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#folklorefaces In Canto XIII of his 'Inferno',Dante envisages the wood where the suicides have their punishment in the 7th ring of Hell infested with harpies:
'Here the repellent harpies make their nests...
They have broad wings,with razor sharp talons and a human neck and face'
More #folklorefaces by Polish photographer Marcin Nagraba in collaboration with Polish artist/ costume designer Agnieszka Osipa.
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Portraits taken by Polish photographer Marcin Nagraba in collaboration with Polish artist/ costume designer Agnieszka Osipa; they intend to present a view of ancient Slavic people, referencing dark folklore, mythology, pagan rituals. #FolkloreFaces #photography.
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PUCK FLEEING BEFORE THE DAWN. David Scott's extraordinary depiction of the mischievous Puck curled up in a ball hurtling through the night sky (1837) shows the many #gothic element of Victorian #Fairy Painting. Puck avoids light & embraces darkness in the woods #FolkloreFaces
Janus was the two-faced Roman god of doorways, passages, and time, esp. beginnings and endings. He had a shrine in the Forum, the doors of which were opened at the start of war and closed at the end (which happened rarely). #FolkloreFaces #FolkloreThursday #AncientRome
In central Greece runs the river Herkyna. This river was named after its guardian, the naiad Herkyna (Ἕρκυνα). Her name means "guard dog" or "she who wards off".
Sculptor: Spyros Gourgiotis
#FolkloreFaces #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreFaces In Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937), the Queen's transformation into the Witch was inspired by 1931's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', to which Disney made specific reference in story meetings.
LA BELLE DAME SAN MERCI
I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful—a faery’s child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.
JOHN KEATS 1819 #FolkloreFaces
Image Waterhouse 1893
People have imagined #FolkloreFaces in the skies since time immemorial...
'L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune / The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon' (1907) dir. Georges Méliès.
GOBLIN MARKET 1862 #FolkloreFaces
One had a cat's face,
One whisked a tail,
One tramped at a rat' pace,
One crawled like a snail,
One like a wombat prowled obtuse and furry,
One like a ratel tumbled hurry skurry
illustrated Arthur #Rackham 1933; Dante Gabrielle #Rossetti 1865
Physical transformations in folktales are often symbolic of a character's internal journey or indicate their negative or unattractive traits...
'Morozko / Морозко / Jack Frost' (1964) dir. Aleksandr Rou. #FolkloreFaces
#FolkloreFaces 'Faces in the Mirror: The Urban Legend of Bloody Mary' by
@JStubbersfield https://t.co/FASOmOClWL
The famed yōkai, Noppera-bō (or faceless ghost) introduces our #FolkloreFaces theme with style --- based upon an urban legend of the Edo period (1603-1868):
'Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo' (1957) dir. Gorô Kadono.
Thanks for voting, good people of twitter... #FolkloreFaces it is; but only by a chin. *ahem* We'll start things off in a week or so. 👺
Does anyone have a preference for our next theme? Feel free to add your own theme and film suggestions. :)
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