画質 高画質


In Germanic folklore Holda/Frau Holle, the Dark Grandmother and White Lady reigns over the dark, cold months of winter. It is said that, it is, she who causes the snow to fall, – whenever she shakes out her feather pillow. It would seem she’s been busy of late.

42 137

Snow Woman, by Tirzah Garwood, (1908-51). The wife of she was a painter & engraver whose career went quiet during her marriage, but was resumed in the 1940s following her husband’s death.

93 311

In the private cabin of his flagship, Llefelys, Prince Consort of Gaul, considers the problem brought to him by his brother, Lludd, High King of Britain.

0 9


Jólakötturinn, The Icelandic Yule Cat, was a tale told by farmers to get their workers to finish harvesting wool before Christmas. This Cat is huge and stalks the countryside seeking the idle, or those who did not receive gifts of new clothing on Christmas Eve.

15 37

The most ancient of trees, the symbolises death & but also the rebirth of light at the It is Old Magic, dark dreams, Otherworld journeys & connection to ancestors. It is perseverance leading to transformation. It is renewal.

229 1131

Ardat Lili, is a wild-haired, winged, screech owl demon of the night, her name means Maid of Desolation. She harms all humans she meets, enticing them to the lonely places to attack them...

🎨Edvard Munch

23 71

‘To prepare the spell that will save them all.’ (4/4)

0 0

The Hag of Béara is the oldest and most powerful of mythical beings associated with Ireland, the Crone part of the Goddess trinity, alongside younger incarnations of the Maiden and the Mother. She brings winter with her and wields power over life and death.

35 79

A 'hob-thross' lived in Millom Castle. He slept by the fire during the day, and worked all night, doing the chores the humans didn’t want to do. One harsh winter he was offered clothes, a terrible insult to a hob-thross, so he left!


art: Eric Edwards

12 25

In Cumbrian dialect, 'hollin' is holly. During the winter months holly is brought into the home to protect it from malevolent faeries, or allow benevolent ones to shelter therein without friction with the human hosts.

art: John Anster Fitzgerald

47 151

THERE'S GONNA BE A GEF THE TALKING MONGOOSE MOVIE!!!

Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver in
Nandor Fordor and the Talking Mongoose!

0 0

For
The twins of Edzell, cover art for Angus Folktales by
(If you want to know about folklore, it’s all out there my friends, just waiting for you, including this excellent book)
This piece will be for sale on my website tomorrow x

5 18

Folktale Week Day 4 - Rebel
Bluebeard’s wife is about to discover a dark secret about her husband!

1 6


1/2 Sea-God Poseidon is well-known for his bad temper. In his fits of fury, he’s known to strike the ground w/his trident, causing the earth to tremor & subsequent earthquakes & floods to ensue.
His unpredictability leaves mere mortals at his mercy.

6 31

Mermaids were often seen dancing on the waves before storms...

26 95


In Irish history and folklore the Bean Feasa, ‘wise woman’ was a local woman skilled in the arts of healing and herbalism. Biddy Early of Co. Clare was one such practitioner. Biddy possessed a magic blue glass bottle, which she claimed was a gift from the Fae.

29 99