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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Day 3 of #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt is rain. My hand-carved, hand-printed lino block print of the well-known, ancient Chinese folktale of the magpie bridge linking the lovers, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, separated by a great river, which is the Milky Way, is printed on lovely Japanese paper, 11” x 14”.

There are variations of the folktale across Asia, but the story tells of lovers, 🧵

#FolktaleWeekRain #linocut #printmaking #folklore #magpieBridge #folktale #magpie #qixi #mastoArt

My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Day 3 of #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt is rain. My hand-carved, hand-printed lino block print of the well-known, ancient Chinese folktale of the magpie bridge linking the lovers, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, separated by a great river, which is the Milky Way, is printed on lovely Japanese paper, 11” x 14”.

There are variations of the folktale across Asia, but the story tells of lovers, 🧵

#FolktaleWeekRain #linocut #printmaking #folklore #magpieBridge #folktale #magpie #qixi #mastoArt

My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
My black and white linocut the Chinese folktale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, shows the Cowherd at the bottom right, reaching up towards the weeping Weaver Girl at the top left. Each stands on a stylized raining cloud. There are 6 magpies in flight, flying over raining waves of the river between them. As you look from the bottom left of the river up towards the top right the waves transform into the simple dots of the stars in the Milky Way.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

And here we are: more Selkies!

In Celtic, Norse, Faroese and Icelandic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or
selkie folk, meaning ‘seal folk’ can change from seal to human form by shedding their skin. The legends tell of seal fairies or elves who choose to come ashore in human form, and sometimes have human families. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #folklore #folktale #selkie #seal #mastoArt

Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

And here we are: more Selkies!

In Celtic, Norse, Faroese and Icelandic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or
selkie folk, meaning ‘seal folk’ can change from seal to human form by shedding their skin. The legends tell of seal fairies or elves who choose to come ashore in human form, and sometimes have human families. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #folklore #folktale #selkie #seal #mastoArt

Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
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Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

If someone has messed with the supplies in your attic, it might be a wild animal.

Then again, it might be a dragon!

#France #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fiery_Dragon_in_Riedheim

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The Fiery Dragon in Riedheim

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Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

If someone has messed with the supplies in your attic, it might be a wild animal.

Then again, it might be a dragon!

#France #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fiery_Dragon_in_Riedheim

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The Fiery Dragon in Riedheim

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Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The people of Muggensturm allegedly once beat back a siege by throwing beehives at the attackers.

#Germany #folktale #folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/fortresses-of-46827306

German folk tale "Muggensturm". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
German folk tale "Muggensturm". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
German folk tale "Muggensturm". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
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Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The dread pirate Störtebeker had many hideouts and treasure vaults. One of these was within the chalk rocks of Rügen island.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #treasure #pirate
https://www.patreon.com/posts/treasures-of-101374680

German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
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Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The dread pirate Störtebeker had many hideouts and treasure vaults. One of these was within the chalk rocks of Rügen island.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #treasure #pirate
https://www.patreon.com/posts/treasures-of-101374680

German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
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