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#ThrowbackThursday with an old Troll graphite drawing.✏️

#myart #troll #fairytale #folklore #fantasy #darkfantasy #horrorart #horror #drawing #monster #fantasyart #doodle #zeichnen #fediart #art #artist #artofmastodon #artistsofmastodon #Konaa #Kmac #macNessa #Konaa #illustration #AkasaSigna

#ThrowbackThursday with an old Troll graphite drawing.✏️

#myart #troll #fairytale #folklore #fantasy #darkfantasy #horrorart #horror #drawing #monster #fantasyart #doodle #zeichnen #fediart #art #artist #artofmastodon #artistsofmastodon #Konaa #Kmac #macNessa #Konaa #illustration #AkasaSigna

#ThrowbackThursday with an old Troll graphite drawing.✏️

#myart #troll #fairytale #folklore #fantasy #darkfantasy #horrorart #horror #drawing #monster #fantasyart #doodle #zeichnen #fediart #art #artist #artofmastodon #artistsofmastodon #Konaa #Kmac #macNessa #Konaa #illustration #AkasaSigna

#ThrowbackThursday with an old Troll graphite drawing.✏️

#myart #troll #fairytale #folklore #fantasy #darkfantasy #horrorart #horror #drawing #monster #fantasyart #doodle #zeichnen #fediart #art #artist #artofmastodon #artistsofmastodon #Konaa #Kmac #macNessa #Konaa #illustration #AkasaSigna

#ThrowbackThursday with an old Troll graphite drawing.✏️

#myart #troll #fairytale #folklore #fantasy #darkfantasy #horrorart #horror #drawing #monster #fantasyart #doodle #zeichnen #fediart #art #artist #artofmastodon #artistsofmastodon #Konaa #Kmac #macNessa #Konaa #illustration #AkasaSigna

Just like humans, some giants like to play with live-action figures.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #giant
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Giantess_of_Mirow

Just like humans, some giants like to play with live-action figures.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #giant
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Giantess_of_Mirow

Just like humans, some giants like to play with live-action figures.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #giant
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Giantess_of_Mirow

Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands "Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries" Sale: $15.95 to $2.99 Heather Fawcett 4.5/5 (8,392 Reviews) #fairy #fantasy #folklore #books #booksky #romance #cozy #magic #adventure

Emily Wilde's Map of the Other...

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands "Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries" Sale: $15.95 to $2.99 Heather Fawcett 4.5/5 (8,392 Reviews) #fairy #fantasy #folklore #books #booksky #romance #cozy #magic #adventure

Emily Wilde's Map of the Other...

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands "Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries" Sale: $15.95 to $2.99 Heather Fawcett 4.5/5 (8,392 Reviews) #fairy #fantasy #folklore #books #booksky #romance #cozy #magic #adventure

Emily Wilde's Map of the Other...

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands "Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries" Sale: $15.95 to $2.99 Heather Fawcett 4.5/5 (8,392 Reviews) #fairy #fantasy #folklore #books #booksky #romance #cozy #magic #adventure

Emily Wilde's Map of the Other...

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Banchō Sarayashiki (Sumika POV): Post 41
#Wss366 Cable #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

I hated to resume the story. The romance I sensed between the witch and Okiku should have had a happy ending, but only tragedy lay ahead. I pretended to sip my tea, now grown cold, and then began again:

“All would have been well for Okiku,” I continued, “if Aoyama had been content with that. But instead, he devised a plan to trap the maiden. When she was away, he hid one of the ten plates.”

When he called for them to be shown to him, Okiku was horrified to find only nine. She counted them over and over, but no matter how many times she did this, the tenth plate was always missing.

It was a sorrowful maiden who presented the remaining plates to Aoyama, for she knew the penalty for losing a plate was to be beheaded.

Instead of anger, the lord’s face bore a crafty look. His expression soon turned to rage when she declined his offer of “clemency.” That fury blossomed, turning into a beating, and finally, when she still refused him, he dragged her into the courtyard and hung her over a well.

“This is your last chance,” he raged. “Who are you to refuse me?” She met his demands with silence.

Infuriated, he dunked her into the well, nearly drowning her. When even that failed to break Okiku’s determination, with one final slash, Lord Aoyama severed the rope, and she plummeted to her death.

The witch held up her hand for me to stop; her face had grown grim. With a shaky hand, she poured more tea and threw grain for my familiar. When she’d calmed herself, she spoke. “It is as I feared. She acquitted herself well to the end. A vine #cable could not have been stronger than her honor. No shame will ever be attached to her name. Alas, if I were younger, I would avenge this slight. If her betrothed fails in his duty, then I’ll haunt both him and Aoyama.”

I trembled. This was not why I had come. Instead of rescuing Okiku, I was only bringing tragedy. The ghosts threatened to multiply. I looked pleadingly at Airisu and mouthed, “Do I have to finish my tale?”

“Go on,” she cawed. “The rest is sorrowful enough, but there is no need for the good lady to stain her karma with it. The taint lies upon the house of Aoyama. Even dead at the bottom of a well, Okiku’s name endured unclouded—besides, we’re here to rescue her!”

With these last words, Airisu fluffed up her feathers and strutted across the floor. At a less solemn time, I would have laughed.

#TootFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Serial #SlowBurn #Yuri #Folklore #NMFic #TimeTravel

In Eskdale Forest, #Yorkshire, a hunted boar barged into a hermit's hut. He refused to let the hunters get at it because, he said, the beast had taken sanctuary. Enraged, the bloodthirsty aristocrats hacked at him with their swords and he later died from his injuries [1/2 #FolkloreThursday #folklore

In Eskdale Forest, #Yorkshire, a hunted boar barged into a hermit's hut. He refused to let the hunters get at it because, he said, the beast had taken sanctuary. Enraged, the bloodthirsty aristocrats hacked at him with their swords and he later died from his injuries [1/2 #FolkloreThursday #folklore

In Eskdale Forest, #Yorkshire, a hunted boar barged into a hermit's hut. He refused to let the hunters get at it because, he said, the beast had taken sanctuary. Enraged, the bloodthirsty aristocrats hacked at him with their swords and he later died from his injuries [1/2 #FolkloreThursday #folklore

In Eskdale Forest, #Yorkshire, a hunted boar barged into a hermit's hut. He refused to let the hunters get at it because, he said, the beast had taken sanctuary. Enraged, the bloodthirsty aristocrats hacked at him with their swords and he later died from his injuries [1/2 #FolkloreThursday #folklore

https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/121609/ Pris en flagrant délit en train de filmer sous la jupe d’une femme dans un supermarché, il se fait agresser par le compagnon de la victime (VIDEO) #association #atelier #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #bruxelles #folklore #International #Matériaux #parade #preparation #recyclage #WorldNews #zinneke

Okay, I _think_ I have come up with a concept for adding random banners to the "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles" wiki, using the "WikidataPageBanner" and "RandomSelection" extensions for #MediaWiki - although I need to test it to make sure (hopefully I will find time for this next week). The downside is that I will have to add the markup for the banner to each and every page - tedious, but at least I will only have to do it once. The resulting banners should have the same size and placement as the banners on Wikivoyage (see the link for examples).

Obviously, one thing I want to do is flog my book and my Patreon (if I want to maintain a full-time lifestyle as an adventurer-folklorist, I will have to hustle for it). But I could also create banners for:

- Interesting themes on my wiki (mountain legends, tales of Venetians, and so on and so forth)
- Link to people who have been using my translations in their own projects (looking at you, @rorystarr )
- Link to other interesting #folklore projects in general

Any other suggestions on what I could create banners for?

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Banners

Part 1 of a 2 to 4 part series; I don't know yet, depends on whether I get to see a few of them in person: https://youtu.be/sCoOIan3G9Y.
#OpenStreetMap #Wikidata #Wikimedia #WikiLovesFolklore #WikiLovesMonuments #Strongman #opendata #folklore #heritage

Part 1 of a 2 to 4 part series; I don't know yet, depends on whether I get to see a few of them in person: https://youtu.be/sCoOIan3G9Y.
#OpenStreetMap #Wikidata #Wikimedia #WikiLovesFolklore #WikiLovesMonuments #Strongman #opendata #folklore #heritage

Part 1 of a 2 to 4 part series; I don't know yet, depends on whether I get to see a few of them in person: https://youtu.be/sCoOIan3G9Y.
#OpenStreetMap #Wikidata #Wikimedia #WikiLovesFolklore #WikiLovesMonuments #Strongman #opendata #folklore #heritage

Part 1 of a 2 to 4 part series; I don't know yet, depends on whether I get to see a few of them in person: https://youtu.be/sCoOIan3G9Y.
#OpenStreetMap #Wikidata #Wikimedia #WikiLovesFolklore #WikiLovesMonuments #Strongman #opendata #folklore #heritage

🌿🪨The "Druid’s Temple " in North Yorkshire. A photogenic 19th-century folly built to mimic an ancient monument.

It was a construction project to provide work for locals after the Napoleonic Wars.

However, the site is linked to many a spooky tale. Shifting shadows and eerie noises in the night, alleged occult practices and dark folklore legends.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/druids-temple-yorkshire-england/

#Yorkshire #History #Folly #DarkTourism #Story #Photography #Folklore

🌿🪨The "Druid’s Temple " in North Yorkshire. A photogenic 19th-century folly built to mimic an ancient monument.

It was a construction project to provide work for locals after the Napoleonic Wars.

However, the site is linked to many a spooky tale. Shifting shadows and eerie noises in the night, alleged occult practices and dark folklore legends.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/druids-temple-yorkshire-england/

#Yorkshire #History #Folly #DarkTourism #Story #Photography #Folklore

🌿🪨The "Druid’s Temple " in North Yorkshire. A photogenic 19th-century folly built to mimic an ancient monument.

It was a construction project to provide work for locals after the Napoleonic Wars.

However, the site is linked to many a spooky tale. Shifting shadows and eerie noises in the night, alleged occult practices and dark folklore legends.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/druids-temple-yorkshire-england/

#Yorkshire #History #Folly #DarkTourism #Story #Photography #Folklore

🌿🪨The "Druid’s Temple " in North Yorkshire. A photogenic 19th-century folly built to mimic an ancient monument.

It was a construction project to provide work for locals after the Napoleonic Wars.

However, the site is linked to many a spooky tale. Shifting shadows and eerie noises in the night, alleged occult practices and dark folklore legends.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/druids-temple-yorkshire-england/

#Yorkshire #History #Folly #DarkTourism #Story #Photography #Folklore

🌿🪨The "Druid’s Temple " in North Yorkshire. A photogenic 19th-century folly built to mimic an ancient monument.

It was a construction project to provide work for locals after the Napoleonic Wars.

However, the site is linked to many a spooky tale. Shifting shadows and eerie noises in the night, alleged occult practices and dark folklore legends.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/druids-temple-yorkshire-england/

#Yorkshire #History #Folly #DarkTourism #Story #Photography #Folklore

Folklore read live!

What would you do if a fire spirit ran towards you?

Find out your options in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/sOwAQbJzo3s

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #fire #ghosts #kobold

Folklore read live!

What would you do if a fire spirit ran towards you?

Find out your options in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/sOwAQbJzo3s

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #fire #ghosts #kobold

Folklore read live!

What would you do if a fire spirit ran towards you?

Find out your options in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/sOwAQbJzo3s

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #fire #ghosts #kobold

Folklore read live!

What would you do if a fire spirit ran towards you?

Find out your options in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/sOwAQbJzo3s

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #fire #ghosts #kobold

Folklore read live!

What would you do if a fire spirit ran towards you?

Find out your options in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/sOwAQbJzo3s

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #fire #ghosts #kobold

One of the models for Count Dracula is thought to be Stoker's employer, Henry Irving. This charismatic actor was sometimes viewed as vampirically sucking the energy from those around him, especially his hardworking theatre manager Bram Stoker. Behind his skill, charm and charisma, some people got the feeling Irving didn't have much of a personality of his own, giving an eerie, void-like impression. Stoker had long admired Irving before he started working for him, when he was writing for newspapers as a Dublin theatre critic. Stoker was prone to hero-worship and his admiration may have had a homoerotic tinge, which might be reflected in 'Dracula'. Irving played several highly gothic roles, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Faust, and the captain of The Flying Dutchman. Though his reviews were not always positive, Irving was a mesmerising actor who could leave an audience spellbound. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #gothic #vampires #books #literature #vampire #history #mythology #theatre #Victorian #weird #Dracula #WorldDraculaDay

One of the models for Count Dracula is thought to be Stoker's employer, Henry Irving. This charismatic actor was sometimes viewed as vampirically sucking the energy from those around him, especially his hardworking theatre manager Bram Stoker. Behind his skill, charm and charisma, some people got the feeling Irving didn't have much of a personality of his own, giving an eerie, void-like impression. Stoker had long admired Irving before he started working for him, when he was writing for newspapers as a Dublin theatre critic. Stoker was prone to hero-worship and his admiration may have had a homoerotic tinge, which might be reflected in 'Dracula'. Irving played several highly gothic roles, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Faust, and the captain of The Flying Dutchman. Though his reviews were not always positive, Irving was a mesmerising actor who could leave an audience spellbound. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #gothic #vampires #books #literature #vampire #history #mythology #theatre #Victorian #weird #Dracula #WorldDraculaDay

One of the models for Count Dracula is thought to be Stoker's employer, Henry Irving. This charismatic actor was sometimes viewed as vampirically sucking the energy from those around him, especially his hardworking theatre manager Bram Stoker. Behind his skill, charm and charisma, some people got the feeling Irving didn't have much of a personality of his own, giving an eerie, void-like impression. Stoker had long admired Irving before he started working for him, when he was writing for newspapers as a Dublin theatre critic. Stoker was prone to hero-worship and his admiration may have had a homoerotic tinge, which might be reflected in 'Dracula'. Irving played several highly gothic roles, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Faust, and the captain of The Flying Dutchman. Though his reviews were not always positive, Irving was a mesmerising actor who could leave an audience spellbound. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #gothic #vampires #books #literature #vampire #history #mythology #theatre #Victorian #weird #Dracula #WorldDraculaDay

One of the models for Count Dracula is thought to be Stoker's employer, Henry Irving. This charismatic actor was sometimes viewed as vampirically sucking the energy from those around him, especially his hardworking theatre manager Bram Stoker. Behind his skill, charm and charisma, some people got the feeling Irving didn't have much of a personality of his own, giving an eerie, void-like impression. Stoker had long admired Irving before he started working for him, when he was writing for newspapers as a Dublin theatre critic. Stoker was prone to hero-worship and his admiration may have had a homoerotic tinge, which might be reflected in 'Dracula'. Irving played several highly gothic roles, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Faust, and the captain of The Flying Dutchman. Though his reviews were not always positive, Irving was a mesmerising actor who could leave an audience spellbound. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #gothic #vampires #books #literature #vampire #history #mythology #theatre #Victorian #weird #Dracula #WorldDraculaDay

One of the models for Count Dracula is thought to be Stoker's employer, Henry Irving. This charismatic actor was sometimes viewed as vampirically sucking the energy from those around him, especially his hardworking theatre manager Bram Stoker. Behind his skill, charm and charisma, some people got the feeling Irving didn't have much of a personality of his own, giving an eerie, void-like impression. Stoker had long admired Irving before he started working for him, when he was writing for newspapers as a Dublin theatre critic. Stoker was prone to hero-worship and his admiration may have had a homoerotic tinge, which might be reflected in 'Dracula'. Irving played several highly gothic roles, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Faust, and the captain of The Flying Dutchman. Though his reviews were not always positive, Irving was a mesmerising actor who could leave an audience spellbound. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #gothic #vampires #books #literature #vampire #history #mythology #theatre #Victorian #weird #Dracula #WorldDraculaDay

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Banchō Sarayashiki (Sumika POV): Post 40
#Wss366 Wilt #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

“I will do my best, Holy One,” I said. “There are many versions of the tale, and I don’t know which one is correct.”

The witch sat across from me. The firelight reflected on her face, giving it a deceptive ruddy glow, even though I knew she was very sick. Airisu had stopped pecking at the grain and was looking between us intently. I was pleased that she hadn’t said anything rude so far.

“So, she is well remembered,” the woman said. “Tell whichever version you please.”

“I’m sure to mix the stories up,” I said.

The witch coughed and waved her hand dismissively, so I took heart and began.

In Himeji Castle, there was a beautiful lady-in-waiting named Okiku. It was her duty to care for a precious set of ten plates. This was a great honor, showing her breeding and how much her lord, Aoyama, valued her. But the lord’s feelings didn’t end there. He lusted after her and wished to make her his concubine.

Okiku #wilted under his attentions and refused his many advances, spurning both offered rewards and threatened punishments, for she was betrothed to a samurai named Takesune and remained faithful to him.

I stopped, first looking at the woman and then at Airisu, and asked, “How am I doing?”

Airisu made a funny, unbird-like gesture that resembled a shrug. I'd need to reward her later for keeping silent as I had directed.

For her part, the witch said, “Good enough. Okiku was fonder of me than of any man." A gentle smile stole over her face, and her eyes grew distant. "But she had been promised, and no pleading would turn her from the path laid before her. We were as husband and wife in all but name, yet she had her duties and I mine. How then would Lord Aoyama ensnare her?”

A cough interrupted the witch’s speech. Wiping her lips, she said, “Continue.”

#TootFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Serial #SlowBurn #Yuri #Folklore #NMFic #TimeTravel

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Banchō Sarayashiki (Sumika POV): Post 40
#Wss366 Wilt #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

“I will do my best, Holy One,” I said. “There are many versions of the tale, and I don’t know which one is correct.”

The witch sat across from me. The firelight reflected on her face, giving it a deceptive ruddy glow, even though I knew she was very sick. Airisu had stopped pecking at the grain and was looking between us intently. I was pleased that she hadn’t said anything rude so far.

“So, she is well remembered,” the woman said. “Tell whichever version you please.”

“I’m sure to mix the stories up,” I said.

The witch coughed and waved her hand dismissively, so I took heart and began.

In Himeji Castle, there was a beautiful lady-in-waiting named Okiku. It was her duty to care for a precious set of ten plates. This was a great honor, showing her breeding and how much her lord, Aoyama, valued her. But the lord’s feelings didn’t end there. He lusted after her and wished to make her his concubine.

Okiku #wilted under his attentions and refused his many advances, spurning both offered rewards and threatened punishments, for she was betrothed to a samurai named Takesune and remained faithful to him.

I stopped, first looking at the woman and then at Airisu, and asked, “How am I doing?”

Airisu made a funny, unbird-like gesture that resembled a shrug. I'd need to reward her later for keeping silent as I had directed.

For her part, the witch said, “Good enough. Okiku was fonder of me than of any man." A gentle smile stole over her face, and her eyes grew distant. "But she had been promised, and no pleading would turn her from the path laid before her. We were as husband and wife in all but name, yet she had her duties and I mine. How then would Lord Aoyama ensnare her?”

A cough interrupted the witch’s speech. Wiping her lips, she said, “Continue.”

#TootFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Serial #SlowBurn #Yuri #Folklore #NMFic #TimeTravel

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Banchō Sarayashiki (Sumika POV): Post 40
#Wss366 Wilt #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

“I will do my best, Holy One,” I said. “There are many versions of the tale, and I don’t know which one is correct.”

The witch sat across from me. The firelight reflected on her face, giving it a deceptive ruddy glow, even though I knew she was very sick. Airisu had stopped pecking at the grain and was looking between us intently. I was pleased that she hadn’t said anything rude so far.

“So, she is well remembered,” the woman said. “Tell whichever version you please.”

“I’m sure to mix the stories up,” I said.

The witch coughed and waved her hand dismissively, so I took heart and began.

In Himeji Castle, there was a beautiful lady-in-waiting named Okiku. It was her duty to care for a precious set of ten plates. This was a great honor, showing her breeding and how much her lord, Aoyama, valued her. But the lord’s feelings didn’t end there. He lusted after her and wished to make her his concubine.

Okiku #wilted under his attentions and refused his many advances, spurning both offered rewards and threatened punishments, for she was betrothed to a samurai named Takesune and remained faithful to him.

I stopped, first looking at the woman and then at Airisu, and asked, “How am I doing?”

Airisu made a funny, unbird-like gesture that resembled a shrug. I'd need to reward her later for keeping silent as I had directed.

For her part, the witch said, “Good enough. Okiku was fonder of me than of any man." A gentle smile stole over her face, and her eyes grew distant. "But she had been promised, and no pleading would turn her from the path laid before her. We were as husband and wife in all but name, yet she had her duties and I mine. How then would Lord Aoyama ensnare her?”

A cough interrupted the witch’s speech. Wiping her lips, she said, “Continue.”

#TootFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Serial #SlowBurn #Yuri #Folklore #NMFic #TimeTravel

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Banchō Sarayashiki (Sumika POV): Post 40
#Wss366 Wilt #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

“I will do my best, Holy One,” I said. “There are many versions of the tale, and I don’t know which one is correct.”

The witch sat across from me. The firelight reflected on her face, giving it a deceptive ruddy glow, even though I knew she was very sick. Airisu had stopped pecking at the grain and was looking between us intently. I was pleased that she hadn’t said anything rude so far.

“So, she is well remembered,” the woman said. “Tell whichever version you please.”

“I’m sure to mix the stories up,” I said.

The witch coughed and waved her hand dismissively, so I took heart and began.

In Himeji Castle, there was a beautiful lady-in-waiting named Okiku. It was her duty to care for a precious set of ten plates. This was a great honor, showing her breeding and how much her lord, Aoyama, valued her. But the lord’s feelings didn’t end there. He lusted after her and wished to make her his concubine.

Okiku #wilted under his attentions and refused his many advances, spurning both offered rewards and threatened punishments, for she was betrothed to a samurai named Takesune and remained faithful to him.

I stopped, first looking at the woman and then at Airisu, and asked, “How am I doing?”

Airisu made a funny, unbird-like gesture that resembled a shrug. I'd need to reward her later for keeping silent as I had directed.

For her part, the witch said, “Good enough. Okiku was fonder of me than of any man." A gentle smile stole over her face, and her eyes grew distant. "But she had been promised, and no pleading would turn her from the path laid before her. We were as husband and wife in all but name, yet she had her duties and I mine. How then would Lord Aoyama ensnare her?”

A cough interrupted the witch’s speech. Wiping her lips, she said, “Continue.”

#TootFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Serial #SlowBurn #Yuri #Folklore #NMFic #TimeTravel

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Banchō Sarayashiki (Sumika POV): Post 40
#Wss366 Wilt #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

“I will do my best, Holy One,” I said. “There are many versions of the tale, and I don’t know which one is correct.”

The witch sat across from me. The firelight reflected on her face, giving it a deceptive ruddy glow, even though I knew she was very sick. Airisu had stopped pecking at the grain and was looking between us intently. I was pleased that she hadn’t said anything rude so far.

“So, she is well remembered,” the woman said. “Tell whichever version you please.”

“I’m sure to mix the stories up,” I said.

The witch coughed and waved her hand dismissively, so I took heart and began.

In Himeji Castle, there was a beautiful lady-in-waiting named Okiku. It was her duty to care for a precious set of ten plates. This was a great honor, showing her breeding and how much her lord, Aoyama, valued her. But the lord’s feelings didn’t end there. He lusted after her and wished to make her his concubine.

Okiku #wilted under his attentions and refused his many advances, spurning both offered rewards and threatened punishments, for she was betrothed to a samurai named Takesune and remained faithful to him.

I stopped, first looking at the woman and then at Airisu, and asked, “How am I doing?”

Airisu made a funny, unbird-like gesture that resembled a shrug. I'd need to reward her later for keeping silent as I had directed.

For her part, the witch said, “Good enough. Okiku was fonder of me than of any man." A gentle smile stole over her face, and her eyes grew distant. "But she had been promised, and no pleading would turn her from the path laid before her. We were as husband and wife in all but name, yet she had her duties and I mine. How then would Lord Aoyama ensnare her?”

A cough interrupted the witch’s speech. Wiping her lips, she said, “Continue.”

#TootFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Serial #SlowBurn #Yuri #Folklore #NMFic #TimeTravel

Every year, Saint Walpurga is pursued by the Wild Hunt. And she will richly reward those who aid her in her flight.

#CzechRepublic #folktale #folklore #WildHunt
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Saint_Walpurga_On_The_Run

Every year, Saint Walpurga is pursued by the Wild Hunt. And she will richly reward those who aid her in her flight.

#CzechRepublic #folktale #folklore #WildHunt
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Saint_Walpurga_On_The_Run