The Three Heads in a Well is an old English fairy tale. A kind girl meets an old man who is guardian of a well. He bids her do whatever the 3 golden heads in the well ask & so she washes them. They then each in turn accord her good fortune. Img: Arthur Rackham

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In a Flemish tale a witch and a cat who lived in a tree almost always went for a walk around the village at night. If they didn't, they had met a traveller who was unaware of their existence. The witch danced in the branches while the cat dug a grave.

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The giants Fafner and Fasolt seize Freyja in Arthur Rackham's illustration of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1910

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Loge feigns fear as Alberich turns into a giant snake. Wotan stands in the background; illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, 1910

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A tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground.
She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years, he died, alone.


art: Arthur Rackham

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“When my love swears that she is made of truth...” Sonnet 138


Rainbow goddess Iris conveyed water to Olympus from the River Styx whenever the Greek gods took solemn oaths. If they lied the water would make them sleep for a year.

Image: Arthur Rackham

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Hansel and Gretel 🎨 by Arthur Rackham

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Good morning enchanting friends huge thanks to my favourite for Queen of the Fae:magical for a fab opening hour~This is here to share you favourite fairytales+lore for (img:Midsummer Nights Dream, Rackham)

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Arthur Rackham __ Fairies and Goblins

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It's been a bit blowy! This week's features images related to Boreas, The North Wind, anemones, the 'windflower' and Faeries lifting off at twilight: by Waterhouse (x2), Cicely Mary Barker and Arthur Rackham.

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"And all the spirits sang now together:
In death and blood,
In ruin and tears,
Find the Seven.
Listen now, attend and see,
Tell us, poor thing, are you not glad?
Find the Seven."
(C. de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel")

🎨 Arthur Rackham (1916)

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THE TIDDY ONES Lincolnshire. Wonderful local name for the fen fairies. The Tiddy Mun controls the floods (Briggs). Assorted fen fey folk by Rackham (1867-1939)

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アーサー・ラッカム
(Arthur Rackham、1867-1939)
『ねんねんころりん』
(Bye baby bunting)

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The same GoT c*missioner (Rosa, you are the best! <3) also ordered these Black Sails paintings back in 2018, which was fucking jackpot to me bc I LOVE pirates and I liked Black Sails a lot (never finished it tho)

Anne Bonny and Rackham, and Max (both also have speedpaints)

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Arthur Rackham "Iris There with humid Bow" for Milton's "Comus" (1921)

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In Wirral myth Thor’s Stone is named after the Norse god Thor by C10 Viking settlers, who used it as a pagan altar. Thor is said to have tossed the rocks there in anger. Nowadays Morris dancers meet there to enact their rites on Mayday mornings.
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Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's birthday with Arthur Rackham's illustrations for The Pit and the Pendulum and The Tell-Tale Heart. (1935)

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