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Aztec god Chalchiuhtotolin (Precious Night Turkey) was a plague god that had the power to change an individual's fate. Turkeys were sometimes eaten on important festival days or used in rituals, including funeral feasts & as burial offerings #FolkloreThursday
this is a truly wonderful resource: a sort of Hopi & Pueblo kachinas catalogue from 1903 (Kachina - spirit or personification of a thing or concept)
https://t.co/Su02i53Cxi
images via @PublicDomainRev https://t.co/CXLVwhqkCS #FolkloreThursday
In 1907, when #AliceInWonderland came into the public domain, Arthur Rackham #illustrated a new edition #Edwardian #FolkloreThursday
In European tradition, swiftly changing weather or rushing winds often portend the Wild Hunt. The hunt's participants vary between cultures, but often include fairies or elves, Woden and his valkyries, dead souls, or the Devil. #FolkloreThursday
Tiny Bird Garden by @SuperRetroDuck is the CUTEST, I had to draw lovely Loretta and some birbs 💖 it's out now on iOS and Android!
The Cailleach Bheur, bringer of Winter snows and storms and mother of all gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology #folklorethursday
Image ©Andy Paciorek @andypaciorekart
Japan: Yuki-onna ("Snow-Woman") is a spirit with white skin, white kimono & long black hair. She appears in snowfall, gliding around like a ghost. She feeds on human essence. She blows cold air on her victims to freeze them to death, then suck out their souls. #FolkloreThursday
Ullr is the Norse hunting deity of everything snow; including snow-shoes and skiing. Ullr sometimes uses his shield, to ski down the mountains, like a modern-day snowboard. There are still festivals held in his honor, to bring heavy powder to the mountain tops. #FolkloreThursday
For #FolkloreThursday., we celebrate the beautiful #illustrations of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen for the 1914 book 'East of The Sun and West of the Moon'. Mysterious, and other wordly Norwegian folktales brought to life.
Raijū (Thunder Beast) is Japanese wolf made of lighting. It cry sounds like Thunder. When agitated it leaps on fields and trees (trees struck with lighting are said to be scratched by Raiju's claws.) #FolkloreThursday
Cereza character Bachelorettes for male player #voiceacting @CaitPowersPage
#MemoryTrees #RPG Life+Farming simulation game
DL public version https://t.co/l3bLgoR0kw
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#gamedev #gameart #gamedevelopment #indiedev #indiegame #3dmodeling
Melusine character Bachelorettes for male player in game
#MemoryTrees #RPG Life+Farming simulation game
Download public version https://t.co/l3bLgoR0kw
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#gamedev #gameart #gamedevelopment #fantasyart #Mermaid
In Welsh folklore,"Cŵn Annwn" are the white "Hellhounds" of Annwn. The hounds hunt human souls to guide them on. They are known to hunt from Christmas-12th night & meet their "Wild" hunting party at the crossroads. Their paws make the mandrakes scream! #folklorethursday
If the rock you are leaning on turns out to be more than a rock, you better have a really good excuse for not moving on.
Inspired by tales from Duncan Williamson.
#FolkloreThursday
Folklore of the deadly Skinwalkers, comes from the Navajo "yee naaldlooshii" Where human eyes that glow yellow; can be found on the coyote, wolf, cougar, or fox. It uses witchcraft to shapeshift & the only way to kill one, is with a bullet dipped in white ash. #folklorethursday
Happy #folklorethursday! Here is a lovely little folk inspired piece by the ever so talented @mlsjart
https://t.co/84hcaFTaoT
"It is a vulgar proverb, that it is easy to raise the devil but difficult to bury him." #folklorethursday
ref: Letters of S. Taggart. Original Latin 16th-cent aphorism: "Facile vocaveris Cacodæmona, sed vocatum non facile repuleris."