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Kay Nielsen's illustrations for East of the Sun, West of the Moon, a collection of icy fairytales rich with noble bears, howling winds & pine forests–gathered by Norwegian folklorists Ambjørnsen & Engebretsen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the 1880s.

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Aka manto comes to your school bathroom when there's no paper and asks "Do you want red paper or blue?" If you say red you're slashed to death, if you say blue all your blood is sucked out and you're left dead and blue on the floor art by

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Heterochromia iridis, having eyes of/with different colors, was once thought to come with the ability to see spirits or communicate with the other side, hence indicating a seer. Older traditions said it was due to a piece of your past life brought into this one.

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Sharing some of my own Folklore themed artwork for todays theme!

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The Leanan Sidhe is the faerie muse, a lover of poets, musicians and artists. However, while those who have a leanan sidhe mistress will become greatly inspired in their endeavours, their life will be brief as she drains the lives of her lovers.

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For some beautifully dark illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren for some fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.
Source: https://t.co/AjtonmFb4k

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The periwinkle is the “sorcerers’ violet” in France. Its 5 petals are linked to the pentacle & it can be used as a protective amulet. The vines embrace & are thus linked to fidelity. To Culpepper it was an aphrodisiac, being grown by Venus.
Img: Cicely Barker

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Happy Valentine's Day He was a steel-driving man of strength and worked so fast even machines couldn't keep up with him. Let's draw 👨🏿‍🦱⚒️#folklorethursday

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There is a legend that upon his execution, miraculously restored his gaolers’s blind daughter’s sight. He gave her a letter & upon opening it she saw a beautiful yellow crocus, henceforth a symbol of
Img: Cicely Barker

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St Valentine’s Day coincides with the fertility festival, Lupercalia and honouring the she wolf Lupa that suckled Romulus & Remus. Here’s a cartoon from an older sketchbook

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The Victorian tradition of sending Vinegar cards to your most hated, complete with insulting caricature and rhyme
https://t.co/bpHXXhTRXw

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This would probably be an appropriate day to mention that and I became a couple, and I moved here to marry her (smartest thing i have ever done) in no small part becuse we co-created Hopeless, Maine. It is a labour of love in more than one way...

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Oh those cherubs! Sewing up broken hearts, hot air ballooning! There wasn’t much they wouldn’t do to convey the message. The arrival of the Penny Black stamp in 1840 meant greetings were available to all.

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In Manx Folklore the Glashtyn were aquatic equine creatures that ranged from benevolent farm helpers to skirt-clinging nuisances to sinister presences that pulled passers-by to a watery grave. Such water-horses are common across the world.

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One of the many fauns I've drawn while thinking about creature designs on my blog, Arcana. They will no doubt provide more inspiration in the future! ✨

https://t.co/Oe6TxzaUrC

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2019-02-08

In Norse myth, at the end of the world the gods--Odin, Thor, Loki and the others--as well as all humans, will die. Evil triumphs over good, and the world will be engulfed in water. Ragnarok by soys.

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Anansi is a cheeky character whose many stories originate in Ghana, and are central to Caribbean culture and folklore.

Join us for a FREE Fairy Tale Trial featuring Anansi over Feb half term with > https://t.co/9JNTskzbPu

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Angels (from Greek 'angelos,' meaning messenger) are, according to Christian tradition, genderless & incorporeal emissaries of God. In early-Christina Slavic lore, they took on the form of larks to spread God's will. Hence, larks were always feed & respected.

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Dewi Sri: Pre-Hindu & Islamic Javanese goddess of rice & fertility, who had dominion over prosperity & famine. She was a princess who was poisoned & died only for different plants to spring from different parts of her body. The rice paddy snake is her herald.

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