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"Swill and scraps and sleep in a sty."

*Uses Google Translate to ensure the passage is the one I'm looking for.*

*Dies laughing.*

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In Japanese folklore, ikuchi is an enormous sea yokai that can be found off the coasts of Japan. This monster has a snake-like appearance and its huge body is covered in a thick oil that slides off as they move through the water. In some cases they can be several kilometres long. If an ikuchi encounters a boat, it will slide itself up and over the deck, a process which can take several hours depending on its length. During this time...
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In Japanese folklore the kudan is a yokai with the body of cow and the head of a human. It is born from a cow, but has the ability to speak human language. The kudan's birth is believed to be an omen of a significant event. Soon after they are born they give one or more prophecies and then immediately die, or they die once thier prediction comes true, which it always does. Despite many kudan prophecies being about...
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Some of my personal favorite #folklore creatures from #Hungary are the Tünder and the Bábák.

The first ones are water-based creatures, or fairies, as many of the white ladies¹. They protect orphans and the poorest, gifting them with pearls. When they comb their long hair, they spread small gems or gold nuggets in rivers. They alway wear white, and they can fly, taking the shape of a swan.
Some say that they originally lived among humans, then moved to the top of mountains when the world started to change, becoming the modern one that we know. Anyway, they still can be seen dancing in the moonlight. 🌕💃

Bábák, instead, are the "usual" old, cranky witches of the collective imagination. The root of the word is the same as many other Eastern European languages that means "wise old lady" (Baba Yaga is the most famous character named after that).²

These two creatures perfectly match the common figures of European folklore: tiny, in contrast, and filled with mystical powers… but not necessarily evil.

P.S. Wow, a lot of new followers arrived in these last couple of days! Thank you! 🙏

¹ https://godsip.club/articles/white-ladies/
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga#Etymology

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In this Japanese folktale, a man wants to live forever and finds himself transported to a land of eternal life. After 300 years he realises immortality is actually quite boring, and so he returns home with a new outlook on life. Full tale and art at the link below.
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2022/07/man-not-want-die.html
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“I sometimes feel as if there is a great chain of stories that links us all through the ages. And each link in the chain is a gift received and passed on in turn.”
S.F. Said

I saw this quote at an exhibition and fell in love with it. A part of me also wants to swap the word stories for recipes which I feel is also valid.
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A wild #FolktaleMoment, if ever I read one.

On a wild island he meets a woman whose upper portion is like a fish and below like a human. She asks if he will have her. “No, I can’t have you, the way you’re formed,” says the boy. Later he meets another, whose nether portions are like a fish and upper like a human being. “Yes, since there are no other folk here, then I may as well have you,” says the boy.

“Oh yes, you may certainly have me,” says the woman, “for I own the gilded castle. But first you must lie in my chamber with me for three nights.”

Woohoo!

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