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The woods always look different at night…as if the daytime trees and flowers and stones had gone to bed and sent slightly more ominous versions of themselves to take their places.

—Suzanne Collins

art by Tiffany England

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2022-06-16

“He is lost to the forest,
Like a summer-dried fountain,
When our need was the sorest.
The font reappearing
From the raindrops shall borrow,
But to us comes no cheering,
To Duncan no morrow!" (Scott "Coronach")

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2022-06-09

Woodland Scene by unknown artist, purchased 1926

I like this primarily because if you zoom on the figures at the back, they are the same figures as the one at the front, making it a bit more like some church murals which show 2 scenes in one 🖼️.

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2022-06-05

In Danish mythology the Nisse, resembling a garden gnome, lives in the homes and barns of farmsteads. Treated properly, they protect people and livestock from misfortune, even doing some chores.

Treated badly however...better run.


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2022-05-30

Mielikki, is the finnish female forest spirit. She takes care of the woods and the animals living in it. Hunters used to beg good hunting luck from Mielikki. The ones who want to pick up berries and mushroom should ask for her permission.
Illust:Cory Godbey.

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2022-05-23

The Tälibudel from Liechtenstein is a dog-like spirit with fiery red eyes said to have chased an alpine shepherd from his hut.
🎨 by Eliane Schädler for 's 2022 stamp theme of Myths & Legends
https://t.co/upPCD5J5HP

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2022-05-23


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Lost

Stand still.
The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost.
Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,

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2022-05-05

The breath of song in your remembering eyes cascades fragile reflections of time-steeped sunsets tinting delicate snowflakes with the solitude of a sleeping forest where ancient secrets lie waiting.

—Sean Terrence Best
art by Hidayet Üstün

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2022-05-01

Gathering dark forest treasures✨
art by Mon Jones

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2022-05-01

"They danced wildly in the forest, swaying with the tall trees and the howling wind."

~Kleinbaum N.H., le cercle des poetes disparus.

🎨Thomas Jones,#DontGoIntoTheWoods.

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2022-04-22

Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments.

—Zeena Schreck
art by Alessandra Maria

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2022-04-15

"Three coffins, in which lay three beautiful maidens, glided from the thickest part of the forest across the lake. The fire-flies flew lightly over them, like little floating torches." (Andersen "Snow Queen")

🎨 Maximilian Pirner (1888)

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2022-04-02

Well, come again to-morrow; fare thee well. (Olivia)

Twelfth Night
Shakespeare

🎨Heath Robinson

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2022-04-01

'We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.'
-Ursula K. Le Guin

🎨Arthur Rackham

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2022-03-31

Then, dearest Maiden, move along these shades
In gentleness of heart; with gentle hand
Touch—for there is a spirit in the woods.

— William Wordsworth

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2022-03-23

There are often more toads around in Spring but if you're in Japan you should beware of ogama, giant toad created when toads reach 1000 years old. They live deep in the forests & the larger they grow, the more dangerous they become.

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2022-03-19


Hoia-Baciu Forest, Romania, an area with curved trees, has gained paranormal notoriety around the world and is known as the "Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania“. Wandering people additionally suffer under rashes, nausea and anxiety. Even an UFO was spotted.

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2022-03-17

The boy gave his parents much anxiety;he became nervous and strange in his manner,refusing to leave the cottage by himself,and constantly alarming the household by waking in the night with cries of "The man in the wood! Father!"
Arthur Machen,The Great God Pan

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2022-03-11