#austrian folklore

[whowouldwininafite]

[briefbestiary]

The enormous night raven, a nocturnal creature meant to be feared by children.

[angela-art13]

Merry Krampusnacht 👹⛓

[sonnemordundsterne]

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[hocooart]

Day 12: Remote

Anyway, here's the process:

I didn't know what I wanted to draw for this prompt, I just knew I wanted to draw SOMETHING. So when I came back to this after having finished all the other Inktober sketches, I thought: "hm, I really enjoyed sketching animals lately. Why not give that a try?" But nothing really spoke to me, until I remembered that fantasy animals are a thing.

That's why I can now proudly present to you, a creature from around where I live: the wolpertinger. Couldn't find any information about wether this thing calls something specific its home or travels around, but I figured it would remote-ly fit the prompt (haha, see what I did there?).

[gewitternachtkind-art]

Day 16 // Staff

They come straight from the flames of hell to visit your children. Unlike his heavenly companion, this devilish fiend picks out all the nastiest and baddest of children and shows them what they’re in for. And all that during what should be the most peaceful time of the year.

It’s as if their sharp teeth sparkle in midst of the fire and smoke that accompanies them where ever they go.

And once they have you on their list, there’s no way to run from them.

How could I do a folklore/fairytale theme without including the best folklore creature of my home country ?

Source Material: Austrian folklore, Krampus

[austrian-mythology]

The Saligen

The myth of the Saligen predates Christianization and most likely even Germanic, Slavic and Roman rule of the Alpine territories.

These mythical beings appear to share similarities with creatures like the Bretonic Korrigan and the Welsh Tylwyth Teg. Moreover, they also exhibit some commonalities with the Norse Huldra and the Roman Faun, primarily through their close association with nature.

As they are sociable and not solitary beings, they are often counted among the Germanic elves or Celtic fairies, though unlike these, the Saligen are not small, but instead approximately human-sized. Therefore, they are sometimes seen as half-gods instead. In contemporary folklore, the Saligen are interpreted either as the offspring of elves and humans, thereby suggesting the existence of male Saligen, or as enchanted princesses.

Given their remarkable similarity to the elves from "Lord of the Rings", one might speculate that J.R.R. Tolkien drew inspiration from the Saligen.

Appearance

The Saligen are exclusively depicted as female beings. They are usually described as tall, exceptionally beautiful, and having blonde hair. The Saligen are often portrayed wearing loose, white dresses.

Behaviour

The Saligen are usually thought of as shy, kind-hearted, and wise individuals. They tend to stay hidden from regular people. However, if someone needs help, the Saligen are quick to offer assistance.

Some stories mention that one should avoid encountering a Saligen during full moon, as unlucky individuals who cross paths with them are seduced to spend the night together. Those who fall victim to this encounter are left as soulless bodies.

Saligen are said to live either in caves or underground villages surrounded by a wooded environment to conceal their entrances or in ice palaces.

These beings possess some magical abilities, but unlike elves and dwarves, they cannot simply disappear or become invisible in front of humans. However, there is a belief that they, and even their spouses, are invisible until they initiate a conversation with someone. It is not known how they become invisible again.

Origin

The Saligen are also known as Salkweiber, Salaweiber, Antrische Dirn (Antric Girl), Schneefräulein (Snow Girls), Bergfrauen (Mountain Women), wilde Frauen (Wild Women) and weiße Frauen (White Women).

The term Saligen comes either from Old Bavarian sālīg (kind-hearted, blessed) or is related to modern Bavarian Seäl (soul). Also, an origin from the Suleviae, a group of celtic godesses attested in many inscriptions in Noricum, has to be considered.

Antrisch (in Antrische Dirn) could be a cognate to Old English entisc (gigantic, mysterious) or a borrowing from Latin antrum (cave).

[doubtspirit]

© Martin Huber - Barchtl and Nikolo at Miglo day

The Bad Mitterndorfer Nikolo play is a historical custom in the Hinterberg Valley, which with its villages belongs entirely to the market town of Bad Mitterndorf in the Styrian Salzkammergut in Austria. For 150 years, a spectacle has been taking place in Bad Mitterndorf on Miglo day, the evening of 5 December.

[hattusha]

Beast Blood

Finally after x-many years I managed to draw Nikolai's TRVE Eldritch humanoid form. I teased that occasionally in some of his portraits, but honestly, I wasn't ever really happy with the early designs of this form, which were all a bit too furry or animal-like, so i didn't post them anywhere… and what I wanted to go for was a witchy forest spirit vibe á la the Percht (sometimes also referred to as Lady Perchta / Berchta), which is part of my local Austrian folklore.

[angela-art13]

Merry Krampusnacht 👹⛓

[postcard-from-the-past]

Folklore festival in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Austrian vintage postcard

[folkvisuals]

Alpine Aesthetics

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[spaicymeatballs]

"I'll Be Back" 😉

[bekkathyst]

My Märchenwald jewelry collection will go live this Sunday, October 6th 🌿🧚‍♀️ It’s been a pleasure to bring this to life! I’ve used more plants and organic materials in this collection than I ever have before, and I love how everything turned out. I might even have another 3 or 4 pieces I can finish up in time, but I will have everything pictured for sure.

Plants from my local forest and my home garden come together with high quality natural stones to bring this fairy tale forest collection to life. I was deeply inspired by Austrian folklore, specifically the folklore from the alpine region I live in. It’s been so fun to share these folktales with you as I worked on the collection, and this has really given me so many ideas for future collections as well. Let me know which piece calls to you! 🌿

[rochenn]

Bird alien for your consideration! This is Jedi Knight Tuwa of the Kra species, professionally unsettling 7' flightless voice mimic and the strangest angel you'll ever meet

This little guy is based on the German/Austrian folklore creature called Nachtrabe (or various spellings of Nachtkrabb depending on the region)

I've grown up with stories of giant raven-like beings appearing on the windowsill of children to either sing them to sleep and send beautiful dreams or to stare at them through the glass and give them nightmares if they've been naughty (lmao)

Wikipedia has also told me that apparently the Nachtkrabb, in some regions, is said to abduct and eat children who are out at night?? I honestly prefer the sandman-esque version I grew up with over Curfew Bird but I guess you can't have a German folktale without child vore, good job team

[pathetic-gamer]

Pentiment's Complete Bibliography, with links to some hard-to-find items:

I've seen some people post screenshots of the game's bibliography, but I hadn't found a plain text version (which would be much easier to work from), so I put together a complete typed version - citation style irregularities included lol. I checked through the full list and found that only four of the forty sources can't be found easily through a search engine. One has no English translation and I'm not even close to fluent enough in German to be able to actually translate an academic article, so I can't help there. For the other three (a museum exhibit book, a master's thesis, and portions of a primary source that has not been entirely translated into English), I tracked down links to them, which are included with their entries on the list.

If you want to read one of the journal articles but can't access it due to paywalls, try out 12ft.io or the unpaywall browser extension (works on Firefox and most chromium browsers). If there's something you have interest in reading but can't track down, let me know, and I can try to help! I'm pretty good at finding things lmao

Okay, happy reading, love you bye

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