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We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
—Ursula K. Le Guin
Born #OnThisDay in 1929
🎨Charles Vess
To light a candle is to cast a shadow...
—Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
🎨Nikos Gaitanopoulos
#WyrdWednesday✨
In Irish lore, there is a belief that a house should not be built until a spade is stuck in the ground and left overnight. If the spade is still standing in the morn, it is safe to build without angering the fairies (aos sí) 🧚
🎨Alan Lee
#SuperstitionSat✨#Fairies
Listen to the clamour – it is the wild hunt of Odin!
—Johan Sebastian Welhaven, (1844)
🎨Åsgårdsreien, Peter Nicolai Arbo
Norse Mythology #WyrdWednesday✨
The trickster púca (Irish for spirit/ghost) is a mischievous shapeshifter, taking the form of a rabbit, goat or black horse with red eyes. The púcaí are known to be capricious, either wreaking havoc or bringing good luck.
#FairyTaleTuesday🍂
🎨Tony M. DiTerlizzi
Dożynki is a Slavic harvest festival with rituals dating back to ancient times. The “last sheaf” was cut down and later used to create a decorative garland, wreath or oddly attractive chicken bonnet.
🎨Jan Nepomucen Lewicki (1795-1871)
wikipedia🍂
#FolkloreThursday🧡
Even after all these years since I first read Through the Looking-Glass and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I can’t pass a mirror or painting of the ocean without a magical flutter of hope. ✨
🎨John Tenniel
🎨Pauline Baynes
#FairyTaleTuesday🪞