Maude Fromeさんのイラストまとめ

The original #English tree is the Crab Apple. Ancient lore says that if you throw its pips into the fire while chanting the name of your beloved, they will explode if your love is true & lasting. Image-Cicely Barker, 1920s. #FolkloreThursday #ValentinesDay #Valentines

In #Scotland there is an ancient belief that if you plant a #rowan tree near your front door it will ward off witches’ spells as well as faeries & bad spirits. Rowan is also known as witchentree or witch-wood. #Illustration by Cicely Mary Barker #FolkloreThursday #BurnsNight

The Snowdrop Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. Blooming through the frozen earth from early Jan until the end of Feb, the
#snowdrop is a symbol of rebirth, renewal & hope, as its arrival in cold winter means other flowers will soon follow. #FolkloreThursday

The #Yew is a symbol of the Old Magic, rebirth, dreams, otherworld journeys, & ancestors. The Yew Fairy, Cicely Barker #FolkloreThursday

An ancient custom saw children dressed up in holly & ivy to bring light & life to the darkest part of the year. #FolkloreThursday #Victorian

The Elder is known as the Queen of Trees. Its berries protect & break spells cast against you.
#FolkloreThursday. Illust: Cicely Barker.

In 1907, when #AliceInWonderland came into the public domain, Arthur Rackham #illustrated a new edition #Edwardian #FolkloreThursday

#Death getting around, #Medieval style. #FolkloreThursday #skeletons
#manuscripts #DayoftheDead

"The teeming autumn, big with rich increase, bearing the wanton burden of the prime...” Sonnet 97. #ShakespeareSunday.
#Monet on #autumn

Wagner's #Norse tales #illustrated by Arthur Rackham,1910.
The Ride of the Valkyries, Loki's Fire, Freya, & the Lovers #FolkloreThursday