Maude Fromeさんのイラストまとめ

Arthur Rackham’s 1918 illustration for Catskin, an English Cinderella tale. A young girl is rejected by her father because she is female. She runs away & ends up working in a castle kitchen, goes to a number of balls in magical gowns & marries the prince. #FairytaleTuesday

“A brave vessel
Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her
Dashed all to pieces.”
Miranda in The Tempest, Act 1, Sc 2
#ShakespeareSunday
Image: JW Waterhouse, 1916

The blackthorn is guarded by moon fairies - the Lunantisidhe. They are rumoured to leave their post on a #fullmoon & so this may be the safest time to cut the wood, but never approach on May 11 or Nov 11 (old Beltane & Samhain) as they will curse you! #FaustianFriday #BlueMoon

“I am the queen whom everybody knows: I am the (wild) English rose.”

It was believed that fairies could become invisible by eating the fruit of the wild rose & turning anti-clockwise 3 times. If the process was reversed visibility could be restored. #FairyTaleTuesday Img: CMB

“Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,
To come and sport.”
The Tempest, Act 4, Sc 1.
#ShakespeareSunday

Fairy Games by Molly Brett, 1930s. #fairy #art #illustration

The Celtic tree month of Hazel goes from 5 August to 1 Sep. Hazel is the tree of knowledge, wisdom & poetic inspiration, & its nuts bring prophetic power. It is good for magical wands & dowsing for water & ley lines, as it holds the secrets of the earth. #FolkloreThursday Img: CB

#BeatrixPotter - #writer, #illustrator & #wildlife lover, was born on 28th July 1866 in #Kensington #London. She transformed #animal #illustration in children’s literature. #FairyTaleTuesday #FolkloreThursday

Moonboat, by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1920s. #night #dreams #sleep #childhood #moon #FairyTaleTuesday

The rowan is known as witchentree or witch-wood, as it was believed to ward off witches’ spells, especially if planted near a front door. Rowan crosses bound in red thread (the best colour to fend off magic) were also hung above doorways to keep witches away. #FairyTaleTuesday

Iris is the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The Greeks saw the rainbow as linking heaven & earth & Iris as linking gods & mortals. She travelled on the rainbow to all parts of the cosmos, bearing messages from the Olympians to gods & men. Img: Arthur Rackham #FolkloreThursday