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Brownies - sensitive house spirits

Brownies are house spirits which can be roughly classified as fairies. A typical brownie has the role of a helper but his view on house chores is pretty specific. Traditionally he works for the owners of the house by night, do what he (it looks male gender is in majority among brownies) is in the mood for (not as the master of the house might prefer) and is not always nice.

Tall Illustration

Spiderwick Chronicles

Vogue Magazine Covers

I am in love with this pagan portraiture series from photographer Henry Bourne—and frankly a little jealous! While we Americans are left with trace amounts of pagan iconography like Easter bunnies and Christmas trees (all retrofitted to modern Christianity, of course), in the UK, Celtic, Germanic, and early Christian rituals are still celebrated with weird costumes and face paint! I’m also pleasantly surprised to see that they’ve manage to avoid the hippie raver trappings of something like... Early Christian, British Folklore, Pagan Festivals, Crazy Costumes, Queer As Folk, Folk Festival, Festival Costumes, Folk Costume, Old English

British pagan festival costumes are avant-garde high fashion surrealism

I am in love with this pagan portraiture series from photographer Henry Bourne—and frankly a little jealous! While we Americans are left with trace amounts of pagan iconography like Easter bunnies and Christmas trees (all retrofitted to modern Christianity, of course), in the UK, Celtic, Germanic, and early Christian rituals are still celebrated with weird costumes and face paint! I’m also pleasantly surprised to see that they’ve manage to avoid the hippie raver trappings of something like…

Early Christian

British Folklore

Pagan Festivals

Festival Costumes

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Oak Apple Day English Traditions

The history of the Oak Apple Day in England. English traditions and customs.

British Folklore

English Clothes

British Heritage

Weird And Wonderful

lady of the lake Speed, Lancelot (1860-1931), "The Lady of the Lake" from: The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights . 9th edition. Ed. Sir James Knowles, K. C. V. O. London; New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1912 King Arthur's Knights, The Lady Of The Lake, Mists Of Avalon, Roi Arthur, Lady Of The Lake, Arthurian Legend, Martin Parr, Pre Raphaelite, Fairytale Art

Lady of the Lake

lady of the lake Speed, Lancelot (1860-1931), "The Lady of the Lake" from: The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights . 9th edition. Ed. Sir James Knowles, K. C. V. O. London; New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1912

Thomas Forrister

King Arthur's Knights

The Lady Of The Lake

Mists Of Avalon

Lady Of The Lake

Arthurian Legend

pixie (English folklore) -- Encyclopedia Britannica Pixie, also spelled pixy, in the folklore of southwestern England, tiny elflike spirit or mischievous fairy dressed in green who dances in the moonlight to the music of frogs and crickets. Its favourite pastimes are leading travelers astray and frightening young maidens. Pixies also delight in rapping on walls, blowing out candles, and playing in water. " Pixie Folklore, Kaye Fierch, Household Spirits, Mischievous Fairy, English Folklore, English Culture, Encyclopedia Britannica, Cornish Pixie, Fae Folk

Pixie | English folklore

pixie, also spelled pixy, in the folklore of southwestern England, tiny elflike spirit or mischievous fairy dressed in green who dances in the moonlight to the music of frogs and crickets. Its favourite pastimes are leading travelers astray and frightening young maidens. Pixies also delight in rapping on walls, blowing out candles, and playing in water. Pixies were first discussed at some length by British novelist Mrs. Anna Eliza Bray in The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, 3 vol. (1837)…

Household Spirits

Mischievous Fairy

English Folklore

English Culture

Encyclopedia Britannica

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Celtic Mythology

The Changeling by Arthur Rackham

Celtic Mythology

English Folklore

British Landscape

Legendary Creature

North Waltham Mummers, Hampshire, c. 1949 (Photographer: Douglas Dickins). Mummers’ Plays are a form of traditional drama, usually performed in the streets with a small but varied cast including St. George, the Turk, a doctor, and sometimes Santa Claus. Most mummers’ plays feature a combat scene in which a combatant is wounded or killed and then miraculously revived by the doctor. The costume varies from region to region, but those in Hampshire are known for their “tattered” jackets. British Costume, Pagan Rituals, Traditional Song, The Turk, Folk Dance, New Museum, Traditional English, Folk Costume, Wonderful World

Let us introduce you to the weird and wonderful world of English folk customs

The English Folk Dance and Song Society introduces you to the wonderful world of British folk customs by delving into their photographic collection From its abundance of traditional songs, tunes and dances, to its strange but locally revered calendar customs, English communities...

The Curious One

British Costume

Traditional Song

Traditional English

Wonderful World

Free Daily Tarotscope — Apr 20, 2015 — Ace of Stones -- Coming on the heels of yesterday’s Star card — and its relationship to how and where you fit into the cosmos — today’s Solar ingress into Taurus brings you back down to earth, shifting your focus to the tangible, manifest world. (more)... Wild Wood Tarot, Whimsy Woods, Wildwood Tarot, Pet Psychic, Tarot Decks Art, Sacred Masculine, Ace Of Pentacles, Tarot Gifts, Tarot Card Decks

Free Daily Tarotscope -- Apr 20, 2015 -- Ace of Stones

Today's tarotscope -- Ace of Stones -- featuring the Wildwood Tarot, by Mark Ryan, John Matthews and Will Worthington, published by Sterling Ethos.

Wild Wood Tarot

Tarot Decks Art

Sacred Masculine

Ace Of Pentacles

Tarot Card Decks

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Magic Limitations

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Magic Limitations

Celtic Fairy Aesthetic

Ravens Reference

Faerie Folklore

Irish Mythology Creatures

Irish Mythical Creatures

American Myths (urban Legends)

The Fantastic Beasts That Might Be Living In Your Home | Higgypop Paranormal Brownie Mythical Creature, British Mythology, Folklore Stories, Novel Tips, Fantasy People, House Elf, Folklore Art, Irish Folklore, Old Hag

The Fantastic Beasts That Might Be Living In Your Home

From boggarts to banshee, there's a good chance you might have a real-life fantastic beast living in your house. These are the creatures you might find...

Brownie Mythical Creature

British Mythology

Folklore Stories