Maja K

I'm mostly here to read (about books, cats, art, myths, fairytales and British comedy) , only occasionally to tweet.

[Why you should have a cat @ShouldHaveCat]

if you've ever wondered exactly what cats do with their paws and limbs when they loaf here you go

[ArtNouveauDeco @NouveauDeco]

Art Deco poster from the early 1930s for French airline company Aéropostale promoting travel to Casablanca, Morocco.

[Lego Lost At Sea @LegoLostAtSea]

First image: Greek Cycladic marble figure, circa 2500-2400 BCE. Second image: Plastic figure of Kronk, The Emperor's New Groove, McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 2000, found on a Cornish beach, early 2023.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Postcards produced by Hildebrands (a leading German chocolate company of the time) in the 1900s about how life would be in 2000. (1/2)

[Putri Prihatini @BlogTolkien]

My favorite Javanese cat manuscript is back for #FolkloreSunday "cats" week! In Serat Katuranggan Kucing, specific cat types have characteristics that may affect those who keep them. The manuscript describes various types of cats in tembang (verses to sing). 1/10

[Titania @TitaniasRealm]

The wonderful witches of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960)

#FairyTaleTuesday

[ArtNouveauDeco @NouveauDeco]

Bond in Art Nouveau style from 1898 designed by famous Czech artist Alfons Mucha.

[Historygirl @janeyellene]

Arthur Conan Doyle and his first wife Louise on a bicycle made for two in 1892
Colourised by JM colours.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Skating ensemble, 1890s. FIDM Museum.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Two ladies making a snow lady. Photographed in 1891.

[Maja K @MajaKn]

I got this replica of a charming Christmas card from cca 1913 free with a newspaper and I'm treasuring it. @weird_christmas

[Chris Randall @ultrapeakschris]

My first Brocken Spectre. Creepy to see it out the corner of my eye and think it was someone else moving

[Maja K @MajaKn]

#FolkloreSunday

[Maja K @MajaKn]

Growing up in former Yugoslavia, I was taught that it was bad manners to gift someone an even number of flowers. It was only as an adult that I learned that this wasn't the case all around the world. #folklorethursday

[Edward Burne-Jones @BurneJonesArt]

Mermaid With Her Offspring #burnejones #romanticism https://t.co/GahvzdUdsb

[Morgan Daimler @MorganDaimler]

updated and expanded my article on euphemisms for fairies
https://t.co/nlgPEQZGqr

[Putri Prihatini @BlogTolkien]

"The Fire-writing" (circa 1953), a handwritten proof of Tolkien's efforts in perfecting the Elvish inscription around the One Ring (complete with the ink drop stain too).

Red and black ink, pencil.

- The Tolkien Trust

#Tolkien #LOTR

[Dr Ella Hawkins @EllaMcHawk]

2021: a biscuit (cookie) retrospective. 🍪

Thys 🧵 beginneth wyth these illuminated manuscript morsels. All painted by hand and flavoured with orange, cardamom & vanilla. (1/?)

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

The automobile of 1973 as imagined in 1923 on the cover of Science and Invention magazine.

[Maja K @MajaKn]

The Dance of the Dead in Late Mediaeval art tells us that Death comes for everyone - king, queen, knight or peasant. This fresco is from Beram in Istria, Croatia, painted by Vincent of Kastav in 1474. #FolkloreThursday #Halloween