#FolktaleWeek Day 2: #Echo

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Day 2 #folktaleWeek2025 prompt is Echo.

Seeking less well-known folklore about echoes I found this Japanese echo yōkai.

This hand-carved and hand-printed lino block print illustrates the mythical Yama orabi (山おらび) or "mountain shouter," a small, tree-dwelling, birdlike yōkai or spirit who shouts replies, mimicking people's voices and repeating their words creating an echo. 🧵1/2

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Day 2 #folktaleweek2025
Echo

Then Nasty listens to all the sounds whispering beneath the old wooden floorboards, the rustling of leaves outside the window, and tonight, to the raindrops tapping against the glass. That soft echo trickles slowly into Nasty’s ears.

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Yama orabi- the mountain shouter is a terrifying Japanese echo yōkai. It mimics people’s yells in the mountain. It looks like a little bird with an exceptionally large head and sharp pointy teeth!

Work in progress for #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleWeekEcho

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Working on several new prints for #folktaleweek2025 …

A hint: a good place to find echoes is in the mountains. This first layer I made with a gel plate for the second prompt #FolktaleWeekEcho. Next up will be a #linocut.

The story of Echo and Narcissus is lovely but I wanted a more unusual story so I found a story about echoes from Japan.

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