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Baba Yaga has power over day and night, speaks w/animals, and knows things. And she could take form of a beautiful maiden, yet chooses not to. In many tales, Baba Yaga is not just a witch; she can be good or evil, or both, and still be powerful.
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“Goblin Market” (1862) by
Christina Rossetti is a narrative poem telling the story of Laura and Lizzie, two sisters tempted with fruit by goblin merchants.
Check out full poem here: https://t.co/PGp2SYzB6Q…
Illustration by Arthur Rackham 1933.
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Three beautiful illustrations from the 1843 Charles Dickens novella "A Christmas Carol" by John Leech.
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“For children in their most impressionable years, there is, in fantasy, the highest of stimulating and educational powers.”

#HBD to English artist
ARTHUR RACKHAM #BTD (1867-1939).
Self Portrait
Tree Fairies
Pandora
The Valiant Little Tailor
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Cinderella was adapted by Charles Perrault in 1697, under the name Cendrillon. He added features to the story: a pumpkin, a Fairy Godmother, and glass slippers.
His Fairy Tales book published in 1912 featured the beautiful works of Edmund Dulac.
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"Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
- Henry James
Image "At the Beach"
by Edward Henry Potthast
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#SummerSolstice2022 #painting #Summer #FirstDayOfSummer

Tinker Bell is a fairy in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play & 1911 novel Peter & Wendy. At times bad tempered and other times kind, extremes in her personality are due to a fairy's size preventing more than one feeling at a time.
(art by Marc Davis)
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"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charms were broken if revealed."

#HBD to English novelist and poet CHARLOTTE BRONTE, #BTD in (1816-1855).
#poetry #author #writers #CharlotteBronte

This week's #FairyTaleTuesday features magical women, incl witches & their familiars. The work of artist extraordinaire Arthur Rackham has that special quality that pulls me in, makes me feel like a little boy discovering that otherworld for his very first time.
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Irish Fairy Tales (1920) is a book by James Stephens that retells ten Irish folktales. This collection is also graced by the beautiful artwork of Arthur Rackham.

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