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It is prudent to tickle a newborn's nose with pepper as soon as possible—for babies aren't safe from the fairies until after their first sneeze.
Art: Brian Froud

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Illustrator Cicely Mary Barker was largely self-taught due to ill health.
Her Flower Fairies combined botanical sketches with characterful life drawings of local
Here her portrait of ‘The Garden Boy’ becomes the watchful Elm Fairy

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Working on a book, I can’t help but recall the reading I was lucky enough to absorb. These are four books that fostered
1.Old Rhymes For All Times
2.Brothers Grimm
3.H Christian Anderson
4.Narnia
Barker, R Sheppard, P Baynes

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The Wedding, collected by folklorists Iona & Peter Opie, is a counting game using cherry stones, petals, buttons etc to tell fortunes. Sometimes incorporating ‘Tinker Tailor’, it is generally played by girls to foretell fates and futures.

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In the children's tale of Cinderella, the existence of the glass slippers has remained an unexplained error in oral transmission; in the earlier versions, the slippers were made of squirrel fur! 🐿️

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🌿👶🌿In the Scottish Highlands, a newborn baby would be given sap from a green stick of Ash (held in a fire till the sap oozed out then mixed with honey) as its first food, to give the child strength and to protect it from being bewitched or stolen by Faeries.

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Mine too, along with Oranges and Lemons. Another playground favourite and in the canon of

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In German folklore,the Roggenmuhme ("rye aunt") is a corn demon. Her bosoms are filled with tar, and may end in tips of igneous iron. She is known for stealing children who are looking for cornflowers. She also replaces children with changelings
Igor Krstic

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SALES ARE ENDING SOON! Grab a copy of INTO THE DARK, a dark fairytales/folklore zine at: https://t.co/dWoNOY2ZEE !

Revisit your favorite tales and scenes but with a dark twist!

Sales last till November 13th!

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2019-11-12

The Patrons have spoken! Looks like we're looking into the folklore of an unexpected crowd favorite in the wake of Sword and Shield releasing.

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2019-11-12

INTO THE DARK: A Dark Fairytales + Folklore zine! Revisit your favorite tales and scenes but with a dark twist!

Last chance to get a copy at: https://t.co/dWoNOY2ZEE ! Sales last till November 13th!

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2019-11-11

INTO THE DARK: A Dark Fairytales + Folklore zine! Revisit your favorite tales and scenes but with a dark twist!

Grab a copy at https://t.co/dWoNOY2ZEE ! Sales last till November 13th!

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Five facts about
1. Large lubberly creatures found in Scotland.
2. Their race sprang from a union between fairies and mortals.
3. Can be spotted in the evening as a large grey form on a rock.
4. Of solitary habits.
5. Likes waterfalls.

Image:

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hi folks, I'm danny and I draw comic art and folklore

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I'm danny, I draw comic art and caribbean folklore primarily

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I'm danny, I draw caribbean folklore comic art stuff and jojo shitposting. I tag if he hasn't been already

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Baekho (백호)
The White Tiger/Bai Hu (白虎)/Byakko/Bạch Hổ
It represents the west & autumn season.
In folklores, it believed to have divine power to ward off evil, persecute evildoers, reward the worthy & attract wealth.

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Been wanting to try out something different in drawing for a while and finally got some inspiration from folklore and fairytale type stuff such as forest nymphs and wanted to see what I could draw.
Decided to use my Oc Charlotte for the piece

*May repost Monday

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