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bad-tf-fic-ideas · 4 months

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(116) Optimus Prime can't help but be crowned with divine responsibilities he doesn't want everywhere he looks. It's basically his curse.

On a routine energon survey near an old church just outside London, he trips over a historic monument. For a second he thinks he's broken the little human model of a sword stuck in a rock, and then he hears a booming voice announce from the heavens, "whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England."

Very politely, Optimus Prime tries to put the monument back together. Sword, meet stone. Please.

But neither the booming sky voice, nor Excalibur, nor—as it eventually transpires—the majority of the English, are open to accepting his polite refusal.

#maccadam #tf fic ideas #optimus prime #transformers g1 #excalibur #english mythology

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eirene · 7 months

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Merlin Presenting The Future King Arthur, 1873

Emil Lauffer

#merlin #camelot #king arthur #mythology #english mythology #art #austrian art #1870s #art history #painting

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mothmans-wedding-photographer · 6 months

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Do you guys want to see my mythology/cryptozoology book collection of course you do (specifically the non fiction ones, I also own like retellings and stuff, and i own The Illiad but i wasnt sure if it counted)

Complete list of books shown:

Greek and Roman Mythology by D.M. Field (I forgot I owned this tbh)

Treasury of Greek Mythology by Donna Jo Napoli

Mythology 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition by Edith Hamilton

Halifax Haunts: Exploring the City's Spookiest Spaces by Steve Vernon

Haunted Harbours: Ghost Stories from Old Nova Scotia by Steve Vernon (I found both Steve Vernon books in the free library lol)

A Folk Tale Journey Through the Maritimes by Helen Creighton

Bluenose Ghosts by Helen Creighton (I dont even live in Halifax why do I have so many Halifax books sjsjdjej)

Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide by Kelly Milner Halls

International Cryptids and Legends by Kenney W. Irish

Chasing American Monsters by Jason Offutt

A Canadian Bestiary by Todd H.C. Fischer

Twisted Tales: Greek Legends by Terry Deary

Norse Fairy and Folk Tales complied by James Shepherd

West African Folktales with general editor Jake Jackson

Legends and Lore: Ireland's Folk Tales by Michael Scott

Aztec Myths with general editor Jake Jackson

Dragons: Fearsome Monsters From Myth And Fiction by Gerrie McCall and Kieron Connolly (this book was literally my childhood I've had it since forever)

Mythical Monsters: The Scariest Creatures From Legends, Books and Movies with general editor Chris McNab

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by probably the Grimm Brothers but it's a fairly new edition so it doesn't credit them (fun fact I found this at a used stuff store for like 2$)

Black Dog Folklore by Mark Norman (I begged my parents for this for Christmas lol)

The Mythical Creatures Bible by Brenda Rosen

Tales of Ancient Egypt by Michael Rosen (I almost forgot this one that's by its in a picture by itself lmao)

#mythology #cryptozoology #greek mythology #folklore #ghost stories #cryptids #norse mythology #african mythology #aztec mythology #grimm fairy tales #english mythology

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ladyvictoriart · 6 months

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Perceval and the Grail

based on Chretien de Troyes 'Perceval: The Story of the Grail'

#ink art #manga art #traditional art #fantasy art #mythology and folklore #literature #arthurian legend #english mythology #the holy grail

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bestiarium · 11 months

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The Gabriel Hounds [British/English folklore]

Northern English folktales tell of a mysterious, haunting howling or yelping sound that could sometimes be heard coming from the night sky. Supposedly, these otherworldly cries came from mysterious dog spirits called ‘Gabriel Hounds’, often called ‘Gabbles’ or also ‘Gabriel ratchets’ as ‘ratchet’ is an older term for dogs. The howling of a Gabble is an ill omen and hearing it means someone will die soon.

Stories of these creatures have been around since at least 1665, though the details and origin of these beings vary a lot. In 1866, ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’ author J. Atkinson published an explanation where the hounds were the undead souls of a troupe of hunting dogs.

Their owner was so obsessed with the hunting sport that when the man was nearing the end of his life, he ordered his canine companions to be killed, so that they could all be buried with him. After he passed away, his dogs were indeed killed and laid to rest in the tomb of their owner. Even today, the hunter is still roaming the world in search of game, accompanied by his faithful dogs.

A different story from Derbyshire tells of a squire who loved the hunting sport, and even organized hunts on Sundays, breaking a Catholic taboo. To put salt in the wound, he even chased game into a church one time, driving his troupe of hounds into the holy building. For this crime, he was unable to find rest after he died, instead being forced to wander the earth with his hunting dogs. Still another tale claims that the hounds are actually the ghosts of infants who died unbaptized.

At one point, and I am uncertain how old this tradition is, the Gabriel Hounds were most commonly depicted as dogs with a human face, or the face of a human child. Which is delightfully unsettling.

The name ‘Gabriel Hound’ was explained in a Derbyshire story where the yelping noises were really the cries of damned souls as they were being struck by the whip of the angel Gabriel, who was hunting the damned souls and urging them along. Alternatively, a simpler explanation is that the appellation ‘Gabriel Hound’ might be derived from ‘gabble’ which the noises kind of sound like. Indeed, the mysterious noises are often assumed to have been made by geese or other birds. In fact, there is also a version where the gabbles appear as spectral birds. These feathered fiends had unnaturally glowing eyes and made a shrieking sound, and those who heard it could expect the death of a close friend or family member in the near future.

Source: Simpson, S. and Roud, S., 2003, A Dictionary of English Folklore, Oxford University Press, 411 pp. The cited source in this work is Wright, J., 1898-1905, The English Dialect Dictionary. (image source: Bradz on Deviantart)

#mythical creatures #English mythology #British mythology #spirits #monsters #creatures

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evermore-grimoire · 2 years

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The Evermore Grimoire: Islands

Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It was the place where Excalibur was forged and kept safe by The Lady of the Lake as well and the last resting place of King Arthur after his final battle. In Arthurian legend, after Arthur fell at Camlann, he was taken by nine sisters (chief of whom was the sorceress Morgan le Fay, to Avalon. There he would rest until he was required to rise and save his people from disaster. The island was described as “the island of apples (‘Insula pomorum’), called fortunate.”

#MythEdit #MythologyEdit #FantasyEdit #FYeahMyths #English Mythology #Avalon #Arthurian Legend #King Arthur #Islands #My Edit

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deathianartworks · 6 months

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CRYPTOBER DAY FOURTEEN: HUNKY PUNKS

#artists on tumblr #art #artwork #digital artist #deathianartworks #deathianscryptober2023 #cryptober2023 #cryptids #more like folklore lol #this ones a little obscure but ill explain what they are #these are grotesques which are similar to gargoyles but without the function of being a drainage pipe as well as an ornament #these are specific to the county in england that i live in right now #and they're just little guys on the ends of churches and other buildings #and i love them #hunky punks #english mythology

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birdsofrhiannon · 8 months

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Ccoventina by Thalia Took

#coventina #celtic #mythology #celtic mythology #english mythology #thalia took

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thiefbracket · 1 year

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#thief bracket #robin hood #english folklore #english mythology #magpie #bird

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gaelic-diary-holder-returns · 2 months

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I absolutely love reading about religious beliefs that change and evolve with time but just won’t die out like how Saint George is a Christian version of Indo-European thunderstorm god in both England and Georgia and that The Maitreya Buddha is a Buddhist version of Mithra from Iranian mythology.

#english mythology #Buddhism #slavic mythology

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ocean-not-found · 4 months

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Im burning the Yule Candle underneath//infront of our (blocked off) chimney, to stop any Evil spirits coming in!

I've also prepared cookies , honey, milk, and some string for the Fae Folk (Fairies).

Whats your Christmas/Yule tradition?

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briefbestiary · 1 year

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In the end, the worm was defeated in the river. John Lambton donned armor covered in spearheads, cutting it apart when it attempted to coil itself around him. Then the strong running waters of the river prevented the worm from pulling itself back together.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #myth #mythology #the lambton worm #lambton worm #john lambton #english mythology #english folklore #dragon #wyrm #worm #monster

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hyper-pixels · 11 months

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dog·ma

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a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true."the rejection of political dogma"

#dogma #my art #wolf #red and black #digital art #art #black shuck #shuck #old shuck #horror #eye strain #english mythology #if you make direct eye contact with the black shuck you are doomed to die within a half or so #it is said to have green or red eyes #but i chose green

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gentlyepigrams · 1 year

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DIVÉKY, József. Saint Georges terrassant le dragon (St. George Slaying the Dragon). by Halloween HJB https://flic.kr/p/2ojb1CH

#myths and legends #saint george and the dragon #english mythology #anglophilia #here be dragons

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bestiarium · 2 years

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The Capelthwaite [English/British folklore]

Large, black dog spirits are a very common motif in folktales and myths. Usually malicious, they are sometimes omens of death or ill luck. Some common examples include the Barghest from British folklore and Kludde from Flanders.

In Yorkshire and the surrounding areas, there are tales of a similar monster called the Capelthwaite. William Henderson, in the late 19th century, compared this creature to the Barghest, from which the Capelthwaite might have been derived.

In any case, this creature is a shapeshifter: it can take the form of any quadrupedal animal, although it is most commonly encountered as a large black dog.

In Beetham – a civil parish in South Lakeland – there was once a barn called “Capelthwaite barn” as one of these creatures supposedly made its home there. The Capelthwaite was evil and dangerous towards anyone not from the area, but it never bothered the locals. In fact, it pulled its weight around the barn and regularly helped them out with chores. The creature often helped to herd the sheep, as one might expect from a supernatural large dog. There is even a humorous anecdote connected with this place, about how the Capelthwaite mistook a hare for a particularly small sheep and drove it into the barn with the rest of the animals, commenting on how fast this weird sheep could run compared to the others.

But despite these wholesome stories, the creature was still a monster and it was a danger towards anyone who didn’t call the barn home. Local tradition tells that eventually, a certain Vicar of Beetham exorcised the spirit and it has never been seen since. Except for one isolated incident, in which a local man returned home very late at night. The man was bruised and battered and did not have his coat or hat with him. He claimed to have been assaulted by the Capelthwaite, who stole his hat and coat.

Source: Henderson, W., 1879, Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders. (image source: Earlnoir on Deviantart. The image is called “Barguest” and actually depicts a somewhat different creature, although it could be argued that the Barguest and the Capelthwaite are local variations of the same being)

#English mythology #British mythology #Celtic mythology #monstrous dogs #monsters #mythical creatures #creatures #mythology #folklore

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shaedsofdeianeira · 2 years

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Finally remembered to post!!! I've had a lot of art pile up in the last little bit. I was busy during the power outage.

So, some sketches of Tiernan! If you don't remember, he's the Hound from "The Strange Case of the Medium and the Hound", the short story I wrote for my Historical Fiction class. This is more or less how he appears in the story. Well, the left side of the page is. He looks creepy, but respectable. Ophelia doesn't see his wolfish teeth until the action starts.

To create Tiernan, I combined legends of the Irish cu sith with the English black dog. So, he can turn into a wolflike black dog, but he’s Irish and hails from the Otherworld, where faeries live. His origins are kept vague in the story itself. All Ophelia knows is that she accidentally summoned him from another plane of existence and now he refuses to leave. She also knows that he can shift from a dog to a human and assume the image of other people (he disguises himself as a doctor at one point).

He's a pretty fun character that I'll be putting some more work into! I have lots of ideas about him and why he doesn't want to go back to the Otherworld.

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