Karen Sloanさんのイラストまとめ

Any #SteelyDan album will get my vote for #NationalAlbumDay. 🎵 Couldn't choose just one because I love them all. 🥁🎷🎸🎹

In ancient Rome, Annona (Latin: annōna = corn, grain), was the divine personification of the #harvest & #grain supply for the city of Rome.🌾She is closely connected to the goddess Ceres, with whom she is often depicted in art & on coins. #FolkloreThursday

A selection of the charming pictures of #birds & #bees, found in manuscripts in the British Library's #medieval collections. 🐦🦉🐝 https://t.co/DjGchWD3n1

"An apple, a pare, a plom, an' a cherry;
A sup a' good ale make an man merry."
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- Sung door to door by the artisans of Leeds on Christmas day, some centuries ago. #FolkloreThursday #localfood
(Image: Malus domestica - Köhler. Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1896)

🐈According to #folklore, if a #cat washes its face in front of a door, company's coming. 🐱
Better make a pot of tea. ☕️
#Caturday

From the 'Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland', it's stated that #mermaids, or #merrow, resided in the sea. Many feared walking alone, at twilight especially, in secluded spots near water, expecting to be captured & carried off by mere-maidens. 🧜‍♀️ #mermay #FairytaleTuesday

Lovely #botanical illustration of a Hoya, from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, v.74 [ser.3:v.4] - 1848 🌱#art #flowers @internetarchive https://t.co/tzduzZ6UoD

A lovely illustration, by Richard Doyle, of the prince thanking a Sprite,🧜‍♀️from 'The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland' (1884) by Andrew Lang.
In many Celtic tales, Sprites are called Spriggans. #FairytaleTuesday

The three hares (rabbits), a triskelion motif appearing in sacred sites from the Middle & Far East to synagogues in Europe, & churches in Devon, England, has Pagan associations with fertility, & is a Christian symbol of the Trinity. 🐇#myth #Easter #folklorethursday

The dazzling #botanical imagery of P.J. Redoute, the 'Peintre de Fleurs' - His book, Les Roses, published in 1817, is a glorious visual compendium of his #flower paintings. Free to flip through online. 💐🌹Via @nypl https://t.co/nzLWRenE0a