Folk Lore Collection (page 7)

ESKIMO FOLKLORE. Extinction of Norse settlements in Greenland. English line engraving, 1875

Zaragoza, Spain - Monument to Agustina of Aragon
Zaragoza, Spain - Monument to Agustina de Aragon (Agustina Raimunda Maria Saragossa Domenech) - Spanish heroine who defended Spain during the Spanish War of Independence

Flying Mermaids
Flying mermaids! Mermaids suspended with wires, which are being operated by the men underneath them. Date: 1930s

The Brutus Stone, 51 Fore Street, Devon, England. According to medieval mythology, Totnes is where the defeated Trojans settled, led by their Prince, Brutus. Date: circa 1170 BC

The Notting Hill Giant
A medieval carving, on a ceiling in the Audit Room at Chethams Hospital, Manchester, England, of the legendary Notting Hill Giant, eating a poor boy. Date: Medieval

What can this be for?
Three mermaids find one shoe and wonder what the object is? Date: 1937

Whoever would have thought it
Three monks go fishing, but they get more than they bargained for. 1927

TREE TROLL
A troll, made out of tree branches and grass, Norway. Date: late 1960s

Magog Statue
A statue of Magog, who along with fellow giant Gog, is a traditional mythical guardian of the City of London. Statue in the Guildhall, London. Date: 1980s

St. Johns Gateway
The figures of Brennus and Belinus, the founders of the ancient town of Bristol, England, on St. Johns Gateway, a fortified gateway in the defensive city wall. Date: 14th century

Chinese Dragon
A Chinese dragon Date: 1908

Fairie Voices C1860
Fairies dance by the light of the full moon, bats fly overhead, owls perch, frogs croak - and the waltz was performed (with the greatest success) at the Proms ! Date: circa 1860

Sabrina Fair
Sabrina, nymph of the River Severn, with her attendants

The Hag of the Mill, a disreputable old lady whose animal companions could be taken for a witchs familiars

LIGEA
Ligea combs her hair on a rock

Dancing in Wood
Fairies dancing in a woodland glade

The Golden Bird 1909
The Prince rides on the foxs back. Date: 1909

The Giant Cormoran
The giant Cormoran was the terror of all the country- side

Washing in Dew
The fair maid who, the first of May, goes to the fields at break of day, and washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, will ever after handsome be

Dancing on Water
Dancing on the surface of the river

The Ogre and his Wife
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman

Fairy and Bee
A fairy teases a bee

Underground Homes
Fairies in their underground homes

Weaving Curtains
Fairies weaving curtains from leaves

Kaatskill Folk
The Kaatskill (Catskill) mountains of New York are peopled with the most extraordinary creatures

Scots Lake Monster
The reverends Twopeny and Macrae, and their two daughters, saw this creature in Loch Hourn, Scotland, for two days in succession Date: 20-21 August 1872

Drowning Girl

Lucky Horseshoe on Door
A horseshoe is nailed to a farm door to keep away the devil or any other evil threat Date: 1922

Boy and Clover - 2
A boy stands in the snow holding a very large four- leaved clover Date: 1910

Frog Prince (Rackham)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess catches the frog who is really a prince

NAIADS by a stream

TWO FLYING

American Fairies
The Fairies of the Catskills, New York, showing that fairies are pretty much alike in America as in Europe

SEA DRAGON
A Sea Dragon

Folklore / Nymphs
Herakles met these nymphs on his way to steal the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and they warned him of the dangers involved

Breton Congress
In Britanny, a picturesque regional congress is held, to foster the prservation of traditional Breton costume Date: 1905

Puck as Will O the Wisp
Puck, a sprite, mischievously leads travellers astray as a will o the wisp, luring the unwary into marshy pools

Green Dragon
The Green Dragon

The Lady and the Lion
- needless to say, the lion is really a Prince who has been magically transformed : when transformed back again, she will find that he is not just a prince, but very handsome

Princess / Swineherd Kiss
The prince (disguised as a swineherd) tricks the princess into kissing him. Date: 1932

Prince to Frog (2)
The Frog (who is really a Prince, of course) retrieves the Princesss golden ball

Devil in the Fields
The Devil leaves his mark on the church and agriculture

Peeking at Baby
Fairies peep at a baby

P. Pan / Fairy Banquet
A fairy banquet in Kensington Gardens. Date: First published: 1904

Arrows against Storms
The Gauls fire arrows into stormclouds to drive them away - an idea which is not quite so ridiculous as it sounds. Date: 1st century

Magyar Wild Hunt
Der Weg des Csaba - Magyar horsemen of Hungary ride through the night sky in their version of the Wild Hunt Date: medieval

WOODNYMPHS
Wood Nymphs run through the moonlit woods, accompanied by Little People of various kinds

Garlic Vendor Spain 1882
In French country districts, garlic is sold as a protection against vampires Date: 1882

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