Winter’—the waning of life, waning year, and waning moon. 🍂🌗🌘🌒🌒🦉#FolkloreThursday
https://t.co/x8MaWNDrf2

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Nuwa is one of the oldest Chinese deities. She was a creator and protector of animals and people. Ancient Chinese society was matriarchal, and childbirth was believed to be a miraculous occurrence, that did not involve males.

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In March sow garden herbs:

“In March & in April from morning to night,
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot,
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753)
🎨 Waterhouse

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Pencil & watercolour sketch of a Mermaid. A symbol of freedom & independence.

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The Lady of the Lake is often represented as evil in medieval literature but in 'Le Morte d'Arthur' she has a very good reason to entrap Merlin under a rock. He has fallen in love with her and will not leave her alone.

🎨Rackham & Speed Lancelot

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Some “Queen Bees”: Melissa (ancient Greece), Colel Cab (Mayan), Mellona (ancient Rome), Beyla (Norse), Austeja (Lithuania)-- Goddesses associated with bees, honey, beekeeping, fertility & survival of the world
Lovely 🎨by Q. Cassetti: https://t.co/MhCo4sXrl5

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Lilith - 1st partner of Adam, is a complex creature: A demon, a child killer, a temptress... a goddess.
She’s the sexuality that women are told to hide, & the anger that is too much to show in public.
She’s the overwhelming lust that comes on without warning.

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Thank you for the artshare!

I'm a digital artist who draws a lot of myth and folklore and fantasy inspired stuff, everything I draw is related to my wip comic

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Hello, that has been my bread and butter of work experience! I am a Queer Latinx illustrator (she/they) and I would love to continue to make stories of folklore and fantasy horror!
Portfolio: https://t.co/3kBtpCsRAM
Email: longoriaartwork.com

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Mapinguari

Concepts do jogo fake que aparece no mangá Folklore Warriors 98 – um dos vencedores do SilentManga 14, que recebeu o prêmio Excellence Runner-Up. Todos os personagens do mangá são baseados nas criaturas do folclore brasileiro

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Happy Anniversary👑#Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan I've seen the anime so it'd be interesting to maybe read the whole plot. It's always fun to read about Japanese folklore.

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