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Hey! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Loretta has no hubby but enjoys her own company. She still believes this is the day of giving and wearing pink/red with no association of romantic love.

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Tam Lin, Scottish tale of bravery by a lady who encounters a mysterious man in a forest. She finds herself pregnant with his child, and learns he is captive to the faeries. She manages to find and rescues him, angering the Faerie Queen.



📷~shadowscapes

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When May Eve (Walpurgisnacht) came around, a would-be suitor might leave a garland of flowers or flower crown on the door knob of his love interest. If she wore it the next day, he would know he should approach her and reveal his identity.

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The Princess of the Brazen Mountain is a Polish fairy tale about a prince who falls madly in love with a winged woman. https://t.co/46aEjlQuf7

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Wearing symbolic love rings on the third finger of the left hand can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, who believed that a vein, or channel, of love ran from the heart to that particular finger

by John Bauer

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Tristan and Iseult, a tragic tale of romance that has had a significant influence on Western art and literature. Paintings by Herbert James Draper(Left), Hughes Merle (R up), John Duncan (R lower)

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"Romeo and Juliet" borrows from the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe" from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and "The Ephesiaca of Xenophon and Ephesus", right down to the parental rivalry, the belief that one of the lovers is dead, and the use of a sleep potion

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In Pakistani folklore, love stories follow different pathways, but almost all arrive at a similar ending – the perishing of lovers while fighting for each other. (Image: Public Domain)

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According to Brazilian lore, the shape-shifting Boto always wears a hat to disguise his breathing hole, while human. Transforming from a pink dolphin at day, to a incubus at night! After impregnating women, the Boto abandons them & never returns.

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The hair from the belly of a goat, tied into knots and concealed in the roof of your beloved will ensure 'furious love' according to the 1892 Book of Charms and Ceremonies.

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Also- I still have some of my folklore pieces up for preorder in my shop! From the 14th to the 21st I'll be doing a 20% off sale for my birthday too! If you like my art, it's a great way to support me being able to do this full time.
https://t.co/0NRVrVzq0G

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In the Fens a girl about to be married would watch sparrows. If she saw one drinking from a puddle it meant her future husband would spend too much time in the pub. If she saw one having a dust bath it meant her husband wouldn't mind how dirty their house was.

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'Beholding with amazement in the midst of those gleaming waves a siren’s face, that enchanted all hearts, he fell desperately in love with such wonderful beauty'💘A classic love story of a Prince that saves a maiden trapped in tall tower https://t.co/WMTip0CN2q

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A popular ingredient in a love tonic in Mexico is "toloache", also knows as Devil's Snare and Devil's Trumpet: Datura Stramonium.
"Le dieron toloache," (someone gave him/her toloache), is an old saying in Mexico when seeing a person infatuated with someone else

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In Greek mythology, Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus, who loved her dearly, and tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.

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Kissing Friday (2 days after Ash Wednesday) was when English schoolboys were entitled to demand a kiss from schoolgirls without fear of punishment or rejection. If the girl refused, the boy was allowed to pinch her on the bottom.
I went to an all boys school 😭

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Get ready to Speed-Date with GM Raiden!
With Valentines on the horizon, there are gifts prepared for all potential bachelors and bachelorettes!
➡️➡️ https://t.co/ZunQ0DfPkq

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FAIRY LOVERS Theodore von Holst illustrates 'A Walpurgis Night's Dream' depicting the night time antics of a fairy couple in love, 1833; John Anster Fitzgerald imagines his Fairy lovers in a bird's nest watching a white mouse, 1860.

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