Karen Sloanさんのイラストまとめ

The glorious #rose #illustrations are by artist P. J. Redouté, ca. 1817. (Public domain). His wonderful collection of flowers can be viewed in a book via the @internetarchive. 🌹 #flowers https://t.co/OL5AdFyscP

Hans Christian Andersen wrote of a certain Rose Elf who was instrumental in punishing the murderer of a beautiful young maiden to whom he was attached.
The #Rose, in olden times, was reputed to be under special protection of Elves, #Fairies, & Dwarfs. 🧚🌹
#MythologyMonday

The constellation Capricornus has one of the oldest associations to myth, (Babylon). Later, identified as Pan, (Greek #myth), he's the god with goat's horns & legs who saves himself from the monster Typhon by giving himself a fish tail & diving in a river. #FairyTaleTuesday

According to Slavic #mythology Mermaids were unbaptised river/lake spirits who took the form of beautiful young women. They'd appear at night, singing & dancing to enchant young men & lure them to a death by drowning.🧜‍♀️ #FairyTaleTuesday

Lovely examples of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's delightful faerie illustrations. 🧚

#weefolk #fairytale #art
(Public domain)

The Mighty Hercules is a Canadian/American animated #television series based loosely on Greek #mythology. 📺 It ran on television from 1963- 1966 coinciding with the sword-and-sandal #film genre popular at the time. (I watched reruns of the show in the 1970s) 🙂 #MythologyMonday

Another charming #illustration by E. Stuart Hardy, from The Book of Gnomes (c.1895) (Public domain)
#fairytale

Dragons in #medieval times were described as the largest of serpents, & akin to the Devil. 🐍 Wicked & cunning, #dragons were particularly associated with adultery. 🐉 #FairyTaleTuesday

In Norse #mythology, Huginn (Old Norse "thought") & Muninn (Old Norse "memory") are a pair of #Ravens that fly all over the world (Midgard), & bring information to the Viking god Odin. 🪶 #FairyTaleTuesday

In Roman mythology, goddess Aurōra renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the Sun. #FolkloreThursday