TalesFromTheEnchantedForest Podcastさんのイラストまとめ

In Greek mythology, seasons were explained through the tale of Hades & Persephone. Spring meant that Persephone returned from the Underworld to be with her mother Demeter
#FairyTaleTuesday
🖼️Alicia Aldebarán

Also not to be confused with the Moroccan "Aicha Kandicha" who is a female figure often thought to seduce men (depending on the account, she may have resisted the Portuguese by seducing and killing their soldiers). Despite appearing normal, she has hooved legs.
🖼 Chaima Ghannam

"That poor little ugly duckling
Went wandering far and near
But at every place they said to his face
Now get out, get out, get out of here
And he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack."
🖼️Theo van Hoytema / 📔Andersen /🎵 Danny Kaye #FairyTaleTuesday #bookchatweekly

‘Romance’ has grown out of ‘allegory,’ and its wars are still derived from the ‘inner war’ of allegory in which good is on one side and various modes of badness on the other. In real life men are on both sides.'
📨Tolkien #71
🖼️John Howe
#TolkienTrewsday, #TolkienTuesday

The Pied Piper of Hamelin was hired to rid a town of their rat problem using his magic flute- however he was refused payment so he waited till the adults were at church and returned dressed in green to lure all the children away.
🖼️Kate Greenaway
#BookWormSat #BookChatweekly

"Simpletons, are these your gods, creatures of flesh and blood that can feel weapons of iron?"

Cambyses was a mad Persian King who committed many atrocities, one of which was stabbing the Apis-bull in the thigh at the Ptah temple. He later...
🖼️Arthur Mangin #MythologyMonday

Atropa belladonna is named for Atropos , one of the three Greek fates. After her sisters spun and measured a persons life thread, Atropos would cut it signalling the end of their life. Another name is Deadly Nightshade.
🖼️Elia Mervi
#ofdarkandmacabre #faustianfriday #folklore

Snowdrops have some lovely folklore, but there are many dark superstitions about them as well. Clusters can be seen as omens of death and bringing them into your home is guaranteeing your own ill-fortune
🖼️Will Gist
📔Degenesis, NOVAK
#ofdarkandmacabre #Superstitiology

#OTD we celebrate Lewis Carroll's birthday by enjoying a different "Alice in Wonderland" type story: Disney's Strange World! Loudly trying to guess what inspired the creatures in a topsy turvy world is my cinematic sin.

Eventually his own daughter was selected. About this time Saint George passed by and learned of this dire situation. With the help of the princess, they tamed and vanquished the dragon. But not with out some questionable decisions along the way.
🖼️Reilly Brown
#FairyTaleTuesday