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Tanabata is a star festival meaning ‘evening of the 7th.’ It marks the annual meeting on 7th July of the celestial star-crossed lovers, Orihime & Hikoboshi, who, according to Japanese legend, live on opposite sides of the Milky Way & are forbidden from meeting.

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2019-06-27

For this week’s theme of the skies and the stars, here’s a little moon-gazey dragon from the depths of the northern Welsh forests.

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2019-06-27

In astrology the sign of Cancer rules bees, which adore the flowers of the linden or lime tree (tilia). Ruled by Freya, goddess of love, the flowers are used in love spells, & the linden is a symbol of fertility, luck & prosperity, as are bees. Img: C. Barker

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2019-06-27

Good evening everyone! Tonight’s Dino of the day is jinfengopteryx! Jinfengopteryx was a theropod discovered in China 🇨🇳. It’s name means “golden Phoenix feather”, taken from “Jinfeng” in Chinese folklore. See you explorers tomorrow! 🤠
Credit: Emily Willoughby ()

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2019-06-27

The Vanga Gedmantaite-Galkuviene seems to speak her own visual symbolic language in these fascinating for the Lithuanian “The Sun Princess and the Prince.” It appears in Folk Tales from the Soviet Union (1986).

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2019-06-27

Barghest is the grumpiest puppy. Depending on your lore he might be the herald of death or he might be the cause, as he snacks on the innocent. But only once a month, he's got a very strict diet.

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2019-06-26

Hi I'm Kuura, enby artist from Finland!! I draw ocs and I love nature, sci-fi, folklore, and mysterious things.

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2019-06-25

Týr
- you just really like knights and medieval fantasy
- you dont give a SHIT about what people say about power imbalances in ships. can a knight fuck his king? HELL YEAH HE CAN
- you like folklore
- tropes of loyalty and honor never bore you
- To Die In Battle is Peak Romance

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2019-06-26

Hi! I'm Maou, a one-man team who makes artworks of Phil. folklore creatures, pop culture icons, and heroes with a spin, like mostly, making mecha versions. I also have an ongoing comic series, "The Propaganda Project BETA" and sometimes I make 2D animation 😊

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2019-06-24

“I absorbed the & sense of place on a deep level, consciously & unconsciously"

ICYMI our with Tom Brown of HOPELESS, MAINE

https://t.co/RuEb7ElB7h

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2019-06-24

“More Hellboy is pretty much always a good thing, especially when is indulging his interest in Eastern European folklore. More with attached? That’s not just Required Reading—that’s a must-buy.” -: https://t.co/mnxhTNyf1x

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2019-06-24

Would anybody like this sketchy adopt for like $35? She's based off of the moon bunny from Japanese folklore <3 🐰🐇🌙

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2019-06-23

Kasha (火車) is known as a burning chariot that would steal the corpses of those who had committed evil deeds whilst on Earth and transfer them to hell. It is said you can protect corpses by performing two funerals. Art by

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2019-06-22

Hi! I’m ivy and I love fantasy art, folklore, and dnd🌿✨! Here’s som of my stuff, but feel free to check out some other works on my page~!💖 thanks for setting this up!

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2019-06-21

Pseudo-Singularity II Is Here!

"Pseudo-Singularity II: Subterranean World of Folklore, Agartha - Women of Agartha" takes place in a mysterious cavern beneath central Asia.

New Servants face off as the battle heats up!

For more info, visit https://t.co/DebpQDEMwy

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2019-06-22

Today’s art went horribly wrong so here is colored “Shipwreck” which maybe I never remembered to share.

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2019-06-21

Hermes - son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the gods, guide to the Underworld, god of trade, thieves, travelers, and border crossings. A trickster, within hours of birth, stole his brother Apollo’s prize cattle, invented the lyre and gifted it to Apollo to make amends.

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2019-06-21

In Aztec babies come from a store of unborn souls in the 13th heaven (the highest heaven) where the gods hold them until they decide to place them in a mother's belly. This was the first step in the Aztec birth culture, focused on hygiene and ritual.

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2019-06-20