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@renieplayerone My webcomic is The Flying Ship, a queer fantasy inspired by slavic folklore, it's on Tapas https://t.co/wBViJjauc2 and it's own site here https://t.co/ditUC0GWCN
I'm an illustrator and I make comics and teach creative workshops, but this webcomic I've been making forever haha
Baba Yaga, a redoubtable figure in Slavic folklore is a true bad-ass as it is often depicted as a child-eating witch.
Alexandra captured Baba Yaga's true nature and perfectly mastered a traditional feel of an illustration
👩🎨: https://t.co/4SZ3Q4IIpV
💻: #rebelle3
#FolkloreThursday Hilali performers are Egyptian storytellers who recite the Sirat Bani Hilal, an epic poem about the migration of the Arab Hilal tribe and their conquest of North Africa. Taking years of training, they were once in demand for social events but are now endangered
The #storyteller Aesop wrote fables using animals to tell moral tales in ancient Greece. These stories often solved problems or highlighted human failings such as 'The Boy who Cried Wolf' and 'The Tortoise and the hare'.
#FolkloreThursday
‘A treasure house of stories of every kind, annotated and categorised for easy reference.’ https://t.co/jExAvoUmdw #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday Ghost stories are commonly examples of ghostlore. Belief in ghosts is found in all cultures, and thus ghost stories may be passed down orally or in written form. The ghost story is a form of fiction specifically of weird fiction, and is often a horror story.
Attendez, l'Auvergne et le Japon partagent un folklore commun ? :o
La Ganipote côté français et l'Obariyon côté japonais : une créature qui monte sur le dos d'un pauvre voyageur pour le tuer d'épuisement par sa lourdeur.
Good morning #FolkloreThursday-ers! Thanks to @WillowWinsham, this is @DeeDeeChainey here now for today's theme: the folklore of #stories, #storytelling and #storytellers!
(Img: John Bauer, 1915)
Taliesin (‘radiant brow’) is the earliest known historical Welsh bard (6th c). Legend has it, he gained his gift when he put his scalding thumb to his mouth after 3 drops splashed on it from the Cauldron of Inspiration. #FolkloreThursday
🎨 The Bard by Thomas Jones
#FolkloreThursday - Orkney Folktales: A Close Tongue Keeps a Safe Head - https://t.co/nfVZUOMlJX
#AngelaCarter was an epic feminist storyteller who led the sugar-coated disneyfied classical fairytales back to their more gruesome origin.#TheBloodyChamber
#FolkloreThursday
(Illustration by Katy Horan from the book Literary Witches by Taisia Kitaiskaia)
Memory is an important component of storytelling. In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne was the titan goddess of memory and mother of the nine muses, fathered by Zeus. It is from her name we get the word mnemonic, which is a memory aid.
#FolkloreThursday #storytelling
#mythicmay day 15: Llamhigyn Y Dwr
#ArtistOnTwitter #arte #artwork #artchallenge #watercolour #painting #illustration #folklore #waterleaper
NEWS: The FOLKLORE OF KUDAN manga adaptation will premiere next month
The manga is based on @SukeraSparo's #Yuri/mystery visual novel of the same name. A manga adaptation was announced in May 2019.
https://t.co/ypWGLbNJaK
BIRCH According to #folklore, if the spirit of the birch touches your forehead, it will leave a white mark on you, and you'll be mad. If it touches your heart, you'll die.
🎨 Brian Froud/Alan Lee
#GothicSpring
FINALLY updating my pinned tweet! Hey everyone, I'm Ellie and I draw for animation, illustrate, and tweet about folklore sometimes 🦇
Work info in this post, commission info below!
Website & social media here: https://t.co/PZq5cCVsNR
(maybe store eventually but no promises)
COVER REVEAL!
@Frenone has given me permission to use her STUNNING fan art as the actual book cover!
This collection of dark/forest fantasy short stories inspired by Scandinavian folklore, will be out on June 20th!
#BookCover #ReadingCommunity #bookART
https://t.co/iPYEb6xxZv
These are the Might Have Been, folklore, granny tales, and fairy tales turned upside down or glimpsed darkly in the mirror.
*Not all stories suitable for kids.
#MighthaveBeenBundle #TalesandRetales #Bundle #Fantasy #IAN1 #IARTG #ASMSG
https://t.co/wxTli6hL7y
“derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited, an ancient possessor being said to have slain a noxious, cockatrice”
Mythical creatures of Cumbria https://t.co/K2jKznwomk
#mythology #folklore #monsters #storytelling #Cumbria