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“Pimpernel, pimpernel, tell me true,
Whether the weather will be fine or no…”

The scarlet pimpernel, known as “the poor man’s weatherglass”.
Its star-like red flowers open for sunny days and close for rainy days. Flowering now until August.
(🎨 C M Barker)

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2020-07-09

Akashita is a appearing as a dark cloud with sharp claws, a beast's face & long red tongue. If rice farmers divert & steal water from neighbours during droughts, akashita punishes them by draining their water & snatching them with its long red tongue.

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2020-07-09

Spriggans are the mischievous ghosts of giants, prevalent in Cornwall, often calling up foul winds and tempests to blight crops & disturb fishing ventures.
Troll-like in appearance, turning your clothing inside out is one way to ward off an unwanted Spriggan.

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2020-07-09

In Ibaraki prefecture, Japan there is a known as hiyoribo who summons the sun and ensures good weather. It lives in the mountains & is only visible on sunny days. It is believed to be a variant of the Chinese weather spirit hiderigami.

Art: Matthew Meyer.

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2020-07-09

Here's my short thread on myths in 🎨Jane Brideson 🌈⛅️🌧️⛈️☃️❄️☔️ https://t.co/GCKjnYe6oz

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2020-07-09

Yuki-onna (Snow Lady) is a Japanese yurei (ghost) who appears as a beautiful woman during snowstorms, often without legs, drifting across the the snow. One glance at her can cripple you & if you look at her she’ll suck the life from you via your mouth.

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2020-07-09

Isis with her plumed bow..
Goddess of the Rainbow

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2020-07-09

WULVER Man-Wolf of Shetland Folklore (often mistaken for a shapeshifter or a furred with a wolf's head; he spends his time fishing from a small rock or stone. He leaves fish on the window sills of the needy, redeeming the myth of the big bad

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2020-07-08

Inspired by a Filipino folklore “Alitaptap” (fireflies) — It was once believed that fireflies came from fragments of a beautiful star.

Charot 😂

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2020-07-08

The kickstarter for and mine creator-owned comic “Fox & Willow: Volume One" has begun! If you like fairytales, folklore, feisty heroines and bishonen kitsune, please consider pledging for your copy, be it in print, digital...or both! https://t.co/bneoYmc1lL

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2020-07-08

In Irish folklore it is said that weasels were the Danes cats, and when the Vikings raided our land they brought their weasels. To this day in Ireland the animal with the most significance, myth and folklore surrounding it is still indeed the humble Weasel.

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2020-07-07

This week's theme is weather folklore for day! Here's hoping for sun come Wednesday and not a storm like this one! (Image: Ludolf Bakhuizen)

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2020-07-07

My interview with Mark Norman from goes online tomorrow!
We'll be discussing his new book, yarn bombing, syrup and mills that mysteriously turn themselves round.

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2020-07-07

wow damn imagine someone somewhere summoning this woman into your dimension and now she wont leave until she can fuck up your local super strong folklore hero

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2020-07-07

Cubierta por flores y folklore
néctar de emoción y pasión,
mujer hecha destino
icono de toda una generación.
Ilustración. Marie Bergeron
Tal día como hoy hace 113 años nace Frida Kahlo.

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2020-07-06

En el folklore escocés, los kelpies son espíritus acuáticos malévolos que cambian de forma y adoptan la forma de caballos, lagos y ríos. A veces toman la forma de mujeres hermosas para atraer a los hombres a la muerte.

🎨 y Chimerablood

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2020-07-06

Congratulations on hitting 1.1M, Otey! To more art friends in the future 🍀

Hi I'm Phillip! I love reading philippine mythologies and folklore and do character design around it ✨

Here are my art buds

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2020-07-06

Drew me Sunomono, my tiefling fashioned after Oni from Japanese folklore.

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2020-07-06