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Arthur Rackham was born on 19th September 1867 in London. Here are some of his for the 1907 version of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, published by William Heinemann.

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2018-09-19

In Aztec mythology, the volcanoes were once humans who were deeply in love. This legend features the warrior Popocatepetl and the princess Iztaccihuatl. The Gods, touched by the lover's plight, turn the humans into volcanoes, so that they may finally be together

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2018-09-13

A "natural history" approach to the spiritual protectorates of Japan's forests and mountains, the Tengu. What Yokai should I tackle next?!

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2018-09-14

Covent Garden Tube Station is said to be
haunted by the ghost of actor William Terris,
who was stabbed to death at the
Adelphi Theatre in 1897.
Workers hear footsteps,
see a shadowy figure in the the tunnels
or a spectre on the spiral staircase at night.

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2018-09-14

Medieval Irish literature features many voyage tales to islands and lands inhabited by magical creatures and strange things - the immram or echtrae often features a heroes journey via ship to the Otherworld to to either seek vengeance, knowledge or purpose.

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2018-09-13

A king languishes in a pool of fire and brimstone.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 87r: https://t.co/3WvraUDoiG

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2018-09-13

The lecherous are punished with your standard pit of fire, courtesy of delicately shaded devils.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 86r: https://t.co/pkEGeZy7rt

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2018-09-13

In Slavic lore, the great witch Baba Yaga doesn't use a broomstick to fly. Instead, she uses it to cover her tracks, as she travels 'round in a flying mortar; pushing herself with a pestle. Wherever she goes, the elements groan & a host of spirits accompany her.

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Next up, the slothful and avaricious. The slothful are eaten by eagles and dragons; the avaricious (including a pope and other church figures) are boiled in cauldrons.

MS. Douce 134, ff. 84v-85r: https://t.co/gjyWRAUyvk

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The wrathful are stabbed and stoned by devils who look rather like dragons and stone gargoyles respectively.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 84r: https://t.co/18Hxb7nhmb

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The envious, meanwhile, are punished by devils with pitchforks and alternating ice and fire baths.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 83v: https://t.co/e8F9U1qYDo

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2018-09-13

Here, the souls of the proud and vainglorious are broken on a wheel by a devil straight out of Where the Wild Things Are.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 83r: https://t.co/Z7U3ds5HDS

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2018-09-13

Blocking fairy paths is said to bring misfortune. It was believed that a house built on a fairy path would suffer from midnight noises or supernatural manifestations.

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2018-09-13

“My shoots are tipped with buds as dusty-grey
As ancient pilgrims toiling on their way.”
The Wayfaring Tree is a sign that you are on or near a path. It was plentiful on the medieval pilgrim route from London to Canterbury.

Poem & fairy: Cicely Barker, 1930s

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2018-09-13

In Mesoamerican folk, a Nahual is a human being who has the power to transform either spiritually or physically into an animal form. Such a nahual is believed to use their powers for good or evil according to their personality

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2018-09-06

Terrible pics but a sneaky peek at my longest composition yet...

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2018-09-07

When seekend it is good to have a Legends often center around You are here (somewhere): Yggdrasil, the Viking World Tree, an Ash.

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2018-09-07

Next, the sinners and devils are accused, judged and, according to Christ's speech scroll on fol. 76r, sentenced to "depart cursed into the eternal fire".

MS. Douce 134, fols. 74r, 75r and 76r https://t.co/liJAi2SohT

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2018-09-06

...but our favourite is this one, where Lucifer, flanked by devils, is judged by Christ, who sits on a rainbow. Count Lucifer's heads.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 67v https://t.co/3XvDh484yt

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2018-09-06