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My novel THIS SACRED ISLE was inspired by Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic myths and legends such as Beowulf and tales of Merlin and King Arthur

THIS SACRED ISLE

https://t.co/yqk7f2IcvO (Kindle)

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The world of 'The Tree of Life' epic fantasy series is inhabited by many creatures, some of my creation, many others from mythology and folklore.

The Map of the Known World:

https://t.co/wrY4aFxXnU (Kindle)

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Day 17 of is ancient tree! One of the few prompts I wasn’t really feeling. Sorry y’all! 😭😭
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Read the comic here!
https://t.co/osTeTjKbqA
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THREAD for ’s + theme: Katabasis (descent to an underworld) is common in classical myth + lit, e.g. Odysseus, Aeneas, and Orpheus visit the Underworld. But this mythological theme is also prominent in fantasy literature:

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A depiction of a wood-sprite in his winter attire.

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To make money from magic, you needed a good story. A striking bio, like the c19th Irish 'fairy doctors' and fortune-tellers who said they'd spent years in the subterranean worlds of the wee folk.

'They were all gentleman there' one magician claimed, in 1837.

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The Dullahan is the Irish Headless Horseman. This Unseelie Fairy rides a black horse and holds his severed head under his arm. Whoever's name he calls out is said to die. Variations say he dumps blood on passersby. Gold may deter him. https://t.co/w0gDp2UbCY

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Fairies hid underground by day, deep in the round green hills. Eager listeners ears to the ground, heard their music. A piper, eager to learn such tunes, entered into the Picts' Knowe on the Scottish Borders. He never emerged, now it is known as Piper's Grave...

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- When Odysseus visited the the shade (ghost) of the seer Tiresias--a self-realized human who had lived years on Earth as a man and a woman--was the only one able to give the hero the advice he needed to return home. (Art: Füssli.)

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The ever-debated 'hollow earth' tells of Agartha. The subterranean world inside our planet, illuminated by a tiny sun; with mountains, forests & lakes. Where intelligent humanoids reside. Entrances exist at the poles & in caverns, honeycombed through the planet.

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This we should remember how much of our modern world is inspired by ancient tales, which monster based in folklore is your favourite? At the moment mine is the Chimera three headed beast of conflict.

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CALLICANTZAROS. Greek being & demon confined to the underworld. He only emerges for 12 days from 25th Dec to 7th Jan. The callicantzaros is therefore uncannily referred to in English as the Christmas Vampire.

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Psychopomps are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. Their role is to guide them.
'Souls on the Banks of the Acheron' by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 1898

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The Romans believed there were several entrances to the One was Lake Avernus, which JMW Turner painted, with Aeneas consulting the Sibyl about how to make the descent to see his father (#Virgil, Aeneid 6)

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In Greek mythology, Hypnos and his brother Thanatos are the gods of sleep and death respectively and are said to reside in the underworld realm of Hades.

Artwork: 'Sleep and His Half-Brother Death' by John William Waterhouse

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White Bryony (dioica) - English mandrake - has been used since Medieval times in place of the mandrake root in image magic. Carved to resemble the human-shaped mandrake root, it is used to draw a lover, induce conception, & bring wealth & power. Img: C. Barker

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Day 16- Tatzelwurm

Domestic Tatzelwurms are just that; very domestic!

Hailing from Alpine folklore, they are described as having the face of a cat and the body of a serpent.

Read more about them here: https://t.co/sQuIGSSSFi

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Inktober day 15 "Legend"

Shahmaran, is a mythical creature, half woman and half snake, found with different variations in the folklore of Iran, Anatolia, Iraq, and of the Kurds.

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Pisadeira is a scary old lady who at steps on people's belly while she watch them suffocate. It is considered one of the demons associated with sleep paralysis.

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