Fantasy folklore

Happy Faerie Friday 🧚 #fairies #folklore #mythology #faeries #bookstagram #fantasy #ireland #irishfolklore

Happy Faerie Friday 🧚 #fairies #folklore #mythology #faeries #bookstagram #fantasy #ireland #irishfolklore

These legends, along with other Slavic folklore, were with me since my childhood in Russia. Obviously, the fern doesn’t have flowers, and people knew about that — but it doesn’t interfere with the idea of its magical flower, as well as of other legendary herbs I mention here… So, my magic is also deeply irrational. My background is searching for the fern flower even knowing that it doesn’t exist… and still, for me, it does. ✍🏼 True magic (to try my favorite magical practice) With love…

Blarney Woollen Mills tells the tale of the classic Irish legend - the Children of Lir. The story is rich in Irish folklore, myths and magic.

Probably the most ancient cult, along with the cult of the ancestors🌳 An important thing to be said about all my Slavic folklore and mythology posts: the names, the terms, the traditions strongly vary. There is no monolith canonical lore. There are a lot of places, peoples, cultures, local variations, etc. To summarize it I sometimes need to oversimplify things, and I am sorry for that. When I read anthropological research, I see that even two different families living in the same village…

My pictures for Mythbook 3 Prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/yuuliya/

This is what's written in Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You about Hobgoblins. Similar to goblins in appearance, hobgoblins, or hobs as they are sometimes called, are a less malicious and more mischievous type of faerie. Friendly and sometimes even helpful, hobgoblins still have a penchant for pranks ranging from annoying to infuriating. They are most fond of stealing trinkets and food, but they also enjoy tripping people and otherwise causing amusing…

Illustration based on Slavic mythology and a fairy tale about a girl who can turn into a lynx.

Titania queen of the fairies