Folk Lore Collection (page 2)

Mer-People / Look-Alikes
A mermaid compared with the manatee at the Zoological Gardens, London

Centaur in Labyrinth
A centaur in a labyrinth

Channel Isles Squid
Fishermen of Jersey, Channel Islands, desperately fight this giant squid, but two of them lose their lives in the battle

Daedalus Sea Serpent
Marine creature sighted from HMS Daedalus in the south Atlantic between the Cape and St Helena : the creature passes under the stern of the ship (picture 2 of 3)

Folklore / Werewolves
French villagers hunt a werewolf

Varney the Vampire
Fiction : Varney The Vampire or The Feast of Blood book cover

Werewolf Returning Home
A werewolf returning home

WEREWOLF / LOUP-GAROU
Le loup-garou leaps on the back of a man walking down a country track

Map of Atlantis / Kircher
Map of Atlantis showing position relative to Europe, Africa and America (albeit upside down)

Norwegian Nisse Fiddles
A Norwegian nisse fiddles while pigs dance

LA Tarasque Polka

Phoenix (Chinese)
FONG HOANG, the Chinese phoenix

Folklore / Birds / Phoenix
rising from the flames

Fairy Queen
The Fairy Queen takes an airy drive in a light carriage

Loch Ness Monster
The haunts of the Monster

Photograph of the Loch Ness Monster
A photograph of the Loch Ness Monster taken by Hugh Gray

Melusine Revealed
Melusines fairy nature is discovered by her husband, Raymond de Lusignan, and she has to leave him for ever

MEXICO: AZTEC SACRIFICE. Aztecs offering human sacrifices to the sun-god. Aztecs performing ritual sacrifice on a stone inscribed with the Aztec account of their history. Drawing, late 19th century

The Ring Recovered
Act three : the Rhinemaidens recover the Ring from Hagen and bear it away in triumph

HOPI KACHINA DOLL. Talavai (Morning Singer), a Hopi spirit or Kachina, dressed in a cape and headdress. Carved wooden doll from Arizona

Mermaids
Two mermaids playing in the waves, " a Nixies legend." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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King Arthur receiving his magic sword from the Lady of the Lake. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wild Hunt of Norsemen
A troop of Norse horsemen and their dogs gallop through the night sky in pursuit of their prey

The Major Oak - Henry Dawson
Oil on Wood 76.2 x 62.9

Crop Circle Alton Barnes
Alton Barnes, Wiltshire : a small girl runs across the largest circle in the formation, demonstrating its huge size

Avenant and Dragon
Avenant confronts a fearsome dragon - fortunately, a helpful owl is bringing him a magic phial, and all are able to live happily ever after, hero and dragon alike

Girl with a baby fairy lying in the garden in summer
GIRL AND A BABY FAIRY Would you believe - I found a fairy on Midsummer Eve !

Von Daniken Cover
Erich von Danikens book Chariots of the Gods in which he argues that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft which have been visiting Earth throughout human history

Water Babies / Fairies
The fairies came flying in at the window & brought her such a pretty pair of wings

Folklore / Water Nymph
Sea nymphs

FOLKLORE / JERSEY DEVIL
Winged creature with horse- like head seen by Mr & Mrs Nelson Evans on shed roof at Gloucester City, New Jersey - and by many other witnesses over a long period

Bermuda Triangle / Map
The area already had a sinister reputation even before the triangle was invented - wrecks were thought to end up in the Sargasso Sea

Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker
An Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker, working on a pile of shoes

THORs STONE
Thors Stone, a natural rock formation, where Vikings are reputed to have offered human sacrifices to Thor, the god of thunder; Thurstaston, Merseyside, England. Date: BC

Fairies Steal a Child
A fairy flies off carrying a baby human on her back Date: 1908

Fairies Pick Apples
Fairies and elves pick apples

Gremlin and Pilot
A Gremlin tries to fog the aircrafts windscreen with his breath, but the pilot foils him by chewing a carrot to improve his sight

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On moonlit nights the fairies hold their revels, naturally choosing a picturesque castle ruin as the setting

Fairies, Kensington Gdns
The fairies are exquisite dancers... Date: First published: 1904

Mermaid and Child
A mer-mother with her mer-child

Danae Cast Adrift (1903)
Danae, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos, is impregnated by Zeus : perceiving her son Perseus as a threat, papa casts them adrift in a boat, but of course they survive Date: 1903

Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness monster. Computer artwork of the Loch Ness Monster swimming in Loch Ness, Scotland. Sightings of the monster have occurred at least since the 15th century

Puss-in-Boots. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Devils Balalaika
Wedding guests of Bessarabia, Russia, foolishly dance in a graveyard, find themselves dancing to the Devils balalaika; when he stops they turn into a circle of stones

Puck (Fuseli)
Puck, a sprite (in Shakespeares Midsummer nights dream)

Gossip about Fairies 15
Titania, queen of the Fairies, magically enamoured of Bottom, the Weaver, comes to her senses - - a scene from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream

Fairies and Elves Feast
Feasting and fun among the fuchsias - fairies and elves are visited by butterflies, which gives you some idea how tiny they are !

Dragons of Snowdon
Two dragons, sleeping beneath Snowdon, prevent the 5th century ruler Vortigern from building a castle at the source of the Conway River, near Snowdon

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