#fairyring

[thegorgonist]

Day 31 of my mushroomonth prompts is Fairy Ring--Happy Halloween everyone!

[s-a-o-r-s-a]

Ink Illustration: The fairy ring 🍄 Fairy rings are naturally occurring rings of mushrooms, found mostly in forested and grassy areas. In mythology they are often found to be dangerous places, linked with witches or the devil, at other times they are said to bring good look and that they are a sign of a fairy village beneath the ground. Some myths even suggest that the rings are portals to another world. In English and Celtic folklore, fairy rings were said to be caused by fairies dancing in a circle. Furthermore, it was believed that if humans joined in the dance they would be punished by the fairies, and made to dance until they passed out from exhaustion. Would you dare to enter a fairy ring? Or do you perhaps know any more stories about these magical places? Gàidhlig word of the day is SÌOGAIDH (/ʃiːgɪ) - engl. FAIRY 🧚🏼‍♀️ Hope you're all doing well! 🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnh9gCeqPKC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[schersa]

Today’s #funguary faerie(s) Marasmius oreades or Fairy Ring 🧡 #fungi #fungifaerie #fungifaeries #marasmiusoreades #fairyring #fairyringfungus https://www.instagram.com/p/CodyqIJO19a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[geezerwench]

Not a great shot, but you can still kind of see it. It's more defined than it looks in the photo. Anyhow, seems we have a bit of a #fairyring in the yard. First time I've noticed it. Now I've got to go look up fairy rings in the grass and see what the heck it is. Besides a fairy ring. It's about 5 foot across. And, gee whiz, did it get warm today! 70⁰! Tomorrow, it's supposed to be a high of 46⁰, and Saturday is a high of 26⁰. Ahhhh, #Spring🌱 #23February2023 #southeasternPA #Pennsylvania (at Susquehanna Trails, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBm8UHNKJi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wilhelmmacguffin]

Fairy Ring! A wee “FunGuy” February doodle for @feefal ‘s #funguary daily art challenge. Cheers!! 🍄 — #funguyfeb #fairyring #cordyceps #thelastofus #fungus #mushrooms #drawingchallenge #drawingadaychallenge #adrawingaday #drawingexercise #artchallenge #artexercise #dtiys #drawitinyourstyle #dtiyschallenge #redraw #drawthisinyourstylechallenge #weehooligans #macguffinstuff #doodles https://www.instagram.com/p/CocgBJFu4fw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[granolarolla]

This random circle of flowers on one of the campus’s many lawns is definitely not a fairy ring. And that pink carnation is certainly not bait to lure some unsuspecting undergrad into the fae realm. Definitely not. #fairyring #watchyourstep #afraidoffairies (at University of California, Berkeley) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnh3rxxSV-Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rjfdalmeida]

Marasmius oreades /fairy ring mushroom/ fairy ring champignon . . #marasmius #fairyring #fairyringmushroom #mushrooms 🌳🍄🍂 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl3tKlFoFjv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pink-dino]

We lately found this incredibly cute little fairy path in our garden. 🥺✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/CklbdRgLA0G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wyldtrees]

Inktober 24th 2022 Fairy #kuretake_inktober2022 #ink #inktoberprompts #inktober2022 #inktober #fairy #fairyring #mushrooms #fungi #fungifanatic #drawings #illustration #penandink #clintongbowers #wyldtrees (at San Tan Valley, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkH4Pn6LRLN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fairyring]

I’m for Castti being a miracle worker

[hmandirola-blog]

#Fairyrings. Los #anillosdehadas son causados ​​por un #hongo individual que crece bajo tierra. Del hongo brotan muchos hilos pequeños, llamados micelio, en forma circular. Un año más tarde, los hongos brotan del suelo en el borde del círculo, creando el anillo de hadas. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkK1roAua9c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vynnyal]

This is a pretty good point in the wip to share this, methinks :]

Map part for the hole dwelling map, starring... Not my ocs! I wanted to use ocs, but I don't have any-- so I just used the characters from a fic I was reading at the time 😂

Turns out, the symbolism was so much fun to twist into the 11 seconds I had to work with, I ended up going way more complex than I meant to. If you wanna read the fic this was based on, please do!! And tell the author I said hi! :D

[crimsyoko]

The duo ever—

Based on a small bit of this fic !! Go check it out !! (I’ll probably do more doodles from it as I read)

[howhow326]

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.

[youssefguedira]

clerville dashboard simulator

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🏞️ securityguard101

fucking diabolik broke into the bank 1 hour after my shift ended i'm quitting this fucking job man

#scratch that i'm moving to beglait i am not risking this shit again

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🌃 vintage-aesthetic

Eva Kant, 1962 at the Blue Horse

🔁 tumblrelder

I was at that show!! Lovely.... shame she never really got popular, she was amazing!

🔁 artsthetic

didn't she literally kill her husband and run off with that serial killer guy

🔁fairyring

WHAT

🔁emu8403

yeah she's literally wanted by the police 😭

🔁panthergirl

god forbid women do anything

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👑 vitadelleisole

finally finished this room!!

#interior design inspo

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♠️panthergirl

free him

🔁giustizia5674

Really? The amount of Diabolik apologism on this site has gotten really concerning lately.

In case you don't know, or have somehow forgotten, here's a brief rundown of the serious material harm Diabolik has caused, before we start idolising actual serial killers:

Keep reading

🔁panthergirl

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🏛️divallenberg

Altea di Vallenberg arrives in Clerville Airport today

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♠️panthergirl

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🌠vitabella

went to see the balletto smeraldo today!! it got cut short because apparently diabolik stole the armen collection ??? but other than that it was really cool