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Robin Goodfellow, aka Puck (from both Germanic and Celtic origins) is a trickster fairy character from folklore and literature. Has similar appearance to Peter Pan and Robin Hood.

He's a great character to celebrate among the greenery of Spring

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El-ahrairah: The Prince of Rabbits, a trickster figure, from the fauxlore of Richard Adams' 'Watership Down' (1972). He appears in many of the stories the rabbits tell. This not your typical Easter bunny.
(Pic: https://t.co/WkC05Sfb0j)

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It’s my first y’all! I hope I do this right! 😅

Laufey, also known as Nál, is the Norse goddess of chaos and mischievousness. Upon being struck by lightning, she gave birth to trickster god Loki! ⚡️



🎨 Natasa Ilincic

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Hermes is depicted as both protector & trickster. In Homer's Iliad he is a bringer of good luck, guide & guardian, & "excellent in all the tricks". As a psychopomp & messenger to the gods, he moved freely between the worlds of mortals & the divine.

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“Igraine”
©️Bridget & John Original2023

I made a defiant Igraine, an emotion born from being used by will of men.
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In Swedish folklore Gloson is a large, dangerous boar with burning eyes, it is said to inhabit cemeteries and the surrounding area. It is believed to be a folkloric remnant of Freyr’s boar, Gullinbursti.
A Gloson has razor sharp bristles and tusks.

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"Oh, look!" whispered the boy; "there goes a horse-a white horse - the devil must be riding that - how can a horse get to Jevers Island?" (Theodor Storm)

🎨 Helen Plester

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2023-03-29

“Branwen”
©️Bridget & John Original2023

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1) Branwen’s story is the most tragic story in all of the Mabinogion.
She is the Welsh /Irish Goddess of Spring, love and beauty.

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Iron Wood (Járnviðr) is where the troll women and vicious wolves live. Thor enjoys going on rampages there whereas Loki treats it more like a giant, shady (no pun intended) red light district. 🖼️ Johan Egerkrans

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In Belarusian mythology Hajoŭki are the grandaughters of the forest guardian Hajun. They are young ladies, very puckish. They love all things alive. If any animal from the forest is hurt they come to Hajoŭkі for help because they are natural healers.

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Sometimes the Narnia books features walking trees living in Narnia and other times features dryads. As the two never interact with each other, it's unclear their relationship or if they're actually the same species. However, the art depicts them as very different.

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Hearing wolves howling hauntingly in the deep Transylvanian forest, Count Dracula likens their wailing to song, much to Jonathan Harker’s horror: ‘Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!’ (Bram Stoker, ‘Dracula’)

🖼 Abigail Larson

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Some flower fairies of the trees for Here are Sycamore, Ash, Silver Birch & Elm.

Illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker. Flower Fairies of the Trees was first published on January 1 1940.

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Zazouka is a creature in Belarusian mythology. A spirit in form of a beautiful girl with a long hair which replaces her clothes. She lures men in the forest and loves them so much there and caresses them that rarely any of her chosen are able to return after.

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'Deer in the Forest' - Eugen Kruger, 19th century.

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The Skogsrå ("forest nymph" or "mistress of the forest"), a mythical creature in Swedish myth, looks like a beautiful woman, except she has a tail & her back is hollow, decaying, or covered in tree bark. She lures men into the forest, & they're never seen again.

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2023-03-22

MOTH FAIRIES Fuseli's gothic vision of A Midsummer Night's Dream c.1793 celebrates uncanny hybridisation in the form of a tiny mothman who sports not only wings but the entire face and head of a moth; he also painted a moth-headed fairy child with a proboscis

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South American blood sucking creatures.

（廣済堂ペーパーバックス「よくわかる「幻想世界の住人」大事典」カバーイラスト）

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Sadly, the Japanese wolf is long extinct. Despite this, there are people who believe these wolves still exist somewhere and continue to search for them. They also feature in Japanese folklore as okuri-okami (or sending off wolf) who trails closely behind...

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Yeti
Creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia.

（勁文社「ケイブンシャ 未確認物体 大百科」イラスト）

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