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In honour of Arthur Rackham who died 1939, here are some of his illustrations from The Ingoldsby Legends (1898 & 1907) which contain ghost stories, tales of strange myths & legends, and poetry.

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2018-09-06

This week's theme is legendary places! (Image: Le Morte d'Arthur by James Archer, depicting the legendary Avalon.)

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2018-09-04



'She bade him leave his horse with her and ride on her own two-winged horse'

Illustration for 'The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth & the Water of Life', from _Myths & Legends of Russia_, published by , 2009.

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2018-08-31

Melusine character Bachelorettes for male player in game
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“Make up a story...
tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places & in the light.
Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear.
Show us belief's wide skirt & the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
~ Toni Morrison, Nobel Lecture, 1993


4/Fin

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2018-08-31

The “Tooth Fairy” originates from a 18th century French fairytale called La Bonne Petite Souris ... A bizarre tale about a mouse who frees an imprisoned Queen, knocks out the King’s teeth & hides them under his pillow, before having him assassinated ...

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2018-08-30

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