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When it comes to mythology and folklore, one of my favorite is Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. Fairies, dragons, magical animals and trees, strange creatures - her gorgeous paintings are fascinating illustrations of the realm of ancient tales and archetypes

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Alice and the White Rabbit
Margaret Tarrant and Mabel Lucie Attwell

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In there is a famous folktale called 'Bunbuku Chagama' which is about a tanuki who shapeshifts into a kettle. It then periodically sprouts legs, a tail and a head and procedes to dance around before returning to its regular kettle form.

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The Leanhaun Shee mean ‘faerie mistress’ in Irish. She seeks out the love of men and if they consent they belong to her. All her lovers waste away because she is like a parasite feeding on their life force.

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PIED PIPER An uncanny stranger leads the children of Hamelin through a mountainous cavern in response to the city's unfair treatment of him. In Transylvania, folk with German-sounding names are said to believe they are the descendants of the lost children

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Happy Third Anniversary to you
thanks for all the magic you bring to Tuesday. Sharing some Mabel Lucie Attwell whimsy and nostalgia, a childhood favourite of mine. 🐰🧚‍♀️🧚🏽🧚‍♂️🐦

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Happy 3rd Birthday

Along Hardknott Pass, faeries have their home. Cumbria’s Faerie King Eveling holds his court. He's an intriguing figure because of his mythological connections, his name similar to the 'Avalon' of Arthurian Legend

art: James Archer

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Ayakashi in Japanese literally means, "strange phenomenon of the sea," and is a term used for yokai who appear in the liminal spaces between the surface of the sea/ocean and the air.


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Mermaids, mermen & alchemical mysteries from the "Clavis Artis" held in Trieste's Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis & published in Germany in the late 17thc. The manuscript's title page claims it's a translation of Zoroaster written on dragon skin in the 13thc

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Edvard Munch's The Mermaid (1896) explores some of the central themes of his oeuvre, like the relation between danger and desire, with the Mermaid representing the seductress that lures a man to his doom, by tempting him to chase her into the ocean.

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One of the most iconic versions of the kappa in modern media, is Kapp’n from the Animal Crossing series. Kapp’n ferries players across the sea in his boat while serenading them with his songs.

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We plan on sharing stories & history of Scottish folklore, fairytales and legends as often as possible so you can all learn about these wonderful creatures and tales…

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; Inuit myth tells of the akhlut, an orca-like creature that takes the form of a wolf while on land. If you see wolf prints disappear into the sea, you may have just missed an akhlut.

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