The classically late inktober post, with a whole more week still to go! just #21 - #25 for now
âDrainâ - In Gaelic folklore the Leanan sidhe is a type of fairy folk that drains an artists life away by acting as their victims muse.Â
âExpensiveâ - Macuiltochtli is one of the Aztecâs primary godsâ of excess, who embodied the many costs of over-indulgence. This specific god is represented as a rabbit along with 399 other rabbit gods, which were all used in the mythology to show the costs of drunkenness.
âMuddyâ - The Bunyip exists as a legendary, deadly predator throughout many Indigenous cultures in Australia. However it has grown in popular culture as purely a myth or based on a long extinct animal. So despite going extinct 66 million years ago I still like the idea of plesiosoria-ish lizards hiding out somewhere.
âChopâ - Shuten-doji was an ogre/demon fought in the mountains near Kyoto. After kidnapping women from the city the emperor ordered a group of samurai to track down and kill the monster. With the help of local deities the leader of the group, Minamoto no Raiko, drugged the ogre and chopped off his head. However Shuten-doji only died after his severed head jumped and caught Raikoâs helmet in his fangs. Having been warned beforehand though, Raiko had worn two helmets, and survived the fight.
âPricklyâ - I couldnât really think of any ancient myths or creatures with this prompt. So despite being first reported in 1995, the Chupacabra seemed fitting enough.
