Lucia Day on December 13 is a Scandinavian festival of light that is rooted in Norse winter solstice celebrations, and was originally associated with Lussi, a troll-like creature of folklore. Nowadays the celebration centers around the Sicilian St. Lucia.

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LUSSINATA (Scandinavia): On 13th Dec., both St Lucia and Lussi are celebrated. Lucia is a Christian martyr. Whilst Lussi is a witch-like being who marks the arrival of trolls and evil spirits. To protect your household, you should stay up all night.

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. 『エナビア記』
(Enavia (book of the Bible))

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Oleander hawk-moth, Army green moth, Daphnis nerii. One of the most magnificent hawk-moths and a very rare guest in Germany, only a few individuals are sighted every year. In summer, however, it sometimes makes it all the way to Scandinavia.

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I enjoyed it! Especially it not taking itself very seriously by ripping the gung-ho US movie template for an action film, but in a European setting. Yet it managed to capture the classic magic of Scandinavian mythology for me (spent much time there as a child :))

Ill. Jon Bauer:

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Skadi is the goddess of snow and the mountains, the isolated lady who loves wild places in the Scandinavian north which takes her name. She loves the sea, but misses her mountain home when she visits it.

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The grave sow (gravsoen) is a huge pig in Scandinavian folklore that is especially active during the Yuletide season. It's got hackles on its back that are as sharp as blades, fangs and red eyes that glow in the dark.

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WOW, the latest updated ECMWF model mean is looking quite incredible this evening for early December; look at all that blocking high pressure to the N around to N Scandinavia! has never been so set up for winter weather! 1/2

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Ilustration of High status Scandinavian - warriors, women.

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Horny scandinavian queen Yuuka, anyone?

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My piece for "In The Streets of Scandinavia (In The Style of Studio Ghibli)" 🌅🌄
Go check the zine in its entirety to see all the other amazing paintings!

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Today i Ape in to with this cool looking ape. Thanks for the trade

Thanks for people from scandinavian for saying hallo.

Do Apes follow apes ?

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- Norse trolls were not famous for being associated with fashion, but they loved to steal anything they could get their hands on.
Old Scandinavian legends tell trolls often visited cemeteries and stole grave clothes. https://t.co/hzj19VzRyD

🎨 John Bauer

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Ignavia - The sovereign of the below [Concept Design]
I was honored again to work on another original character for his story!!!

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charlotte (naviah’s ex-maid) came to the ethelred house

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Gm from Denmark with ART ❤️‍🔥

Back home, back to creating art and will be sharing info about my collection and future plans soon!

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