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In Japanese folklore the minogame is a turtle believed to live up to 10,000 years. It's tail is made out of seaweed & algae & it features in the famous legend of Urashima Taro. It is depicted here with rabbits dancing beneath the moon.

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2019-07-04

i'm a concept art & illustration student who loves folklore and fantasy!

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2019-07-04

Bigfoot will be on view kadee this First Friday for another ive show: Tall Trees, Deep Water. Check it out if you get the chance!
kadee_artshows https://t.co/l7lxOVHHH7

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2019-07-04

My take on the aswang, but as gangsters. I wanna do more pics of these guys and their siyokoy rivals

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2019-07-04

Ahh congrats! I’m currently working on revamping a comic I had started last summer when Webtoon had that contest! It’s an Irish Folklore inspired story called Neverwood. Here’s some concept art for it!

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2019-07-03

Note to self: steer clear of Australia's billabongs. After seeing this depiction of the bunyip, I have no interest in meeting one face to face. Props to artist for this amazing work (©Paizo). https://t.co/bWKTOjKA8Q

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2019-07-03

I'm finally posting again here after so long. I'm still more active on IG. 🤣
Still back drawing baby Astra. I don't think I've ever said it, but they're a diwata.

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2019-07-03

✨Hello, I’m Kaley! I’m a digital illustrator who likes loud colors, mad eyebrow game, and pointy ears. Currently working on an Irish Folklore-inspired story called Neverwood!✨

💖Ko-Fi https://t.co/lpY1S4Hakl
💖Tumblr https://t.co/qpwWfjKd6J
💖Insta https://t.co/fMQp5DzuwS

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2019-06-29

Ježibaba-a supernatural being, forest witch, she lures kids on sweets just to catch them and eat them. She is closely related to Baba Yaga in Eastern European folklore/Ježibaba is used in Czech lands and Slovakia

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2019-06-29

For those that remember tall tales ;-) Today is Paul Bunyan Day which honors one of the best known lumberjacks (and his faithful companion Babe the Blue Ox) in American Folklore.

Recent work for

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2019-06-29

The old form of Capricorn, the goatfish, is taken from Pricus, father of the sea goats in Greek mythology.

Sea goats could reason, speak and travel in time. If they spent too long on land, they became ordinary, non sapient goats 1/2

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2019-06-28

The constellation Cassiopeia (my favorite growing up) holds the story from of the vain queen who was thrown into the sky for thinking she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, or as my mother told me: for looking in the mirror too often...

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2019-06-27

According to Slavic Zorya is a magnificent star goddess. Guardian of the 'Doomsday Hound' & servant to the Sun God (Dazbog). She is represented by 2 the Morning & Evening Star. Responsible for opening & closing the gates to the Sun's Palace.

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2019-06-27

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Son of Anubis Original Wandering Egypt Folklore Pagan Spirits Dark Woods Elven Ancient Egyptian https://t.co/cabAugJ1Uw

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2019-06-27

The faces of the Pleiades, the 7 daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pursued by Orion, Zeus transformed them into doves, then When Orion himself was killed, he was turned into a constellation himself and placed behind them
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Image Harley MS 647

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2019-06-27

Boshin (Civil) War between Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting.

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2019-06-27

13th century Turkish folklore:
–What do they do with the old moons Hodja?
–They cut them in pieces to make stars.

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2019-06-27