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The Angelystor - a nasty little spirit posessing an ancient yew tree in a Llangernyw churchyard, who each Calan Gaeaf (Halloween) announces the names of those who are to die in the upcoming year. #folklorethursday
Happy #folklorethursday! Here is a lovely little folk inspired piece by the ever so talented @mlsjart
https://t.co/84hcaFTaoT
"It is a vulgar proverb, that it is easy to raise the devil but difficult to bury him." #folklorethursday
ref: Letters of S. Taggart. Original Latin 16th-cent aphorism: "Facile vocaveris Cacodæmona, sed vocatum non facile repuleris."
The Legend of the #Brentford Griffin https://t.co/CarPI9A7Cc
#folklorethursday #localfolklore #urbanlegend
Poor Rosamund the Fair, kept by Henry II in a secret bower in Godstow Nunnery, protected by a labyrinth & guarded by a knight holding the end of a silver thread. One dark evening, jealous Queen Eleanor killed the guard, followed the thread & poisoned Rosamund. #folklorethursday
Beneath Edinburgh’s Old Town lies a subterranean labyrinth of streets & chambers that were once rife with poverty, disease & murder. They’re said to be home to restless spirits & can still be visited #FolkloreThursday
Some Fairies of the Winter... #FlowerFairies #CicelyMaryBarker #FolkloreThursday #Winter
Prim and proper Sherborne, eh? This bonfire parade was popular & subversive as any in the south east! #FolkloreThursday #BonfireNight2017
It won't be long now. Just a few more details. #LittleRedRidingHood #progress #FolkloreThursday
Amelia Jane Murray (1800 - 1896)
#illustration #folklorethursday
The Storyteller Advent Calendar - behind each door is a symbol or object from our favourite folktales>> https://t.co/jecKjsqP25 <<There's a prize if you can guess them all! #folklorethursday #art #storytelling #folktales
#Death getting around, #Medieval style. #FolkloreThursday #skeletons
#manuscripts #DayoftheDead
All Souls' Day, the Feast of All Souls or Holy Souls, #November 2nd, is related to the Day of the Dead and Samhain #Folklorethursday #art
'On the bat's back I do fly
After summer merrily'
The Tempest
#folklorethursday #Halloween #Shakespeare
@EdenBookSociety launches on Halloween ... final artwork teaser.
#illustration #folklorethursday #horror #partsofpictures #Inktober
Poland's river-dwelling Hastrman eats children as well as knitting jumpers for the souls he's stolen. #folklorethursday #folklorevillains
In the 'Ballad of Tam Lin' Janet goes to Miles Cross to rescue Tam Lin at midnight on Halloween. https://t.co/3ClXyonVwg #FolkloreThursday
The #Top3 Japanese #Ghosts by @matthewmeyerart for #FolkloreThursday #Japan #Halloween https://t.co/unwi6lQry9
People born on Hallowe'en will have second sight - like this fortune-telling Scottish spae-wife #folklorethursday #Halloween