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Mexico is the only revolutionary state in the Western hemisphere that outlawed slavery from its beginning and it stayed that way. This is a central cause of the Texan Revolution: white and Tejano settlers wanted the right to own slaves and Mexico refused.

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Illustrations by Arthur Rackham for ‘Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens’ by JM Barrie. Published in by Hodder and Stoughton, 1912.

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On my local lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to the amazingly talented artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models & accurately depicted plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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The sweet, shiny black berries of the Deadly Nightshade contain Atropine, which causes rapid heartbeat, hallucinations and seizures when eaten.

In Scotland it was believed that walking over Deadly Nightshade plants would make you see the ghosts of dead people.

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On my lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to talented local artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models and depicted accurate plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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The Dragon of Mordiford  was said to reside just outside the Herefordshire  village of Mordiford, at the confluence of the River Lugg and the River Wye.
From early life, the green dragon, was said to have loved a small girl named Maud who resided in Mordiford

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found in the coastal waters of the River Legend tells of sailor John Robinson being seduced by the siren’s seductive charms & of her giving him a ring on parting. He died 5 days after their encounter.
🎨JWW

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On my local lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to the amazingly talented artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models and depicted accurate plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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On my local lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to talented artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models and depicted accurate plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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In the myths of many Native American tribes, thunder is caused by the flapping wings of the enormous thunderbirds. Thunderbirds were believed to be large enough to carry whales in their talons. Some myths claim they also control lightning, rain & hail.

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White Buffalo Calf Woman is a sacred figure to the Lakota people. She appeared to them during a famine, bestowed a holy ceremonial pipe, & taught them the Seven Sacred Rites to maintain balance among humans, the natural world, & the wider universe.

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Nestinarka/Нестинарка
Third entry for instagram challenge
Read more here about this crazy mysterious tradition: https://t.co/awaGWqsdLZ


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If you know anyone willing to have me on their stream, help promote the last 30 days, and make a couple new friends let me know! I have many more ideas, not just Cobalt! Mythology and folklore, Sci-Fi Odyssey's, and even more trouble for the street level vigilante!

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That Dragon is directly linked to the sun, is the destructive late summer sun which "steals water" and brings drought, can be seen from Serbian folklore where "Sun ray calls Dragon his brother" and where "Dragon marries Sun's sister"...https://t.co/TsN8MypBzh

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John Bauer | Swedish painter and illustrator, 1882-1918

Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls), an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales.

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A full design of my Eshba the Nature Jinn 🌴💃🏼🌴

Her inspiration came from an old middle eastern folklore, about a female jinn who dwells on big trees, and eat children who wanders far from home at night 😅

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And here are Atan Shams (and her solra jinn form), Baba Daryah, and Adham.

They are inspired by arabian gulf folklore and some arabian nights attire.

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