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Ch’ang O took an eternal potion from her husband &flew to the Moon to escape him. Her shape is found on the Harvest Moon. #folklorethursday
Lughnasadh ~ a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season
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Monkshood, said to both drive away werewolves and induce lycanthropy, especially when encountered at full moon #FolkloreThursday #wildflower
The fairy tale art of cartoonist and illustrator William Heath Robinson. Simply amazing. #folklorethursday
If one collects Thyme, from hillsides where fairies live & rubs it on their eyelids, they will be able to see the fairies. #FolkloreThursday
Skogsra from North Europe. Beautiful woman in front, an hole like an old tree in the back. Art by Julia Lundgren #folklorethursday
Bronze Owl. Inspired by alchemical illuminated manuscripts.#folklorethursday #painting
This painting is of famous 19thC #cornish wise woman Tamm Blee, she cured people with spells and magic powders #FolkloreThursday
More #folklorethursday #foodways - Harry Clarke's illustrations for Perrault "A long black pudding came winding and wriggling towards her"
"They pass through lands stained with blood and blessed with riches" The Migrant Waders #folklorethursday https://t.co/UGoqQHzEFU
#FolkloreThursday Caleuche is a ghost ship that roams the waters of Chiloé at night. It's manned by Brujos and castaways. 🎨: Waldo Retamales
The Inner Hebrides have two types of mer-folk. "Ordinary" mer-folk and Fallen Angels who have fire for blood. #folklorethursday
Some of many mermaid drawings and paintings I have done. Thought they'd fit with today's theme #folkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs
Hippocampus by Susan Seddon-Boulet. A horse with a mermaid tail from Greek myth. #folklorethursday
VRYKOLAKAS is a ancient Greek demon who is closely linked with the vampire. #folklorethursday
#Folklorethursday I had no idea this existed. Can any British readers confirm it was as spooky as it looked? Was it a folklore gateway?
Ankou is the dark fairy of the elusive element, the spirit. Unseen by the living & later depicted as the Grim-Reaper. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday Merfolk from the Caribbean & the Pacific from Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide. 🐚✨