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East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Sharing my love of folklore, mythology, fantasy, literature, music, art history, medieval studies, prehistory, shamanism, animals, and nature. I am forever longing for the lands of the North...the lakes, the forests, the midnight sun, and the lights that flicker in the dark winter sky.

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keepyourpebbles:

This may be my favorite yet. “Allerleirauh im Baum” by Julia Humpfer.

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zemmesmahti:

nirvikalpa:

Myths and legends of ancient Slavs.Illustrator N. Bukanova, 2007

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elkofhiisi:

“Journey to Tuonela III”
Tuonela was the Finnish underworld, a magic haunted island ruled over by the dark god Tuoni. Getting there was no easy task and returning was much harder.The swan was a transcendent being which swam around the island of the dead singing. In the case of Lemminkäinen, The swan began to sing a haunting song of divine beauty. The golden notes described life’s splendor and its heartache—the wordless music summarizing everything that people long for and care about in their journey from the cradle to the grave. The impossible sadness and magnificence of the song moved Lemminkäinen’s heart and he realized he could not kill the great bird. As Lemminkäinen faltered, he was spotted by the gods of the underworld. Infuriated that anyone should threaten the great swan, Tuoni’s blind son sent a poisonous watersnake to bite the suitor. Lemminkäinen tried to sing away the venom with a shaman spell but he knew no words of magic against watersnakes. The whirlpool of the river of death caught him and his body was ripped into pieces which sank among the underwater boulders.

404 notes | 6 months ago

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jayalalita:

The Isle of Rugen. The Priest. Portion of the Triptych, “Grandsons of Gostomysl: Rurik, Truvor, and Sineus” by Ilya Glazunov.

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3foldlaw:

Three Ravens - Edward Frederick Brewtnall 1885

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artmonia:

Nadezhda Illarionova.

Oh my GOD that first one!!

These are beautiful and haunting. Donkey-skin, or “All Kinds of Furs” always really gets to me….

(via lyrabelacqua)

443 notes | 8 months ago

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t-funster:

Cordel literature (“Literatura de Cordel” in portuguese, means “string literature”) are popular and inexpensively printed booklets common in the Northeast of Brazil. They usually contain stuff like folk novels, poems and songs, and they sell it at fairs and in the street. Cordel uses in its cover a very specific and traditional kind of xylography, and I thought the aesthetic fitted Sandor/Sansa (as well as other characters in A Song of Ice and Fire).

106 notes | 8 months ago

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thedeerandtheoak:

Beauty and the Beast

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victoriousvocabulary:

LOUHI
[noun]
a queen of the land known as Pohjola in Finnish and Lappish mythology. She was described as a powerful witch with the ability to change shape and weave mighty enchantments. She was also the main opponent of Väinämöinen and his coterie in the battle for the magical artifact Sampo in the Kalevala.

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