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In archaic religions sacred rivers, ponds, wells were believed to lead to the underground womb of Mother Hel, also known as Dame Holle, the mother of all the children on earth. (Barbara Walker's The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets)

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St. Sava, born in Dacia in 334 AD, near the Buzau river, where he would be killed by drowning by the Goths who at the time were in conflict with the Byzantines. He became a local martyr and his remains where taken to Cappadocia.

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Vodenjak = water spirit and the Lord of water, resides in his crystal palace at the bottom of a river or stream. Male, with shapeshifting abilities which he uses to lure victims. Found in folklore of most Slavic nations (Vodnik/Vodyanoy). Image: Ivan Bilibin

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In Serbian & Slavic mythology, all things water (rivers, streams, wells, watermills) hold a special mythical meaning, hard to know where to start! Let's begin with watermills = gathering places for spirits and demons during nighttime

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River Fae, watercolour on hotpressed paper🌿
For this week's theme, folklore of wells and rivers

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Momotaro is a hero of Japanese folklore. He was found by a childless couple, inside a peach, floating down a river. He grew up and embarked on a quest, defeating a band of demons with the help of a talking dog, a monkey and a pheasant.

Image: Wikipedia commons.

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Melusine of is a spirit of the daugher of a and a king, and leaver of her husband after he breaks his oath to never look upon her as she bathes. Where she goes is unknown, though there are
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🎨Haiwei Hou

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water spirit the Kelpie, haunts rivers and lakes. Appearing as a horse with a wet mane, it lures people to ride on its back where they stick to it’s adhesive skin. The kelpie dives into the water drowns them then eats them.

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The River Neckinger swirls with stories. Is it named for a water spirit or the noose that hung here? Did Cnut change its course in 1016? Chaucer's pilgrims crossed it. Dickens took Twist to Jacob's Island, the rookery in the marsh where its waters met the Thames

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In Welsh folklore the Gwragedd Annwn (known as Lake Maidens) are female fairies of great beauty that live under lakes and

Part of their behaviour includes crying at weddings and laughing at funerals.

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This evening on the MA Folklore we were discussing experiencing the supernatural in the landscape past and present, including how folklorists can interpret and understand the crop circle phenomenon of the 80s/90s. And how crop circle researchers sought out folkloric evidence.

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Day 30 of is Schnabelperchten! Honestly one of my fave creature designs I’ve done so far!🙌💖
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Read the comic here!
https://t.co/osTeTjKbqA
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Don't think I shared this one before. done a while ago for CPT-Elizaye on deviantart of her OC and his daughter! I am really happy with how it turned out. Gruesome and disturbing, just how I like it.

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This week LB and Kaitlin just…. plot kappa murder. That’s it. That’s the episode.

Listen: https://t.co/pwx40k3fj9

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Folktale week day 1: home..... this is the tale of How The Kangaroo Got Her Pouch 🦘🇦🇺

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😈 Here's the full art piece 'Communion' based on the Chinese tale "The Wolf of Zhongshan" and some Halloween vibes~ The story is disturbing and makes me want to own a bound book of grim folklore.

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Work by illustrator in The Golden Book of the Mysterious.

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