#mythological troll

[drunkenclown555]

FUCK ALL OF YOU I am drawing a troll

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: mythological

[dead-obsith]

My Partner @peachyclown and I are working on a Troll lineup roughly inspired by Greek Mythological creatures and gods! My first one is Typhoeus, I really enjoyed reading up on his story

[astriskssketchbook]

Magnus as an Egyptian sphinx and Leman as a Nordic troll. He doesn't have wings yet because he isn't a Tzeentchian demon Primarch yet

Fun fact: Winged sphinxes are female in Greek mythology while male sphinxes have only been recorded to be male in Egyptian culture.

[geritsel]

John Bauer - a mixed bag of lithographs, woodcuts and juicy leftovers

[avillanappears]

the thing about stock fantasy monsters and people and things is that even the most stock ones have some WILD stuff happening before they were standardized.

a unicorns horn was said to be so strong unicorns escaped hunters by jumping off cliffs and landing on the horn, which absorbs the impact. drinking dragon blood lets you understand birds. and don’t even get me STARTED on trolls, fantasy genre did them a massive disservice by turning them into just “big ugly dumb guy”.

[qadmonster]

"...a three headed troll?"

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[incorrect-hs-quotes]

HORUSS: 8=D < Chat, what do you think?

HORUSS' headmates MAAHES, HATHOR, THOUTH, SOBECK, and SERKET, simultaneously: =883>}] Please don't call us that.

[sigyn-foxyposts]

"Loki's family, side profiles"

I couldn't stop thinking about the quote: the first born daughter is always the female version of her father. Which immediately made me think about Angrboda and Loki's daughters! (At least my versions, sorry Moder maybe next time? Also I realized the twins could've been more interesting if I drew their grown versions)

Anyhow, Hel looking like Loki and Trollkvinna looking like Angrboda! Then I decided I should draw everyone else in the family and their unique features. Because side profiles are so fun to draw when I don't struggle, I hope they're not too weird looking! Don't mind the titles I gave them btw ✨

[colleendoran]

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At the SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS on Instagram, see a video of my exhibit COLLEEN DORAN ILLUSTRATES NEIL GAIMAN.

Thanks so much to the Society of Illustrators, Neil Gaiman, and curator Kim Munson.

[historyguide]

King of the hill by John Bauer (1909).

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[eluoluo]

Full updated sheet for forest trolls I finished yesterday! I'll crop and chop it up for the actual article on the Origins wiki

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres • mythological horror

this horror genre is rooted in the mythos of a culture. these films are based on the legends we heard growing up that scared us. this sub-genre is closely associated with folk horror.

[educationaldm]

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 

[389]

Troll wonders how old he is, Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1911)

[river-mort]

Thorbjörn, the forest troll from Sweden