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The Wild Swans
Hans Christian Andersen, 1838
Overprivileged Princess Elisa gets knocked down a few pegs, but dodges the trope of helplessness by using discipline and perseverance to free her 11 brothers from their evil stepmother’s spell.
🎨Yvonne Gilbert
#FairyTaleTuesday✨
Let Scots, while Scots, praise Hardyknute,
Let Norse the name ay dread,
Ay how he faught, aft how he spar'd,
Shall latest ages read.
Hardyknute, (attributed to)
Lady Elizabeth Wardlaw, (1719)
🎨Wilson Alexander, (1790)
#ClassicLitSaturday ✨
The Water Tsar Dances ✨
Russian Story Book, 1916
Illustrated by Frank C. Papé
#FairyTaleTuesday💫
Don’t listen to their siren song or touch their silky hair, the lovely rusulki haunt the waterways to lure you into their loving arms. Once tangled in their tresses, they will pull you into the watery depths, laughing as you drown.
🎨Witold Pruszkowski, 1877
#SwampSunday ✨
Robin Hood and Little John
Walkin' through the forest
Laughin' back and forth
At what the other'ne has to say
Reminiscin', This-'n'-thattin'
Havin' such a good time
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day
Song from Robin Hood
Lyrics by Roger Miller
#FolkloreThursday ✨