#LegendaryWednesday

If you are putting off your spring cleaning this year, you may be more motivated after reading about keukegen. These #yokai are found in dirty gardens & homes, often hiding under floorboards or in mouldy corners. They appear as a mass of long, filthy hair... #LegendaryWednesday #JapaneseFolklore 1/4

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Winifred Hope Thomson's 'Medusa' for #LegendaryWednesday

'Harvest Fox Spirit' (messenger of Inari, kami of the crops) - Shoson Ohara, ca. 1910. #LegendaryWednesday #JapaneseArt

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In #JapaneseFolklore jubokko are #yokai trees often found on the sites of old battlefields. It is believed that because they absorbed the blood of slaughtered bodies through their roots, they developed supernatural powers, including a vampiric taste for blood. Considering... #LegendaryWednesday 1/3

I couldn't resist sharing this beautiful snowy print of Mount Fuji in winter for #LegendaryWednesday. 🎨'Mount Fuji After Snow from Tagonoura Bay' - Kawase Hasui, 1932. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

Night of Stars and Comets - Namiki Hajime,2005. #LegendaryWednesday #JapaneseArt

In Japanese mythology, Uzume is the goddess of Spring, the dawn, revelry, happiness and the arts. It was her provocative dancing (aka striptease), and the laughter of onlookers, that lured the sun goddess Amaterasu from the cave where she was hiding after her fight with... #LegendaryWednesday 1/2

In #JapaneseFolklore there is a belief that when animals and birds reach advanced age they can transform into #yokai. Aosagibi (blue heron fire) is a phenomenon that occurs when an elderly night heron develops supernatural qualities. Over time the heron's feathers begin to... #LegendaryWednesday 1/6

In Norse mythology the goddess Freya is associated with the return of spring. It is said that as she wanders over the earth shaking her curls, spring flowers flow from her golden tresses and a warm breeze is created by the swishing movement of her green cloak. #LegendaryWednesday

In #JapaneseFolklore aosagibi is a #yokai phenomenon that occurs when night herons become extremely old and develop supernatural powers. Aosagibi give off a blue glow & breathe out golden fiery light. I've written more here: www.curiousordinary.com/2…. 🎨Matthew Meyer #LegendaryWednesday