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July 17, 2013 at 5:34 pm #27806
AnarchangelParticipant@JR19759 said:
Excellent, the top picture is a brilliant piece.
Agreed.
July 19, 2013 at 9:03 am #27984
GargantuaParticipantJuly 19, 2013 at 11:00 am #27990
The Atomic PunkParticipant* Head explodes *
July 19, 2013 at 11:23 am #27994
MaazParticipantWoah, you got some cool stuff here!!! Sweet!
July 19, 2013 at 11:24 am #27995
JR19759KeymasterOh wow.
July 21, 2013 at 5:43 am #28164
GargantuaParticipantThanks everyone.
The Windmaker/ Tempest Lord/ King of avalanches
July 21, 2013 at 6:40 am #28165
JR19759KeymasterVery Norse Pantheon, I like it.
July 21, 2013 at 7:51 am #28176
MaazParticipantOkay, you have some epic mythology ideas going around! Awesome work on Windmaker, too.
July 24, 2013 at 6:55 am #28370
GargantuaParticipantLeszy (sometimes written as Leshy) know also as borowy, borowiec, laskowy, leśnik, gajowy, leśny dziad
It is not a my idea but actual demon from Slavic mythology. Well, not exactly a demon. You see Slavs used term “demon” for every supernatural creature no matter it was good, evil or neutral. Leszy is neutral one, he is kind of spirit of forest who protect trees and animals. Sometimes he help people who lose one’s way, sometimes he make people to lose one’s way. What interesting his hight depends on size of nearby trees. In others versions it is said that he can change his size from the size of smallest blade of grass to the size of highest tree.I wonder how many of you hear about him or any other creature from Slavic mythology?
July 24, 2013 at 7:50 am #28376
The Atomic PunkParticipantI have never heard of such a creature! Interesting to know that Slavs use the word “demon” generically. That helps with a story that I’m developing.
July 24, 2013 at 8:53 am #28379
GargantuaParticipantHard to say if they used word “demon” literally. Demon is a ancient greek and ancient latin word. In latin it mean “supernatural force”. I dont know if Slavs borrowed it from Romans or it was use only by researchers years later. Christiand give word negative meaning. Point is that Slavs treated at the same level all supernatural creature.
Demons was material or ethereal. Some demons was people who died in tragic way, some was personification of force of nature or personification of evil forces. They look like old creepy humans or human-animal hybrids. Some of them survived in fables for ex. baba yaga, werewolfs, gnomes. Slavs have plenty of demons:
One important thing to take into consideration is that Slavs was realy huge group and lived in vast areas so there are differences between regions’s stories.If you read novel “Witcher” (or play game) or other so call east europe fantasy you may meet some of them.
By curiosity, can you reveal what story you working on?
July 24, 2013 at 11:32 am #28387
The Atomic PunkParticipant@Gargantua said:
Hard to say if they used word “demon” literally. Demon is a ancient greek and ancient latin word. In latin it mean “supernatural force”. I dont know if Slavs borrowed it from Romans or it was use only by researchers years later. Christiand give word negative meaning. Point is that Slavs treated at the same level all supernatural creature.
Demons was material or ethereal. Some demons was people who died in tragic way, some was personification of force of nature or personification of evil forces. They look like old creepy humans or human-animal hybrids. Some of them survived in fables for ex. baba yaga, werewolfs, gnomes. Slavs have plenty of demons:
One important thing to take into consideration is that Slavs was realy huge group and lived in vast areas so there are differences between regions’s stories.If you read novel “Witcher” (or play game) or other so call east europe fantasy you may meet some of them.
By curiosity, can you reveal what story you working on?
Excellent resources. DziÄ™kujemy! The story (so far) is about a cryptozoologist travelling central Europe. The guy is a con artist. People pay him to prove the existence of faeries and goblins. He takes their money and offers phone evidence so people will continue to employ him. He doesn’t believe in any of it. That is until one night…
July 25, 2013 at 3:27 am #28422
GargantuaParticipantExcellent resources. DziÄ™kujemy! The story (so far) is about a cryptozoologist travelling central Europe. The guy is a con artist. People pay him to prove the existence of faeries and goblins. He takes their money and offers phone evidence so people will continue to employ him. He doesn’t believe in any of it. That is until one night…
Hmm, urban fantasy nice, good luck.
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July 25, 2013 at 3:33 am #28423
TrekkieParticipantWow! I love that bones/flesh effect.
July 25, 2013 at 7:42 am #28428
Alexander of LimboParticipantWOW. i’ve never seen that effect on here before, it just looks mesmerizing. love it
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