Folk Lore Collection

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

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

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

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

Kraken Attacks a Ship
A kraken attacks a sailing vessel

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

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

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

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

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

Folklore / Fairies
Fairy flying with butterflies

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

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

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

Folklore / Fairies / Goble
Fairies and flowers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Atlantis (Avotin)
The Atlantean capital as described by Plato

Lemuria Map
A map of Lemuria at its greatest extent

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

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

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

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

The Haunted Wood C1903

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

British Ballad, The Mermaid
THE MERMAID. British ballad by Dr. John Leyden

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

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

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

Swedish Werewolf
A werewolf and his victims

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

FAIRY RING
Children watch fairies dancing and creating a fairy ring

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

Lancelot at Astolat
ASTOLAT Lancelot approaches the castle

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

At the Serpentine
Fairies at the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens

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

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

Gossip about Fairies 12
On moonlit nights the fairies hold their revels, naturally choosing a picturesque castle ruin as the setting

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

Loch Ness Monster
A sighting of the Loch Ness Monster, as filmed by Malcolm Irving

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

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

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

DEVIL & LADY / CA 1894
Another victory for the forces of darkness

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

Fairies Pick Apples
Fairies and elves pick apples

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

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

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

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

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

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

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