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Stephen G. Rae, contemporary artist;
Druid, poet & storyteller; folklorist and writer @BardCumberland; indie filmmaker @LandofLoreFilms @BardseaGrnFilms
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Tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years, he died, alone.


by Arthur Rackham

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My late grandmother would say that Galloway was the last stronghold of the Ancient Folk, the faeries

In 1850, a hawthorn tree halted the widening of the road between Glenluce and Newton Stewart because it was 'faerie property'


art: Joanna Wolska

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The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, 1805; William Blake

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In Scots Gealic folklore, the 'cait sìth' (faerie cat) is a faerie that takes the form of a black cat; or a witch that can transform into a black cat, nine times. There was a common belief that it could steal a person's soul.



art: unknown

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In my adopted Cumbrian dialect, 'fellin-girse' is green hellebore

it was grown on Cumbrian farms as a cure for numerous livestock ailments
in folk magic it's also used to call forth demons and curse enemies


art: Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

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How to have power over men & animals

• bury a toad in an ants nest
• once flesh removed, throw the bones into a stream at midnight St. Mark's Eve
• bones that swim upstream are kept, they have the power of magic


🎨le Dictionnarie Infernal 1863

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My painting entitled "may this universe not deceive you" has been selected for this years exhibition at Grasmere.
The exhibition runs from 30 July to 7 September.

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My late grandmother would recall the tale of the gean-cánach (love talker). A trickster, a male faerie similar to a leprechaun, known for seducing men and women, although he is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids


art: Maximilian Pirner

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"Robert Kirk believed the fairies to be the doubles or, as he called them, the 'co-walkers' of men, which accompanied them through life, and thought that this co-walker returned to Faerie when the person died" ~ Lewis Spence




🎨 Arthur Rackham

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The gean-cánach, the 'love talker', is a male faerie in Irish myth similar to a leprechaun. He is known for seducing men and women, but is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids.



art: Daemon Love by Maximilian Pirner

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