Folklore Collection (page 6)

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

Stork Brings Baby
A stork brings William Elmer Didelius to his expectant family, on 19 December 1908, carrying 11 lb (about 5 kg) of baby, plus wrapping, in its beak Date: 1908

Within the Magic Circle -- two little girls encounter some fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Pan Nets Mermaid
Pan, fishing, nets a mermaid

Vikings and Mer-Folk
A Viking crew are attacked by mer-people Date: circa 800

Mermaid and Clerk Colvil
Clerk Colvill is seduced by a mermaid in a pool Date: 1915

Mermaid on Beach
Dream and reality Date: 1927

Medieval Mer-Folk
Varieties of medieval mer- people - a Sea-Virgin, a Sea-Monkey and a Sea-Turk Date: 1491

Mojave Maze
Mystic maze of the native American Mojave people, laid out with stones on the desert floor near Needles, California Date: 1923

Andrew Lang (Richmond)
ANDREW LANG Scottish scholar, with special interests in mythology, folklore and the paranormal Date: 1844 - 1912

Green Man (Roxburghe)
The traditional green man of English folklore, here identified with Robin Goodfellow Date: circa 1630

Folklore / Sea Serpent
The Sea-monk a marine monster which looks vaguely human, though probably not as much as Gesner would have us believe Date: 1558

Pauline Serpent
Travellers on the Pauline, en route to Zanzibar, see a whale encircled by this serpent-like creature : the ships chaplain sketches it and Captain Drevar confirms the sighting Date: July 1875

Folklore / Rake Man
LE MONSIEUR DE L ORME RATEAU (The Gentleman of the elm-tree of the Rake) a figure seen in Berry, central France, dressed in smart clothes but carrying a rake, none knows why Date: 1851

Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn, WW1
Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn. The Saturnians contemplate Earth from their rings, and find the sight of war discouraging. Date: 1918

Cartoon, British troops at the Front, WW1
Cartoon, British troops at the Front. Rumour has it that British troops on the Western Front are living in idle luxury, leaving it to the French to do any nasty fighting that has to be done

Silverwhite and a sea troll
Silverwhite confronts a sea troll. Date: 1895

Swedish Nisse in a bedroom
A Swedish Nisse surprises a girl in her bedroom. Date: 1882

Elves and mice. Date: 1910

Martians watching scenes of life on Earth
A group of Martians watching scenes of life on Earth through special viewfinders. Date: 1906

Leap-Year Monster
In Berry, central France, there is a monster who you should try not to see during Leap Year - for if you do, its sure to bring you bad luck Date: 1855

Devon Footprints - Iln 2
Unexplained footprints which appeared overnight in the Devon snow Date: 8 February 1855

Undine by River
Undine by the river-bank

Undine Ashore
Undine comes ashore to the cottage

Spider Eats Man 1890S
A rather large spider finds something nice to eat Date: 1890s

Folklore / Gryphon 1887
A dragon-like Gryphon takes to the air with a sleeping victim Date: 1887

A French wolf charmer
The Wolf-Charmer -- le meneur de loups -- a folklore figure of rural France who is able to tame and control a pack of wolves. Date: 19th century

Epidiceras speciosum (Munster), internal cast of bivalve
Steinkern (internal cast) of a bizarrre rudist bivalve from the Jurassic period. Specimen from the Upper Kimmeridgian rocks, Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany

Crystal apple - cystoid echinoderm
NHM E10. Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhall). Ordovicain, Popouka, St Petersburg, Russia

Testing the Heart by Edmund Blampied
A young woman in peasant dress plays " He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" with a dandelion clock. Date: 1914

Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Lounge of Chateaux Bougival
Friday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet visible in the main lounge of the Chateaux

Illustration depicting a fandango (traditional music and dance). France. Romanticism. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Theatre Museum

Carlos Juliao (1740-1814). Coronation of a king in the celebrations of Kings, Brazil, 18th c. Costumbrism. Watercolour

The Flying Pole. 2nd half 17 c. Viceroyalty of New Spain. Panel screen with genre scenes. Lower detail with pulque drinkers and fight. Mexican School. Oil on canvas. SPAIN

ROMERO, Jos頍ar�Women from Cadiz
ROMERO, Jos頍 aric (1815-1880). Women from Cadiz on the balcony. mid. 19th c. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

El Gato, country dance
PALLIERE, Juan Le󮠨 1823-1887). El Gato, country dance. 1862. Traditional Argentine dance scene. Costumbrism. Litography

DORɬGustave. L Espagne
Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). L Espagne. 1874. Majos and Majas returing the from the Feria del Rocio. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Princess Lachemund
Prinzessin Lachemund, a character from German folklore. Artist: KA Wilke Date: circa 1905

Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Chateaux Bougival
Friday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet in the main lounge of the Chateaux Bougival at

Cottingley Fairy Case - Night Light
An Advert for the Nighlight supposedly used by the Cottingley Fairy children to forge the photos they produced. Date: December 1921

Mount Shasta
Shasta Butte and Shasta valley - this mountain is the subject of native American folklore and features in modern New Age lore. Date: 1857

Benjamin Stone Photo
SIR BENJAMIN STONE statesman - MP for Birmingham - and photographer, notably of folklore customs. Date: 1838 - 1914

Superstition - Ladders
Is walking under a ladder really bad luck? These London pedestrians seem to think! Date: early 1930s

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