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Hello #earlybiz! Just stopped you on twitter today and thought I'd join in and say hello! I'm Morvenna and I produce unique Scottish artwork, ranging from wildlife, landscapes to fairytales and folklore! Just visit https://t.co/0EE1fxv9zC to find out more! @earlybiz
Little late, Cat Sidhe for @AnimalAlphabets C!
#animalalphabets #catsidhe #folklore #MythicalAlphabet #cat
i just learned about Amabie, a yokai whose image prevents disease in Japanese folklore! apparently Japanese artists are drawing her for good luck/morale. I thought that was a really sweet idea and wanted to join in. you can see other interpretations in this hashtag! #アマビエ様
🇮🇪 🧚🏻 In #Irish #folklore (& beyond) a #changeling child was believed to be a #Fairy child left in place of a human child stolen by the #fairies #faerietale (Arthur Rackham illustration) Celebrating @FolkloreThurs #Folklore #ThursdayThoughts theme of #theft 🧚💫#FAIRYTAIL
Roman deity Fortuna, goddess of luck & chance, was sometimes known by other names to reflect different types of luck, such as Fortuna Dubia (dubious fortune), Fortuna Brevis (fickle fortune) and Fortuna Mala (bad luck). More Fortuna -> https://t.co/y4BVAp7j5Z #folklorethursday
In the Outer Hebrides, Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) was used to prevent the theft of milk by witchcraft. #FolkloreThursday
In the Divine Comedy, thieves are locked in an eternal struggle with snakes and reptiles, which strike them them and steal their forms. As in life they didn't respect others' property, so in death even their bodies are not their own. #FolkloreThursday
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The Fae take what they believe mortals deserve to lose. When mortals cursed their lot, the Fae stole their possessions, leaving them, in dire poverty. Many methods were used to thwart fairy paths,most popular was burning embers in a sowen,none worked.
#FolkloreThursday Although the Resurrection Men sold corpses, legally a body was not property. Bodies were often stripped; it was a felony to steal shrouds or silver coffin fittings. [Image-Thomas Rowlandson, 1775]
https://t.co/xOJ07l7mIp
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
The biggest trickster among #Folklore would have to be the Raven. According to an old Haida tale; in the beginning, the world was in total darkness. With a mischievous plan, Raven succeeds in stealing the sun, moon, & stars! Spilling them across the sky for all. #FolkloreThursday
After the patriarch, Lot, & his family escaped Sodom,his two daughters inebriated&raped him in order to procreate. During the Renaissance,the story was often depicted in the artistic Weibermacht topos to warn men of women’s seductive powers&reverse gender roles #FolkloreThursday
Meet Susanna&the Elders.She just wanted to bathe without disturbances.The voyeuristic Elders tried to blackmail her into bed.She refused,got arrested,facing the death penalty 4 promiscuity until Daniel exposed the vicious lechers who were killed for their sins #FolkloreThursday
In Greek mythology, Hermes often plays the devious trickster. He is the patron god of #thieves & the inventor of #lying! The godly messenger is able to move freely between the mortal & divine realms. If any god was going to steal from you, it would be #Hermes!
#FolkloreThursday
Amazonomachy, a mythical battle, drenched in theft and abduction, between the ancient Greeks and the all-female warrior Amazons that is perceived as the rise of feminism in Greek culture. #FolkloreThursday
A Sin Eater was a ritualistic figure in Europe from the 1600's to the 1800's.
Outcasts of their own village, their purpose was to appear at funerals, recite a prayer and eat a meal off of the body of the deceased, thus taking the sins upon themselves.
#FolkloreThursday #Sin
@angelik_moi @Tia_Wolff @eb_auteur Salut! Merci pour la pub! :D Donc voici le clan du corbeau blanc, un roman de dark fantasy qui s’inspire du folklore amérindien avec une héroïne légèrement possédée par un "sympathique" wendigo 😈
Il est également illustré par mes soins (hors couverture)
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The first sin was Angelic: Lucifer Morningstar refused to honour the Divine Image in Humanity, creatures of clay. He was cast forth from Heaven, taking a third of all angels with him. Ever after, as Satan, he has contended with God for human souls! Art: W. Blake #FolkloreThursday
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In English Folklore, Wicked Jenny or Jenny Greenteeth is a river hag that would pull children into the water to drown.
(Brian Froud Art)
A Grimm tale of four skilled brothers, a stolen princess and an angry dragon.
Sent away by their father to learn a craft, a #thief, a tailor, an astronomer, and a hunter, do they have the right skills to save the stolen princess? #FolkloreThursday 🐲 https://t.co/YXvhfZ5YeT