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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 44 - Baku:iconrealmsoffantasy-myth: Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 44 - Baku
Welcome to the forty-forth issue of my fantasy features! These are now part of a collection in a group created specifically for this project.
If you like this feature, you can find more gorgeous artwork at the group, including some never featured in these articles before.
I hope you enjoy it, and please, show the featured artists some love and recognition through pageviews,

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This week's creature feature is: Baku
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_(spirit) :
Baku are Japanese supernatural beings that devour dreams and nightmares. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in Japanese anime and manga.
The Japanese term baku has two current me

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Baku is a Japanese supernatural being that is believed to devour dreams and nightmares. During October I was part of a monster show and thought Baku would be fun and different to try out.

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~ladyarah Sep 20, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I just wanted to let you know that I put this in an art feature in my group

, in the article "Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 44 - Baku" You can find it here: [link]

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~bren3000 May 31, 2012

amazing baku

love this

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~DaKiNgAdAbLiNg Feb 6, 2011

Awesome design.

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