Into The Forest Darkさんのイラストまとめ

It was said that a child riding on the back of a bear cures whooping cough.
What they forgot to say was that this was probably because the child was eaten. (art by Emily Winfield Martin)

Troll: early 17th century: from Old Norse & Swedish troll, Danish trold . The first English use is from Shetland. Trolls came from jötnar, the Ice Giants of old, who had multiple heads, deformed bodies, claws, & fangs. They dwell in mountains, caves, & under the occasional bridge

“A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter.”
― Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

“The stories we love best live in us forever.”
- J.K. Rowling (art by Adam Oehlers)

A magical perspective on the natural world by artist Adam Oehlers.

Outside, the morning has been dreary & rainy, but inside I have been lost in the magical illustrations of Lisbeth Zwerger. She is an Austrian artist who credits Arthur Rackham as being the inspiration for her going into illustration. She has illustrated fairy tales to Dickens.