Folk Lore Collection (page 8)

Fighting Big Birds
The pigmies of Greenland do battle with big birds : but what is the basis for this extraordinary depiction ?

Giant Serpent Slain
Fridleus slays a giant serpent

Germany / Kloster Chorin
Kloster Chorin in the snow

Old Hag - Stratton
A typical old hag - old women such as her are liable to be accused of practising black magic and witchcraft

Rats Leaving a Ship
Rats are said to leave a doomed ship

Good Luck Signs
Various items symbolising good luck - apparently, the number 13 is lucky for some !

Bevis and Ascaparte
The giant Ascaparte, vanquished by Sir Bevis, becomes his page, depicted here carrying his lady on board a ship - from Coplands Sir Beuys of Hampton

Folklore / Adamastor
At the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India

Moon Studies Earth
Inhabitants of the Moon, studying life on Earth, conclude that our human wars must be some kind of attempt to prevent the planet cooling

Classical Dragon
A classical dragon breathes fire

Gremlins and Aircraft
Gremlins tease the crew of an American Flying Fortress bomber

Abducted by a Bear
A lady is abducted by a bear in medieval Scandinavia

the Journey (Reid)
Niam of the Golden Hair takes Oisin to her fathers land - the Land Oversea which is delightful beyond all dreams - there with wild honey drip the forest trees

Shooting Star Fairy
What you think are shooting stars are really long-haired fairies swooping across the skies

A Fairy Song 1926
A fairy song

Stork / Baby / Anderson
A stork flies over the rooftops to bring a baby in a basket. Date: 1920

Stork Brings Baby 1912
A stork surprises a couple with a baby - again!

Dragon (Mandeville)
Sir John Mandeville encountered flying dragons in the course of his unbelievably remarkable travels

Folklore / Fauns
Scandinavians battle with fauns

Aladdin Summons Genie
After rubbing the lamp, Aladdin comes face-to-face with a huge genie of a frightful appearance

Girl with Fairies 1926
A young girl plays with her fairy friends unnoticed, while her mother sleeps and her brother reads. The cat though seems suitably surprised!

German Gnomes
German gnomes are busy little fellows, who do many useful jobs as well as enjoying themselves

Valiant Tailor & Giant
His road led him up a hill, and when he reached the highest point of it he found a great giant sitting there

Fairies in Garden
A little girl encounters a caravan of fairies at the bottom of her garden

Paracelsus & Demons
The physician Paracelsus (real name Bombast, 1493-1541) is assailed by demons in the form of larvae

Demon & Horse Shoe
A cottager nails a horse-shoe over his front door, thereby frustrating the Devil who is lurking nearby with evil intentions

The Raspberry Worm
Two little girls meet a gnome whilst out picnicking in a forest

Exit the Devil
EXIT THE DEVIL Trevor Dearing (exorcist, portrayed on this cover)

Beware the Devil
BEWARE THE DEVIL Robert Lee

Pixies Carnival
The pixies carnival

Drake Book Cover
W Raymond Drakes book Gods and Spacemen throughout history in which he argues that we have been visited on a continual basis by peoples of other worlds

Proverbs / Mice Will Play
When the cats away the mice will play

Willow Tree Fairy
LA FEE DES SAULES The willow tree fairy, a Flemish entity

Folklore / Phooka
The PHOOKA is an Irish spirit horse which is apt to take its rider to places they would rather not go to

Folklore / Banshees
An Irish BANSHEE sits dolefully by a river, sometimes weeping, sometimes wailing

Brian & the Ocean Nymphs
The hero (in this instance, the Irish hero Finn) encounters otherworldly creatures, who seem to be friendly - but can they be trusted ?

Men-An-Tol Stones
Men-An-Tol standing stones, Penzance, Cornwall

Babylonian Dragon
Dragon, supposedly worshipped by the Babylonians

Mermaid of Angola
Sailors sighted this mermaid off the coast of Angola

DIABOLUS seeks to distract the pilgrims from their progress

Tempted Lady
Temptation at the dressing- table

Ruined Castle
The crumbling ruins of a mighty castle stand on the cliffs edge, dreaming of days gone by and battles long ago

Scene in Lemuria
Technological development in Lemuria was quite advanced, according to author Burtt : their warships and their architecture were not so very different from our own

Folklore / Lubins
LES LUBINS - entities of Berry, central france - inoffensive creatures who lurk near cemeteries, and can be heard chatting in an unknown tongue

COCKAIGNE
The wondrous Land of Cockaigne, where all the girls are willing and all the beer is free

Spouting Whale-Fish
A spouting WHALE-FISH suckles its young, while a SEA-PIG watches with interest

Fairies Dancing
A group of fairies dancing in a ring close to the doorway of their fairy mound

Folklore / Hare-Witch
The hare-witch of Berry, central France; sometimes they are thought to be malevolent humans who have disguised themselves

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