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Josef Albers's Study for "Graphic Tectonic II" is in "Folklore and Avant-Garde: The Reception of Popular Traditions in the Age of Modernism" at Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany, through February 23.

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Read my 4-page comic ‘A Thorn Amidst the Roses’ down below 🌹🥀#FolkloreThursday

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The blooms of a foxglove are heliotropic and they follow the light. I love that, according to folklore, if a person strongly believes in fairies, the blooms bend in their direction too. (Image: Rachel Ruijsch)

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Livia's laurel tree soon became a thriving grove, and the Julio-Claudian emperors fashioned their crowns from its leaves. Under Nero, the entire grove of laurels suddenly died, which was seen as a sign of the dynasty's impending doom.

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SAGE for
Did you know
-Caring for a SAGE plant makes a person wise beyond their years
-To increase your self esteem place a fresh SAGE leaf in each of your shoes
-To keep ghosts from entering your home, place 7 SAGE leaves under your door mat

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Kodama are the spirits of old trees in deep forests in Japan. Rarely seen as orbs of light or tiny vaguely human shapes, they are more often heard, as echoes that are just slightly oddly delayed art

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The Japanese fairy tale The Flower of the Peony (aka the Peony Princess) has a peony spirit take the form of a prince. https://t.co/r1KTV5iqL8 Pictured: Warwick Goble illustration of the story, 1910

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The scientific name for rhubarb means 'from the barbarous lands of Rha'(the Volga River), and is a favourite food of the baba yaga. It was also responsible for the death of 18 people during WWI and II due to some dodgy goverment advice about eating the leaves...

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Georgius Agricola wrote that miners considered forked twigs from hazel trees best for dowsing. ‘The moment they place their feet on a vein the twig turns and twists, and discloses the vein; when they move their feet again the twig becomes once more immobile.”

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According to legend, when the mandrake root is dug up, it screams and kills all who hear it. This one was created with ink and on Readi-Board. (And probably won't be killing anyone.)






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Flower Fairies are tiny creatures (the biggest is only 20cm tall) that live in the tree tops, marshes, forest floor, wayside and gardens. 🌸🧚🏻‍♀️🌸

📷’The Lilac Fairy’ from Cicely Mary Barker's The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies.

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Whenever a seed sprouts, a Flower Fairy baby is born. From snow drops to blackthorns, lilacs to weeping willows, each fairy is responsible for looking after their own plant and keeping it strong and healthy throughout the years to come. 🌼🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♂️🌸

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Born from the blood of Dragons, are known for their sedative properties. They are ingredients for spells of abundance, love, sleep, & invisibility. Hypnos, (Greek God of Sleep & Dreaming) carried a poppy stalk, or a horn filled with poppy juice.#FolkloreThursday

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Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Flowers' - an enchanting illustrated glossary of ‘the meanings of Honey Flower - Love sweet & secret. Daisy - I share your sentiments. Enchanter's Nightshade - Witchcraft & sorcery.

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If you enter woods where rings grow beware! You will be gate crashing their party. will chant a spell and draw you into the circle to dance with them, but if you step on their toes you will turn to stone.

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When you're in Japan, be careful walking under trees! Akateko is a yokai that's a disembodied red child's hand that drops down from Japanese honey locust trees and slaps people. art by

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