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'Schneewittchen' – The German Snow White Tale by the Brothers Grimm is our tale this week! A darker version with woods and seven little men. Read the illustrated story now on our blog: https://t.co/EbyvtrmLnf
Illustration by A. H. Watson.

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Circe, a goddess & sorceress, who transforms many of Odysseus’s crew into swine. A symbol of women’s magical hold over men’s baser instincts.
"So she enticed & won our battle-hardened spirits over..."

(🖊️Homer 🎨Waterhouse)

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They don't get much wilder than the Red Cap, beings who hang out in ruins along the border between England and Scotland. The name comes from their tendency to dip their cap in their victim's blood... https://t.co/NfFHuQo4D5 [Image by Eugene Smith]

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Wild Man astride a dragon pulled by a pegasus.
Illustration of a pageant sleigh from a winter parade held in 1640-41, Nuremberg. From the Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg, Bavaria (112pp late 16c-mid 17c) [Held in Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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Moss People,Wild folk,a type of fairy with intimate connection to trees &forests. Able to send plague with one hand & with the other heal those with it. Would sometimes emerge from trees & show humans herbs to use for illness.
'Moss Maiden' by Kettle Quill

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In European folklore, a werewolf is a human who can shapeshift into a wolf either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction and especially on the night of a full moon.
Art: Jean Michel Brisset

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This week’s theme is “wild places”. In Wales there is a simple rule: the wilder the place, the wilder the dragon. Here are a few of my dragons from the wildest corners of Wales.
Have a lovely Thursday. 🐉

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Happy Fairy nobility may have all the ballads and folktales told about them but don't overlook the smaller, mischievous fae. The hay fever pollen fairies are the bane of my summer!

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6. Victorian Painting, ed. by Jeremy Maas - lavishly illustrated and with indispensable articles on fairy writing, fairy music, fairies on the stage, etc.

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The Still-folk of central Germany hoard gold, silver, and precious stones. Mortals may access these chambers using a Key-flower (Schlüsselblume). [Art by Tove Jansson via ]

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The rudest fairy is the Barabao, only found in Venice. It creeps into bedrooms through the keyhole and lifts the bed covers to spy on lovers. In the past, it hid in chamber pots to peek at the bottoms above it...

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Heck, let’s bump https://t.co/oArVoLNN1O for too- our strong inspiration for Gemini Journey is our love for myth, fairy tale, and folklore! The story structures, plots, setting, characters, and art are all inspired by them.

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On the Isle of Man, it is believed that if you step on a patch of St. John's Wort at sunset, a fairy horse will rise from the earth.🐴 It will happily carry you around all night before depositing you in your usual haunts at sunrise!

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An illustration of the Fairy King and Queen from 1910. They ruled the fairies.

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Mostly vampire legends are from European folklore, similar references are found most notably in Hebrew & Greek mythology. Lilith a female demon known to prey on the blood of babies. & Ambrogio of Greek myth, who fell for the sun god, Apollo's woman.

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Greetings This is sending a big shout out to for the last session. We are here for the next 90 minutes to join you on a magical journey through the lands of the little people.
An elf and a fairy kissing - Fairy Land by Richard Doyle.

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FAIRIES & THE DEAD Evans Wentz (1911) recorded the Highland belief in hosts as the evil dead & Cornish Peskies as the souls of unbaptised babies, appearing at Twilight in the form of moths Images: Pirner 1888; Highgate; white plume moth

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Known as Pharisees & famous for their love of dancing; the last Fairies in England lived in the Sussex Downs - from The Spectator 1908: 'Pharisees & Fairy Rings'.

https://t.co/tzukSeRvvS

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