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Hello: We're Deer Dream Studios, working on our debut horror VN Cooking Companions!

With ties to Eastern European folklore, we will have NO jumpscares, memorable characters, and a story that stays with you.

Coming to Kickstarter THIS MONTH!

(Thanks Jared!)

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New art I recently did for a friend: OC Tanith, a naga from East Asian folklore. Hope you guys like it~

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Du coup, moi c'est Prerayd.
Je fais beaucoup de dessins au digi (et de temps en temps quelques dessins au tradi mais c'est plus rare).

La plupart de mes travaux sont inspirés, voir basés sur la mythologie/le folklore japonais, certains jeux vidéos et les furrys.

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It was once believed that certain families owned yokai foxes that would do their bidding using their supernatural powers. These families were ostracized and a young person was sometimes forbidden to marry because their loved one came from a fox owning family

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In Slovenia, St. Valentine (Zdravko) was the saint of spring, good health, & patron of 🐝🌷
A proverb said, "St. Valentine brings the keys of roots". Plants & flowers began to grow on this day, & work began in vineyards & fields. 💘

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It's and I'm wondering what are your favourite, more obscure, maybe even local, myths?

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Tam Lin, Scottish tale of bravery by a lady who encounters a mysterious man in a forest. She finds herself pregnant with his child, and learns he is captive to the faeries. She manages to find and rescues him, angering the Faerie Queen.



📷~shadowscapes

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When May Eve (Walpurgisnacht) came around, a would-be suitor might leave a garland of flowers or flower crown on the door knob of his love interest. If she wore it the next day, he would know he should approach her and reveal his identity.

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The Princess of the Brazen Mountain is a Polish fairy tale about a prince who falls madly in love with a winged woman. https://t.co/46aEjlQuf7

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Wearing symbolic love rings on the third finger of the left hand can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, who believed that a vein, or channel, of love ran from the heart to that particular finger

by John Bauer

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Filming one of our happier scenes from on a stunning beach on the west coast of

Learn more about our film here: https://t.co/MvgfZnyvWY

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Tristan and Iseult, a tragic tale of romance that has had a significant influence on Western art and literature. Paintings by Herbert James Draper(Left), Hughes Merle (R up), John Duncan (R lower)

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"Romeo and Juliet" borrows from the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe" from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and "The Ephesiaca of Xenophon and Ephesus", right down to the parental rivalry, the belief that one of the lovers is dead, and the use of a sleep potion

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In Pakistani folklore, love stories follow different pathways, but almost all arrive at a similar ending – the perishing of lovers while fighting for each other. (Image: Public Domain)

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According to Brazilian lore, the shape-shifting Boto always wears a hat to disguise his breathing hole, while human. Transforming from a pink dolphin at day, to a incubus at night! After impregnating women, the Boto abandons them & never returns.

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C19th fortune-telling manuals claimed you could choose a husband by the colour of his hair...

Black = 'apt to be cross and surly'
Fair = 'rather stupid, very fond of music'
Light brown = 'neither very good nor very bad'
Red = 'artful, cunning and deceitful'
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The Bridesmaid, Millais, 1851
It was believed that a bridesmaid would see a vision of her true if she passed a piece of wedding cake through a ring 9 times. Here, the chaste bridesmaid (symbolized by orange blossom) contemplates her future.

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The hair from the belly of a goat, tied into knots and concealed in the roof of your beloved will ensure 'furious love' according to the 1892 Book of Charms and Ceremonies.

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Also- I still have some of my folklore pieces up for preorder in my shop! From the 14th to the 21st I'll be doing a 20% off sale for my birthday too! If you like my art, it's a great way to support me being able to do this full time.
https://t.co/0NRVrVzq0G

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