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@baconetti @BrGrafius @AmylouAhava @ms_sedgwick @CDWilson @KodiMaier @Ali_Sperling @jfpackham @DocMelia @CatherinePugh86 @GissingGeorge @HauntedKevin @OJCade Wow! So exciting! Can't wait to see it 😄🖤💜
Plant-Women, Dryads and Fleur Fatales. (1/8)
Daphne's legacy ranges from takes on 'Daphne's Revenge' as Fleur Fatales/Tree Sirens prey on human men - seen in 'Phantastes' (1858), 'The Woman of the Wood' (1926), 'His Vegetable Wife' (1986) and 'Into the Heartless Wood' (2021)
In Beatrix Potter's 'Mrs. Tittlemouse' she tries to keep her house tidy but insect intruders keep making a mess. The other insects are shooed away but when she tries to pull out the bee nest they buzz fiercely at her and force her to flee!
#GothicBugs #InsectWeird
Next up is Dr Prachi Priyanka with paper 'Victorian Fairy Painting: Exploring the unknown, forbidden and concealed anxieties of the era'
#OGOMCon2021
#GothicFairies
Hannah Pike -
In medieval lit and folklore there are stereotypes such as monstrosity, demonised fae whereas YA has become more sympathetic over time
#OGOM2021 #GothicFairies
@DrSamGeorge1 butterfly winged depictions of fairies links fairies as spirits of the dead as the butterfly is often considered the mythical shape by the soul following death
#OGOM2021 #GothicFairies
Next we have our plenary by Dr Sam George on 'Fairy Lepidoptera: The Dark History of Butterfly-Winged Fae'
#OGOMCon2021 #GothicFairies
@BillBloodyHughe - on the dangers of eating fairy fruit in Lud-in-the-mist. The magical fruit is stored in coffins - emerald green raspberries, tawny grapes and crimson grapes...
#OGOMcon2021 #GothicFairies
Next up the incomparable @BillBloodyHughe on 'Fairy Carnival: Music, Dance, and food in the re-enchantment if modernity from Hope Mirlees's Lud-in-the-mist to paranormal romance'
#OGOMcon2021 #GothicFairies