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1 Back Ground 2 Description 3 Behavior 4 In Game Long ago, Buto Ijo were a species of giant-kin who lived their lives full of greediness. But their greediness resulted in their downfall when the Buto Ijo king led his followers to raid the Archdevil of Greed’s treasury. They failed, and as punishment, the Archdevil cursed them to be their servants, turning them into fiends. Now, whenever a mortal asks for a fiendish pact to get riches, the Archdevil sends a Buto Ijo to do its bidding, for a…

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a woman with long brown hair and green dress standing in front of an underwater scene

Nyai Roro Kidul in indonesian mythology is a goddess of the sea. She is the Queen of the Southern Sea (Indian Ocean) in sundanese and Javanese mythology. In an older folklore, she is a beautiful princess named Dewi Kadita who comes from the Sundanese kingdom of Pajajaran. According to Javanese beliefs, she is also the mythical spiritual consort of the sultans of Mataram and Yogyakarta. Often illustrated as a mermaid with a tail as well as the lower body parts of a fish, the mythical…

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a painting of a demon with long white hair and big eyes, holding his hands out

One of 10 illustrations i did for Book called Mythical Creatures of Asia (tentative). According to traditional Balinese mythology Rangda is a widow witch who are practicing black magic and have cannibalistic behavior. She leads an army of evil witches (Leyak) against the leader of the forces of good (Barong). The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in a Barong dance which represents the eternal battle between good and evil.

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