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Mabel Lucie Attwell illustration for 'The Little Mermaid' from 'Hans Andersen's Fairy Stories', 1901. #mermaidmonday 🧜‍♀️ #fairytale

Medea the sorceress working her magic. #Illustration by Warwick Goble for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳, 1921. In Greek #mythology Medea is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and niece of Circe.

"The Sun had no sooner sunk into the water, then their swans' plumage fell off." Jennie Harbour illustration for 'The Wild Swans' by Hans Christian Andersen, 1921. #fairytale #artdeco 🦢

Brünnhilde on Grane leaps onto the funeral pyre of Siegfried. 'Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods' by Richard Wagner, 1911. Illustration by Arthur Rackham. #Norse #Valkyrie #Ragnarok #myth

'Riquet of the Tuft' from 'Perrault's #FairyTales' Illustration by Honor C. Appleton. A queen gives birth to two daughters, one child possesses beauty beyond bounds but dimwitted while the other is extremely ugly but clever.

Vasilissa, cunning, brave and strong, comes to her husbands rescue in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 #𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. The role reversal is refreshing to read in this #fairytale. This story is not as familiar as 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳 but it has a stronger female lead.

#Fairytales can be quite gruesome and 'Jack the Giant Killer' 1898, illustrated by Hugh Thomson (1860–1920) was no exception. "He...found three ladies tied up by the hair of their heads, and almost starved to death.

#Popup and movable books were very popular during the #Victorian era and many were marketed towards children. Evelyn Stuart Hardy (1866-1935) a British illustrator, created several #fairytale themed ones with publisher Ernest Nister.

Arthur Rackham #illustrations for 'Goblin Market' by Christina Rossetti
Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
"Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come buy, come buy.."

Time inscribing into the scroll of destiny and an #angel attempting to alter it. Walter Crane, The Roll of Fate 1882. #mythology