Black Cats Are Lucky. (via leahweissmuller)

A look at a few mythological beings from 山海经, Classic of Mountain and Sea, compiled beginning around 500 BC with the earliest remaining finished version existing by 200 BC.

Right column graphics created by me, translating the left and adding a few more details.

Furina's Vision (and my delusion)

Something on my mind that seems funny to me is when any series has people making good ending AUs to offset the tragedy and then there’s a part where this one character that dies in canon still dies like,

“No no you in particular can’t have good things so you have to die”

Which would be funnier if there were others saved from their fate like it’s just you who has to suffer. Nobody else. Just that one guy in particular.

It’s even funnier if there’s no ill will in the AU creator’s eyes for that character, they just think that they HAVE to die or it feels wrong.

OKAY CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE FUCK YOU SHIP A PACKAGE OF COOKIES TO A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN NEW JERSEY, ONLY TO HAVE IT NOT GET THERE ON TIME BECAUSE IT SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN GUAM?

I JUST

GUAM?

Well, that was a story.

Something you can’t really unread, but good to know.

I will be thinking of this for a long time.

I only learned about this story a couple  months ago from my friend who does Wormgerm, but I instantly knew that 1) it was going to be my October 31 post and 2) I was going to illustrate it.

This is of the most horrendously nasty fairy tales you may ever hear. It revolves entirely around graphicbody horror and repeated non-consensual childbirth between a demon and a kidnapped fairy queen. I do my best to preserve the details without getting too upsetting, but the demon literally keeps drugging his stolen wife to conceive a series of deformed monsters and some of the ways in which they were born even make me squeamish.

But, yes, this legend really does involve tapeworm creatures. And weirder. The nine demon children are responsible for all diseases known to man, and take a variety of verminous animal forms, each with their own areas of expertise in the art of pestilence.

I’ve transcribed the most complete version I could from multiple sources, and drawn all nine slimy hellspawn.

So if you have a strong stomach for dark, disturbing ancient legends, learn where the common cold really came from (a hagfish baby. It was a hagfish baby.)

Ninjas don’t wear black. They used to disguise themselves as civilians. Unlike ninjas in movies, the real guys were smart enough to know that wearing a black outfit with a face mask wasn’t the best strategy for blending in. Source

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