Folk Lore Collection (page 3)

Monoceros Etc Constell
The constellation of Monoceros - a unicorn - and Canis Minor - a small dog

Gevaudan Beast Attacked
DER WOLF VON GEVAUDAN Children defend one of their comrades against a creature which may or may not have been a wolf

Chinese Dragon
Ornamental Chinese dragon

SIREN SONG
The Siren sings her song, luring sailors to destruction

Sea Serpents Exist
SEA SERPENTS DO EXIST !

WOLFMAN 1493
A wolfman - human below the neck, but a wolf above it

Amazing Stories scfi magazine cover, Bermuda Triangle
The non-gravitational vortex, in which ships are mysteriously lost in the Atlantic Ocean

Fairies Dance in Woods with Faun on Gramophone
Upto-date fairies dance to the music of the radio Date: 1925

Pulling the Wishbone
Pulling a wishbone to see who will come away with the larger part and the corresponding wish

Siegfried Kills Fafner
Act two : armed with the magic sword Notung, Siegfried kills Fafner, who has taken on the form of a dragon

Merman (Rackham)
A merman on the beach [illustration to The Three Golden Apples] Date: 1922

Boy and Clover - 1
A boy walks through the snow carrying a very large four- leaved clover Date: 1910

Mer-People and God
Merman and mermaid feature in the device of London printer John Rastell = a rare, maybe unique, instance of mer-people depicted as part of Gods creation

No Room for Rumors
NO ROOM FOR RUMORS American World War Two poster

Japanese Giant Carp
In a Japanese legend, O Tsuru sees a giant carp, dead, washed up on the shore of Lake Biwa : it is a monster that eats dogs, cats and even swimming people

Osborne Serpent
Head, shoulders and flippers of the ridged marine creature sighted from the royal yacht Osborne off the coast of Sicily (picture 2 of 2)

Statue of the falcon, sacred bird of Horus, at the entrance of the Temple of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wales / Beddgelert
The supposed location of the folklore tale of the dog Gelert

Sir Benjamin Stone
SIR BENJAMIN STONE Statesman, MP for Birmingham, best known for his photography - portraits of politicians and British folklore customs and festivals

Unicorn & Reptiles
A unicorn, with assorted reptiles, and a Latin motto: " Not with might, but with virtue"

Town in Winter Evening
A street in Meissen, on a winters evening

Edyrn at Caerleon
CAERLEON IN USK Edyrn draws near to King Arthurs court

Fairies Dancing in Ring
Fairies dance in the moonlight

Gossip about Fairies 24
Fairies live on good terms with animals and birds - here, fairies are combing goats beards, something which goats themselves find it hard to do, having no hands (or combs)

Gossip about Fairies 14
Titania, queen of the Fairies, is magically enamoured of Bottom, the Weaver, who has been magically endowed with a donkeys head - scene from A Midsummer Nights Dream

Faust & Black Dog
Faust and Wagner see the Black Dog - a sinister symbol (scene from Goethes drama)

Folklore / Unicorns
The figure of the CAMPHUR, an amphibious beast found in Ethiopia, a species of unicorn

End of a Vampire
The end of a Bohemian vampire - his coffin is opened, and a red-hot iron is plunged into his evil heart

Maze at Sens
Circular maze in the cathedral at Sens, France

Fairies and Snowball
Fairies and children play with a giant snowball, each seeing which can push it hardest

Mermaids and Torpedoes
The Mer-people find their peaceful domain invaded by the torpedoes of World War One

Mermaids in Waves
Two mermaids ride a big wave

Satan Leads the Dance
SATAN LEADS THE DANCE

Demons and St Antony
Saint Antony is fiercely harassed by hideous demons who seek to persuade him to give up his saintly ways

Dragon of Wantley
THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY seizes another victim

Visit from a Fairy
A girl is visited by a friendly fairy in bed at night, and gets taken on a wonderful journey

Plastic blow mold Santa figurine on white background

Merlin and Vivian in Arthurian legend
Merlin and Vivian in the forest, from legends of King Arthur. Hand-colored halftone of a Dore painting

Kissing in Somerset (litho)
3093834 Kissing in Somerset (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kissing in Somerset. Postcard, early 20th century. Signed A F J.); © Look and Learn

William Tell, from Peeps into the Past, published c. 1900 (colour litho)
STC213528 William Tell, from Peeps into the Past, published c.1900 (colour litho) by Trelleek (fl.c.1900); Private Collection; (add.info)

Folk-Lore (engraving)
1621830 Folk-Lore (engraving) by Gregory, Charles (1810-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: Folk-Lore. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 3 August 1878)

Shahmeran (Shahmaran) painted on glass and engraved on copperplates, Mardin, Southeast Anatolia, Turkey

PERI
A winged creature from Persian mythology, once considered malevolent but later perceived as good, beautiful creatures angelic in behaviour as well as in appearance Date: circa 1860

At the Serpentine
Fairies at the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens

LILITH, c1950 B. C. The Burney Relief, a Babylonian cult plaque of the demoness Lilith
LILITH, c1950 B.C. The Burney Relief, a Babylonian cult plaque of the demoness Lilith, the first wife of Adam according to rabbinic tradition. Terracotta relief, c1950 B.C

MEXICO: AZTEC SACRIFICE. Priests cutting out the heart of a youth to sacrifice to the sun. Aztec codex, 16th century

AZTEC MASK: XIPE TOTEC. Stone mask of Xipe Totec, god of life-death-rebirth, agriculture, the west, disease, spring, goldsmiths and the seasons. Aztec period, Mexico

PMYT2A-00078
Old English devil. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

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