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Fairy rings are circles of mushrooms caused by elves, fairies, or witches dancing in a circle. Their rich folklore stretches back to the medieval period but almost always agree on one thing - you should never enter a fairy ring! https://t.co/5f0kwlh9nP

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Fairy paintings are strongly rooted in the literary and theatrical influences of Romanticism, as well as in the cultural issues facing the Victorian era. Henry Fuseli and William Blake produced works that would be indicative of the later genre even before 1800.

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Mab is the Queen of the Fairies in English folklore. She is a mischievous but kind and benevolent sprite.
Img: Sylvia Duran

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Born of ‘extrapluffs’ or ‘majickal’ intuition, the sylpha will glide on the autumn breeze, joyful amongst the leaves in Winchett Dale...

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Did some folklore-themed -style props for funsies. Vancouver game devs represent!❤️Some characters next maybe? 😏⚔️

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I like this idea!

I'm George, I'm an nb illustrator & sculptor based in the UK. I'm inspired by folklore and love creating pieces based on books.
⭐️https://t.co/yHzLHHGivr
⭐️https://t.co/rNii0pvkpm

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Russian folklore illustrations by E. Polenova

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2019-08-13

It takes me forever to art... BUT here we have some character design for a story I'm working on currently. This is my version of Queen Mab of the Unseelie Court.

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2019-08-14

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

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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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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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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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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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