According to Gaelic folklore, if February 1st is unusually sunny, it may be because the Cailleach (a fairy hag) has decided to extend the winter. She makes February 1st sunny so that she can stockpile firewood before pummeling the land with pitiless blizzards.
🎨 Mairin-Taj Caya

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A fairy doctor was a wise woman or cunning man in Ireland who was taught benign magic by fairies. They were called "fairy doctors" because they used their magic to protect people from bad fairies and sorcerers just like a regular doctor protects people from diseases.
🎨 E. Fitzpatrick

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In Welsh folklore, when King Arthur attacked the first sister of the giant Cribwr, he said his name was "Hot Porridge." When the giantess screamed that she needed help with Hot Porridge, her brother called back from another room that she should just let it cool.
🎨 Jim Kavanagh

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In Welsh myths, when the people of northern Wales offended the fairies, the fairies unleashed an army of monsters. It included a huge toad with sharp claws, a serpent with 100 damned souls writhing under its skin, and a 100-headed monster so huge battles could be fought on its jaws.
🎨 Jason Kang

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Owain ap Urien was a 6th-century Brythonic Celtic king who became mythologized as one of King Arthur's champions. In French Arthurian legends, Owain is the son of Morgan le Fey. However, in Welsh legends, he is the son of Modron ("Mother," a fairy mother goddess).
🎨 Howard Pyle

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In Welsh myths, the giant British king Bran the Blessed was killed in Ireland, and his huge head was carried home. Back in Britain, the head was buried where the Tower of London now stands. As long as the head is there, Britain can't be invaded, but some say King Arthur dug it up.
🎨 Peter Diamond

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"By the craggy hillside,
Through the mosses bare,
They have planted thorn trees
For pleasure, here and there.
Is any man so daring
As dig them up in spite,
He shall find their sharpest thorns
In his bed at night."
- William Allingham, "The Fairies"
🎨 Cicely Mary Barker

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The Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed that each element has an elemental spirit. He dubbed the fire elemental a "salamander" or "volcanid," and said that it can swim through fire like a human swims through water. The salamander is related to the will-o'-the-wisp.

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