This fantastic is by Marina Halak for folktale week. Marina is represented by - check out her wonderful at https://t.co/QrTaoE4rDj https://t.co/w2yvz3QZAV

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is a French folktale, by Charles Perrault. The tale tells the story of a rich, enigmatic man, with a long black with glints of blue, who murders his wives and how one of the wives foils him & avoids the fate of her predecessors
🎨Gustave Doré

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- Orkney Folktales: A Close Tongue Keeps a Safe Head - https://t.co/zJHqfET8u3

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According to some Scandinavian folktales witches could create 'troll cats' from human hair and nails. It's said that they looked like a ball, a rabbit, a hare or a regular cat. They stole milk and cream and brought it back to the witch that had created them.

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Blue Fire is based on a Korean folktale. Woodcutter's daughter marryies a rich guy to save her family from financial ruin. Come 2 find out the guy is a phantom in disguise. Didn't like the ending so I wanted my beauty & the beast rewrite

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SLJ STARRED REVIEW! for . . .
THE MUSICIAN by Liu Xuefeng, illus. by Gunter Grossholz
"This traditional tale, told here in English for the first time, belongs on the folktale shelf of every library."

A beautiful story of the power of friendship and music.

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Indonesian Folktales Series
- Lutung Kasarung -

A sister’s jealousy, a cursed princess, a magical monkey

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In THE MAGIC ACORN, Sorrel’s grandfather tells him a folktale about the first squirrel who lost a magic acorn, and how lost acorns end up growing into magnificent trees. Now Sorrel feels much better about his own lost acorn.

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The hoop snake is a creature from lumberjack folktales is one that chases its pray by biting onto its own tail and rolling towards them.

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Day 16: Folklore. I'm trying to switch to traditional media for the rest of the month. Based on the Momotaro folklore, I've drawn "Momoko", the female version of the hero with a naginata spear.

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Doodle inspired by Korean folktales of weretigers, which for some reason often appeared under the guise of monks :B Weretigers are way underrated I think- werewolves get all the glory!

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Just one of the lovely in The Crane Maiden (1968). The artist is ❤️#illustration

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DAY 13: SELKIES
In Scottish mythology, selkies or selkie folk meaning "seal folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from the Northern Isles of Scotland

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would u like some OC trivia?

jinichi is loosely based off urashima taro, the protag from a japanese folktale. they are both called to a magical kingdom where time passes much slower than in our world!

their design is similar, too 😉

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