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What a wild session, I’m leaving you with this illustration from Arthur Rackham. Wild things have a place and deserve their space! This is Crystal of signing off. The amazing will be joining as your last host at 6:30 BST!

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2019-08-23

There is a 'Wild Woman of the Woods' named Tsonoqua. A giant cannibal covered in hair, who targets naughty children. Emitting an eerie whistle before snatching kids in a pack basket. Tsonoqua stories inspired the famous witch from the Hansel & Gretel

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2019-08-22

Thinking his lover Iseult has betrayed him, Sir Tristan withdraws to the forests of Cornwall for months, naked, raving, and mad. When he’s finally brought back by King Mark, he’s unrecognizable—except by Iseult’s little dog.

Art: Edward Burne-Jones

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2019-08-22

'Schneewittchen' – The German Snow White Tale by the Brothers Grimm is our tale this week! A darker version with woods and seven little men. Read the illustrated story now on our blog: https://t.co/EbyvtrmLnf
Illustration by A. H. Watson.

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2019-08-22

Circe, a goddess & sorceress, who transforms many of Odysseus’s crew into swine. A symbol of women’s magical hold over men’s baser instincts.
"So she enticed & won our battle-hardened spirits over..."

(🖊️Homer 🎨Waterhouse)

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2019-08-22

They don't get much wilder than the Red Cap, beings who hang out in ruins along the border between England and Scotland. The name comes from their tendency to dip their cap in their victim's blood... https://t.co/NfFHuQo4D5 [Image by Eugene Smith]

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2019-08-22

Wild Man astride a dragon pulled by a pegasus.
Illustration of a pageant sleigh from a winter parade held in 1640-41, Nuremberg. From the Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg, Bavaria (112pp late 16c-mid 17c) [Held in Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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2019-08-22

Moss People,Wild folk,a type of fairy with intimate connection to trees &forests. Able to send plague with one hand & with the other heal those with it. Would sometimes emerge from trees & show humans herbs to use for illness.
'Moss Maiden' by Kettle Quill

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2019-08-22

In European folklore, a werewolf is a human who can shapeshift into a wolf either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction and especially on the night of a full moon.
Art: Jean Michel Brisset

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2019-08-22

This week’s theme is “wild places”. In Wales there is a simple rule: the wilder the place, the wilder the dragon. Here are a few of my dragons from the wildest corners of Wales.
Have a lovely Thursday. 🐉

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2019-08-22

or you know just every bachelor/bachelorette of harvest moon and rune factory https://t.co/eP2qk9UZEU

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2019-08-17

Happy Fairy nobility may have all the ballads and folktales told about them but don't overlook the smaller, mischievous fae. The hay fever pollen fairies are the bane of my summer!

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2019-08-16

6. Victorian Painting, ed. by Jeremy Maas - lavishly illustrated and with indispensable articles on fairy writing, fairy music, fairies on the stage, etc.

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2019-08-15

The Still-folk of central Germany hoard gold, silver, and precious stones. Mortals may access these chambers using a Key-flower (Schlüsselblume). [Art by Tove Jansson via ]

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2019-08-16

The rudest fairy is the Barabao, only found in Venice. It creeps into bedrooms through the keyhole and lifts the bed covers to spy on lovers. In the past, it hid in chamber pots to peek at the bottoms above it...

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2019-08-16

Heck, let’s bump https://t.co/oArVoLNN1O for too- our strong inspiration for Gemini Journey is our love for myth, fairy tale, and folklore! The story structures, plots, setting, characters, and art are all inspired by them.

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2019-08-16

On the Isle of Man, it is believed that if you step on a patch of St. John's Wort at sunset, a fairy horse will rise from the earth.🐴 It will happily carry you around all night before depositing you in your usual haunts at sunrise!

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2019-08-16