Folk Lore Collection (page 2)

Norwegian Nisse Fiddles
A Norwegian nisse fiddles while pigs dance

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fairies Pick Apples
Fairies and elves pick apples

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fairies and Elves Feast
Feasting and fun among the fuchsias - fairies and elves are visited by butterflies, which gives you some idea how tiny they are !

Dragons of Snowdon
Two dragons, sleeping beneath Snowdon, prevent the 5th century ruler Vortigern from building a castle at the source of the Conway River, near Snowdon

Monoceros Etc Constell
The constellation of Monoceros - a unicorn - and Canis Minor - a small dog

Gevaudan Beast Attacked
DER WOLF VON GEVAUDAN Children defend one of their comrades against a creature which may or may not have been a wolf

Chinese Dragon
Ornamental Chinese dragon

SIREN SONG
The Siren sings her song, luring sailors to destruction

Sea Serpents Exist
SEA SERPENTS DO EXIST !

WOLFMAN 1493
A wolfman - human below the neck, but a wolf above it

Amazing Stories scfi magazine cover, Bermuda Triangle
The non-gravitational vortex, in which ships are mysteriously lost in the Atlantic Ocean

Fairies Dance in Woods with Faun on Gramophone
Upto-date fairies dance to the music of the radio Date: 1925

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

Siegfried Kills Fafner
Act two : armed with the magic sword Notung, Siegfried kills Fafner, who has taken on the form of a dragon

Merman (Rackham)
A merman on the beach [illustration to The Three Golden Apples] Date: 1922

Boy and Clover - 1
A boy walks through the snow carrying a very large four- leaved clover Date: 1910

Mer-People and God
Merman and mermaid feature in the device of London printer John Rastell = a rare, maybe unique, instance of mer-people depicted as part of Gods creation

No Room for Rumors
NO ROOM FOR RUMORS American World War Two poster

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

Osborne Serpent
Head, shoulders and flippers of the ridged marine creature sighted from the royal yacht Osborne off the coast of Sicily (picture 2 of 2)

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