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The tale of a shape-shifting magical lady, told more delicately by #Gower than by #Chaucer. #FairyTaleTuesday
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“My lord,” she said, “give thanks thereby,
For with these words you’ve said, wherein
You made me your own sovereign,
My destiny is overcome.”
#UrsaMajor #JohnBauer #FolkloreThursday More bears: https://t.co/G2f4kFcZjF
While she was going across the middle of the house, the infant in her womb screamed. “True,” Cathbad said, “a girl is there, and her name will be Deirdre, and concerning her there will be evil.” #Deirdre and Naoise #FairyTaleTuesday
I would follow #TomHiddleston almost anywhere. #FairyTaleTuesday #Loki #Lucifer #JohnMilton @JohnMiltonMM #ParadiseLost
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#FairyTaleTuesday #Circe #Ulysses #JohnGower
#JohnWilliamWaterhouse
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CIRCE AND ULYSSES
Some were reshapen into fowls,
And bears and tigers, apes and owls,
Or else bewitched some other way,
So that no man could disobey;
Such craft they had, above our kind.
#FairyTaleTuesday What is the reason for humanity’s fascination with mystical #owls? Find out at link: https://t.co/ogCMXX49D2
Because they are cold-blooded, #mermaids don't mind the cold. #ArthurWardle, "The Lure of the North," 1912.
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My #SnowWhite #sonnets tell the tale from the Queen’s point of view: https://t.co/eZgZ6v9C09 #FairyTaleTuesday #MagicMirror
In Poland, finding ancient buried treasure is a folk tale that sometimes comes true! From a story I often heard in childhood. Paul Ranson, “Apple Tree with Red Fruit,” 1902. Zofia #Stryjenska, “Kolomyjka,” a dance from southeastern Poland and Ukraine, 1927. #FolkloreThursday