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7. Sightings of people who have died are said to be from ELFLAND (Hendersen, Scottish Fairy Belief)
Images: Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré; John Anster Fitzgerald

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2022-08-23

VINTAGE HALLOWEEN FAIRIES reminding us that fairies and goblins were once as likely to be found on Halloween as vampires and witches!!

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2021-10-11

In addition to this, Falero also painted women as mythological characters, fairies, the zodiac, and even personified drinks:
'Balance of the Zodiac' (19th c.)
'Fairy under Starry Skies' (19th c.)
‘Moon Nymph' (1883)
‘The Wine of Tokay' (1886) 2/2

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2021-07-28

Today is so here are a few illustrations by the inimitable Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Tomorrow, the 25th of June, just so happens to be the 61st anniversary of her death.

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2021-06-24

In Ireland, some believed that when people died, they went to fairyland. As such, fairies were thought to be just the departed dead instead of corporeal & magical tricksters, & fairy sightings could have just been ghost encounters.

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2021-05-19

My Gothic fairy makeover. She's cute but a bit overfond of blood and straddles the boundaries of Love and Death, Thantos and Eros

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2021-04-13

Slight technical gremlins, but it does mean gets to complete her bingo with help from fairy greatmother

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2021-04-11

Baring Gould (the werewolf guy) also acknowledges fairies and fairy worlds does not have the same fear in his lifetime as previous generations, asking if in the future there would be a bacterial Midsummer Night's Dream as trad beliefs fade

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2021-04-11

Current images of fairy in contemp culture are based off the JM Barrie's Tinkerbell, laterly filtered through Disney. Very few have a grotesque appearance, and are not dangerous

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2021-04-11

It is Day 4 of and we are looking forward to our first keynote of the day on 'What the Puck? An Anatomy of the Fairy' This fairy conference is going down a storm!

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2021-04-11

Warner's ideas of Phantasmagoria puts a duplicity on sight and vision, with illusion being aligned with the devil in certain circumstances

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2021-04-10

Finally we have with The Perpetual Hauntings of Borderland Creatures: Finfolks and Selkies in European and Inuit Tales of the Sea

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2021-04-10

Opium used as a way to 'travel' to these landscapes, a chaotic hallucination. Intensified colours 'hold a flavour' in which could be translated to art

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2021-04-10

Next up is Dr Prachi Priyanka with paper 'Victorian Fairy Painting: Exploring the unknown, forbidden and concealed anxieties of the era'


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2021-04-10

Ready for another day in dark fairyland? Why yes I am. 🖤
Away with the Fae!

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2021-04-10

Inspired by the discussion of fairies, butterflies, and death, here’s my contribution to . Very much enjoying the conference and had fun with this creative makeover activity 🧚‍♀️ 🦋 ☠️

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2021-04-09

Hannah Pike -

In medieval lit and folklore there are stereotypes such as monstrosity, demonised fae whereas YA has become more sympathetic over time

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2021-04-09

Yet Melusine's mother encourages her to reject her fairy heritage and instead choose humanity. She is determined not to be reduced merely as a beautiful object. But she can only turn into half a snake because of her human passion

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2021-04-09

The Beautiful painting of a Fairy Funeral M Pirner 1888

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2021-04-09