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PANGUR BAN an ancient 9th century poem, written by an Irish monk & scholar about himself and his #cat named White Pangur #Caturday

I and Pangur Ban my cat,
'Tis a like task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.

Endorse THE FAE as an alternative to the sorrows of human life & indulge in some #FairyTransport @FolkloreThursday #ThreadofHope

Come away, O human child
To the waters and the wild
With a #fairy hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand (Yeats)

GAMAYUN a prophetic bird of Slavic folklore; a symbol of wisdom & knowledge said to spread divine messages & prophecies. Such bird women ultimately derive from the Greek myths & siren mythology. 🎨Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Васнецо́в (1848–1926)

MARGARET TARRANT & FAIRIES Margaret Tarrant (1888–1959) was an English illustrator & children's author. In the 1920s, Tarrant produced a long-running series of titles on the theme of #fairies: The Forest Fairies, The Twilight Fairies & The Pond Fairies (below) #FairyTransport

A TRUE STORY OF A VAMPIRE by Eric Count Stenbock, 1894. A #vampire desolates the home of young Carmela, when she is 13 years old in Styria. As an adult she falls under the spell of the vampire and has no ill will towards him. Indebted to Carmilla, the story predates Dracula.

#FAIRIES AND #BATS The fae in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' are seen hunting bats to steal their leathery wings for their own #FairyTransport. Arthur Rackham illustrated the play in 1908.
Hey fae leave those bats alone🦇

FAIRY BOATS from Amelia Jane Murray (1800–1896) pea pod, conch & dock leaf. Murray, a Victorian fairy artist from the Isle of Man, was referenced by #CharlotteBronte in #JaneEyre (1847) through Jane's fairy paintings #FairyTransport

SNAIL FAIRIES Snail Shepherdess, Omar Rayyan; ; Snail- Riding Fairies via https://t.co/qZWTseXmrR #FairyTransport

FAIRY TRANSPORT In the fantastical world of French author and illustrator Jean-Baptiste Monge, the fae cast an enchantment over woodland animals and birds; animal riding fae are commonplace. Do share further images of delightful #fairy transport you have them 🍄🍀🐭

BLUE BIRD Russian artist Sergey Sergeyevich Solomko merges the blue bird and the swan princess to create his Bluebird Maiden. 'Blue Bird' (синяя птица) is a Russian folk song. In myth blue birds symbolise happiness
Жила на свете птица синяя,..
There lived in the world a blue bird