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20 June. Remembering Jane Sharp, 17thC midwife author of The Midwives Book, in English rather than Latin. Female-centred, her book saved lives & was open about sex: "the clitoris being nervous & of pure feeling, when rubbed & stirred causeth lustful feelings"

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2019-06-20

Hey it's what a good day for another 4 fairies! Mostly plants. I think the squirrel fairy looks more and more like a squirrel the longer she lives with them.

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2019-06-20

The magical birth of Princess Kaguya in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japan 10thc): A childless bamboo-cutter finds a baby girl inside a glowing bamboo stalk (He & his wife raise her but when grown she returns to her people on the moon) (Print:Yōshū Chikanobu)

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2019-06-20

Honeysuckle (woodbine) is the birth flower for June, along with the rose. Twining around the front door it will protect your house from harm, & put into a vase it will attract money. To Chaucer “wodebyne” symbolised steadfastness in love. Image: Cicely Barker

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2019-06-20

Leto gave birth to the children of Zeus on Delos which, unattached to the ocean floor, was neither ocean nor land. Artemis was born first, and then helped her mother give birth to her brother, Apollo, whereupon she became the goddess of childbirth & midwives.

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2019-06-20

Valkyries (from Old Norse "valkyria" meaning "chooser of the slain") are female spirits from the retinue of the father of the gods Odin. They are fate bound and choose between the ones, who stay alive in battle or those who are supposed to die.

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2019-06-20

helloo!! thank you for this thread!

i'm aven and i make illustrations inspired by nature, folklore, and fantasy.

🌙 https://t.co/VJai0QKUye
🍄 https://t.co/peaQHw3hcV

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2019-06-19

I'm glad the folklore monster, nøkken approves of me dating dr habit

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2019-06-19

The tiny to whom a cowslip is tall, have a miniature perfection which is charming.

They delight in all beautiful and dainty things, and war with things that creep if they be un-comely.

Their lives are gay with fine frolic and delicate revelry.

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2019-06-17

My take on the Manananggal, a vampire-esque monster in Philippine folklore who flies around, detached from the lower half of their body.

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2019-06-16

Tomorrow's episode is all about... Loki! Let's learn about a Norse shapeshifting trickster!

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2019-06-16

Hi! I'm a fantasy/horror illustrator and I specialise in traditional media. I like nature, folklore, ruins and humanoid creatures. 💀🌿✨

Portfolio: https://t.co/9DsUpWnXW3
Instagram: https://t.co/zqWsPF7dPS

Thanks for the :3

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2019-06-14

Forest trolls are the friendly sort, sharing magic herbs with travelers they meet in the One often hears them singing as one hikes in and - They especially love singing in the shower, er... waterfall. (John Bauer)

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2019-06-14

This week's theme is the folklore of seas and water. The obvious thing would be to tell you something about but I'll give the honour to his wife Amphitrite instead.
But I will mention his male lovers Pelops and Nerites in honour of

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2019-06-13

Sirens and mermaids. Mermaids are a sort of sea nymph with a fish tail who save sailors; but for the Greeks, Sirens were bird-like, um, beauties, who lured them to their doom. Below are from the Bestiary of Anne Walshe (https://t.co/SXENjc1UMk)

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2019-06-14

Who would be a river-fairy in the Tweed? Cruel fishermen believed these creatures affected a day's fishing and so would salt their nets and throw salt into the water in order to blind them. Artist: Warwick Goble -public domain

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2019-06-14

'The Troll Book'
(1980- Michael Berenstain)

Michael is the son of "Berenstain Bears" creators Stan and Jan, and inherited their lush, folksy style of illustration, thank goodness.

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2019-06-14