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Folklore / Mer-PeopleA mermaid combing her hair
Folklore / Grand beteThe GRAND BETE (= Great Beast) is a scary monster of Berry, central France, usually in the form of a huge bull, though sometimes as a dog, hare or sheep - but always gigantic
Folklore / Casseur De BoisLE CASSEU DE BOIS (= branch-breaker) of Berry, central France, entity who breaks tree branches and may challenge the peasant as he gathers his firewood
Folklore / Wolf-CharmerLE MENEUR DE LOUPS (= Wolf-charmer) of Berry, central France - a power handed down from father to son in certain families
Lavandieres De LA NuitLES LAVANDIERES DE LA NUIT (= Laundresses of the night) sinister washerwomen of Berry, central France, who launder infant corpses by stagnant pools
Folklore / Fairies / DoyleWater-lillies and Water Fairies
Elves and their TricksElves and their tricks
Fairy & Girl on TripA girl is taken by a friendly fairy on an aerial voyage in a magical sleigh
Fairy and GirlWhile a girl is playing with fairies, one of them perches on her finger
Fairy on FlowerA fairy sits lightly on the stem of a flower
Demon in the WoodsThree German children encounter a demon in the woods, and run away in terror
Demon - Dragon KingThe DRAGON KING emerges amid the flames of his natural habitat
Demons (Barrett)Two malevolent beings - Ophis, and the Antichrist
Dragon (Chinese)THE CHINESE DRAGON
Dragon (Chinese)The Imperial Dragon of China
Folklore / BirdwomanThe Bird-Princess soars through the skies near her mountain castle
Two WerewolvesTwo werewolves howl at the full moon
Werewolf AttackingA werewolf attacks a man at the entrance to a house
Folklore / Men in BlackDER SCHWARZE MANN Ladies scared but attracted by a Man In Black
Stone Men ApparitionsThe STONE MEN - fearful apparitions seen at night by the countryfolk of Berry, in central France
The Dragon of WantlyTHE DRAGON OF WANTLY receives a kick from an armoured man so, rather more effectively, he breathes fire at him
Folklore / CentaursA Centaur with recently decapitated victim and stone axe
MARTIANSThe inhabitants of Mars seek to communicate with the Earth (apparently their technology isn t as advanced as Wells supposed)
Folklore / GiantsWhen the Saracens invade southern France, a francophile giant drives them back with his hammer near Castelsarrasin (near Albi)
Demons in ChurchyardDemons in a churchyard
Gevaudan BeastLA BETE DU GEVAUDAN Peasants attack the beast as it stands over its terrified victim
Folklore / LeprechaunsLusmore the Hunchback meets leprechauns and fairies near Cahir; in return for making them a dancing floor, they remove his hump and make him handsome
Folklore / ExtraterrestriaA VENUSIAN giant seizes the foolhardy travellers from Earth
Folklore / Mazesa labyrinth
Folklore / Places / MythicalThe legend of the SARGASSO SEA, where all the wrecks of the ocean end up
Wagner the Wehr-WolfIllustration from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf as it terrorises religious types in a church
Folklore / FairiesFAIRIES PHOTOGRAPHED IN A LONDON GARDEN (presumably during the summer of 1917) (No further details available)
Folklore / VampiresBURIAL AT A CROSSROADS with sinister figure to the left
Little Folk / GoblinWag at the wa - a family brownie of Northern England
Little Folk / GnomeA boy receives presents from friendly gnomes
Folklore / Little FolkAskeladen and the doll - a diminutive girl who emerges from the grass
Nisses Christmas TreatA Norwegian nisse enjoys his Christmas treat
Little Folk / ElvesMischievous elves pull a grasshoppers leg
Little Folk / LeprechaunsAn Irish luricane riding on a dog
Little Folk / DwarfsGerman dwarfs. engaged in metalworking
Little girl asleep, dreaming of fairiesA little girl asleep in bed, dreaming of fairies, some of them carrying trays of delicious cakes!
Troll, pet frog, and two long-tailed creaturesA troll with his pet frog meets two long-tailed creatures
Dwarfs bind the sleeping heroes in a medieval folk tale
Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Venus, as conceived by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Harmonies de la Nature
Alleged portrait of William TellAn alleged portrait of William Tell, the mythical Swiss folk hero. He lived, supposedly, in the early 14th century
Elves / Harum Scarum GalopAn angry-looking hare chases a frightened group of elves: just a typical day in fairyland, really