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This week's theme is folklore of forest creatures & spirits so here from the series is a dryad - a tree nymph often associated with oak trees

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2020-04-23

Once benevolent water & forest beings, Rusalki turned sour during C19, vengeful spirits of drowned maidens were taken in chez Rusalka and instead of granting fertility boons in spring, they now drown, tickle or dance their victims to death

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2020-04-23

The Wood Sorrel Fairy

In the wood the trees are tall,
Up and up they tower;
You and I are very small—
Fairy-child and flower.

Bracken stalks are shooting high,
Far and far above us;
We are little, you and I,
But the fairies love us.

(🎨 & 🖊️ C M Barker)

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2020-04-23

This is signing off now, but we'll be back with the epic in just 60 minutes, for more folklore of creatures!
Until then, do follow, read and retweet other people's post from this page: https://t.co/qWV6huAeft
(Img:John Bauer)

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2020-04-23

Seeing as it's both and seems an apt time to plug my WIP book of early ghost stories and folklore which inspired major works of supernatural fiction including Christmas Carol, Turn of the Screw, Frankenstein & Sleepy Hollow. (Currently self funded)

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2020-04-23

In April 1934, the modern myth of the Loch Ness monster is born. What follows is a Nessie-mania to this day, involving even to explain the supposed lake monster 🐉 https://t.co/pJR0igrLLL

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2020-04-23

"Who does not know Turner's picture of the Golden Bough? … Dian herself might still linger by this lonely shore, still haunt these woodlands wild" - Frazer about the painting that inspired his magnum opus on & J.M.W. Turner - 1775

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2020-04-23

A dramatic illustration by of Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in full beserker mode from the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge:

“his flesh trembled about him like a pole against the torrent ...He made a mad whirling-feat of his body within his hide’

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2020-04-23

In Romanian mythology, the iele are feminine mythical creatures often described as faeries. They are said to live in the sky, in forests or in caves, and reported to have been seen bathing at crossroads. From this point of view, the Iele are similar to Hecate.

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2020-04-23

I accept your dare! I’m doing a series on the six Rune Factory 4 Bachelorettes and I’ve got three done! Such an underrated game, honestly. It’s filling my ACNH void with it’s charm. The characters are so lovable! 💕

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2020-04-22

胡菜ちゃんの信長とりんかちゃんのBachelorette🎨
いつも悩んで色ありと白とどっちも載せちゃう()

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2020-04-19

Entry 1! My first entry for the category of Bachelorettes!! Dolce!!

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2020-04-17

It's and I want to mention the beautiful folk that would remove their seal skins to take human form and dance on the beach. Enchanting those that saw them before dawning their skins and returning to their aquatic home.

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2020-04-17

From Reynard to the folksong “The Fox Went Out”, the fox is traditionally a “tricsy”, ambivalent creature. But how is it related to work, from Beowulf to (ahem!) Gollum? Find out in my talk here: https://t.co/EDM2e2gMyu
🦊

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2020-04-17

The Impudent Edda states that while ”Freyja’s chariot is pulled by two felines, no one knows exactly how many cats she keeps in total at her home in Fólkvangr because none of the gods have ever been brave enough to raise the question.” https://t.co/oo7SPgtW6U

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2020-04-17

Greetings 🐉

This is - your very last host of the day! A huge thanks to Crystal for being our host before the break 🐦

Our theme this week is the folklore of and Domestic or wild, friend or foe? 🦝

(Arthur Rackham 1912)

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2020-04-17

"Hear my cries, Cailleach of the storm,⁠
Nicnevin underground,⁠
Brigid leave your flowers and⁠ come to me."⁠

Watch as the olde gods of Great Britain return in their terrible glory. Experience and the Bloody Queen. https://t.co/R2poBBjqqH

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2020-04-17

Thanks for sharing your lore today, Crystal of is signing off, but don’t run away. Your last host of the day will be the wonderful – leaping on at 6:30 BST. Sending you light and good wishes! (Image: (Luigi.masi))

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2020-04-17

‘Mad as a Hatter’ comes from the 18th & 19th century when hatters used mercury nitrate as part of the process of turning animal fur into felt. The substance caused hallucinations, emotional instability and the desire to have tea with wild animals.

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2020-04-17