Folklore Collection

Baphomet by Eliphas Levi - Equilibrium of Opposites
Baphomet - associated with a " Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Levi (shown here), containing binary elements representing the " sum total of the universe" (e.g)

Baphomet - Equilibrium of Opposites
Baphomet - associated with a " Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Levi (on which this illustration is based)

Fairies dance in a circle - Fairy Ring
He whistled to the merry elves, Were leaping in a ring

Fairies in flight by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

Reconstruction of the Stone circles at Avebury, Wiltshire
Reconstruction (after J. Britton) of the Stone circles at Avebury, Wiltshire - The Great stone circle, it is said, was approached by two avenues of 200 stones each

Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats, WW1
Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats. Two mermaids and two fish are disturbed by a German U-boat which has a face like a shark. Date: 1917

LAMBTON WORM
The Lambton heir kills the loathsome worm, but is cursed because he fails to kill the first living thing he then meets - his own father!

Irish sea serpent off Kilkee, Ireland
A large and frightening sea monster seen by several people off the coast of Kilkee, Ireland. 1871

The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - The Lantern Spectre. A burning paper lamp takes on the aspect of a spectral face - one of a set of Ghosts and Goblins. Date: circa 1810

A fire-breathing dragon - Florence Mary Anderson
" Where are you, my Gaston, " she called. A princess and a fire breathing dragon - illustration by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

Mystical Fog in Fairyland envelopes a Princess
At any moment, in fairyland, mysterious mists are apt to descend and enshroud the Princess and, next thing she knows... well, if you re a Princess, ANYthing can happen - by Florence Mary Anderson

Coventinas well (Roman) Carrawborough, Northumberland Date: 1893

CENTAURS IN INFERNO - 2
A band of Centaurs seen by Virgil and Dante in the course of their tour of Inferno

Maypole dancing Blists Hill, Shropshire -1
Children in traditional costumes celebrate May Day as they dance around the Maypole at Blists Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Date: 1990

Tonguestone (sharks tooth) with lateral denticles
Tooth of the extinct shark (Lamna obliqua Agassiz). Specimen orgininating from the London Clay (Eocene), Sheppey, Kent

A Woman standing in the trunk of the Major Oak, Sherwood Forest near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hoods shelter where he and his merry men slept

KEXY, FAIRY FROG FRIEND
Kexy, friend of fairies Date: late 19th century

YOUNG GIANTESS PLAYS
Travellers in the German countryside suddenly find that they have become the playthings of a young giantess

In the Fairy Ring - Florence Mary Anderson
A group of small, fairy children and elves dance around a larger fairy ballerina - by Florence Mary Anderson. 1918

Witch Airborne by Florence Mary Anderson
A witch flies through the air with her companions by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood tricks the Sheriff of Nottingham (and robs him of his gold). circa 1195

Altdorf, Switzerland - Statue of William Tell
1910

Demons in Hell
Demons frolicking in their home in Hell

DEMONIC HANDPRINT
DEVIL Sign of the Devil on persons back Date: 1897

WILLIAM THOMS Folklorist, credited with inventing the word folklore Date: 1803 - 1885

Maypole dancing Blists Hill, Shropshire -2
Children in traditional costumes celebrate May Day as they dance around the Maypole at Blists Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Date: 1990

Esmilda consoled by sympathetic swans
Esmilda, sitting unhappily at the waters edge, is consoled by sympathising swans

Children are wafted in a magic bubble or sphere
The children are wafted in a magic bubble or sphere - by Florence Mary Anderson

Fairy Time - A seated fairy blows a dandelion head
Fairy Time - A seated fairy queen blowing the seeds off a dandelion seed head, whilst two sprites rest nearby under two toadstools Date: 1939

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach silhouette from Divine Youth series
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach silhouette from the Divine Youth series - a weightlifter. Date: 1911

Aztec statue of a seated man - fire deity Huehueteotl
Aztec statue of a seated man, possibly a representation of the fire deity Huehueteotl. Artist unknown; Late Classic period (900-1521 CE)

Fairies dancing in a circle beneath the trees

Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving

Dance beside the Bridge over the Manzanares Channel, 1784
Francisco Bayeu y Subias (1734-1795). Spanish painter. Dance beside the Bridge over the Manzanares Channel, 1784. Detail. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid). History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Kissing the RALE Blarney Stone - a window has replaced the stone....!! Date: circa 1909

Les Korrigans
A sketch showing a group of korrigan, a fairy or dwarf like creature from Breton folklore, bounding around the central female figure who is placed under the large, flat rock. Date: circa 1901

Poland. Mazoviens, Highlanders, Lithuanians, Cracowians
Poland. From left to right: 1- Mazoviens, 2- Highlanders, 3- Lithuanians, 4- Cracowians. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Santander wet nurse, 1856, by Valeriano Dominguez Becquer
Valeriano Dominguez Becquer(1833-1870). Spanish painter. Santander wet nurse, 1856. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Zwierzyniec Hobby-Horse, c. 1881, by Hipolit Lipinski
Hipolit Lipinski (1846-1884). Polish painter. Zwierzyniec Hobby-Horse, c.1881. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Three wise monkeys at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan
The three wise monkeys - a 17th-century carving at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan carved by Hidari Jingoro - hear no evil (Kikazaru), speak no evil (Iwazaru), see no evil (Mizaru)

Eucidaris tribuloides, sea urchin
Dead sea urchin (Eucidaris tribuloides) showing spines attached to test. From Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). D�de los muertos en M鸩co. El jarabe en ultratumba (Day of the Dead in Mexico). Contemporary Art. Engraving

Mythical Sea Serpent
A huge sea serpent attacking a ship

Figures of Gog and Magog, guardians set up in the Guilhall, London, after the fire

Folklore - Sea Serpent
The Sea-monk a marine monster which looks vaguely human. Date: 1558

FARIES & DEAD CHILD 1922
They stole little Bridget, ...they thought that she was fast asleep, but was dead with sorrow...they have kept her ever since, watching till she wake... Date: 1922

DEMONS SEIZE DEAD SOUL
The soul of a recently deceased person is seized by demons who drag him down to Hell. Date: 16th century

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