Folk Lore Collection (page 8)

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

A Water Spirit
A water spirit near a river-bank

Breton Bardic Festival
At Saint-Brieuc, Britanny, Breton bards hold a fete, to encourage the preservation of Breton traditions and culture Date: 1906

Seven-League Boots - 2
The hero crosses the ocean wearing his wonderful SEVEN-LEAGUE BOOTS

MELUSINE
The fairy Melusine Date: circa 1500

Peer Gynt / Green Woman
Peer Gynt encounters the Woman in Green, the Dovre-Kings daughter

Four-Leaf Clover
The four leaves of this clover each carry a romantic picture representing happiness... Date: circa 1910

Child & Horseshoe
Girl with a horseshoe to wish a Good Year - a few months later World War One began... Date: 1914

Danae Cast Adrift (1922)
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

LEVIATHAN Date: 1908

Milton / Sabrina / Nymph
Sabrina, nymph of the River Severn, is helped by one of her attendants

Folklore / Dryads
A Dryad leans on a tree trunk Date: 1913

Water Spirit Undine 1909
A water spirit Date: 1909

Dream Landscape of Ice and Snow Date: 1895

Mermaid Exhibit, London
A Mermaid exhibited in London. Date: circa 1875

Folklore / Insects
CROSSEs ACARI Insect which Crosse believed he had created spontaneously and inadvertently in the course of electro-chemical experiments Date: 1837

KWAKIUTL DANCERS, c1914. Kwakiutl dance to restore an eclipsed moon. The men dance in a circle around a smoking fire, to cause a sky creature which was believed to have swallowed the moon

Green Man carved wooden face in barn, Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, october

View of village pond in evening sunshine, supposedly last site of witch swimming or ducking, The Grimmer, Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, England, september

Misericord depicting pelican in her piety, in Medieval Europe pelicans were often depicted giving blood to young as attentive behaviour in times of hardship, Church of St. Peter and St

Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) Ballan Cross, flattened teeth on pharyngeal bones in throat (traditionally worn as lucky talisman by sailors), washed up on beach strandline, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset

Flying dragon and lightning, computer artwork. The lightning could represent the destruction that the dragon is said to cause. Myths and legends about dragons can be found worldwide

Bogeyman. Computer artwork of a mythical creature from fairy-tales and folklore known as a bogeyman or bogey. It is said to be an evil and mischievous spirit

Winged dragon breathing fire, computer artwork. Myths and legends about dragons are found worldwide. In many western cultures, the dragon is a fire-breathing symbol of death and evil

Tintagel Head. Aerial photograph of Tintagel Head (left), an eroded headland on the north Atlantic Cornish coast. The settlement at left is the village of Tintagel

1560 Gesners Salzberg Satyr
Gesner woodcut with contemporary colouring from " Icones Animalium" Publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner illustrates a creature captured in the forest of Hanesbergium in

Gesner Flying Fish old illustration
Woodcut with old colouring and paper age toning and staining. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1560 Gesner Bird of Paradise myth
Woodcut from Gesner " Icones Animalium", publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich (1560). When Magellans ship returned as the first to sail around the world in 1522

1560 Gesner man faced tree sloth
From Conrad Gesners " Icones Animalium" published by Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. This strange animal is derived from an early conquistador spanish image representing a three toed

1560 Conrad Gesner Crested Porcupine
Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata). Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

Gesner A Satyr, simian or wild man
Woodcut with early colouring from Conrad Gesners " Icones Animalium" 1557. Publ. Christof Froshover, Zurich. Gesner takes this image from Breidenbachs " Journey to the Holy Land"

1560 Gesner first fossil illustration
Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560 (also 1558 in Historiae Animalium, Liber IIII)

1560 Gesner Barbary macaque monkey ape
A Barbary Macaque monkey identified as " Ein Aff" (An ape). Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1560 Gesner European Wolf Canis lupus
The European wolf (cleaned paper). From Conrad Gesners " Icones Animalium" published by Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1560 Gesner Merlin Falcon bird of Prey
Merlin (Falco columbarius), Woodcut with old colouring on laid paper. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1560 Gesner Magnus medieval whaling
Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner appears to derive this image partly from Olaus Magnus " Historia de Gentibus

Conrad Gessner Gesner portrait naturalist
Conrad Gesner (or Gessner) Swiss Natural Historian (26th March 1516-13th December 1565). His major four volume work Historiae Animalium (1551-1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology

1560 Gesner Whale attacks ship
Whale attacking ship. Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1560 Gesner mermaid sea monster
Satyrus marinus - a sea monster of partially human form. Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1554 Gesner shark attack on man with ray
Sharks attacking a man, with a ray coming to help. Woodcut with old colouring. Gesner " Icones Animalium" publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560

1560 Gesner mole scientific translation
A mole, (Talpa europaea), woodcut with orignal hand colouring from Conrad Gesner " Icones Animalium" 1560. Before the advent of Linnaeus binomial latin taxonomic nomenclature such multiple

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