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There’s much folklore around fossilized sea urchins, perfectly shaped and precious stones that they are.
In 1887 a round barrow on Dunstable Downs was excavated unearthing two skeletons, a woman and a child, surrounded by more than 100 fossilized sea urchins

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2019-05-23

Could you love, or lust after, a fairy? Goodwin Wharton, an English nobleman and politician, did. During the late 1600s, assisted by his cunning-woman lover, he repeatedly tried to arrange nocturnal meetings with the Fairy Queen.



(Picture of his brother).

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2019-05-23

Tuatha de Danann, was the magical race of ancient Ireland. They were god-like creatures with supernatural abilities, worshiped during the pre-Christian era. Later, as Christianity took roots, the Tuatha de Danann persisted in folklore as either Saints or Fae.

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2019-05-23

✨🍄✨Fairy Rings, circles of toadstools that appear in fields, are said to be where the Fae dance. If you run 9 times around one at the full moon you will hear their music & singing - but beware, if you run widdershins (anticlockwise) you will be lost forever!

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2019-05-23

Drew up a little Wood Wife aka Moss Woman! If you do her a solid she will reward you with sagely wisdoms. That or woodchips.

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2019-05-16

In Finnish mythology, the Otso, or Kings of the Forests, are bear spirits who are treated as highly intelligent and divine beings. If a bear was killed, a ceremony was held to leave its skull in a sacred clearing with sacrificial gifts. (Img: Unknown)

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2019-05-17

Today's prompt is legendary creatures from the woods. When venturing into enchanted woodlands, always follow the path and take a guide.

https://t.co/IddnZGm9F1

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2019-05-17

Hedgehog folklore! Why do people give hedgehogs milk, when the prickly things are lactose intolerant? Maybe the legacy of an older folkloric idea, still common in mid C20th Britain, that hedgehogs suckled milk from cows?

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2019-05-17

The Enduring Allure of Baba Yaga, an Ancient Swamp Witch Who Loves to Eat People

(Gif by Naomi Nowak)
https://t.co/rzysccYdcr

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2019-05-17

If you suspect you're in a fairytale, always offer help to animals or old women, you never know when the favour will be returned. 🍃

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2019-05-17

Here’s a lovely 1959 version of Beauty and the Beast. by in The Blue Book of Fairy Tales. (Beast’s monogram kills me!!!)

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2019-05-16

Happy ["Meadow Elves," Nils Blommer]

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2019-05-16

Happy In case you haven't seen already I've a new one-page ghost story/folk horror comic out called 'This is My Wood' for reviewers of my books.Want a copy? Leave a review on Amazon of any of my books, hit me up and I'll ping you a copy
https://t.co/AoNCxf1wtv

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2019-05-16

The brave little tailor. Having successfully squashed some flies, the little tailor sets out to take on the world. Here he is defeating sone giants by tricking them into fighting each other.

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2019-05-10

The unanswered riddle featured in Alice in Wonderland & The Last Unicorn:

How is a raven like a writing desk?


Illustration: John James Audubon

Did anyone else come up with their own solution? Mine was ...

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2019-05-09

Slowly emerging on my paper. As usual I don’t know where it’s going, sometimes they just happen.

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2019-05-10

It's

character 'Tenome' was inspired by the of the same name from Japanese folklore 👁

You can learn more about Tenome at: https://t.co/yT8OLVaHTO

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2019-05-10



Yuki-Onna is a snow woman ghost described as inhumanly beautiful, whose eyes can strike terror into mortals that get lost traveling in the snowy mountains. She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints.
She feeds on human essence.

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2019-05-09

This one is my Rabid I think he looks proper scary, what do you think?
Since we're going to this weekend I thought I'd brush up my pics!
I've always been fond of and it is
They were originally done for a

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2019-05-09