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Margjit, from an old Norwegian folk song about a woman who is burned alive after some guy tells a bunch of lies about her to the king. Why? Because he's her brother, and she refuses to go to bed with him! BECAUSE THAT IS JUST HOW WE ROLL!Although I've never heard it mentioned anywhere else, I assume it's an authentic folk-song, mainly because a lot of them were about people who died because someone spread lies about them, and then went to heaven. Yeah, the Norwegians have issues, yo.
I used my new cretacolor blending stumps on this one for the first time, and it was so much fun!
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I absolutely love this drawing. I really love the folds you did on the clothing and her face looks remarkable. Lovely work ^^
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GOD, BROTHER. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE. GODS?
......DON'T ANSWER THAT OKAY? NO SERIOUSLY. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
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They had Loki who made Zeus look all but celibate instead!
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Oh my gosh he and Hades are my two favorite gods pretty much ever, which is kind of amusing given my favorite pantheon is the Ancient Egyptian one - I probably like Anubis or Set most there. You might be seeing a pattern in my favorite gods. UNDERWORLD OR CHAOS XD.
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Issues indeed. xD She looks really pretty and innocent!
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She's beautiful!!
And that story is terrible...haha.
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it's really cute, i like the style and the work in black and white.
You can browse mine if you can.
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That poor girl D:
You made her look very pretty, and I like the softness of the pencil
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Wow, this is super pretty! I love her braids and those clasps and beads along her dress!
If I had a brother, I wouldn't sleep with him either.
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He he, yeah!
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A local legend here is about a woman who turned into a white deer cause she thought people were stupid. Cause that's how we roll
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Sounds like the smart choice, really!
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O.o...he wanted to sleep with his sister, then had her killed cause she had morals? dude, i have a new ending for that folk tale.
As he stood,looking on the charred corpse in satisfaction, a raven flew down and landed on a tree branch near by. The Brother paid no heed and neither did the King riding away on his fine horse, until the raven began speaking in a rough,crowing voice.
"Foolish men who are misled never walk their path ahead, unless they find the truth in lies. O foolish king, ask of the brother before he dies!"
The King stopped and turned in his saddle to look at the strange riddling bird. The Brother had gone as ashen as the remains of Margjit. The King ordered his guards to seize the brother who tried to flee. The King threatened to spear the brother to death, which broke the man. The brother confessed his unnatural desire and all the lies he had dared to speak in his anger at being spurned. The King grew enraged at how he had been tricked, and ordered the brother to suffer the same fate as his sister. Then in repentance, the King himself gathered up the bones of Margjit, to be buried in hallow ground and a place of honor.
XDD that makes me happy!
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He he, well she is taken to heaven by two angels in the end, I suppose that counted as a happy ending back in those days, and I suppose that counted as the moral of the story as well!
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Folk songs - aren't they just full of happiness and fun..not! - much like old fairy tales -
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