Folklore Collection (page 5)

Piaroas ceremonial masks. 1960. Venezuela
Piaroas ceremonial masks: Spirit of the Forest (Redyo), monkey and Peccary mask. 1960. Venezuela. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Arcadia (Sannazaro)
Shepherd, Cowherd and Goatherd meet on the plains of Arcadia; galleys ply the waters, flowers strew the meadows, and the music of the musette alarms a dog Date: circa 1500

Klingsors Castle
KLINGSORs CASTLE The sinister home of the evil magician Klingsor, featured in Wagners opera Parsifal

Dinner Party with Thirteen People
THIRTEEN AT TABLE - the hostesss ultimate nightmare ! Date: 1925

Wind Elves teasing a child
Wind Elves tease a child by blowing the blackberries out of her reach. Date: 1917

Imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn
An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn. The unstable surface would be impracticable except for light, insect-like life forms who would have to breathe a gaseous atmosphere. Date: 1939

Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune
The imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune have to put up with an unstable surface which is largely liquid, a dense atmosphere, very high gravity, and chemical storms. Date: 1940

Hobgoblins, c. 1610
Hobgoblins - a variety of strange creatures, c.1610. Date: C.1610

Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - Interior
Quote from The Kalevala (Kalewala) a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology

Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c. ). Carriage of Prince Genji
Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c.). Carriage of Prince Genji. Illustration from the book Genji Monogatari Emaki (The Tale of Genji) by Murasaki Shikibu. Japanese art. Momoyama period. Painting

The Devil corrupting a group of nuns
Engraving from Thomas Glanvilles " Saducismus Triumphatos", depicting the Devil corrupting a group of nuns. The book affirmed the existence of witches with malign supernatural magical

Swimming a Witch
The art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but

Clypeus ploti, fossil echinoid
Fossil echinoid also known as a poundstone from the Jurassic period Trigonia Grit, Aylworth, U.K

Father Christmas at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Old Father Christmas attended by a motley group under the direction of the Lord of Misrule 1859. Photograph by Hudson and Kearns 1859

The Blue Bird for Happiness by M. Maeterlinck
The Blue Bird for Happiness by Belgian playwright Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, translated by A. Texeira de Mattos. First produced at the Haymarket Theatre on 8th December 1909

A Fairy Serenade - Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom
A Fairy Serenade - A Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom belting out some love songs for his girl... Date: 1920s

The First Born by Mary Y. Hunter. A new Mother tenderly cradles her infant son whilst a small girl fairy whispers words of advise (or comfort?). Date: 1912

Yosyp Stadnyk - Ukranian Theatre director and actor
Yosyp Stadnyk (1876-1954) - Theatre director and actor. Stadnyk played over 100 roles, mostly character roles in a realist style, in plays by Mykhailo Starytsky, Marko Kropyvnytsky

Museum of Brussels (Maison du Roi et des Corporation)
The Museum of the City of Brussels (French Mus饠 de la ville de Bruxelles, Dutch Museum van de Stad Brussel) is a museum on the Grand Place square in Brussels, Belgium

Carnival of Venice. Masks. Italy

Warsaw Mermaid, 1855, by Konstanty Hegel (1799-1876). Poland
Poland. Warsaw. Market Square. Warsaw Mermaid, 1855, by Konstanty Hegel (1799-1876)

Spanish emigrants on board a ship heading toward Argentina. Brabant engraving for The Enlightenment, 1887. Colored

Holy henhouse. Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. La
Gothic art. Holy henhouse, carved stone cabin in the late Gothic, home to a cock and a hen in memory of the miracle occurred, according to tradition. Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Kemans (Violin). Greece
KEMANS. Museum of Greek Folk Instruments. Athens. Greece

Lute. XIX century. Greece
Lute of the end of XIX century decorated in ivory. Museum of Greek Folk Instruments. Athens. Greece

Viololyra. XIX century. Heraklion. Crete. Greece
VIOLOLYRA dates from the interwar period. It comes from Heraklion (Crete). Museum of Greek Folk Instruments. Athens. Greece

Thomas Crofton Croker
THOMAS CROFTON CROKER Irish antiquary, author of the classic folklore collection Irish fairy legends : this portrait done in 1831. Date: 1798 - 1854

Roderich Benedix - 3
RODERICH JULIUS BENEDIX German writer and collector of German folklore and folksongs, circa 1870. Date: 1811 - 1873

Roderich Benedix - 2
RODERICH JULIUS BENEDIX German writer and collector of German folklore and folksongs, in 1852. with his autograph Date: 1811 - 1873

Roderich Benedix
RODERICH JULIUS BENEDIX German writer, an enthusiastic collection of German folklore and folksongs. Date: 1811 - 1873

Superstition / Throw Salt
If you spill some salt you must throw it over your left shoulder or else you will have bad luck Date: 1960s

Fairy tale, Jack the Giant Killer
An illustration to the fairy tale, Jack the Giant Killer -- Jack blows his horn at the door of the Giants castle. Two dragons lurk round the corner, breathing fire, while a lizard

Mermaid and Spaniard
A Spanish fisherman nets a mermaid, but she begs him to throw her back into the sea Date: 15th century

Stork : Get it Up
The stork says En l air ! (Get it up !) encouraging French parents to replenish the population after World War Two Date: 1950s

The Frog Suitor
Woman is courted by a frog - but can she be sure he is really a prince in disguise ? (Theres a pun on the French word pretendant which means both suitor and impostor) Date: 1919

Light at End of Tunnel
Light at the end of the tunnel. Date: 1853

Sea Serpent and Mermaid
A sea serpent mounted by a mermaid Date: 1897

Dragon of Mons, 1132
Gilles de Chin slays the Dragon of Mons, aided by his dogs and a mysterious Woman in White Date: 1132

HUGE CRABS
Sailors, shipwrecked on their way to India, catch and eat huge crabs Date: circa 1600

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

Girl and Horseshoe
A girl stands in the snow holding a giant horseshoe to wish you a good New Year Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, The Interview, WW1
Cartoon, The Interview. A professor on another planet gives a journalist his views on life on Earth. On the subject of the First World War, the journalist asks: Who will be the winner, people or fire

Folklore / Ring
POLYCRATES, TYRANT OF SAMOS throws a precious ring into the sea, to ward off ill luck, but a fisherman finds it and brings it to him - and soon Polycrates is murdered... Date: circa 515 BC

Deserted Castle
A deserted castle overlooks a moonlit river. It is doubtless haunted by ghosts - perhaps thats why it is deserted ? Date: 1875

Monster from China
A monster depicted in a Chinese porcelain figure

Folklore / Sphinx
An Egyptian sphinx in her original state - with hair, a nose, claws and seemingly clothing covering her chest

A Mer-Family
A Mer-mother and her mer- children peer over a gentlemans shoulder to find out whats going on in the world Date: 1903

Sea Serpent / 1875 Brazil
A sperm whale is attacked by a sea serpent off the coast of Brazil (witnessed by captain and crew of the Pauline ) Date: 13th July 1875

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