The Symbolism of the Forest and Wood

A forest is the symbol for the deep subconscious. It represents our greatest fears and our worst emotions - rage, lust, jealousy, envy. It represents whatever is dark and untameable in our character.

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CREDITS

PAINTINGS
Amanita Ruebezahl – Moritz von Schwind
Richard Dadd – Puck
Little Red Riding Hood by Jessie Willcox Smith, 1911. From the book A Child's Book of Stories
Antoni Piotrowski (Polish, 1853 – 1924) Nymphs And Satyrs
Thomas Nast - Santa-1881
Trina Schart Hyman – Sleeping Beauty
Charles Folkard – Sleeping Beauty
Arthur Rackham—Sleeping Beauty
Burne-Jones – The sleeping beauty-1890
John Collier – The Sleeping Beauty

POEMS AND TEXT
Dante – The Divine Comedy INFERNO I
W B Yeats – from Selected Poetry - The Wind among the Reeds

MUSIC
Celtic Fantasy by Ean Grimm
Night Mist Woods | Beautiful, Mystical, Dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgdSulLeks
https://www.tubersongs.com/