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curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Aug 22, 2024
As explained in the thread below, I'm taking a break from here for the time being. After trying the various other platforms I've settled on 🟦sky. Now that it has hashtags it seems (in my opinion) to be functionally the best alternative should that become necessary. 🙂
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Aug 8, 2024
🧵I took a break from here due to family illness and came back to find things even worse re misinformation & propaganda. Ethically I can't continue to share content that benefits the one behind it all. Very sadly I'll be stepping away for now. Thank you so much to everyone who...
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Aug 26, 2023
'Bats in the Fifth Act' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. #InternationalBatNight #ukiyoe
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Aug 23, 2018
In Chinese & Japanese there's an expression 'A frog in a well never knows the vast ocean' based on the #Taoist story from Zhuangzi. It's a reminder to be humble & accept thay the world is vast & our knowledge limited, so we must not assume to know everything . #FolkloreThursday
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Mar 22, 2023
'Deer in the Forest' - Eugen Kruger, 19th century. #WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring
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Jun 4, 2023
In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon is an otherworldly goddess associated with both the moon and sun. She rides a white mare and is accompanied by three magical birds known as 'Adar Rhiannon.' It is believed their song can awaken the dead and lull the living to... #FolkloreSunday 1/3
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Aug 17, 2020
In Japanese folklore, household objects that have served their owners for 100 years are rewarded by obtaining a soul. They become alive & self-aware & are thereafter known as tsukumogami. #MythologyMonday #yokai #ukiyoe 'A New Collection of Monsters' - Utagawa Shigekiyo, 1860.
curious ordinary
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Nov 29, 2018
In Japanese folklore tsurara onna are yokai also known as icicle women. They appear when lonely men gaze longingly at icicles during wintertime. Althoigh extremely beautiful, they disappear as the ice melts leaving even more lonliness than before. #FolkloreThursday #yokai #winter
curious ordinary
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Aug 30, 2018
Ohaguro Bettari (which means nothing but blackened teeth) is a Japanese yokai appearing as a beautiful woman who beckons men, hiding her face until they're close, then revealing a pale featureless face with huge blackened teeth & scaring them out of their wits. #FolkloreThursday
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Sep 3, 2023
In #JapaneseFolklore there is a very strange tale of an older brother and his younger sister. The brother had noticed some unusual things about his sister and one night when she crept out of bed he followed her down to the river bank. He watched as she wet... #FolkloreSunday 1/10
curious ordinary
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Mar 20, 2022
In #JapaneseFolklore there's a gruesome practice known as hitobashira, where a living human being is buried alive in the foundations of a building, especially castles or bridges. These sacrifices were a form of magic based on the belief that sacrificing a... #FolkloreSunday 1/2
curious ordinary
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Oct 25, 2018
In Japan it's believed that some domestic cats develop magical powers as they age. They grow two tails & can shapeshift, sometimes taking on the form of their owner & living in their place. Known as nekomata they are a reminder to WATCH YOUR CAT CLOSELY. #FolkloreThursday #yokai
curious ordinary
@curiousordinary
Oct 29, 2023
In #JapaneseFolklore there is a #yokai known as tenome, which means 'eyes on hands.' It takes the form of an old man whose face has no eyes but who has an eye on each of his palms. In the dark of night they wander through graveyards and fields searching for... #FolkloreSunday 1/3
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Oct 22, 2023
In Japanese mythology Amaterasu is the Shinto goddess of the sun. Her name means 'great divinity illuminating heaven' and she brings light to the world. She was considered to be the ancestor of all the Emperors of Japan. As the queen of all the kami, she is... #FolkloreSunday 1/3
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Apr 18, 2023
MonoKubo (also known as Ariduka55) creates surreal illustrations depicting humans living in a world inhabited by a variety of giant animals. This is one of my favourites. Her portfolio is here: tumblr.com/ariduka55 #FairyTaleTuesday