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Leprechauns are widely believed to wear green, but before the 1900s they were often depicted as dressed in red. In 1831, the writer Samuel Lover stated the leprechaun was 'quite a beau ... for he wears a red square-cut coat, richly laced with gold.' #FairyTaleTuesday #Folklore

Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's sibling, is a seductress & enchantress. Morgan is an enemy of Arthur's, but reconciles with him at his death, helping conduct him to the Isle of Avalon. There, some say, she reigns with him as queen. #FairytaleTuesday #mythology #folklore #Arthurian

A very Happy Christmas Eve to all my readers and followers. Here's a slightly disturbing #Victorian Christmas card for you all to enjoy. Hope you all have a great day tomorrow. #folklore #gothic #GothicAdvent

Onocentaurs have the upper bodies of humans, the lower bodies of donkeys & no front legs. The creatures - which are 'of violent temper & do not endure capture' - are mentioned by Pythagoras & in the Book of Isaiah. #MythologyMonday #Mythology #folklore

An old English superstition stated that a wild bird flying into the house was an omen of death. So when birds began appearing on new-fangled #Christmas cards in the #Victorian era, some people wouldn't have them in their homes. #WyrdWednesday #folklore #history

#Victorian translators of The Arabian Nights have been criticised for inaccuracy, 'archaic & extravagant idiom' & bowdlerising racier passages. But the 'obsessive focus on sexuality' of Richard Burton's effort meant it could only be published in private editions #FairyTaleTuesday

Hecate was the Greek goddess of crossroads, doorways, boundaries, thresholds & city walls. This eclectic deity was also linked to the home, magic, necromancy, dogs, polecats, yews, light, ghosts, herbs, medicines & poisons. #FolkloreThursday #folklore #WilliamBlake #gothic

A very Merry Christmas to all my readers and followers. To celebrate this special day, I'm sending you a #Victorian Christmas card showing some vengeful-looking birds armed with matches. #Victorians #Christmas #gothic #MerryChristmas #folklore #reading

I am thy father's spirit,
Doom'd for a certain time to walk the night,
And, for the day, confin'd to fast in fires,
Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature,
Are burnt and purg'd away.
#ShakespeareSunday #Shakespeare #WilliamBlake #Hamlet #gothic

The Death of Orpheus (1893) by Jean Delville. In #GreekMyth, the divine poet & musician Orpheus was torn to pieces by frenzied followers of Dionysus. His head & lyre then floated down a river & out to sea, still singing mournful songs. #folklore #mythology #gothic #symbolism