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#WorldRatDay - the Rat King is a collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way, and is a phenomenon particularly associated with German folk tales
#rats #folklore #supernatural
#deviantart : TmoeGee
An Irish youth discovers that his mute sister is a selkie who must find her voice and free supernatural creatures from the spell of a Celtic goddess
#FairyTaleTuesday #animation #film
Song of the Sea, 2014
Dir. Tomm Moore
A rare book dealer is hired to find the last two copies of a text that holds the key to summoning the devil, and subsequently finds himself at the heart of paranormal events
#faustianfriday #mystery #film
The Ninth Gate, 1999
dir. Roman Polanski
Andrieux made a particular speciality of battle scenes, notably episodes from the Franco-Prussian, Crimean and Napoleonic wars
#artist #painter #arthistory
art: Clement-Auguste Andrieux "Allegory of Death" c.1860
The first animated feature to be released in theaters by Warner Bros. A cat called Mewsette runs away to Paris in order to experience a more glamorous life
#caturday #animation #musical
Gay Purr-ee, 1962
dir. Abe Levitow
Taken from Hans Christian Andersen's 1835 fairytale
#FairyTaleTuesday #animation #film
Thumbelina, 1954
dir. Lotte Reiniger
An Irish youth discovers that his mute sister is a selkie who must find her voice and free supernatural creatures from the spell of a Celtic goddess
#folklorethursday #animation #film
Song of the Sea, 2014
Dir. Tomm Moore
Happy #StDavidsDay️ 🐉
Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky was likely based on the Sockburn Worm [Dragon] folktale.
In Burton's film, the Jabberwocky is a huge dragon under the control of The Red Queen.
#wyrdwednesday #fantasy #film
Alice in Wonderland, 2010
dir. Tim Burton
Out of the ashes 🔥
"If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons"
~ George R.R. Martin
#GameOfThrones
#mythologymonday
In the Solway Firth, a mermaid fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years of waiting, he died, alone
#fairytaletuesday #stvalentinesday
#art : Arthur Rackham