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If you like my folklore illustrations you can buy various prints on my online store! I have preorders open for three new prints and I'll be releasing new prints throughout the year as I gear up to a book!
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Man goes to Confession.

"Father, I stole a straw rope."
Priest: "What harm is that?"
Man: "But it is."
Priest: "No, your sins are forgiven."
Man: "There was a pig tied to the end of it."



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The term ‘a murder of crows’ may originate from the folk belief that crows sat in judgment of those accused of crimes from among their flock. If a ‘defendant’ was found guilty, the flock would kill it.
Art: The Twa Corbies by Arthur Rackham

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A human child stolen by the fairies & replaced by one of their own; a changeling may display intelligence far beyond its apparent years, possess uncanny insight, & exhibit unusual behaviour when it thinks it's alone…

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If you are looking for good books about the history of ghosts and how they have developed over history, get yourselves of copy of Ghosts a Cultural History and a Natural History of ghosts

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The Ripley Scrolls (23 known copies) illustrate THE COMPOUND OF ALCHYMY by George Ripley(1415–1490) said to reveal how to make the legendary Philosopher’s Stone, the ingestion of which can confer (This copy: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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In French folklore, lutins are hobgoblins who make food go bad and like to steal things. They also entertain themselves by cutting off the hair of sleeping humans. The naughty lutin can be frightened off with a liberal sprinkling of salt. (Image: Godo)

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Faeries would sneak into houses to steal away children & replace them with changelings who looked exactly the same. Their strange behaviour would indicate something was wrong, presumably the human children danced with the faeries...#FolkloreThursday
Incredible art by Ed Binkley

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In Japanese folklore, tales are told of yonaki-ishi or night-crying stones. These stones cry loudly at night and it is believed to be because they are possessed by a spirit, usually of someone who has been murdered and is seeking revenge.
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Hi! I'm Katrina Kunstmann from Los Angeles, formerly the central valley. I make the comic WARHEAD (& others), and I'm a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist. 32, pansexual, genderfluid. I like object heads, monsters, surreal things, mythology, folklore, oni, and cyberpunk.

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If you'd like to find out more about Brownies, what they can turn into and about the Welsh version, you can find it here: https://t.co/KH4fzoKxdx 💜

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hey! i'm Lu and i like to draw my OCs and forest (´。• ᵕ •。`) also i'm a big fond of folk and russian folklore! i dream to draw comic someday :)

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hey! i'm Lu and i like to draw my OCs and forest (´。• ᵕ •。`) also i'm a big fond of folk and russian folklore! i dream to draw comic someday :)

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The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

It is a 10th-century Japanese monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing Japanese folklore.

Discovery of Princess Kaguya (depiction from the Edo period, late 17th century)

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Jack & the Beanstalk is the best known of the Jack tales: a series of Cornish & English stories of the stock character Jack, a lazy yet clever boy who gets wealthy through schemes or luck. Appalachian folklore also has its unique versions of the Jack tales.

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One the best birthday presents over the weekend - receiving finished pages from the brilliant for my adaptation of the ghost story The Death Bride by Friedrich Schulze. Said to have inspired Frankenstein & featuring early vampire-like folklore. Gorgeously gothic

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Night Spirit. 🌚Experiment with colors and composition. Wanted to combine some fantasy and folklore stuff.
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