Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen, 'Eyes as Big as Plates' photographic series based on Nordic folklore, humanity and nature #WomensArt
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#FolkloreThursday Lucy McCall | Mermaid Dish, 2022 | ceramic plate, 21 x 15 cm tumblr.com/darksilenceins…
Welsh folklore warns us that these cute yellow birds have a taste for the undead:
'The yellowhammer was supposed to suck or taste blood from the veins of vampires & it was formerly regarded as a herald of the approach of evil spirits.'
Folklore of Wales, 1909
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The fox appears in the folklore of many cultures and is associated with cunning and tricks or as a familiar animal possessed of magic powers #FolkloreThursday
Silk embroidered fox by Helen Richman, professional hand embroiderer, UK #WomensArt
The swan, 'Eala' in Scots Gaelic, 'Eala' in Irish, 'Alarch' in Welsh, 'Alarc’h' in Breton, 'Olla' in Manx, 'Alargh' Cornish, is associated with the goddesses of Celtic peoples,with links to the Otherworld (Aos Si).
#FolkloreThursday Princess and the Swans (1939) By Gwen Raverat
#March by Eugene Grasset, for La Belle Jardiniere, #artnouveau #calendar1896 . #1stMarch #March 1st #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday
In the folklore of many countries black cats were thought of as the familiars of witches (aka
non-conforming, wise women, healers, midwives, elder females, younger females, outspoken women, mothers, grandmothers...etc, etc).
Art by Eva Fialka.... #WomensArt
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Masako Miki, known for creating colourful sculptures, inspired by Japanese folklore #WomensArt #folklorethursday
A children book cover of Lenny Wen’s “The Midnight at the Museum”
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The crown does not make a King
(La couronne ne fait pas un Roi)
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🌖🐇🌘Witches were said to shapeshift into hares, and in that form were often hunted but would always escape - however, if shot with a silver bullet they could be injured, and the wound would show up on the body of the Witch.
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To celebrate the winter solstice, Latvians disguise as animals, gypsies, or devils, and go house to house singing & dancing. This brings luck & chases away evil spirits.
More importantly, you get to look absolutely awesome. (Photo via Spekozols) #FolkloreThursday
The snowdrop perfection of Steeple Barton 🤍
According to one myth #snowdrops were given as a gift to Adam and Eve after their banishment from Eden. A gift to promise that there were brighter days ahead 🤍
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