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Join us next time, when we explore MS. Douce 134's depictions of the Antichrist, judgment, hell, paradise, and windmills. https://t.co/jKiNzVsfkr

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2018-08-31

one eye is also terrifying, of course!

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2018-08-31

Another Hand of Glory. This time, the Miskatonic University expedition to the Antarctic. (art-self)

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2018-08-30

According to researcher, E.Thurston, in India sorcerers must keep their front teeth perfectly intact. A rotted or knocked out tooth hindered the sorcerers spell casting. A dead sorcerer's front teeth were broken off so that their spirit couldn't curse the living

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2018-08-30

Just a quick sketch since this is the last for the month of Where does the time go?!

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2018-08-30

The Beguiling of Merlin by
Sir Edward (1872-77). The Lady of the Lake reads from her book of spells, having placed an enchantment upon Merlin, imprisoning him in a hawthorn bush.

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2018-08-28

Kay Nielsen's illustrations for East of the Sun, West of the Moon, a collection of old fairytales rich with great bears, magical winds, deep snow and trolls - gathered by Norwegian folklorists Asbjørnsen & Moe on their journeys across Norway in the 1880s.

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2018-08-24

“Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man" is one of the oldest and most widely known surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas D'Urfey's play “The Campaigners” from 1698

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2018-08-23

“Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.” Walter Crane’s for The Song Of Sixpence Picture Book, published in 1909.

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2018-08-23

“The apple never falls far from the tree”- you always end up resembling your parents in some ways. Referred to in a 16th century German book of but probably ancient Ottoman.

Image: The Crab-Apple Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, c.1935

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2018-08-23

This week's theme is traditional and [Img: The Blind Leading the Blind, Sebastian Vrancx]

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2018-08-21

NEW POSTCARD TYPE PIC I MADE FOR MY COMIC! I like to draw Florette in cute outfits even if she miGht not wear them often ,,,

You can find SOLEIL here!
https://t.co/ifkRRqn1yT

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2018-08-18

Some beach sketches from my vacation/cousin's bachelorette trip!

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2018-08-17

Nothing like spending your Bachlorette Party dressed in a cute outfit, destroying things on GTA and taking selfies the whole time! Drew the gal that was playing as while she was streaming

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2018-08-17

The Lady of the Lake plays a pivotal role in Arthurian legend.
She gives King Arthur his sword Excalibur, raises Lancelot in her magical kingdom, and bewitches Merlin the wizard into teaching her some magic - which she then uses to imprison him in a tower.

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2018-08-17

In modern times, their appearances are even further confused when the original Sirens get mixed up with what we know as a siren today, which is a combination of European mermaids and Greek Sirens.

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2018-08-17

epitomizes as does this magnicificent fresco representation. 🏛️

Triumph of Achilles, Franz Matsch, 1892, Achilleion, Corfu.

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2018-08-17

In a well that still flows close to Co beside the sea, local legend tells that St Patrick baptised in a single day 12,000 converts & in presence of the crowds, raised to life a dead woman whom he also baptised!

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2018-08-16