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“The apple never falls far from the tree”- you always end up resembling your parents in some ways. Referred to in a 16th century German book of but probably ancient Ottoman.

Image: The Crab-Apple Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, c.1935

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2018-08-23

This week's theme is traditional and [Img: The Blind Leading the Blind, Sebastian Vrancx]

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2018-08-21

The Lady of the Lake plays a pivotal role in Arthurian legend.
She gives King Arthur his sword Excalibur, raises Lancelot in her magical kingdom, and bewitches Merlin the wizard into teaching her some magic - which she then uses to imprison him in a tower.

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2018-08-17

In modern times, their appearances are even further confused when the original Sirens get mixed up with what we know as a siren today, which is a combination of European mermaids and Greek Sirens.

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2018-08-17

epitomizes as does this magnicificent fresco representation. 🏛️

Triumph of Achilles, Franz Matsch, 1892, Achilleion, Corfu.

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2018-08-17

In a well that still flows close to Co beside the sea, local legend tells that St Patrick baptised in a single day 12,000 converts & in presence of the crowds, raised to life a dead woman whom he also baptised!

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2018-08-16

Slavic folk belief says that the world organises itself according to an oppositional yet complementary duality represented by Belobog ("White God") and Chernobog ("Black God"). These represent the often seen religious theme of light and dark (art by Vasylina)

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2018-08-16

The Procession of Xás is part of the mythology of Galicia. Ghosts carry a coffin and the nearer they are, the closer that person is to death. If the person who sees them is a foe of the soon-to-be deceased they beat them up and carry them through the brambles.

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2018-08-16

While Zesty was doing the four unicorns of the apocalypse, I was doing an Okapi/Japanese Serow mix!

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2018-08-10

whatsup gmornin today's theme is apparently witches so here's some of my nasty daughters

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2018-08-10

This week's theme couldn't make me happier, given that I'm illustrating So have some badass wise women from all over Europe!
You can read more about the project at https://t.co/IqGSuha4aR 🌿

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2018-08-10

Come and see me, and at this Sunday. We'll be talking about folklore and the joy to be found in the dark. https://t.co/GCpnmxUOZF

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2018-08-09

Queen of the Bad Faeries. In Scotland she is Nicnivin, Elph Queine of the Unseelie Court. In Germany she is Berchta, leading the savage dogs of the Wild Hunt, telling all she meets "Travel by day, for the night belongs to me." Art by Brian Froud.

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2018-08-09

Hagstones have a natural hole and can be found on many beaches. Hung in homes to keep away witches or hags, and in stables to stop witches riding horses to exhausted death at night. Look through the stone to see other worlds, spirits and to see through glamours

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2018-08-09

My favorite in is the Russian Baba Yaga! Living deep amid the forest in a turning chicken-leg hut; fortified by watching skulls. Known to help strays, she gets around on a flying pestle &mortar; using a broom to sweep away her tracks.

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2018-08-09

Some Witches I've drawn previously. Love today's theme!

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2018-08-09

I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs. I make them look like pigs. ~Louise Gluck, Circe [Waterhouse, Sorceress, Circe Summoning Ulysses, Circe Invidiosa (poisoning the waters); Evelyn De Morgan, Love Potion)

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2018-08-09

WITCHES. A sexualised witch used by Pears Soap, 1899-1900 juxtaposed with a fairy tale witch from Andrew Lang's Yellow Fairy Book, 1894, a crone figure with large nose, warts or moles. These would be seen as witch marks made by the devil in witch craft trials

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2018-08-09

'Haint blue' bottle trees, popular in the US south, are said to trap evil spirits at night which the rising sun then destroys. Originally an African tradition, this folk magic is thought to come from Arabian traders' tales of Jinn imprisoned in bottles (lamps?)

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2018-08-09