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Valkyries (from Old Norse "valkyria" meaning "chooser of the slain") are female spirits from the retinue of the father of the gods Odin. They are fate bound and choose between the ones, who stay alive in battle or those who are supposed to die. #mythology #myths #folklore
@IndiiCreates helloo!! thank you for this thread!
i'm aven and i make illustrations inspired by nature, folklore, and fantasy.
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Pushing myself to #practice and not be a perfectionist about it. So here's a #Manananggal
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@mykr1996 I'm glad the folklore monster, nøkken approves of me dating dr habit
My take on the Manananggal, a vampire-esque monster in Philippine folklore who flies around, detached from the lower half of their body.
Tomorrow's episode is all about... Loki! Let's learn about a Norse shapeshifting trickster! #podcast #stonehousescast #folklore
@BelgianBoolean Hi! I'm a fantasy/horror illustrator and I specialise in traditional media. I like nature, folklore, ruins and humanoid creatures. 💀🌿✨
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It’s very bad luck to kill an albatross... #FolkloreThursday #albatross #Coleridge
Forest trolls are the friendly sort, sharing magic herbs with travelers they meet in the #forest. One often hears them singing as one hikes in #Norway and #scandinavia - They especially love singing in the shower, er... waterfall. (John Bauer) #folkloreThursday #folklore #trolls
This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is the folklore of seas and water. The obvious thing would be to tell you something about #Poseidon, but I'll give the honour to his wife Amphitrite instead.
But I will mention his male lovers Pelops and Nerites in honour of #PrideMonth
Sirens and mermaids. Mermaids are a sort of sea nymph with a fish tail who save sailors; but for the Greeks, Sirens were bird-like, um, beauties, who lured them to their doom. Below are from the Bestiary of Anne Walshe (https://t.co/SXENjc1UMk) #mermaids #folklorethursday
Who would be a river-fairy in the Tweed? Cruel fishermen believed these creatures affected a day's fishing and so would salt their nets and throw salt into the water in order to blind them. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday #poorfairies Artist: Warwick Goble -public domain
'The Troll Book'
(1980- Michael Berenstain)
Michael is the son of "Berenstain Bears" creators Stan and Jan, and inherited their lush, folksy style of illustration, thank goodness.
#ChildrensBooks #PictureBook #fairytale #folktale #folklore #books #troll #norway
In Cornwall it was once said, that a white hare would appear before a storm, on the docks and wharves. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday #cornwall
Image: Public Domain
In France it was believed certain sailors could control Wind. They did this via a ring, worn on the little finger of the right hand. However if they spent more than 3 months on a single voyage, or stayed ashore for more than 3 days, they would die @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
#PlagueDoctor #GraphicNovel "The Plague and Doctor Caim": Where does the name "Caim" come from?
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In the Iliad, Poseidon drives a chariot drawn by "brazen-hoofed horses over the sea's surface."
Apollonius said the horses of Poseidon emerged from the sea & galloped across the Libyan sands.
Part horse / part fish: HIPPOCAMPUS.
#FolkloreThursday #GreekMythology
From Elves and Fairies (1916), illustrated by #IdaRentoulOuthwaite, reprinted in Women Illustrators of the #GoldenAge. #illustration #fairies #folklorethursday