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alexsiple · 2 days

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a print i made for tóraíocht, an indie 2d animated project that's CROWDFUNDING RIGHT NOW!!!

do you like irish folklore? coming-of-age stories? cartoon saloon inspired art? sapphic knights and witches and also borzois? many other things? CHECK OUT THE PROJECT HERE AND FUND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL (you can get this print as a reward as well many other wonderful items!)

#art #toraiocht #irish folklore #indie animation #visual development #concept art #illustration

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sanctus-ingenium · 7 months

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A certain fisherman [...] went to the same place again to fish, and he put a row of hooks on his heels in case he met the Púca again; he attached them like a horseman's spurs. When evening drew near, he made a halter of the fishing-line for the Púca. The Púca met him the second time. He himself caught the Púca, put the fishing-line over his head like a halter, and started to ride him. He drove him wherever he wanted to go, and he kept putting his heels with the hooks like spurs to the Púca's sides, so that the Púca was shedding blood from the pricks of the hooks.

Excerpt from "The Púca: A Multi-Functional Irish Supernatural Entity" by Deasún Breatnach

buy a print of this piece here :>

#irish folklore #u may remember this as the first WIP i ever shared to subscribers in uhh.. like february i think??#púca #pooka #setting: inver #DON'T come for my grammar pleas. i already know.#what do i have to do to convince u ppl that this is not a water horse or a kelpie

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steampoweredwerehog · 1 month

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Headless Hopeless Romantic

Local Dullahan caught between carrying out unholy retribution or fostering his love life.

#headless horseman #Dullahan #folklore #Irish folklore #fantasy #OC #OCs #decapitation tw #just in case #Steamed doodles #monster x human #terato

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minnesota-fats · 7 months

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So I was looking up myths and such and found a Cù-sìth, found in both Irish and Scottish folklore. The Cù-sìth is described as a large dog like creature that has shaggy green fur and is as large as a small cow.

And I thought: Thats Cujo!!!!

The Cù-sìth are known for taking dying souls to the afterlife.

#fun #:3 #danny phantom #danny fenton #Cujo #dp cujo #scottish folklore #irish folklore #they are also called fairy dogs

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nanamis-username · 6 months

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samhain 🧡 a banshee & a dullahan

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the-evil-clergyman · 2 months

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Illustrations from Irish Fairy Tales by Arthur Rackham (1920)

#arthur rackham #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #1920s #1920s fashion #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #british art #british artist #books #book illustration #irish folklore #fairy tales #fairy tale #fairytale art #classic art

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ceejindeed · 4 months

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Another Lugh-inspired drawing. He’s easy to go for inspiration, especially right now when things are feeling their craziest.

#lugh #lugh ildanach #irish paganism #irish folklore #celtic mythology #paganism #doodles

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oliviarampaige · 6 months

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“The Poisoned Glen”

Day 14 - Castle

Old Church of Dunlewey

#illustration #my art #drawing #kelpie #ireland #nature #inktober #horror #watercolor #dark art #irish folklore #mythology #cryptid #surrealism #inktober 2023 #gothic art

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applesauceshindo · 8 months

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Aaah! Here it is!!

CARTOON SALOONS IRISH FOLKLORE TRILOGY!!!!

@irishthings

#cartoon saloon #cartoonsaloon #the secret of kells #wolfwalkers #song of the sea #ireland #irish #irish things #irish folklore #crom cruach #selkies #faeries #wolves

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monstrifex-art · 10 months

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This world never ceased to surprise Caoimhe. If you’d told her six hundred years ago that there’d be adoring crowds screaming along with her, she’d have called you mad!

For Vivid Shadows 2022

#art #monster #banshee #bean sí #irish folklore #fae #fae art #vivid shadows

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amylouioc · 4 months

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Grianstad shona daoibh!

In Ireland, the Winter Solstice is often associated with the Newgrange passage tomb in County Meath. Each year, as the sun rises on the Solstice, it aligns perfectly with tomb to illuminate the passage within.

Lots of historical, scientific and even crazy (I’m looking at you Ancient Aliens) theories exist as to why this occurs, but there is also some stories within our mythology associated with the event, including the Dagda’s affair with the Goddess Boann.

The Dagda was thought to be an Irish god of fertility and strength. A wife of one of his aides, Boann, a goddess of the River Boyne, was particularly entranced, and the couple soon began a clandestine affair. Affairs don’t stay secret when a god of fertility is involved, and Boann quickly fell pregnant around springtime.

Boann resided at Newgrange, and when her husband left for a hunting trip, the Dagda cast a spell to make the sun standstill for nine months and pause time. Boann carried her baby to term and eventually gave birth to Aengus, a god of youth and love. Despite it now being Winter, on Elcmar’s return he felt as if only a day had passed and the affair went unnoticed. That is until one day, when an adult Aengus would eventually arrive to duel Elcmar for Newgrange, which he deemed his birthright.

#irish mythology #artists on tumblr #irish folklore #newgrange #winter solstice #aengus #the Dagda #Boann #celtic polytheism #amylouioc art #my art #celtic mythology #fantasy illustration

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aodhan-art · 6 months

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