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yagamimi-aka-mimi · 22 days

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I do often wonder how many people have come across the different things I've made at different points in time and haven't realized it's all the same artist

like, it has happened already, but surely there've gotta be a few that don't know yet lmao

#blender #revenant #lowpoly #nova #link #sonic #eggman #robotnik #godzilla #gaiagoji #kamen rider ichigo #kamen rider #ps1 #vampire #adze #chabindra #oc #not revenant

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orokothe · 7 months

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OC art, Seshi Osei

Firefly vampire, or otherwise known as Adze is a vampiric entity known to take the form of a firefly that brings misfortune. This is told from Ewe people of Togo and Ghana.

#vampire #shi #adze #ghana

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thesilicontribesman · 8 months

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Neolithic Tools and Materials Photoset 1, Recreated Neolithic Roundhouses, Stonehenge Visitor Centre, nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistory #prehistoric #neolithic tools #axeheads #adze #textiles #natural resources #archaeology #stonework

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allmythologies · 2 years

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30 days of horror myths: adze

in the wild, the adze takes the form of a firefly, though it will transform into a human shape upon capture. when in human form, the adze has the power to possess humans. the adze's influence would negatively affect the people who lived around their host. the adze's effects are generally felt by the possessed victim's family or those of whom the victim is jealous. in firefly form, the adze would travel through keyholes, cracks in walls, or under closed doors at night. once in the home, it would suck blood from people as they slept, making them fall sick and die.

#ghanian mythology #ghanian folklore #adze #vampires #creature #30 days of horror myths #horror myths #horror

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uwlmvac · 11 months

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This stone tool is a trihedral, or three-sided, adze that would have been used for cutting or shaping materials like wood. The adze is made of rhyolite and was bifacially chipped, meaning it was worked on two sides. It was found on the surface of a beach at a site in Oneida County, Wisconsin, along with other artifacts such as a quartz side scraper, lithic flakes, and a few pieces of worked copper scrap. While not definitively dated, the site could have been occupied in the Late Paleo or late Archaic period.

#archaeology #archeology #adze #adze trihedral

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howhow326 · 3 months

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For black history month, I think we should begin popularizing monsters from the African continent the same way European monsters are overpopularized. To that end, here's a list of some of the most famous folkloric figures from Africa!

Mmoatia

Origin: Ghana (Akan)

Creature it is not: Dwarf

(Singular: Aboatia) Mmoatia are a subclass of abosom (spirits in between Man and Creator) that live in the forests of Ghana. They are short, have curved noses, backwards feet, and a unique language made up of only whistling sounds. Whistling in the forest is a sure way to get their attention. According to legend, they are phenomenal herbalists that will sometimes share their knowledge with humans. When a person gets lost in the woods, they are said to have been taken by Mmoatia. Humans who come back after being taken will become incredible medicine men. In Ghana, Dust Devils are called "Mmoatia Mframa" (Wind of Mmoatia) because they are belived to be a portal to their world similar to how fairyrings are treated in Ireland.

Mmoatia are divided into three tribes: Black, White, and Red. Black Mmoatia are supposedly harmless, while White and Red ones are always up to some kind of mischief.

Adze

Origin: Ghana (Ewe)

Creature it is not: Vampire

In Ewe culture, the Adze is a type of demonic spirit associated with witchcraft. They take the form of a fire fly that, during the night, crawls inside human beings in order to posses them. People possesd by the Adze are said to be witches, who use the spirit to slowly drain the life force of people that they envy (Old witches target the young, Poor witches target the wealthy, enslaved witches target their masters as they should).

When targeting a person, the Adze will leave it's host human during the night and crawl into the house of the victim. When it's close, it will drain blood from the victim like a mosquito.

Werehyena

Origin: Pan-African

Creature it is not: Werewolf

Just like how there are Werewolf stories all over Europe, there are Werehyena stories all over Africa. Compared to werewolves, which are said to be men cursed to be monsters, Werehyenas are actually monsters that disguise themselves as humans only to eat it's friends during the night. The people most likely to be werehyenas are village outsiders and blacksmiths, who are associated with magic.

In Angola, there is a similar (but not the same) creature to the werehyena called the Kishi. It is literally a two-faced demon that has a handsome man's body and face in the front, and a hyena's face in the back. This creature lures unsuspecting women into relationships so that it may eat them. If the Kishi has any male children with it's prey, it teaches them the art of femicide.

Mami Wata

Origin: Pan-African

Creature it is not: Mermaid (ok, it kinda is a mermaid but I need to keep the joke running)

Even more wide-spread than the Werehyena, Mami Wata is a figure so popular that it is common for water spirits in Africa to be retroactively labeld as Mami Wata and take on her iconography.

The most famous picture of Mami Wata is actually a french painting of a black Caribbean snake charmer, who west africans later identified as Her. Mami Wata is worshipped as a powerful, female river spirit that controls the flow of the river, the rate at which fish can be caught, the money that men can make, and several other things important to humanity. She is also said to be a seductress, who sleeps with unsuspecting men only to later kill them for cheating on their wives. Indeed, Mami Wata is a defender of women and a slayer of sinful and abusive men.

In many places, it is common to believe that women who drown or go missing in bodies of water were taken by Mami Wata to be taught magic. The women who return become pristessess to her, while the women who never come back become new Mami Watas.

Impundulu

Origin: South Africa (Zulu)

Creature it is not: Thunderbird (no hate, Thunderbird gets constantly thrown into things where it shouldn't be by people who don't understand it. And those people tend to be not native)

Impundulu, or Lightning Bird (NOT THUNDER BIRD), is a person sized Hamerkop bird that has the power to control the weather and summon lightning. It is also creature of evil magic, allied with witches and it has a never ending hunger for blood. It is said to sometimes take the form of a handsom young men in order to seduce women (why dose that keep happening).

Impundulu are immortal, and the ones that serve as witch familiars are passed down in the family as the old master dies and the child becomes grown. The bird is immune to gunshots, stabbing, drowning, and poison. It's only weakness is fire.

#black history month #west african mythology #west african folklore #african fairy #african fantasy #fantasy #africanjujuism #dnd #d&d #mmoatia #adze #werehyena #kishi #mami wata #impundulu #blackblr

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rachaelmayo · 10 months

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Set the wayback machine to 2007 - this is Dangerous Wildlife, a chapter header for a short story that a friend wrote in the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe. Zuko is about to give a polar leopard a splitting headache - if Hokoda doesn't beat him to it.

I made this with ink and Polychromos pencils. Using Zuko's fire as the primary light source was fun.

#avatar the last airbender #zuko #hakoda #fusion animal #polar bear #leopard #arctic #snow #ice #fire #firebending #adze #fire lord zuko

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courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme · 11 days

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Misery (1990, Rob Reiner)

20/04/2024

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toaster-fire-art · 2 years

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Finished these bois for class

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thegenxorcist · 1 year

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Adze

Ruthless, parasitic, and… glimmering?

That might not sound like your typical midnight monster, but that is how Ewe folklore, told by the people of southeastern Ghana, southern Benin, and the southern half of Togo, describes their region’s creature of terror 一 the Adze.

A being, rooted in both history and mythology, the Adze 一 in its simplest definition 一 is a vampire spirit.

Adze: The Shapeshifting, Vampiric Firefly of Ewe Folklore

#Adze

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yagamimi-aka-mimi · 9 months

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Reminder that Revenant is a vampire series first and foremost, we have some fucking Creatures™

These little shitters are called "Adze", they're very low on the Vampire hierarchy. They're classified as Ghouls.

Feral and mindless, their only purpose is to feed.

"Its normal form is that of a small, hunchbacked, generally misshapen humanoid with ill-fitting jet black skin, a large head, and a sharp-fanged grin. While it prefers to take the form of a firefly or corpse candle it can take human form." - description of Adze, from Ewe folklore

#revenant #adze #vampire #blender #lowpoly #3d model #3d artwork #low poly #ps1 #ps1 aesthetic #psx #creature design #creature

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briefbestiary · 1 year

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A being of Ewe folklore who cannot be prevented from approaching. It drinks its victims blood, or becomes humanoid in order to possess humans.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #myth #mythology #monster #bloodsucker #firefly folklore #firefly mythology #ewe folklore #adze #abasom

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thesilicontribesman · 6 months

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Bronze Age Axeheads, Palastaves and Adzes, Montrose Museum, Montrose, Angus, Scotland

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #axehead #palstave #adze #weapons #tools #metalwork #ancient craft #ancient living #ancient cultures #archaeology #relic #Scotland #prehistoric #prehistory

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howhow326 · 1 year

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Time to drop another Bayonetta OC out of pocket!

Im having a bit too much fun with this black centric picrew but also good

Name: Destinyque

Real Name: Boahinmaa

Hair: Black, long box braids

Skin color: dark brown

Skin detail: Smooth

Height: 6 feet

Scent: Cherry smell

Birthyear: 1422

Place of birth: Ghana

Habits: Winking

Fears: Nothing!

Triggers: Lumen Sages

Soft spots: Cats

Goals: Recover lost umbran treasures

Positive traits: Positivity

Negative traits: hides her insecurities

Backstory: While the heart of the Clan Wars happened in Europe, the true scale of the conflict included the whole Earth. During this time, many Witch settlements were caught unawares and wiped out by the Lumen.

One such settlement was Boahinmaa's home. Instead of being discouraged, the young girl vowed revenge. Too young to fight in the Clan Wars, Boahinmaa became one of the most fearsome and deadly witches during the Witch Hunts, able to wipe out entire choirs of Angels singlehandedly. But eventually, Boahinmaa disappeared... and Destinyque was born.

Now living in New York, Destinyque is a performer by daylight, and an Umbra Witch by moonlight. Too this day, Boahinmaa still fights to reclaim what was stolen from her. I made this all up in the span of 2 minutes lol

Contract: Madama Adze, Mother of Envy (The demonic progenitor of the Adze, vampiric demons that take the forms of fireflies in the living world. These fireflies can possess humans and give them the powers of a witch, but in exchange they must drain the blood of the living. These witches, known as abasom, typically only go after people they envy, the poor going after the rich and the elderly going after the young. Were a witch to enter a contract with Madama Adze, she would gain fantastic powers and an unstoppable fortitude.)

Weapon of Choice: Take the A-Train (4 guns: Ella, Duke, Aretha, Mary)

Weapon Origin: Created by Rodin

Beast Within Forms: Lioness, Vulture, Fireflies, Eel

#bayonetta #bayonetta oc #umbra witch #umbra witch oc #adze #take the a train #black oc #black representation #that I made #black picrew #blackblr

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postav54 · 4 months

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