Old Weird Britainさんのイラストまとめ

The early #English had a word for the surpassing beauty of women: 'aelfschine' = elvin-bright or lovely as an #elf.
#folklorethursday
Painting by Sophie Anderson

The earliest inhabitants of #Britain were #giants, descendants of Noah’s son Ham. They came from #Africa and took possession. The King of the Giants was called #Albion.

The Gwraged Annwn (dames of Elfin land) are wont to make their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog with their hounds in full cry pursuing their prey: the souls of doomed men dying without baptism or penance.
#Wales #folklore

Michael Scot, aka #Wizard of #Balrearie, c1177-c1230, was one of the most learned scholars in Europe. He commanded #imps Prig, Prim and Pricker who divided the #Eildon Hills into three.
#folklore #magick

Early English words for #elves: dun-elfen = hill elves
waeter-elfen = elves of pools and springs
wylde-elfen = elves of the moors (As a Dartmoor girl, that’s my new favourite word!)
#folklore Image: @virginialeeart

#Heluo or #Greateater = a parasitic #faerie
"He hath a voracious elf to be his attender feeding on the pith and quintessence of what the man himself eats; therefore he continues lean like or a hawk or heron notwithstanding his devouring appetite."
#folklore
Image: #BrianFroud

#Smychiad = derogatory term used to taunt a person who is the offspring of a #faerie ancestor.
Does faerie blood run in your veins? You are a #smychiad.
#folklore
Image Nicoletta Ceccoli

#Poldies are a type of #faerie living in woodland in the #Wirral, and along the #Chesire/#Lancashire border. Poldies are guardian spirits of the woods and will punish those who do damage.
#treelore #folklore
Image: Brian #Froud

The #mermaid was considered a natural if freakish creature, not a supernatural being.
She lulled sailors with her singing.
Then drowned them.
Or ate them.
Yummy tasty sailors.
#folklore
Illustration: Arnold Böcklin, 1886.

Happy Spring Equinox!
Today at 4.15pm #british time the sun crosses the equator. A time of balance, a time to plant dreams, the traditional day that birds start building nests.
#folklore #pagan #VernalEquinox