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Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Kraken Attacks a Ship

Kraken Attacks a Ship
A kraken attacks a sailing vessel

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Palenque Xtraterrestrial

Palenque Xtraterrestrial
Carving at PALENQUE, Mexico, which has been interpreted by ingenious theorists as depicting an ancient astronaut in a rocket- powered spacecraft

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster
Fishermen on Loch Ness are surprised by the creature - as well they might be, for this is the largest depiction of the monster known to us

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Kraken attacking ship during a storm

Kraken attacking ship during a storm
A mythical Kraken attacking a sailing vessel during a storm

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Lochness Monster

Lochness Monster
A dramatic picture of the supposed giant water creature that lives in Loch Ness, Scotland and its small offspring, followed by divers holding underwater cameras

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Diver and Mermaid

Diver and Mermaid
A diver exploring a wrecked ship has an unexpected encounter

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Atlantis / Map

Atlantis / Map
Map showing Atlantis during the period of its decadence

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Gryphon

Folklore / Gryphon
Gryphus, or Greiff, classified by Johnstone as a bird because it has the head and wings of an eagle, despite having the body of a lion

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster
Photo by London gynecologist Robert Kenneth Wilson taken at 7.30 am on (probably) 19 April 1934; he never claimed it as the monster, simply a mysterious photo

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: 4-Leaf Clover - Barde

4-Leaf Clover - Barde
Clover plant with several four-leaf clusters

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Yetis

Folklore / Yetis
Photograph of an unidentified footprint, taken by Eric Shipton and Michael Ward as they returned from the Himalayas

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Wild Hunt

Folklore / Wild Hunt
Asgaardsreiden, Norwegian myth of the Wild Hunt

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Autumnal Scene with Fairy & Blackberries

Autumnal Scene with Fairy & Blackberries
An autumnal folklore scene with a fairy, dressed in blue, sat amid the visible roots of a silver birch tree, holding a delicious-looking blackberry

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Demon and Witches

Demon and Witches
A countrywoman is amazed to see two witches - one male, one female - flying past escorted by the Devil who, it seems, also needs a broomstick

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Fairies Merry Go Round

Fairies Merry Go Round
Fairies at play - a toadstool makes a convenient merry-go- round

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Fairies

Folklore / Fairies
Fairy flying with butterflies

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Atlantis / Map

Atlantis / Map
Map showing Atlantis during the period of its greatest prosperity

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: The Haunted Wood C1903

The Haunted Wood C1903

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Romulus and Remus suckled by a wolf

Romulus and Remus suckled by a wolf
Romulus and Remus are suckled by a kindly wolf. Romulus goes on to found the city of Rome

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: DOREs LEVIATHAN

DOREs LEVIATHAN
Dores interpretation of the combat between God and the sea dragon Leviathan that will take place in the end times, as described by Isaiah

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Female Centaur & Harp

Female Centaur & Harp
A centauress gallops with a harp in one hand, a two-legged friend in the other, with whom she is making music

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Little Mermaid / Ak / Col Pc

Little Mermaid / Ak / Col Pc
The little mermaid sits and watches the swans being fed

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Atlantis (Avotin)

Atlantis (Avotin)
The Atlantean capital as described by Plato

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Lemuria Map

Lemuria Map
A map of Lemuria at its greatest extent

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Mermaid of Zennor

Mermaid of Zennor
At Zennor, Cornwall, a mermaid takes a passer-by by surprise

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Fairies / Doyle

Folklore / Fairies / Doyle
AN ELF-FAIRY ROMANCE (picture 2 of 3) He finds her, and this is the consequence

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Bete Du Gevaudan

Bete Du Gevaudan
LA BETE DU GEVAUDAN The ravages of the beast

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Horrors, my wife! by Webster Murray

Horrors, my wife! by Webster Murray
Wife tracks her husband down, under the sea in a diving suit having an affair with attractive mermaid. Date: 1928

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Knight and Fairies

Knight and Fairies
A knight of the Round Table encounters fairies while he is riding at night through a wood

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: British Ballad, The Mermaid

British Ballad, The Mermaid
THE MERMAID. British ballad by Dr. John Leyden. The Gaelic story bears that Macphail of Colonsay was carried off by a mermaid

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Stork / Baby / Allers Jrnl

Stork / Baby / Allers Jrnl
A stork carrying a baby flies to its destination over snowy rooftops

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Fairies / Goble

Folklore / Fairies / Goble
Fairies and flowers

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Lancelot at Astolat

Lancelot at Astolat
ASTOLAT Lancelot approaches the castle

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Doyle Fairy Article

Doyle Fairy Article
The title page of Arthur Conan Doyles article discussing the evidence for the existence of fairies

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Swedish Werewolf

Swedish Werewolf
A werewolf and his victims

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Mermaid in Newfoundland

Mermaid in Newfoundland
Richard Waitborne/Whitbourne at St. Johns Harbour visited by blue-haired sea monster

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: FAIRY RING

FAIRY RING
Children watch fairies dancing and creating a fairy ring

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Mer-People / Look-Alikes

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

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Centaur in Labyrinth

Centaur in Labyrinth
A centaur in a labyrinth

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Channel Isles Squid

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

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Daedalus Sea Serpent

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)

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Folklore / Werewolves

Folklore / Werewolves
French villagers hunt a werewolf

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Varney the Vampire

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

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Werewolf Returning Home

Werewolf Returning Home
A werewolf returning home

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: WEREWOLF / LOUP-GAROU

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

Background imageFolk Lore Collection: Map of Atlantis / Kircher

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



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