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ELFLAND In folklore associated with the land of the dead; there is no sun or moon only perpetual twilight. Mortals who enter are only released if they are able to perform some task of value to the fae. Sightings of people who have died are said to be from ELFLAND #WyrdWednesday

IRON FINGERED DEMON. In Cherokee lore, a vampiric demon who causes consumption. His soft finger fondles the head of his victim, lulling them to sleep while his iron finger pierces their sides, removing their lungs and liver forever (recorded N.Carolina, 1892).

It is Day 4 of #GothicFairies and we are looking forward to our first keynote of the day @ivanphillips on 'What the Puck? An Anatomy of the Fairy' This fairy conference is going down a storm! @UniofHerts

VICTORIAN EASTER After all, nothing quite says Easter like a malevolent Puck, Egg people on an egg hunt or rabbits riding Penny Farthings!!

FAIRY COURTESAN Fuseli's Gothic vision of #AMidsummerNightsDream is full of menace. Titania & Bottom in his asses' head, mingle with a hooded midnight hag clutching a changeling and a fairy courtesan with her victim, an old man on a chain #GothicFairies #WyrdWednesday

FAIRY KEYNOTE I'll be presenting on 'Fairy Lepidoptera: The dark history of butterfly-winged Fae' #GothicFairies Conference 8-11 April How did fairies get their butterfly wings & how did they come to be associated with the dead? #OGOM2021 https://t.co/bqQr1JxA2I

FAIRY RINGS Upon entering an elf ring or sorcerer’s circle of mushrooms you will become invisible & be made to dance around until you die of exhaustion. Fairy rings can uncannily appear in graveyards🎨W. H. Sullivan; graveyard ring #FairyTaleTuesday #GothicFairies

QUEEN MAB often referred to as a midwife to the fairies she is also described as one who helps sleepers 'give birth' to their dreams and enter an enchanted shadow world 🎨Henry Meynell Rheam (1859-1920)#MythologyMonday

DEARG-DUE Irish Vampiric Fairy or 'Red Blood Sucker'; thought to be influential on Le Fanu's female vampire 'Carmilla' 1871 #GothicFairies 🎨Images: Michael Thomas; Arthur Wardle

UNICORN TAXONOMY. Five species of #Unicorn were identified in 1694 by Pierre Pomet. The PIRASSOIPI has TWO HORNS (as large as a mule & hairy as a bear); Histoire générale des Drogues, traitant des plantes, des animaux et des mineraux (Paris, 1694) #FairyTaleTuesday🎨Longhi