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In many parts of the world bees are considered to be able to grant the gifts of poetry, eloquence and song to mankind #FolkloreThursday
Amabie/ アマビエ
A mermaid-like youkai who predicted the good harvest of crops in Kumamoto and cure those who've fallen ill.
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Traces and echoes of ancient civilizations.#painting #folklorethursday #Archaeology #History
Huldufólk ~ Icelandic folklore, Hidden People
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Objects, like our witch-bottle, were hidden in walls of 16th & 17th century Cambridgeshire houses to ward off evil spirits #FolkloreThursday
In Herefordshire foxgloves are also known as bloody man's fingers #folklorethursday
Come study legends with us!! Vampires, fairies, King Arthur, Bigfoot, and more! https://t.co/qoNivnW3Ny #folklorethursday #carterhaughschool
To counteract the evil eye, Russian girls used to tie red ribbons around birch trees; Germans wore radishes. #folklorethursday
Heroes swallowed by sea monsters, and a whaler's mermaid lover who lived inside an enchanted whale #folklorethursday https://t.co/5VqHRz7tHK
Could I somehow mash up #FolkloreThursday with #mermay ? I'm giving it a go. #MerMaychallenge
#Bluebells summon #faeries when rung, trap unwary small children, & a carpet of them is full of dark #enchantment & death
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#FolkloreThursday For some of the most beautiful fairytale #animation around; check out 'The Snow Maiden' (1952) dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano.
Beautiful illustration of a fairy ring by British artist Walter Jenks Morgan #FolkloreThursday
Flight of the Raven.Inspired by Scandinavian #folklore #folklorethursday #painting
@FolkloreThurs More illustrations by Iban Barrenetxea for #FolkloreThursday
How can i possibly get @prof_elemental into #folklorethursday? Ah! I know...
Puss in Boots and the child-eating ogre by Gustavo Doré. Note the children on a platter. #FolkloreThursday