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Nightjar makes a pact with Robin of the Goodfellow, a cruel enchantment that is nothing like what he expects...
#FairyTaleTuesday #books
Ooo I'm being treated for my birthday this week...
The Silmarillion
Atlas of Middle Earth
The Nature of Middle Earth
I tried reading the Silmarillion, but I was a bit too young at the time. Looking forward to getting it now.
#LOTR #Tolkien #writerslife
Paracelsus (1493-1541) is the alchemist credited with being the "father of toxicology)
He also believed he could grow tiny foot-high humans from out a jar of semen, kept in a warm place and fed with blood of course...
Successfully.
But they ran away...
#FaustianFriday
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were known for literary influences with inspiration taken from t' tales o' Fae
1) Beauty and the Beast - Hughes (1860s?)
2) Cinderella - Burne-Jones (1863)
3) The Sleeping Beauty - Collier (1921)
4) The Sorceress - Waterhouse (1913)
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The rhyme of Saint Swithun's features in Nightjar >>> https://t.co/5KFW3APbsI
Saint Swithuns being the primary school in Sandy (Beds)
For lovers of fantasy and folklore with a promise of Faerie Tale darkness; what one creature will do for love eternal...
#folklorethursday
Inspired by folklore and fairy tale motifs, Nightjar >> https://t.co/5KFW3APbsI explores what one creature will do for his love eternal..
These are rough thematic and visual guides I used whilst writing to keep themes in focus...
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Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is so very famous for 'The Scream', but some of his work was inspired by folklore and fairytales:
1 Troll Trees in Magic Forest (1899)
2 The Fairytale Forest (1901/02)
3 The Mermaid (1896)
4 Vampire (1895)
#FairyTaleTuesday
One of my favourite books as a little one was 'The Water-Babies' by Charles Kingsley;
We'd just moved to Africa in the 70s (I was six) and I found it in the flat we were staying in. It absolutely captivated me.
You don't hear about it so much these days.
#FairyTaleTuesday
Little Red Riding Hood was used by 'United Ireland' in the late 19th Century.
Red Riding Hood was the Irish people, the Wolf the evil English Landlords and Gentry, and our Woodsman was the heroic Campaign to reduce rent...
IMG LINK: https://t.co/r21jDxKwSd
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I don't know why, but the Ladybird version of the Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood always scared me as a little one...
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