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The Centaurides (centauresses) are female centaurs. Shakespeare refers to centauresses in King Lear, Act IV, Scene VI, lines 124–125:

"Down from the waist they're centaurs,
Though women all above".

🐎 #FairyTaleTuesday

Hera’s sacred golden #apple tree grew apples made entirely of gold. Zeus gave it to her as a gift, & the Hesperides, along with the dragon (snake) Ladon, were to guard it from anyone who might steal some, including Hercules, who managed to snag three.

🍎🐉 #MythologyMonday

A spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a #Frog who is under a magic spell. 🐸 He transforms back into a handsome prince with her kiss. 💋 Originally, the Brothers Grimm wrote that the spell was broken only when the princess threw the frog against a wall. Ouch! #FairyTaleTuesday

The Arming and Departure of the Knights.
One of the sumptuous #HolyGrail-themed 19th-century tapestries by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, & John Henry Dearle. ⚔️ #FaustianFriday

"Awake, little flowers,
I pray you awake.
Come, open your dear sleepy eyes;
Your sweet pretty dresses
Please hurry and make.
From soft winds and warm, sunny skies."

#MayDay #FairyTales

The Pied Piper of Hamelin was hired by a town to lure rats away with his #magic pipe. 🐀 The citizens refused to pay him as promised. He retaliated by using the instrument's magic on their #children, & led them away as he had the rats. 🏃🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

#KateGreenaway #FairyTaleTuesday

Sharing just one of the many charming #illustrations from Charles Dickens' #fairytale #book, 'The Magic Fishbone'. 🧚 Art by F.D. Bedford. (Public domain)
https://t.co/94V7Xf7hLB

"Be suffering what it may, Time will bring summer,
When #roses shall have leaves, as well as thorns,
And be as sweet as sharp."

🌹 All's Well That Ends Well
#ShakespeareSunday

Medieval romances say the lance with which George slew the #dragon was called Ascalon, after the city of Ashkelon, today in Israel. That name was used by Winston Churchill for his personal aircraft during World War II, according to records at Bletchley Park. 🛩️#SuperstitionSat

As a deity, Pomona presided over #gardens, especially fruit & nut trees. She was honoured with a temple in Rome, & a priest named Flamen Pomonalis who offered sacrifices to her divinity for the preservation of fruit. 🌸🍊#MythologyMonday