Into The Forest Darkさんのイラストまとめ

“Storytelling is a dangerous vocation, for the fairies punish those who return to tell their secrets.”
― Marina Warner (art by William Blake)

Today's illustrations are by American artist, Scott Gustafson. Inspired by the Golden Age of Illustration (Rackham, Dulac), he has created art for fairy tales, Peter Pan, and the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous & materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur.
- Elizabeth Goudge

Sleep plays an integral role in so many fairy tales: in everything from the supernaturally long sleep of Sleeping Beauty to The Princess & The Pea. Sleep is not only a time when we dream, but it is also when we are most vulnerable, which is another important aspect of fairy tales

I'm so glad Edmund Dulac gave up law school to become an artist. I cannot imagine the world without his magnificent illustrations in it.

This is part of why we need to continue to read and to write them: "Fairy tales have served to stabilize, conserve, or challenge the common beliefs, laws, values, and norms of a group."
- Jack Zipes

Russian fairy tale illustrations

The amazing, magical watercolor illustrations of @storybreathing to brighten your Monday morning.

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