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@sandforte @art_chris hey folks, im danny, i draw comic art and folklore
@macjoshuart @devistrare hey folks, i do comic art and folklore
The Draugr is an undead creature from Norse mythology, often found guarding treasure buried with them in their burial mounds. They are reanimated corpses - unlike ghosts, they have a corporeal body with similar physical abilities as possessed in life. #FolkloreThursday #Halloween
[ To Call Upon A Beast ]
My submission piece for the @bsdyokaizine accompanying the fic written by @royalDelirium!
Dazai/Akutagawa/Atsushi-centric AU, loosely based on the yokai folklores surrounding Shuten Douji, Ibaraki Douji and Watanabe no Tsuna.
🌖🌑🌔The Wild Hunt will ride out at Samhain - reaching its full dark power on the night of the Winter Solstice.
#FolkloreThursday
Oiwa is a Japanese ghost, the vengeful spirit of a young woman betrayed by her husband. He disfigured her face in an attempt to get rid of her so he could marry a younger woman. She cursed the pair on her death & returned to haunt all who had betrayed her.
#FolkloreThursday
A watercolour of pumpkins and squashes circa 1800 from our collection, attributed to Chinese artist and collector, Wang Lui Chi.
According to The Language of Flowers, Pumpkins should be used carefully as they stand for bulk.
#Pumpkin #halloween #autumn #FolkloreThursday
Where did the tradition of jack o' lanterns come from? The story goes, an Irish man named Stingy Jack tricked the devil & therefore wasn't allowed into heaven or hell — so he spent his days roaming the Earth, carrying a lantern and went by "Jack of the Lantern." #FolkloreThursday
The farmhouse ‘Y Trwyn’, near Abercarn, was famous for the sprite, ‘Pwcca’r Trwyn’, which haunted it. Learn about the house, and the story, on Coflein: https://t.co/9h5EXCJVde
(Picture from Wirt Sikes, ‘British Goblins’ (1880), p. 21)
#Halloween #FolkloreThursday
The Cailleach, the 'veiled one', is the Gaelic embodiment of the dark mother/harvest goddess. Called the bringer of storms, she is a crone often portrayed riding on a wolf with a hammer made of human flesh. She sometimes wears human skulls on her clothes. #FolkloreThursday
News for those born on All Hallows Eve:
If you were born on Halloween you're said to be gifted with "second sight."
It is also said that Halloween's seers are not only able to foretell events and see ghosts, but they're also able to ward off evil spirits.
#FolkloreThursday
Seeing a white owl in the daytime is said to portend death. #FolkloreThursday
For #FolkloreThursday on #Halloween, here are some of Arthur Rackham’s illustrations from The Ingoldsby Legends (1898 & 1907) which contain ghost stories, tales of strange myths & legends, and poetry.
#Halloween2019 #GhostStories #Folklore #Art
Happy #Halloween! My 2017 article on Halloween and Samhain in children’s #fantasy is now available on my blog! @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday 🎃🎃🎃
https://t.co/XIpZ9gKaGI
(It was first published in @ChiCentreFFSF’s journal Gramarye)
@UofGFantasy @GIFConGLA @FanLit
The Blackthorn rules the dark half of the year from #Samhain. It is dark moon magic, an “increaser of secrets.” Its thorns are the pins in a poppet, its wands used for cursing. A tree protected by faeries, its berries are the sloe. #FolkloreThursday Img: C. Barker #halloween2019
@M_Rose_Media thanks for this. I'm danny and I draw caribbean folklore comic art, i also have a webcomic.
Wistful and elegant, Marie-Alice Harel crafts folklore and whimsy into gorgeous illustration pieces.
SPOOKTOBER Day 30: The Kelpie
The kelpie is a creature from Scottish folklore. A shapeshifting spirit, the kelpie (possibly from the Gaelic cailpeach or colpach) will take many forms to lure victims towards the water, after which it takes them to a watery grave. 1/-
Fêtez #Halloween avec L'Assistante de la Baba Yaga, un magnifique #romangraphique sur le deuil, le passage à l'âge adulte et la transmission #matriarcale et The Storyteller : Sorcières, un recueil de 4 #contes basés sur des #folklores du monde entier ! #bd #bdjeunesse #lire