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lizmamont · 6 months
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darksilvania · 1 year
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HAUNTREE, TRUNCURSE, ARBOLLAHAN & Mega ARBOLLAHAN (Grass/Ghost)
HAUNTREE was born from a tree stump used as a chopping block for prisoner executions. It came to life when on the convicts soul possesed it. They sleep during the day disguised as regular stumps and wander the forest at night, looking for revenge.
HAUTREE is based on a tree stump and an execution block
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TRUNCURSE was born from a tree under which a beheaded knight was buried with its head still missing. The knights restless spirit took possession of the tree and brought it to life, as a means to search for its missing head.
TRUNCURSE is based on Animated Armors present in all kind of fantasy media
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ARBOLLAHAN was born from a tree that grew in the middle of a battlefield, feeding on the remains of both knights and steeds, becoming possessed by their spirits. It rides at night, absorbing the life force of all vegetation in its path, leaving a trail of dead trees. It is said that seeing one is an omen of death.
ARBOLLAHAN is based on the Dullahan from irish folklore, a Headless horseman often seen carrying a whip made from human spines and either a sword or axe. In some versions the horse it rides is also headless and in some it drives a carriage or hearse
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After mega evolving, Mega ARBOLLAHAN looses its armor and weapons but becomes even more dangerous than before. Wherever it goes disaster and disease follows as it absorbs the life energy of anything it is path.
Mega ARBOLLAHAN is based in the Nuckelavee from scottish folklore, a horrible monster that looks like if a horse and its rider had fused, it has no skin leaving its muscles and sinews visible, as well as yellow vein fill with dark blood, it human head and arms are disproportionally large and it has fins on its horse legs, either the horse or human heads (or both) have a single giant eye.
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fleebites · 1 year
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educationaldm · 9 months
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Not every folklore creature is a fairy. A note on Scandinavian Folklore from @HumonComics and the nature of whether they are good or bad. http://humoncomics.com/not-a-fairy 
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shirecorn · 2 years
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Inquiry: In Celtic Myth, there’s a monster called the Nuckelavee, which is described as a man with unnaturally long arms, fused to the back of a horse at the hip. Both the rider and the horse are giant in size, and are completely inside out. As in, organs, bone and all that on the outside. Very malevolent and will hold grudges which, since they can only be delayed rather than stopped outright, they’ll get back on eventually. View on these nightmare monsters?
To let you know how I feel about Nuckelavee, I'll show you a time my school hosted a mythological/historical horse zine.
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I snatched that horse so fast you would have thought there was a line out the door to draw the nuckelavee like there was an actual risk of losing it to another student
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aarie-elf · 10 months
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It’s Mermay!!
Because of that, I’ve drawn a collection of water based creatures from the folklore of Northern Europe
I made these quicker than I usually do and I’m very proud of them
Here’s where each one comes from:
Selkie - British Isles, the Faroes, and Iceland
Kelpie - Scotland
Nøkk - Norway (there other versions from different countries with similar names)
Finfolk - Orkney, Scotland
Nuckelavee - also Orkney
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zooophagous · 1 year
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Nuckelavee for a client!
Many fae creatures skirt the line between cruel and only mischievous, but the Nuckelavee was said to be both downright demonic in nature, and while you can escape it by crossing running fresh water, it is also difficult to actually banish.
Said to take the form of a skinless cyclops fused to the back of a skinless horse, the creature also boasted long arms that touched the ground and a toxic breath that could wither crops and kill livestock. It came out of the ocean and was said to be driven to rages by the smell of burning seaweed.
As far as killer horses go, the Nuckelavee is more terrifying than the somewhat more charming kelpie. I am open for more work like this, PM me with ideas.
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blinkpen · 5 months
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oh great, here comes zebra to trample me to death with his hooves,
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fleshwizard · 1 year
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The nuckelavee (...) is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature was held responsible for droughts and epidemics on land despite being predominantly a sea-dweller.
A graphic description of the nuckelavee as it appears on land was given by an islander who claimed to have had a confrontation with it, but accounts describing the details of the creature's appearance are inconsistent.
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fatbotsartblog · 4 months
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lonely-dog-draws · 10 months
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i mentioned that the nuckelavee doesn't have a described underwater form, to which my sibling responded "it's fused with a seahorse instead" which i thought was hilarious X•)
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+ some landlubbers. the last two are based on designs by @crabdominalpain and @alanahsart-blog! (peep them here and here)
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oliverdemersartist · 6 months
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Haven't posted in a while. Here's a recent sketch.
Concept sketches of the Orcadian folklore, the "Nuckelavee." Just a fancy word for midnight shift employees.
"Smoke on the water,
Fire in the sky."
#Olivier_demers #art #artistonfacebook #concept_art #conceptart #creature #monster #sketchbook #drawing #illustration #character_design #characterdesign #orcadian #scottish #folklore #fantasy #nuckelavee #demon #spirit #dont_go_swimming
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mollish-art · 7 months
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[[THE NUCKELAVEE IS A POWERFUL ANATHEMA, ASSOCIATED WITH THE VAGABOND HERO VARIANT CLASS. REMAIN VIGILANT, PATRON, FOR IT IS AGGRESSIVELY TERRITORIAL AND WILL CONSUME EVERY BEAST THAT HAS SUCCUMBED TO DECAY.]]
Find out more about the Unperson AU here!
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we-do-bones-bracket · 28 days
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Round 1 Match 30
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xxcrossroadsxx · 10 months
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Mahoutsukai no Yome SEASON 2 EPISODE 8 - Genga image by ? // Studio Kafka.
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catbatart · 2 years
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Bit of an outlier for my art, but I’m getting ready to re-start my Pathfinder/DnD game The Darkwood after nearly 2 years. Party only got 3 sessions in before The Hiatus™ but now we’re returning with 2 new players added! 
I’ve been doing a lot of prep-work for it, but I was inspired to illustrate the climax of Session 1 in a kind of fairytale storybook style for the “Game Thus Far” summary I’ve been writing up. Busted out the watercolors for the first time in months and everything! 
Just...really excited to be DMing this again.
I also still have my ‘read outloud’ description for this scene in my old notes, so for thematic text, feel free to read below the cut!
A creeping, cold, and damp chill begins to rise from the earth beneath your feet. No wind seems to carry it. It seeps up like a freezing flood, accompanied by the smell of plant-rot. Stagnant marsh.
Though there is no breeze that can be felt on your clammy skin, the treetops encircling the stone statues begin to rustle rhythmically, as if breathing.
And then, a sound none of you had ever heard before, but all have been told of.
The western statue begins to emit a deep, ominous sound. A low hum that resonates inside your chest and drags your minds to its basest instincts of fight...or flight.
Your racing minds are abruptly interrupted by a chorus of screams coming from the southern fields. Very human screams.
There, in hiding, you watch in horror as thick, slimy red roots tendril out from the Southern tree line, through the fields like veins through thin skin. In the midst of them strides a horrifying figure- a skinless humanoid fused at the waist to the back of a similarly flayed steed. In a single bloody hand it carries a black greatsword, trailing the bloodvines where it touches the ground.
It speaks a single word- even though you are half a field away, you hear it clearly. A language that none can speak but all can understand in that moment.
“Feast.”
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