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#FolkloreThursday It is said a dragon horse rose out of the Yellow River with a mystic chart inscribed on its back from which the written language of China was created
Indonesia's Bakaran Village was said to begin from 2 siblings opening up a forest. The sister said that she, being a woman, couldn't chop as much trees as her brother & suggested she burn some leaves. Where the ashes of its smoke falls would become her territory #folklorethursday
In Celtic Lore, Fionn Mac Cumhail helped create geographical locations. Legend has it, he built the Giant's Causeway as steppingstones to Scotland. He also scooped up part of Ireland to fling it at a foe; it became the Isle of Man, Rockall, and the Lough Neagh. #FolkloreThursday
Week 1 of my personal drawing challenge, to post a new Crow drawing every Monday for the whole year. PLS RT and send me your Crow Folklore stories (max 600 words) to 52crows2018@gmail.com #folklorethursday
"In olde dayes of the king Arthour, Of which that Britons speake great honour, All was this land full fill'd of faerie...But now can no man see non elves mo..."
-from Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. #folklorethursday
The Snowdrop Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. Blooming through the frozen earth from early Jan until the end of Feb, the
#snowdrop is a symbol of rebirth, renewal & hope, as its arrival in cold winter means other flowers will soon follow. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday In honour of #WinterSolstice, we'll share the Greek myth of Persephone. Hades kidnapped her to live with him in the Underworld for half the year, leaving her mother, the goddess of harvest, sad. This causes the infertile winter months. https://t.co/j590jM3azy
[Gerda and the Reindeer (Illustration by Edmund Dulac to The Snow Queen]
#FolkloreThursday #winter #snow @DeeDeeChainey
Some wintery art for #FolkloreThursday by artist CHARLES ROBINSON:
The Russian Princess-1913 from "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" OscarWilde #FolkloreThursday #winter #Christmas
As the Ijiraq is a shapeshifter it can come in a range of different shapes and sizes, even going so far as to copy the appearance of other monsters.
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The reindeer did not dare to stop. It ran on till it came to the bush with the red berries. There it put Gerda down, and kissed her on the mouth, while big shining tears trickled down its face.
Image: #EdmundDulac
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Jack Frost, the winter spirit that leaves frosty fern-like patterns on windows & nips the extremities in cold weather. He leaves Frost wherever he goes & personifies crisp, cold, wintry weather. Similar to the Norse god(Kári)'s son, Jokul Frosti (frosty icicle). #FolkloreThursday
From Inuit mythology comes the Ijiraq. A shape shifting creature who kidnaps children. Legend has them as people who went too far north, and became trapped between the world of the living and the dead.
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The epitome of #winter fairytales: "The Snow Queen". Boris Diodorov (b. 1934, Moscow) received the 2001 Grand Prix of Hans Christian Andersen for these illustrations and was named 'Ambassador of Andersen in Russia' (2005). #folklorethursday
Santa Claus...
#ArthurRackham 1907 #TheBookofPictures #FolkloreThursday
The Wild Hunt already saddles up & ghostly steeds chomp at their bits. Friday next is Midwinter and the "Rauhnächte" (rough nights) fall on Northern Europe. Time for the wild huntsmen to ride across the night skies. #WINTER tales for #folklorethursday - https://t.co/hyLRAD6GCc
The #Yew is a symbol of the Old Magic, rebirth, dreams, otherworld journeys, & ancestors. The Yew Fairy, Cicely Barker #FolkloreThursday
Hey there #folklorethursday ! We are an anthology of new and reinvented lore and legends, with artists taking on siren romance, John Henry's daughter, haunted subways, and more! This is our last week, so don't miss this chance!
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Well, then. The Original ‘Nightmare’ Was a Demon That Sat on Your Chest and Suffocated You https://t.co/NIpvy7iprO via @atlasobscura #FolkloreThursday #nightmare #demons