Spirit(ed) Away

In Japanese folklore, spiriting away refers to the mysterious disappearance, or death, of a person, after they angered the spirits, or kami. In Japanese, Kamikakushi. There are legends of people being abducted to the spirit world by the kami.

In Philippine folklore, spiriting away means the disappearance of a person toward the land of Engkantos (enchanted beings). An example is Biringan, a magical city rumored to be in Samar. Engkantos are mythical environmental spirits that are said to have the ability to show up/appear in human form. They’re often associated with the spirits of ancestors & spirits of the dead, called anito.

Enoch, in the Bible, is written as being “…no more, for God took him.” (Check out Genesis 5:21-24.) Elijah disappears when a chariot of fire appears & he’s taken up to Heaven in a whirlwind. Philip the Evangelist is taken away after witnessing to the Ethiopian Church (Check out Acts 8.).

In a very popular anime film, called Spirited Away, the main character, Chihiro, is “spirited away” from reality to the spirit world after her parents angered a witch, Yubaba, by eating their food greedily. Chihiro meets friendly, & aggressive, spirits as she tries to return before forgetting her name while there.

In a semi-popular video game series called Fatal Frame, many of the characters get spirited away by ghosts often leading them into a spirit world where they use a Camera Obscura, which is an antique camera-like device that, in the game, captures images of spirits to either find a way out or save someone who’s been spirited away.

In the 1820 short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the main character, Ichabod Crane, vanishes after being chased by the Headless Horseman. Ichabod is rumored to have been spirited away by the Horseman.

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The Legend Continues – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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D23 returns to the Hollow - Tarrytown Music Hall during the Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival on Thursday 10 October 2024 at Tarrytown Music Hall , Tarrytown.

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'Tis the season for me to remind everyone that you can get the ENTIRE TEXT of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW onto a yard of fabric, and you're welcome, because I did it for you, with period-appropriate fonts and spooky trees in the background! It prints out beautifully, tiles seamlessly, and is perfectly readable in 12pt font. Photos below are from fabric I myself ordered.

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Finally got around to illustrating my #SleepyHollow story poster Here's my process:

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