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In Greek & Latin The Nymph is regarded as a divine spirit, animating Nymphs are depicted as beautiful maidens who love to dance & sing. They are often identified with a woodland location; and typically bound to the land they inhabit.

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Folklore tells of Faerie Dogs who enter our world via certain crossroads —These dogs are bright green and will bark once or twice as a warning. But upon the third bark, the listener is doomed....

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The Nachtkrapp is a creature in Germanic lore. Some tales describe them as having holes in its wings and when it flaps them disease is spread others say it has no eyes and if looked upon it brings death. If it finds a child out at night it may carry it away.

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Leszy, Slavic spirit of the forest. It takes the form of a huge humanoid but shrinks & shrinks the further away it moves from the heart of its forest. The Leszy calls to travelers in voices familiar to them, luring them into the heart of the wood.

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The wonderful has become a vulnerable species due to habitat loss and hunting for its scales and meat. In African and Chinese traditional medicine, pangolins are believed to cure a plethora of illnesses.

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"The striped hyena is believed to confer magic powers, and his flesh, hair, and teeth are objects of contention."

ref: Popular Science Monthly, March 1885

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Mother West Wind "Why" Stories (1920) by Thornton W. Burgess, fables based on folklore explaining why animals have certain traits. Moral: Old Mother Nature knows best. Burgess was a conservationist who wanted to inspire children to revere wildlife.

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This week's theme is wildlife and folklore! Share your nature related folklore on Thursday! (Artist: Richard Doyle.)

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Ottocento Ltd offer rare and intriguing works of art including paintings, prints and works on paper.

Their next event will be the Petworth Park Fair which opens May 11-13, 2018. Discover their works online at https://t.co/3JY9jieMNE

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2018-03-26

The legendary Mermen sometimes recorded in the Islands of the Marsh have an ill reputation.

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Dylan decided to turn the three into seagulls so that they could spend the day with their father on land, and the night at sea with him. Img: 'Farmer and gulls at the coast' by Kyffin Williams https://t.co/MZnNKPRPAV (thread 6/7)

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Dylan was repentant once he saw how sad their father was, but it was too late to release them back to the land. They were the property of the sea now. Img: Llanbadrig' by Kyffin Williams (thread 5/7) https://t.co/7E3xHXQf5g

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When lost in the forest, birds may show you the way. Then again, they may eat all your bread crumbs and then you'll really be in trouble. I'd especially watch out for that white bird... [Adrienne Segur, Dunno, Rackham]

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One crow means bad luck, but two means good. Three brings health, and four signals money. But five herald sickness, & a murder of six crows means death is near.

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Travellers who had fallen asleep in the open were in danger of being "torn to pieces by these ferocious birds". - Francis de Castelnau on Andean Condors

ref: "Reptiles and Birds" by Louis Figuier (1870).

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Stikini, heart-hungry owl-creature in Seminole lore. By day a human, at night it vomits up its soul & organs, hides them in a tree, changes into its true form, & takes off to hunt, feeding on human hearts, which it plucks out by reaching down sleepers' throats.

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Witches going to their Sabbath [aka, The Departure of the Witches or The Vision of Faust] (1878) by Luis Ricardo Falero (Spain, 1851–1896).

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Late wallpaper designed by Walter Crane:
Swan & Rush & Iris, 1875, (royalty)
Iris & Kingfisher, 1877, (abundance)
Fig & Peacock, c.1895,
(fertility)
Cockatoo & Pomegranate, 1899, (pairing of a comical bird with the sacred fruit of the Underworld)

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This week's theme is the folklore of Share your favourite bird-lore with us on Thursday! (Artist: W Heath Robinson)

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