Three Ravens Podcast
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A history, mythology and folklore podcast. Gather round the campfire and listen in! https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast
We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
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Thanks for such a busy #FolkyFriday gang! Was great to see new faces this week. Let's keep the hashtag growing until things get more folky! 🖤
Our theme next week, on 21/11, will be "Folkloric Games and Riddles - including Board Game Recommendations!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then!
Our theme next week, on 21/11, will be "Folkloric Games and Riddles - including Board Game Recommendations!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then!
For our 50th Local Legends interview episode we've rustled up author and award-winning storyteller Michael Harvey, and made him talk about the extremely dreamy Welsh county of #Radnorshire! 🖤
If you didn't hear our main Radnorshire episode, it came out last Monday.
GROOOONK!!!
If you didn't hear our main Radnorshire episode, it came out last Monday.
GROOOONK!!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
For our 50th Local Legends interview episode we've rustled up author and award-winning storyteller Michael Harvey, and made him talk about the extremely dreamy Welsh county of #Radnorshire! 🖤
If you didn't hear our main Radnorshire episode, it came out last Monday.
GROOOONK!!!
If you didn't hear our main Radnorshire episode, it came out last Monday.
GROOOONK!!!
Thanks for such a busy #FolkyFriday gang! Was great to see new faces this week. Let's keep the hashtag growing until things get more folky! 🖤
Our theme next week, on 21/11, will be "Folkloric Games and Riddles - including Board Game Recommendations!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then!
Our theme next week, on 21/11, will be "Folkloric Games and Riddles - including Board Game Recommendations!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thanks for such a busy #FolkyFriday gang! Was great to see new faces this week. Let's keep the hashtag growing until things get more folky! 🖤
Our theme next week, on 21/11, will be "Folkloric Games and Riddles - including Board Game Recommendations!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then!
Our theme next week, on 21/11, will be "Folkloric Games and Riddles - including Board Game Recommendations!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then!
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#FolkyFriday
After Macsen Wledig dreams of a woman in a far off land, he spends years literally pursuing the "Woman of His Dreams" - losing his lands & the loyalty of his people - before his obsession leads him to his love, who helps him regain his status.
[Mabinogion]
🎨T Prytherch & Unknown Artist
After Macsen Wledig dreams of a woman in a far off land, he spends years literally pursuing the "Woman of His Dreams" - losing his lands & the loyalty of his people - before his obsession leads him to his love, who helps him regain his status.
[Mabinogion]
🎨T Prytherch & Unknown Artist
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#FolkyFriday
After Macsen Wledig dreams of a woman in a far off land, he spends years literally pursuing the "Woman of His Dreams" - losing his lands & the loyalty of his people - before his obsession leads him to his love, who helps him regain his status.
[Mabinogion]
🎨T Prytherch & Unknown Artist
After Macsen Wledig dreams of a woman in a far off land, he spends years literally pursuing the "Woman of His Dreams" - losing his lands & the loyalty of his people - before his obsession leads him to his love, who helps him regain his status.
[Mabinogion]
🎨T Prytherch & Unknown Artist
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Ogun Oru is a traditional explanation for nocturnal disturbances among the Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria; ogun oru ("nocturnal warfare") involves an acute night-time disturbance that is culturally attributed to demonic infiltration of the body and psyche during dreaming.
#FolkyFriday 🧵
#FolkyFriday 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ogun Oru is a traditional explanation for nocturnal disturbances among the Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria; ogun oru ("nocturnal warfare") involves an acute night-time disturbance that is culturally attributed to demonic infiltration of the body and psyche during dreaming.
#FolkyFriday 🧵
#FolkyFriday 🧵
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I spy the Beast of Gévaudan in the photos. It’s one of my favorite beast stories!
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I spy the Beast of Gévaudan in the photos. It’s one of my favorite beast stories!
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The Malleus Maleficarum taught that the same evil power that allowed witches to fly also was the cause of sleepwalking. It warned that demons could lead sleepers off of roofs and to their deaths.
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The Somnambulist - John Everett Millais by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Malleus Maleficarum taught that the same evil power that allowed witches to fly also was the cause of sleepwalking. It warned that demons could lead sleepers off of roofs and to their deaths.
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www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3534... #art #FolkyFriday #homedecor #gifts #mythology #folklore
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Ravens and foxes were said to dream through the leanest months, wandering other worlds until hunger woke them again. Dreaming was survival. #FolkyFriday
Art: LD Wildlife
Art: LD Wildlife
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ravens and foxes were said to dream through the leanest months, wandering other worlds until hunger woke them again. Dreaming was survival. #FolkyFriday
Art: LD Wildlife
Art: LD Wildlife
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4/4 To repel demons or vampires, throw poppy seeds in your wake. They will be compelled to gather & count the seeds, allowing you to escape.
🎨Evelyn de Morgan redbubble.com/shop/ap/4298... #FolkyFriday #art #homedecor #interiordesign #Christmasgiftidea #folklore #wallart #superstition
🎨Evelyn de Morgan redbubble.com/shop/ap/4298... #FolkyFriday #art #homedecor #interiordesign #Christmasgiftidea #folklore #wallart #superstition
Night and Sleep - Evelyn de Morgan 1878 by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Night and Sleep - Evelyn de Morgan 1878
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
4/4 To repel demons or vampires, throw poppy seeds in your wake. They will be compelled to gather & count the seeds, allowing you to escape.
🎨Evelyn de Morgan redbubble.com/shop/ap/4298... #FolkyFriday #art #homedecor #interiordesign #Christmasgiftidea #folklore #wallart #superstition
🎨Evelyn de Morgan redbubble.com/shop/ap/4298... #FolkyFriday #art #homedecor #interiordesign #Christmasgiftidea #folklore #wallart #superstition
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3/4 To divine an answer, write your question on yellow paper. Hollow out a poppy pod & place the paper inside. Place it beside you as you sleep & the answer will come in your dreams.
🎨Frank Cadogan Cowper redbubble.com/shop/ap/5061... #FolkyFriday #art #gifts #decor #folklore #superstition
🎨Frank Cadogan Cowper redbubble.com/shop/ap/5061... #FolkyFriday #art #gifts #decor #folklore #superstition
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Frank Cadogan Cowper by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Frank Cadogan Cowper
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
3/4 To divine an answer, write your question on yellow paper. Hollow out a poppy pod & place the paper inside. Place it beside you as you sleep & the answer will come in your dreams.
🎨Frank Cadogan Cowper redbubble.com/shop/ap/5061... #FolkyFriday #art #gifts #decor #folklore #superstition
🎨Frank Cadogan Cowper redbubble.com/shop/ap/5061... #FolkyFriday #art #gifts #decor #folklore #superstition
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2/4 In Greek #mythology poppies represented the god of sleep, Hypnos, and the god of dreams, Morpheus. Morphine is named for Morpheus.
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🎨John William Waterhouse redbubble.com/shop/ap/1452... #FolkyFriday #flowers #gifts #art #wallart #homedecor #giftidea #folklore #Christmasgifts #fairytale
Sleep and His Half Brother Death - John William Waterhouse by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Sleep and His Half Brother Death - John William Waterhouse
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
2/4 In Greek #mythology poppies represented the god of sleep, Hypnos, and the god of dreams, Morpheus. Morphine is named for Morpheus.
🎨John William Waterhouse redbubble.com/shop/ap/1452... #FolkyFriday #flowers #gifts #art #wallart #homedecor #giftidea #folklore #Christmasgifts #fairytale
🎨John William Waterhouse redbubble.com/shop/ap/1452... #FolkyFriday #flowers #gifts #art #wallart #homedecor #giftidea #folklore #Christmasgifts #fairytale
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1/4 There is a lot of #folklore associated with poppies. They commonly represent sleep and death. Opium is extracted from this plant.
🎨Thomas Cooper Gotch redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #art #mythology #homedecor #gifts #giftideas #interiordesign #Victorian #wallart #flowers #mythology
🎨Thomas Cooper Gotch redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #art #mythology #homedecor #gifts #giftideas #interiordesign #Victorian #wallart #flowers #mythology
Death The Bride - Thomas Cooper Gotch by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
"Death the Bride" by Thomas Cooper Gotch, 1894
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November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
1/4 There is a lot of #folklore associated with poppies. They commonly represent sleep and death. Opium is extracted from this plant.
🎨Thomas Cooper Gotch redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #art #mythology #homedecor #gifts #giftideas #interiordesign #Victorian #wallart #flowers #mythology
🎨Thomas Cooper Gotch redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #art #mythology #homedecor #gifts #giftideas #interiordesign #Victorian #wallart #flowers #mythology
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Without good sleep you cannot recover, and nightmares stand in the way of good sleep. Good thing for the Baku, the Eater of Dreams: this anteater-looking oddity of Japanese folklore devours bad dreams and the spirits that produce them. #FolkyFriday
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Without good sleep you cannot recover, and nightmares stand in the way of good sleep. Good thing for the Baku, the Eater of Dreams: this anteater-looking oddity of Japanese folklore devours bad dreams and the spirits that produce them. #FolkyFriday
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2/2 He carries 2 umbrellas, one w/ pictures inside & one without. He spreads the umbrella w/ pictures over good children to give them dreams. Bad children get the blank umbrella & a dreamless sleep. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #art #mythology #illustrationart #giftidea #fairytale
Ole Lukoje - Kay Nielsen by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Ole Lukoje - Kay Nielsen
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November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
2/2 He carries 2 umbrellas, one w/ pictures inside & one without. He spreads the umbrella w/ pictures over good children to give them dreams. Bad children get the blank umbrella & a dreamless sleep. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #art #mythology #illustrationart #giftidea #fairytale
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1/2 Early Sandman myths said he threw sand in the eyes of children. If they did not sleep their eyes would fall out. Ole Lukoje is a Danish version of the Sandman popularized by H.C. Andersen. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #mythology #fairytale #gifts #illustration #art #folklore
Ole Lukoje - Kay Nielsen by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Ole Lukoje - Kay Nielsen
Ole Lukoje is a Sandman fairytale where he takes children to sleep and shows them dreams. Please look in my shop for more fairy tale art or work by Kay Neilsen
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November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1/2 Early Sandman myths said he threw sand in the eyes of children. If they did not sleep their eyes would fall out. Ole Lukoje is a Danish version of the Sandman popularized by H.C. Andersen. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #mythology #fairytale #gifts #illustration #art #folklore
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Hypnos is Sleep itself, living in a cave where Day and Night meet above the Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness. His twin is Thanatos, death itself, and he has a thousand sons, including Morpheus, Dream itself. #FolkyFriday
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hypnos is Sleep itself, living in a cave where Day and Night meet above the Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness. His twin is Thanatos, death itself, and he has a thousand sons, including Morpheus, Dream itself. #FolkyFriday
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
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If you sleep outside with the full moon shining on your face on a Wednesday or Friday, you may become a werewolf.
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🎨Ivan Bilibin redbubble.com/shop/ap/4511... #FolkyFriday #illustration #art #vintage #folklore #Werewolves #fairytale #homedecor #gifts #mythology #superstition
Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Gray Wolf - Ivan Bilibin by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Prince Ivan, The Firebird and the Gray Wolf - Ivan Bilibin
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November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you sleep outside with the full moon shining on your face on a Wednesday or Friday, you may become a werewolf.
🎨Ivan Bilibin redbubble.com/shop/ap/4511... #FolkyFriday #illustration #art #vintage #folklore #Werewolves #fairytale #homedecor #gifts #mythology #superstition
🎨Ivan Bilibin redbubble.com/shop/ap/4511... #FolkyFriday #illustration #art #vintage #folklore #Werewolves #fairytale #homedecor #gifts #mythology #superstition
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Hoffmann's Der Sandmann takes the traditionally benign Sandman of Eurpean folklore and makes him something dark, threatening young children that if he puts sand in your eyes, they will fall out and he will feed them to his children—so go the f*ck to sleep! #FolkyFriday
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hoffmann's Der Sandmann takes the traditionally benign Sandman of Eurpean folklore and makes him something dark, threatening young children that if he puts sand in your eyes, they will fall out and he will feed them to his children—so go the f*ck to sleep! #FolkyFriday
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#FolkyFriday
Possible explanation for persistent insomnia ...
Possible explanation for persistent insomnia ...
#MythologyMonday
In some areas of Japan it is said that if you are unable to sleep at night it is because you are awake and participating in someone else's dream ...
🎨Anonymous Artist - Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
In some areas of Japan it is said that if you are unable to sleep at night it is because you are awake and participating in someone else's dream ...
🎨Anonymous Artist - Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#FolkyFriday
Possible explanation for persistent insomnia ...
Possible explanation for persistent insomnia ...
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Welsh Dragons go into hibernation around the autumn equinox [Alban Elfed] slumbering through the winter months and emerging again at the spring equinox [Alban Eilir] ...
🎨Likely by Martin Bayton
Welsh Dragons go into hibernation around the autumn equinox [Alban Elfed] slumbering through the winter months and emerging again at the spring equinox [Alban Eilir] ...
🎨Likely by Martin Bayton
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#FolkyFriday
Welsh Dragons go into hibernation around the autumn equinox [Alban Elfed] slumbering through the winter months and emerging again at the spring equinox [Alban Eilir] ...
🎨Likely by Martin Bayton
Welsh Dragons go into hibernation around the autumn equinox [Alban Elfed] slumbering through the winter months and emerging again at the spring equinox [Alban Eilir] ...
🎨Likely by Martin Bayton
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When a miner and his daughter were harassed by the Devil, they dreamed of a possible way of salvation.
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_K%C3%A4thelstein_Rock_near_Annaberg
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_K%C3%A4thelstein_Rock_near_Annaberg
The Käthelstein Rock near Annaberg
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When a miner and his daughter were harassed by the Devil, they dreamed of a possible way of salvation.
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_K%C3%A4thelstein_Rock_near_Annaberg
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_K%C3%A4thelstein_Rock_near_Annaberg
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#FolkyFriday
Two stories from the Mabinogion are driven narratively by dream sequences. Rhonabwy sleeps for three days and dreams of a chess game against King Arthur, and Macsen Wledig dreams of a journey to far away lands in search of a beautiful maiden.
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Two stories from the Mabinogion are driven narratively by dream sequences. Rhonabwy sleeps for three days and dreams of a chess game against King Arthur, and Macsen Wledig dreams of a journey to far away lands in search of a beautiful maiden.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#FolkyFriday
Two stories from the Mabinogion are driven narratively by dream sequences. Rhonabwy sleeps for three days and dreams of a chess game against King Arthur, and Macsen Wledig dreams of a journey to far away lands in search of a beautiful maiden.
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Two stories from the Mabinogion are driven narratively by dream sequences. Rhonabwy sleeps for three days and dreams of a chess game against King Arthur, and Macsen Wledig dreams of a journey to far away lands in search of a beautiful maiden.
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1/2 An incubus is a demon in male form who tries to have sex with sleeping women. A succubus is its female counterpart who seduces men.
🎨Gabriel Ferrier redbubble.com/shop/ap/3637... #FolkyFriday #homedecor #art #folklore #fairytale #mythology #gifts #wallart #interiordesign
🎨Gabriel Ferrier redbubble.com/shop/ap/3637... #FolkyFriday #homedecor #art #folklore #fairytale #mythology #gifts #wallart #interiordesign
Moonlit Dreams - Gabriel Ferrier by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Moonlit dreams, Woman sleeping on a bat's back, Gabriel Ferrier.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1/2 An incubus is a demon in male form who tries to have sex with sleeping women. A succubus is its female counterpart who seduces men.
🎨Gabriel Ferrier redbubble.com/shop/ap/3637... #FolkyFriday #homedecor #art #folklore #fairytale #mythology #gifts #wallart #interiordesign
🎨Gabriel Ferrier redbubble.com/shop/ap/3637... #FolkyFriday #homedecor #art #folklore #fairytale #mythology #gifts #wallart #interiordesign
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Inspired by the legend of Chang’e (the once mortal goddess of the moon) and her husband (the talented archer) Hou Yi the novel ‘The Daughter of The moon Goddess’ tells the story of their secret daughter. #FolkyFriday www.mythosblog.org/post/manuscr...
Manuscript vs Myth: Daughter of the Moon Goddess
We take a look at the legends that inspired Tan's Daughter of the Moon Goddess, from Chang'e to the Four Dragons.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Inspired by the legend of Chang’e (the once mortal goddess of the moon) and her husband (the talented archer) Hou Yi the novel ‘The Daughter of The moon Goddess’ tells the story of their secret daughter. #FolkyFriday www.mythosblog.org/post/manuscr...
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Happy #FolkyFriday everyone, just listen to this podcast if you haven’t already…it’s awesome 🤩
This month's episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary is all about one of our favourite topics - Wargs and #Werewolves! 🖤
We're chatting about everything from J.R.R. Tolkien's impact on werewolf beliefs to the first "man beast" in recorded mythology - it's a howlin' good time!
Listen now!
#Folklore
We're chatting about everything from J.R.R. Tolkien's impact on werewolf beliefs to the first "man beast" in recorded mythology - it's a howlin' good time!
Listen now!
#Folklore
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy #FolkyFriday everyone, just listen to this podcast if you haven’t already…it’s awesome 🤩
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2/2 In a dream he ransacks his cases searching, and the butterflies pull free of their pins to fly away. In the morning the entomologist is found dead.
🎨Richard Doyle
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🎨Richard Doyle
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The Fairy Queen with Carriage Drawn by Butterflies - Richard Doyle by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
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November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
2/2 In a dream he ransacks his cases searching, and the butterflies pull free of their pins to fly away. In the morning the entomologist is found dead.
🎨Richard Doyle
redbubble.com/shop/ap/3473... #FolkyFriday #art #fairytale #folklore #illustration #vintage #wallartforsale #giftideas #folklore
🎨Richard Doyle
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