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The #willow grows near water & is sacred to the moon. It is linked to letting go of grief. #FolkloreThursday. Image: Cicely Barker #1920s
7 sisters with the secret of fire; tricked by a crow, who brought fire to mankind; became the stars of Pleiades Cluster. #FolkloreThursday
Folklore of the #Welsh Lakes: #Faerie Brides, Drowned Towns, and the #Otherworld—@ztevetevans for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/eaRfFqp4re
Nephelai were nymphs of clouds and rain. They bore water in cloudy pitchers & fed streams of River-God brothers with rain #folklorethursday
The scenes on the Gundestrup cauldron give a glimpse into a world of ancient myths, gods, and heroes now lost #folklorethursday 100BC- AD 1
Tanabata | Japanese tale. Princess Orihime & Hikoboshi fell in love but only met once a yr with the help of some magpies! #folklorethursday
Rainbows for @FolkloreThurs skies theme,
some say;
don't point 👉🏼
they're serpents 🐍
& there's a pot of gold at the end 🌈
#folklorethursday
Niroot Puttapipat's Illustration for "Myths and Legends of Russia" #folklorethursday #mythology #legends #Russia #beautiful #inspirational
Taking the auspices... Fantastic Menagerie Tarot based on drawings by French caricaturist J.J. Grandville (1803 - 1847) #FolkloreThursday
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
#folklorethursday
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
In 1975 Lady Nessie (complete with eyelashes and walrus mating call) was created as a lure for the #LochNessMonster
#FolkloreThursday