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‘The Fairy Lovers’ (c. 1840) by Theodore von Hoist, thought to be depicting Oberon and Titania #folklorethursday #art
Birth of the Yggdrasil.Inspired by Norse #mythology #folklorethursday #painting
Richard Dadd's usual intensity in this stand-off #folklorethursday "Contradiction: Oberon & Titania" 1854-8 https://t.co/0FrLlFIyDk
For #folklorethursday we dive into Mermaids, Selkies, Rusalka and everything in between. https://t.co/d9JEk1359n
#folklorethursday Some beautiful fairies by French comic book artist Olivier Ledroit
Skoll and Hati,in Norse mythology responsible for changing day to night & vice versa,chasing the sun & moon thru the sky. #FolkloreThursday
White moths are assoc.with the dead. Carrying the souls of the loved, thus never kill a white moth. #moths #death #beloved #FolkloreThursday
The storyteller of them all - all 1001 of them...
#Scheherazade #EdmundDulac #FolkloreThursday
For #folklorethursday, some illustrations from Ana Juan's book 'Snowhite', a dark version of the fairy tale.
The female werewolf and her shaggy suffragette sisters
#FolkloreThursday
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The Mermaid and the Dragon.
Illustration by Warwick Goble.
#FolkloreThursday
Kapre is a Philippines giant that always smokes a cigar. He hides in a tree at night and scares children who play. #folklorethursday
Bajloz , Albanian mythical sea monster. Particularly fond of sacrificial maidens. #folklorethursday
“Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” by Laurel Long #FolkloreThursday
Illustration for the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red #folklorethursday
Delve into the Children of Lir - a haunting Irish legend of grief & magic #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/9LbofOaeRI
For #FolkloreThursday, some illustrations by Warwick Goble for 'Green Willow and other Japanese fairy tales',1910
https://t.co/8jvGYwXwvp
The Explorers.The quest for truth in mythic lands.#folklorethursday #painting #exploration