Felfa’s Fairy Fiefdom

Fairy Queen of my own secret realm, aka The Pixie of Pocket Nook, here to share love, joy and enchantment by posting all things magical, miraculous and mystical

[Felfa’s Fairy Fiefdom @FelfaF]

#FolkloreSunday
In Celtic mythology deer are connected to the fairy realm or Otherworld. They are messengers associated with spirits, or gods who may shape shift into the form of deer. Some tales say they are “fairy cattle" herded and milked by an otherworldly woman.

[Red House in the Woods 🏡 @Art__Paintings]

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

A helping hand
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[currer bell ໒꒱ @lucypaulluvrr]

as much as i love the train station scene in the 2004 miniseries, north and south’s original ending brought to life in the 1975 adaptation is just as beautiful

[Alexandra Epps @ArtGuideAlex]

Morning..
#ClaireArmitage

[L.M. Montgomery 🍁 @LMMontgomeryLS]

But everything in the landscape around them spoke of autumn. The sea was roaring hollowly in the distance, the fields were bare and sere, scarfed with golden rod…and the Lake of Shining Waters was blue — blue — blue

ANNE OF THE ISLAND
#LMMontgomery
🎨 Jo Grundy @jo_grundy_art

[Flamenco Nut 🍄 @flamencobug]

"Avalek (Fairy Play)" #illustration #art by Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857–1914, Norwegian) #FairyTaleTuesday

[Felfa’s Fairy Fiefdom @FelfaF]

#WordsOnWednesday
In Greek mythology the River Styx separates the Underworld and the world of the living. Charon the ferry man transports the souls of the dead across the river Styx, from this earthly world to the Underworld.
🖼️Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#WordsOnWednesday
“ She turned her back upon the throne where, well she knew, the Ruler of the Dead, Lord of her body and being.” – A. D. Hope, The Return of Persephone.
Led by Hermes Persephone, Queen of the Underworld and Hades’ lover, leaves them both to return to her mother.

[Daily Dose of Art @aDose_of_Art]

The Alchemist, 1888,
by Eduard Haaga (German 1846-1911).

[Nina Antonia @NinaAntonia13]

November is the month of 'Holy Souls.' Some believe that butterflies & moths are transmigrating souls on their way from this world to the next so treat them kindly should they pass. (art Frank McNab, contemporary) #FairytaleTuesday

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#FairyTaleTuesday
Norse myth tells of valkyries riding battlefields gathering the heroic dead to lead them to Valhalla. Observe the image, the poppies at the Valkyrie’s feet, symbols of Remembrance worn in November to honour and respect the sacrifice of our own fallen heroes.

[Felfa’s Fairy Fiefdom @FelfaF]

#FairyTaleTuesday
In Norse mythology the god Odin known as the Allfather, ruler of Asgard, is a master of wisdom, war and magic. Legend tells that he sacrificed one of his eyes that he may drink from the well of wisdom and improve his knowledge.
🖼️Georg von Rosen.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

The Ladybird Look.
The statement raincoat (1960)

Artist: Harry Wingfield

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#MythologyMonday
Will-o’-the-wisps, ghostly orbs of light seen in the darkness of night. Fairies, or lost souls who could enter neither Heaven nor Hell fated to wander the earth forever. Appearing as a welcome light, they seek to lead the unwary to their death.
🎨Frank C. Papé.

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

Owls & other creatures of the night forest, by Clara McCallister.

#MythologyMonday #OwlishMonday

[Therese Taylor @ThereseTaylor12]

The Erinyes, or the Furies, pursued people who had done wrong. 'Sophocles calls them the daughters of Gæa and Scotos (darkness of night). Æschylus simply terms them the daughters of the Night.'
https://t.co/xf2r9bbNbR
#MythologyMonday

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#FolkloreSunday
Welsh lore tells of “Y Tylwyth Teg” — the fairies. Within there exists “y bwabach” a household fairy whose appearance is goblin like, similar to the English brownie. Mostly helpful, he assists with the daily chores of the household for a clean, comfortable home.

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#ShakespeareSunday
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
Macbeth, Act I Scene 4.

[Isabel @IsabelVasques7]

🎨Anna Whelan Betts (1873-1959)
Couple Walking Through The Snow

[Once Upon A Time @Art_VintageNH]

Night and Sleep, 1878 ~ Evelyn de Morgan