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This let’s spare a thought for the hare that raced ahead at an unsustainable pace, but recognised when it was to time to stop for a nap. 💤

Been there, hare, been there…

🖼 Library of Congress Aesop Fables

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2022-04-22

For a little sneak peek at the who will finally be making an appearance in our next

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2022-02-24

To celebrate the folklore of storytelling this who else recalls Jim Henson's The Storyteller as an iconic part of their childhood? The cadence, the rhythm of the stories was mesmerising. Love John Hurt!

"The best place by the fire was kept for The Storyteller"

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2021-05-20

This our theme is love! Some of these motifs in our tales include A761.3: Stars as transformed lovers, T11.2: Love through sight of a picture, and T75.3: Unrequited love expressed in song,
Illustration by Prawny (Pixabay)

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2021-02-12

I’ve enjoyed your wisdom, but it’s time for me to leaf. This is Crystal signing off. Don’t “log” off just yet. will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." ― Muir (Image: Rackham)

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2020-08-06

For this I present you with my new book on German folklore!

Get it to read 155 original translations of German folklore tales, as well as extensive commentary on their cultural and historical context!

https://t.co/qHvJAS4z8G

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2020-07-09

theme of immortality, well almost! George Hodgson of Dent died 1715 aged 94. His longevity & long canine teeth sparked rumours of Hodgson being a vampire. His grave lies in the church porch with a stake through it's heart.

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2020-03-12

And for here's an image of the gytrash, described so memorably in Chapter 12 of Jane Eyre as 'a North-of-England spirit … which, in the form of horse, mule, or large dog, haunted solitary ways, and sometimes came upon belated travelers'.

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2020-03-05

Amigos, perfectly for this week's art from me is of... You can get the full resolution version from my and/or my totally for free! Enjoy & have a great

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2020-02-27

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

For our favorite demon in the whole world - the Shirime! A Shirime is a demon from Japanese legend that looks like a person, but has an eyeball where its anus should be. As one does.

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2019-05-31

Welcome back and thank you for the previous session. This is and we are celebrating with the folklore of women. Some amazing tweets this morning, so keep them coming! [Image The Triple Hecate by William Blake]

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2019-03-07

For some beautifully dark illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren for some fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.
Source: https://t.co/AjtonmFb4k

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2019-02-21

Good morning and thanks to ! This is here for 90 minutes of festive lore. What do you eat for... or in general? [Img: Pixabay]

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2018-12-06

Happy Twitter! [Contemporary description of the earthquake in Reggio Calabria, 1783]

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2018-11-15

For it's choose your favorite hero from and "I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs. I make them look like pigs." ~Louise Gluck, Circe's Power [The Poem: https://t.co/jhkfKyjUUd] [Circes: Burne-Jones and Waterhouse ]

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2018-11-02

Happy Twitter! ["The Harvest Home," Thomas Rowlandson]

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2018-07-05

For a bit of mythology in cartoon: the end of PM Benjamin Disraeli's short first gov't depicted as Ixion being punted from the starry heavens by Zeus. Disraeli had published a novel retelling the myth several years before. John Tenniel, Dec. 1868.

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2018-06-22