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Pre-A Midsummer Night's Dream, the classical belief was that fairies were beautiful, temperamental, & dangerous, larger-than-life beings who could grant humans gifts or punishments on a whim. This folklore was also a way to explain why bad things happened.

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2022-06-05

Morning all, here, welcoming you to today’s theme of:

FAIRIES!

Bring on your tweets with the hashtag for a retweet. Image: When the Fairies Came by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1920s.

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2022-06-05

A fairy doctor was a kind of wise woman or cunning man in Ireland who was taught good magic by fairies. They were called "fairy doctors" because they used their magic to heal people hurt by bad fairies just like a regular doctor healed those hurt by diseases.

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2022-06-05

In the epic Persian poem The Shahnameh, the divine being Sorush appears in the form of a peri to Keyumars, the first Shah of Iran, to warn him of the demonic spirit Ahriman. Keyumars assembles an army, including peri soldiers, to defeat Ahriman.

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2022-06-05

"The Story of the Prince & the Peri" is about a young woman whose new husband, the son of a shah, won't speak a word to her. She discovers he's already bound in marriage to a peri princess. Once she breaks the spell, her husband declares his love for her.

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Peri (or pari) are winged, fairy-like beings in Persian myth who live in the land of Paristan on Mount Qaf. Originally they were spirits denied entry to Paradise until they completed atonement. Under Islamic influence, they became more benevolent & mischievious.

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2022-06-05

„Okiku's well” is my new illustration that I’ve prepared for yesterdays event in and I really encourage you to look up this tale if you’re into ghost stories. The well is accompanied by other intersting creature from Japanese folklore called Nekomata (猫また) 🐈‍⬛

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2022-06-05

We’ve set up a at https://t.co/rarr1zFdPc to help us raise additional funds to commission artists and designers to create concept art, character designs & test animations to help us pitch Origins & potential spin-offs!

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2022-06-04

John Bauer was born in 1882.

Bauer was a Swedish painter and illustrator who became especially famous for his wonderful illustrations of Bland tomtar och troll, an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales.

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2022-06-04

🚨 BUBBLING SUSAN 🚨

2 collected 7 are still out there 👻👀

Trap bubbling susan here⤵️
https://t.co/NlE8svGMHj…

…if you dare 👻🔥

A Jamaican folklore brought to life ✍️

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2022-06-04

Heritage and folklore in Web 3.0 is amazing. The digitisation of culture and heritage in marvellous new ways continues. is an who made this lovely artwork of Pai, a goblin guardian spirit, which can be kind or harmful, depending on the attitude towards it.

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2022-06-04

Philippines Manananggal & Aswang

This creature is a vampiric female shapeshifter of Filipino folklore. (It’s debated whether or not she’s considered a type of aswang, which is a shapeshifting evil spirit, or if they’re just similar. Aswang are typically male.) 🧵👇🏼

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2022-06-03

The nuckelavee is a truly terrifying creature from Scottish folklore that deserves more movies/tv shows centred around it.

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2022-06-03

Megan is one of Moin MC's teacher and friend in Fierodae. She goes to her to know about a lot of stories like folklores and myths, stories about the other kingdoms and their histories.

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2022-06-03


In Norse myths, Aegir was a sea giant he and his giant wife Ran lived in a eloquent hall beneath the ocean and are seen as the divine powers of the ocean. Aegir formed close ties with the Norse pantheon and was famous for hosting many lavish feasts for them.

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2022-06-02


Cetus was a large sea monster sent by the Greek god Poseidon to devour princess, Andromeda, to punish her mother Cassiopeia for bragging that her daughter’s was prettier than the sea goddess. Cetus was killed by demigod Perseus who later on married Andromeda

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2022-06-02


Áine, the Queen of the Fairies in Irish mythology, is the goddess of love, fertility, the sun, and Summer. The summer solstice and the days leading up to midsummer are her sacred days. Rites were performed in her honour as recently as 1879.
🎨Julia Cellini.

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2022-06-02

Balm - or bee-plant used to be planted around orchards and vegetable plots to encourage pollination. During the 17th and 18th centuries balm was used to make bees stay in their hives, and even attract a new swarm...

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2022-06-02