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In Nordic folklore nisse & tomte are gnome-like creatures who guard the farmsteads especially at the #WinterSolstice & #Yule. Perhaps because they are associated with Thor, or because it was Frigga’s Eve, they always refused to work on Thursday evenings though! #FolkloreThursday
December's @CumbriaMagazine
We have a family tradition of telling ghost stories over the Festive period. I write about it's origin, the Banshee encounter, and tell a few Cumbrian folk tales also
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#folklorethursday #folklore #ghosts #ghoststories #cumbria
【Illustrator Turns Animals Into Epic and Gorgeous Japanese Folklore Beasts】
"You can imagine many of the awesome designed characters fitting into a fantasy novel !!"
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#Illustration #Anthropomorphism #Japan @tonbippo08
《Web》https://t.co/f0lwXPiYuq
💫Thank you all for your winter #holiday tweets! They were great!💫We will announce next week's theme by Monday. Have a great holiday! Follow us & we will follow back.💫 See you #Wednesday!💫#Legend #poetry #Folklore #fairytale #mythology #art #quote #film #LegendaryWednesday
#TartaliFantasyWeek2022 @tartaliweek #tartali #タル鍾 #chibiart #kawaii #tartaglia #zhongli
Day 5: Local folklores
🏔️ 🎶 Hollaidi, Hollaidi, HeidLi, HeeeidLi, deine Welt sind die Beeergen 🎶 🏔️ 👧
The little HeidLi in Switzerland with her Pet... Fox 🦊
OTD in issue no. 56 of the Evening Post, a newspaper published in 1709, was a curious description of a Flying Ship, stated to have been invented by a Brazilian priest, and brought to the notice of the king of Portugal
The paper carried this engraving and a description
#folklore
GM!) while I was sleeping, one more edition of Playful Tiger was sold 🤩🤩🤩 The new owner is gorgeous @NFT_Art_Africa with his Folklore NFT 😌 Help him to summon Tokoloshe, guys 😏 Meanwhile, 82 editions left 😊 #s0meone_u_know #tezflava
#FolkloreSunday - Vikings believed spirits known as Vættir lived in trees.
To prevent these small creatures from freezing during winter, trees were brought inside and decorated so the spirits could enjoy a warm, cozy home. https://t.co/AO4UplwBhK
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#FolkloreSunday Yule was a time associated with the Wild Hunt. The Wild Hunt is a procession of spectral huntsmen that streak across the sky. Some tales claim that the group is made of fairies, others elves, though most settle on the idea devilish beings.
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The Holly King and Oak King fight for control during Midsummer and Midwinter! At the height of his power, the Holly King will be defeated and the world will return once more to sunny days and greenery!
🖼️@JoyAndNoelle (Print available on Etsy)
#folkloresunday #Yule
Here is bundle #2! Creatures of Myth & Legend.
Jackalope, Gnome, Chimera, Dragon
Which of these 4 is your favorite?
#Christmas #Holiday #StainedGlass #AI #AIArt #MidJourney #Jackalope #Dragon #Chimera #Gnome #Myth #Folklore #Art
Good morning lovely people. Something a bit different from me. It's still a WIP. Inspired by St Melangell and the Hare,my attempt to paint a human...💚
#MHHSBD #WelshSaint #Wales #Folklore #FolkloreTales #Artist #Wildlife #WipArt
Many Ulverston locals will avoid the eerie woods at Plumpton, and lurking in the water of the flooded iron mines nearby, lives Jenny Greenteeth. She's a 'river hag' who pulls children and the elderly into the water to drown them
#folklore #folkhorror #cumbria
artist: unknown
The 'Broon Man of the Moors and Mountains' is solitary dwarf who serves as the guardian of all wild animals. His dress is the colour of winter bracken and he sports red frizzled hair.
https://t.co/FmGSPy2FhX
#dwarf #folklore #cumbria
art: Amanda Moffet
The goddess Eris is ready to toss her golden apple of discord inscribed with "τῇ καλλίστῃ" ("To the fairest one") in to the wedding and start the Trojan War.
#mythology #digitalart #aiart #midjourney #ai #greekmythology #folklore #comicart #digitalart