Korean illustrator Na Young Wu, breathes a traditional Korean style (manhwa) into Western fairy tales, incorporating classic Korean apparel and scenery.

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Foxes are magical across Asia, a trend that historically begins well over three thousand years ago in China. Today the most famous foxes are kitsune, thr shapeshifters of Japan, but their trickster powers and magic tails can be found in Vietnam and Korea as well

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The Bride is a being from Palestinian folklore, a sort of siren/vampire. She lures cishet men and drains their energy. In one tale, a woodcutter was wasting away until a woman followed him into the woods and discovered The Bride feeding on him.

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The night sky is full of symbols in East Asia, four guardians of the directions and sky. In the north is the black Tortoise-Snake; in the south the Vermilion Bird; in east is the Azure Dragon, and the west the White Tiger. Each direction represents a virtue.

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If a stranger in Japan asks if you can spare a moment, especially at night while you've been out drinking, have a care: the stranger may drop their kimono and reveal a massive eye where their anus should be. The shirime loves scaring people.

🖼: S. Mizuki

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In the tale of Cây Tre Trăm đốt (The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree), Khoai was a dedicated servant for a landlord who promised him his gorgeous daughter if he agreed to work without pay for three years.

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Aldar kose, (native name Kazakh: Алдар көсе/Aldar köse) is a Kazakh folk fairy tale and name of main character. He is collective image of the sly but very kind man. In fairy tales it is a swindler, cheating the greedy rich, evil Khans.

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Princess Mononoke, an animated film by Studio Ghibli based on Japanese legend & folklore. Searching for the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the midst of war between the forest gods & Tatara. In his quest he meets the Mononoke Hime.

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A Japanese legend tells of Yuki-onna, a snow ghost described as having white skin, a white kimono and long black hair. She blows on her victims freezing them to death, sucking out their souls through their mouths.
🎨Alexandria Huntingdon
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Rannamaari was a sea monster that once haunted the people of the Maldives. Once a month, a girl would be chained to a rock, & be eaten by Rannamaari to appease his wrath.

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In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. A girl volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword & slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog.

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The horse is linked to the chthonic world, to death & life, to instincts & libido. In tales, when the hero travels through the dark woods, he must surrender to the wisdom & magical power of the horse, which is the only one that can lead him out of the Underworld.#FairytaleTuesday

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According to Old Norse astrophysical thought, Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór are the aggressive male deers who ravenously chomp away at the extraterrestrial leaf-flesh of the known universe.

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Enbarr of the Flowing Mane was the horse of Manannan mac Lir, King of Tir na nOg. Capable of running on water and faster than the wind, Lugh rode his foster-father's horse as he saved Ireland from the tyranny of Balor and the Fomorians.

🖼: K. Soutar

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Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend the two chariot horses of Cúchulainn. Dubh Sainglend came from the dark valley, Liath Macha was grey to whiteness. Cúchulainn rode his two horses like a lord of Day and Night, Life and Death.
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In Scottish folklore kelpies are malevolent, shape-shifting water spirits that take the form of black horses and haunt lochs and rivers throughout Scotland. They are sometimes said to take the form of beautiful women in order to lure men to their deaths.

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