The redcap (or powrie) is a murderous goblin from Anglo-Scottish folklore. They inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially ones infamous for wicked deeds, and dye their caps red with their victims' blood. While most fairies fear iron, redcaps often wear iron shoes.
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« The beautiful Rhiannon, whose magical white horse is impossible to catch », 1999

by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Watercolor illustration from "Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed" in "The Maginobion", HarperVoyager, 2000

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« The Stone Trolls », 1999

by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Watercolor illustration from JRR Tolkien 's "The Lord of the Rings", 1999

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« The Trolls See The Dawn », 1997

by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Watercolor illustration for JRR Tolkien 's "The Hobbit", Harper Collins, London, 1997

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"Alas," said they, "what is the mountain that is seen by the side of the ships?"

"Bran the Blessed, my brother," Branwen replied, "coming to shoal water [to rescue me]; there is no ship that can contain him in it."

"What is the lofty ridge with the lake on each side thereof?"

"On looking towards this island he is wroth, and his two eyes, one on each side of his nose, are the two lakes beside the ridge."

- The Mabinogion
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Score! As a child I always loved a book friends of my parent’s had. I always wanted to find it, but couldn’t remember the title. But now, so many years later, I, quite by chance, found it, and it arrived today! ”Faeries” by Brian Froud and Alan Lee.


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« The Burial of Thorin Oakenshield », 1997

by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Watercolor illustration for JRR Tolkien 's "The Hobbit", Harper Collins, London, 1997

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