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#FairyTaleTuesday Origins of the Jack-O’-Lantern: Legend of Stingy Jack
Irish folklore is full of descriptions of a character known as Stingy Jack. A drunkard and cheat, Jack manages to swindle the devil. https://t.co/uetxN7Degn
Ophelia is a character in William Shakespeare's drama "Hamlet". She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet,who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends up in a state of madness that ultimately leads to her drowning.
Dark, gothic and witchy illustrations by IrenHorrors
https://t.co/WSendYRhzg #GothicSpring
Really happy to see how my review of @karenleestreet's incredible "Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster" (2016) has been published in Kontrast Magasin (in Swedish)
https://t.co/QaV5HEGeYL
@MinaEnRage Hi!Thanks for the interest.I posted this:
In German folklore,the Roggenmuhme ("rye aunt") is a corn demon with fiery fingers.Her bosoms are filled with tar,and may end in tips of igneous iron.She is known for stealing children and for replacing them with changelings
🎨Igor Krstic
#GothicSpring Telling the bees is a custom in which bees would be told of births, marriages, or deaths in the household. There is speculation that the practice is derived from Aegean notions about bees' ability to bridge the natural world with the afterlife.
🎨 Nicholas Tolmachov
Artist Illustrates His Battle With Depression as a Mystical World of Spirit Animals https://t.co/FRQQTmPu3W via @mymodernmetes
#FairyTaleTuesday There have been attempts to link the Morrígan with the Welsh literary figure Morgan le Fay from the Matter of Britain, but the names are derived from different branches of the Celtic linguistic tree.
🎨W. H. Margetson, Magdalena Korzeniewska & David Gaillet
#Baturday Fairies on Bats:
Henry Singleton- "Ariel on a Bat’s Back"
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite- "Little Witch Riding Bat Greeting Card"
Amelia Jane Murray- "A Fairy on a Bat"
H.C. Selous- "Ariel : on the Bat’s Back I do Fly after Summer, Merrily” from "The Tempest"