The Tale of Princess Kaguya is based on the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. In it a bamboo cutter comes across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo &, after cutting it open, finds an infant the size of his thumb inside.

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More scenes from the textsbook.
I can finally mention that I've illustrated several folktale scenes for English textbook "New Horizon" aimed at 1st year junior high school students. Published from Tokyo shoseki in Japan.…

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FOLKLORN author Angela Mi Young Hur discussed weaving Korean folktales into her novel—in particular, the inclusion of her ancestress Queen Heo Hwang-Ok, whose story she heard from her mother and now tells her daughter.

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Welcome to the campfire for y'all. This week we have the scary Appalachian folktale of the Tailypo 🧵

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pls read her shim cheong/her tale of shim cheong its a manhua/webtoon lesbian retelling of a traditional korean folktale and it dissects and illustrates the way in which the patriarchy operated in feudal societies–how girls r violently molded into fitting a submissive role

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Selkies are beings capable of changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales from the Northern Isles of Scotland.
Female selkies are often trapped into relationships with humans by someone stealing & hiding their sealskin.
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A Fairy Trail: Zdenko Bašić Is A Fae Folk Tale Collector For Modern Times

https://t.co/4HXizQlQ1y

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The "princess and dragon" trope is a common one in fairytales & folklore. In this trope we see a brave hero who rescues a princess (or noblewoman) from either a real dragon or similar danger. This trope is commonly a feature of folktale type 300, the dragon slayer

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The WSJ Cover this week had references to folktales. Asta here is dressed up as the Peach Boy aka Momotaro! It's pretty fitting considering how Asta ended up in the Church of Hage just as Momotaro did when he ended up in a river near the home of an elderly couple.

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If you missed the announcement last night, Tarheel Tales of Terror Issue 1 is now live on Kickstarter! This project will be a 24 page black and white horror comic retelling two classic North Carolina folktales.
Check out the full project on Kickstarter: https://t.co/ZN9mlSaasz

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Eric Powell adapted this for an issue of his Appalachian folktale-inspired comic Hillbilly, which is very much in the spirit of Manly Wade Wellman's John The Balladeer, IMO

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After their mother's mysterious death & their father's later debauchery, Dahut & Rozenn grow apart, 1 learning their mother's magic, the other becoming a hermit until secrets are revealed & sacrifices made. Great retelling of Breton folktale. Jo Rioux

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Hej I´m Johanna and I´m a freelance Illustrator. My work is driven by nature, folktales, storytelling and memories. My goal is to create more Comics🌿
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You also can find me here:
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CW murder
On 1164 there was an old woman named Mersche who was killed because the culprits thought the jingling in her bag came from lots of money. After the deed they discovered it were only rusty nails.
Decades later a lord erected this memorial for her.

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In some versions of Persian folktales, Kardakann was a gentle soul and like other western unicorns it had ability to purify water simply by immersing it´s horn into a stream, lake or a pond. It could also change it´s shape at will.

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Minmi: I'm going to eat you
Mei: He's going to eat you
Necto: I'm watching you so you don't escape
Minmi: *kills a man right in front of Luka*

Luka: Night Beings don't exist and they definitely don't eat people these are just old folktales!

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Artists like and have one of my all time favourite aesthetics, the Evil Folktale

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