Recovered footage of Native Americans welcoming the Pilgrims
From The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by the imminent

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The Wampanoag showed the Pilgrims how to dig for
American eels (Anguilla Rostrata) hibernating in the mud for the 1st .
These eels were once numerous but are now endangered due to damming, pollution, and habitat destruction.

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We are suffering Mayflower Madness here at Studiotoad Towers... the end of a massive project is just over the horizon!!

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The River Neckinger swirls with stories. Is it named for a water spirit or the noose that hung here? Did Cnut change its course in 1016? Chaucer's pilgrims crossed it. Dickens took Twist to Jacob's Island, the rookery in the marsh where its waters met the Thames

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Jupiter and Mercury, in the form of visiting pilgrims Philemon and Baucis, 1802

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My first children's book (created by me and my wife), "The Pilgrim's Progress: A Poetic Journey" is now available for preorder through !

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in the old art, pilgrims used the same assets as the commonfolk. now they have heavily modified clothing (no sleeves!), and threatening postures, to suit their edgelord status. i like how they all look like they're going to the same concert

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Pilgrims in the Snow, 1925

Albert Bloch (born 1882 Missouri, USA, died 1961 in Kansas, USA), an American painter. His parents were German-Jewish emigrants from the Hungarian Empire, settled in 1869 in US.
In 1909 he settled in Munich; Bloch returned to the USA in 1921.

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“My shoots are tipped with buds as dusty-grey
As ancient pilgrims toiling on their way.”
The Wayfaring tree is a sign that you are on or near a path. It was plentiful on the medieval pilgrim route from London to Canterbury.

Poem & Fairy: Cicely Barker, 1920s

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Pilgrims' staffs were made from hazel wood for its quality of magical protection.

A pilgrim was often buried with his or her staff.

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Pilgrims flocking to the shrine of St Sebastian in Rome in various states of illness and disability - there is something so striking the composition of this image.

(Josse Lieferinxe, Flemish, c.1500, Galleria Nationale d'Arte Antica)

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Character Profile: Interpreter

These character profiles will be exclusive to the PDF ebook of "The Pilgrim's Progress: A Poetic Journey," which is included in the $10 and higher levels at https://t.co/SCRosPXkqs

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A Pilgrim's Progress. Winsor McCay's version (as Mr Bunion).
I always loved the Dull Care as an allegory for burden.

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Oh look amongst our pilgrims brought gifts to St Cuthbert’s Shrine in . An inventory dated 1383 lists a unicorn’s horn & griffin's claw (narwhal tusk & ibex horn). Sadly lost during the Reformation.

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Post-Halloween update on this bc I'm not quite ready to let go yet. Maybe we can frankenstein and mummify some pilgrims and turkeys to keep the season going.

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