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Here's the I painted for the second exhibition / doujinshi by ^^ I had a really good time with this, might want to do more of these later, too 🖤
...whatever I do, it always ends up in land

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2019-08-12

Caterina e Maddalena from “Nella Selva Oscura” by DiraWhatIf.
She writes amazing queer content with Italian folklore SO I MEAN HOW COULD I NOT LOVE THIS AND NOT MAKE FAN ARTS ABOUT IT. GO READ https://t.co/Gav1Ae67Bu
(It’s in Italian SO learn Italian and read it - LOL joking)

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2019-08-12

Yōkai cards. (These come from a book of Japanese folklore illustrations.)

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2019-08-11

oh my goodness there are so many talented artists in this thread! hello, i’m Brogan, an illustrator in love with folklore and things that are a bit spooky💓✨

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I’m Aidan, I draw fantasy and folklore inspired things and I have character commissions open, and a
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Michael Scot, 'the Wizard' (c.1175-1232), was an alchemist, astrologer, mathematician and translator.
In Cumbrian he is said to have turned to stone a coven of which became the stone circle of 'Long Meg and Her Daughters'.

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2019-08-09

2/ On Christmas morning, the bag would be silently unwrapped, and the rose placed in the lady's bosom for church. The first man who either asks about the rose or plucks it from her bodice (cheeky!), will be her husband. [From Lindley's history of roses]

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1/ Cornish ladies used roses for divination. Walking backwards into a garden on Midsummer's eve (as you do), they would pick a rose, then place it in a bag... [A plate from 'Flora Londinensis', by William Curtis.]

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Jack climbing the beanstalk. Illustration by Walter Crane.

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2019-08-09

Never destroy or even pluck a leaf from a fig tree, or a dreadful curse will befall you! by in Secret Spells and Curious Charms.

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2019-08-09

Sometimes, I don't know what to say for Not true on -- Medieval cat tiles are also featured (that means seriously discounted) and do help support (All are here: https://t.co/0QZ6Na5UXh)

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2019-08-09

Ah! Magic Herbs and folklore of herbs, plants, and flowers. I can do that! Let us start with.... John Bauer...

(More Bauer art: https://t.co/gVI5HfMOGL and even more John Bauer with the stories: https://t.co/FJiWLZw0yP

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2019-08-09

Here’s a couple of pieces of mine! I like drawing fantasy creatures and creatures from folklore, skulls and animals ✨

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2019-08-08

Intéressons-nous à L’Epître Othéa de Christine de Pizan. Allégorie où la déesse de la Prudence, Othéa, envoie une lettre au jeune Hector de Troie. Dieux, déesses, héros de mythologies, tous se confondent dans un ensemble de 100 textes ou courts poèmes

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2019-08-08

A Neanderthal Cave site in Iraqi Kurdistan, Shanidar 4, revealed pollen of various plants in the soil next to human skeletons, pollen of plants that are still used as healing plants today, including Yarrow and Hollyhock.

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Narcissus was so attractive he was desired by all sexes. He rejected a man; Aminias. To punish him the gods had him fall in love with his own reflection, leading to him dying of heartache.

’Echo and Narcissus’ -

https://t.co/3ZAs8Bagjr

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2019-08-08

In ancient lotus was a symbol of regeneration & resurrection. This meaning refers to the ability of the plant to close its flowers at sunset, to dive under water and to rise again from the water at sunrise. was considered sacred in ancient Egypt.

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According to legend bluebell woods are enchanted. Fairies use them to lure & trap the unwary in their nether world.
A bluebell ringing is a call to fairies to gather together, but if a human hears, they will die soon after.
Art Margaret Tarrant

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There is much folklore about how roses got their red colour. Many of these were tales of divine origins, like this from Herrick:

"'Tis said, as Cupid danced among the gods, he down the nectar flung,
Which on the white rose being shed, made it ever after red."

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