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GATIPEDRO a critter from Spain's Folklore. It sneaks into children bedrooms while they are asleep and starts leaking water from it's horn so the kids pee themselves in their sleep.

FAMILIAR SHAPED!

P.S: Adding salt in the doorframe will keep them out.

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2019-11-30

The idea of having a small helper and protector about the place is something that must have brought people comfort during many dark and cold winter nights long ago...

The Nisse or Tomte is a popular being of Scandinavian folklore.

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2019-11-26

is tabling at BAM on 7 December. She is a freelance illustrator/comics creator obsessed with folklore. She created Scavengers, a mini adventure comic delving in fantasy and Norse mythology. Check out Sammy’s work and come and buy some

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2019-11-26

Reminiscent of Medusa, Boa Hancock can turn to stone anyone looking at her with sexual desire. Boa Sandersonia can turn her hair into snakes to look like the eight-headed snake in Japanese folklore. (2/3)

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2019-11-21

As a child my mother took me to the cinema to see The Secret of Roan Inish, the first time I saw a movie before reading the book, about the Irish and Orcadian of selkies. I often think it was that fantastical film that begot my love of folklore.

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2019-11-22

Well she is called "Akuma Miku"
The Akuma (悪魔) is a malevolent fire spirit in Japanese folklore. ... It is often translated to devil in English, or demon.

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2019-11-21

The Dracunia are a race that look strikingly similar to a certain kind of creature from folklore. Any guesses on what inspired them?

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2019-11-19

The 'Eachy of Bassenthwaite'. Reports of a large humanoid being of "gruesome and slimy appearance" emerging from the lake. It was first reported in 1873, with sightings in the early 1900s.
Perhaps an 'each-uisge' or 'water horse' from Celtic

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2019-11-08

Momotaro is a hero of Japanese folklore. He was found by a childless couple, inside a peach, floating down a river. He grew up and embarked on a quest, defeating a band of demons with the help of a talking dog, a monkey and a pheasant.

Image: Wikipedia commons.

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2019-11-07

😈 Here's the full art piece 'Communion' based on the Chinese tale "The Wolf of Zhongshan" and some Halloween vibes~ The story is disturbing and makes me want to own a bound book of grim folklore.

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2019-11-05

Fairy funerals are commonly described in folklore. Typically, a man or a woman stumbles on a fairy princess being buried in the middle of the night.
Source: https://t.co/fxXTFsKJYa
'Fairy Funeral' by Maximilian Pirner,1888

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2019-11-04

The pooka in Irish folklore brings bad luck. It causes blights after Samhain. Being a shapeshifter, it can be a goat, a white horse or a black dog. It assumes human form in British folklore & appears as Robin Goodfellow, half-goat & half-man, in Welsh folklore.

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2019-10-31

SPOOKTOBER Day 30: The Kelpie
The kelpie is a creature from Scottish folklore. A shapeshifting spirit, the kelpie (possibly from the Gaelic cailpeach or colpach) will take many forms to lure victims towards the water, after which it takes them to a watery grave. 1/-

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2019-10-30

The Gytrash. One of the most menacing creatures in Northern English folklore. Said to be a gigantic black dog with eyes that shone red like glowing coals, it led unwary, lost travellers astray and to their doom.

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2019-10-24

Drew my OC character Yato (Yato no kami) which is based by the Japanese folklore.

btw you should watch GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! (from 2007)

I believe Yato might return to the new series of Gegege -.o (at least hope so)

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2019-10-21

Ashinaga y Tenaga 足長-手長, yokai 20/31

Ashinaga-tenaga (足長手長, "Long Legs Long Arms") are a pair of yōkai in Japanese folklore. One, Ashinaga, has extremely long legs, while the other, Tenaga, has extremely long arms.

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2019-10-21

The world of 'The Tree of Life' epic fantasy series is inhabited by many creatures, some of my creation, many others from mythology and folklore.

The Map of the Known World:

https://t.co/wrY4aFxXnU (Kindle)

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2019-10-18

Today’s Visual Stimuli

Yuan Xing Liang is a Chinese artist who creates amazing surrealistic clay sculptures. The sculptures combine elements of nature, animals, and architecture. The artist’s statues are inspired by traditional Chinese folklore.

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2019-10-17

Wild Swans. (New work! So many swans!) I’m fascinated by this fairytale, one of the “brave sister saves bewitched brothers” transformation tales found in

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2019-10-15

Nicneven is a Queen of the Fairies in Scottish folklore. In Ireland and Scotland, "the Feile na Marbh", (the “festival of the dead”) took place on Samhain. The name Nicneven was used among others to identify the Scottish Witch Goddess of Samhain.

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2019-10-14