Silhouette of an anthropomorphic bear wearing a cloak, standing just inside a cave entrance. They are carrying a flaming torch and staring at an open book that lays on the floor, deeper in the cave. Their long shadow stretches over the pages of the book while rain pours down outside.

Close crop of an anthropomorphic bear in a cloak standing over a book that's open on the floor. The scene is illuminated by a flaming torch held by the bear.

An anthropomorphic bear in a cloak kneels Infront of an open book on the ground. A flaming torch is laying beside the bear, illuminating the scene. What look to be stars hang above the beard head.

Folktale Week 4. Book

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Fourth prompt for #folktaleweek2025 is #book Thank you to the hosts of this #artchallenge @debrastyer.bsky.social @louve.draws @matejalukezic.bsky.social
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Huddle in with a book… Day4 #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekbook @folktaleweek.bsky.social late ^^

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Folktale week 2025. Day 5 - Charm Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty

Folktale week 2025. Day 5 - Charm

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty

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📖Folktale Week day 4: Book

Venturing deep into the cave, he sees a mysterious book in the distance that seems to be calling to him.

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Illustration of an owl in the dark looking at an open book in the forest

Day 4 of #folktaleweek2025

Book

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A girl is reading a book about a fabled tree. She’s on an adventure. Colours are purple pink and yellow.

A girl is reading a book about a fabled tree. She’s on an adventure. Colours are purple pink and yellow.

A girl is reading a book about a fabled tree. She’s on an adventure. Colours are purple pink and yellow. There are colours plants around her and she is being followed by a shadow wearing a sword

Through the night, she followed the steps laid out in the book, searching for clues to find the fabled tree.
Although alone, she could feel the echo of her beloved cheering her on and protecting her…
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Day 4: Book
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This was inspired by the dark Irish folktale, "The Crooked Back". It is a story about a gifted storyteller who enjoys scaring kids with the "true" story of how her back became crooked.

The story may contain monsters ...

Folktale week 2025. Day 4 - Book Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War

Folktale week 2025. Day 4 - Book

Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War

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Black, blue, and white illustration of my folktale week character holding a book that seems to be glowing….the character has a pained look on their face and “echoes” reverberating around them.

Folktale Week day 4: Book

Cacophonous echoes still ringing, they opened the book.

(Sick yesterday, so skipped day 3!)
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Folktale Week 2025 Book Tomorrow (Continued) The next day, Eleanor Sheep was sitting on her tree swing, reading one of her favorite books. The etching of the word ‘Tomorrow’ had started to fade after the rains the day before. Eleanor hoped Death wouldn’t notice. But she was wrong. Death approached. “Eleanor Sheep, you have cheated me for the last time! I shall come for you one last time, tomorrow.” And with that, Death went to the door of the cottage and erased anything remaining of the word ‘Tomorrow’ with his sleeve and walked away. Eleanor Sheep did not smile. She sat on her tree swing, frightened. Eleanor had to think of a new way to outwit death. ----- This year I am adapting and reworking an old Hungarian Folktale about an old woman and death. ----- Folktale Week 2025 and all its magic is brought to you by these talented artists below! @debrastyer @louve.draws @matejalukezic **More information about the challenge from @folktaleweek Conjure up your creations, research your favorite folk & fairy tales and get ready to make all your fabulous art! You’re welcome to honor a classic tale or create your own legendary lore based on the following prompts: Nov 17: NIGHT Nov 18: ECHO Nov 19: RAIN Nov 20: BOOK Nov 21: CHARM Nov 22: STORM Nov 23: DAWN #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekbook #hungarianfolktales #folktales #handdrawn #inkandwatercolor #kidlit

#FolktaleWeek2025 Day 4
“Eleanor Sheep, you have cheated me for the last time! I shall come for you tomorrow.” And with that, Death went & erased the word ‘Tomorrow’ with his sleeve. Eleanor did not smile. She had to think of a new way to outwit death.
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My 8” x 10” hand-tinted linocut on watercolour paper in black ink shows a brown-haired boy looking scared reading a large black book chained (with silver lock and chain) to a beige wooden table on which there is a wizard’s hat and crystal ball. Behind him in an archway is a hairy red demon with wings and horns breathing fire while pouring a wooden barrel of water onto a red geranium. The flood is covered with blue water. On the wall by the boy are shelves of books, glassware, a balance scale, jars with alchemical symbols, a skull, mushrooms and drying mandrake, rosemary and tansy.

For Day 4 #FolktaleWeek2025 #FolktaleWeekBook my hand-tinted #linocut illustrates the English #fairytale ‘The Master & His Pupil.’

A learned man of the north lands who knew all the languages of the world & mysteries of creation, had a big black book with iron lock chained to a table & forbidden 🧵

Brigid sitting on a highland cow, framed by an arch of books and birch trees. Over her head pages of the written word are floating, accompanied by a poem by Nikita Gill. The leaves in the trees also resemble book pages.

#FolktaleWeek prompt #4: Book

Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social

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#folktaleweek prompt BOOK. One of my favorite customs in Jewish life is the sacredness of education. When a child begins school, we anoint their books with a drop of honey, to wish them a sweet learning journey. #folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #kidlit #jewishart #jewishkidlit #folktaleweekbook

FOLKTALE WEEK DAY 4: Book

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An illustration depicting a whimsical booknook scene. A mouse character balancing many books is at the center, surrounded by a grasshopper reading, two birds engrossed in a book, and a cheerful wyrm, a spider and ladybird. The backdrop features bookshelves and warm lighting, enhancing the cozy atmosphere.

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Nasty loves the library and even more so when it rains. That’s when all her friends come to visit, to read and dream together. They light tiny lamps and dive into the pages of their favorite books.

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