An Artist’s Mission to Illustrate All the World’s Mythical Beasts

The Ovinnik is called "Gumiennik" in Poland, but I know this only because back when we were teenagers my sister brought a book about slavic mythology with her on a trip to the mountains and read it aloud.

"Zmey" in turn is spelled "żmij" in Polish and this is the term my grandmother used exclusively to describe a snake(any proper snake) even though there are many more words, specifically e.g. "żmija", which means "viper".

Anyway, nice project. Brought back some childhood memories.

FYI, the Chinese stamp of her name had someone Cantonese phonetically put her name together, it doesn't like her name right when pronounced in Mandarin.

"In Zulu mythology, Tikoloshe, Tokoloshe or Hili is a dwarf-like water sprite. It is considered a mischievous and evil spirit that can become invisible by drinking water. Tokoloshes are called upon by malevolent people to cause trouble for others. At its least harmful a tokoloshe can be used to scare children, but its power extends to causing illness or even the death of the victim. The creature might be banished by a n'anga (spiritual healer), who has the power to expel it from the area."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16448770

Not that I mind. We have a wonderful and cool life here. So maybe it's better to be ignored. But we have an ancient language and culture. Just saying.

I pick my favorite mythical creature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akerbeltz

Turns out that people have been fascinated by the things that didn't exist for quite a while!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/940230.Barlowe_s_Guide_t...