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"Bait" drew a jurogumo from japanese folklore. The spider that gains the power to turn into a woman when they reach a certain age.
Ding dong, today took long! Here’s #inktober day 3, “bait.” Huldra’s are seductive forest creature in Scandinavian folklore. They are known to lure men into the forest to keep them as slaves, lovers, or worse..
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I adore all of the dragon age games, but inquisition just made me feel a tad bit more due to a certain egg. 😑
There's some runner-up games like; Rime, Folklore, Bayonetta and Space channel 5 ❤️ https://t.co/nwHKId6CoJ
Grimm’s The Seven Ravens is a variation of The Wild Swans with another really wonderful heroine who rescues her brothers. In this tale, the 7 brothers have been transformed into ravens. #folklorethursday #illustration #art #kidlitart #grimm #vintagechildrensbooks #felixhoffmann
Fun Facts about Hera!!!
1) Hera was as an independent goddess before the Greeks gave up trying to suppress her cults and married her off to Zeus, conquering both the land of Greece and a woman-centered religion. #FolkloreThursday
Illustration from HanieMohd
Long rumoured to possess magical properties in addition to being rare, in the time of King Louis the IX women were forbidden to wear diamonds, even queens, until courtesan Agnès Sorel broke the taboo centuries later.
Portrait by Jean Fouquet
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Africa: earth & water are represented by female goddesses. In Yoruba culture (Nigeria) ILE is the mother #Goddess of Earth; Yemoja is goddess of water, her messengers being hippo and crocodile, and her daughter Aje, Goddess of Rivers Niger. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
"La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a legend immortalized in the 1819 ballad by John Keats, based on a 15th century poem. It tells of a fairy woman who enchanted knights, who for years afterwards would wander in the wilderness, dazed and lovesick, in search of her.
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"Nuno sa punso"
My entry for Clip studio paint 21st international contest "Myths and mythology"
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Jvalamukhi, is a Hindu tantric Volcano goddess. Her name means ‘fiery mouth’ and refers to a volcano, her physical manifestation is flame, and she is worshipped in a few temples in India where natural gas issues forth from fissures in the rock.
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The Six Sillies is a Celtic Tale taken from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book originally published in 1890. Follow the link for the full story: https://t.co/l8q0g52E6t
The Greek goddess and witch Circe was the daughter of the sun god Helios and the nymph Perse. She was able to transform men into pigs and in one version of myth she bore Odysseus a son who later accidentally killed him.
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Bold and beautiful, the Valkyries. From Old Norse ‘valkyrja’ (fallen+choose), ‘choosers of the fallen’, would bring the slain warriors to Fólkvangr and Valhalla. #folklorethursday #viking
Credit: 1). E. Doepler, 1905. 2). E.R. Hughes, ca.1900. 3). S. Sinding, 1910. 4). No credit
A favourite #bold girl is Gerda in #TheSnowQueen.
After her friend Kai disappears she travels the world on a visionary quest to save him, barefoot and alone. Hans Christian Andersen’s story has been acclaimed as perhaps the first feminist fairy tale. #FolkloreThursday 🎨 Dulac
Ever wondered about the tradition of turning the sod - tradition says turn a sod, leave it overnight and if in the morning it has been turned back then the fairies disapprove - D. MacManus, Middle Kingdom, The Faerie World of #Ireland #FolkloreThursday
Nimue (aka - the lady of the lake) is an enchantress associated with the legends of King Arthur. She plays a pivotal role in many stories. Giving Arthur his sword Excalibur and enchanting Merlin. She is the daughter of Dyonas and blessed by the Goddess Diana. #folklorethursday 💕
Songs of the #Sea: The Origins of #Shanties by @Steph_Lepht for #FolkloreThursday! #WorldMaritimeDay
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In 2015 14-year-old Hu Munitas hunted down and dispatched the malevolent 'Skade.' This phantom witch had lured lonely travellers to their deaths centuries underneath the Dartford Crossing, Kent. #folklorethursday
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