🇵🇸 Sarah Nour 🇱🇧さんのイラストまとめ

In Norse myth, after the hero Sigurd slays the dragon Fafnir, he cooks the heart for his foster father, Regin. But he tastes Fafnir's blood & learns the language of birds, who warn of Regin's betrayal. He kills Regin & eats the heart, which grants him wisdom. #FolkloreSunday

"Fayiz & the Peri Wife" is a Persian tale of a farmer who leaves his wife & sons to marry a lovely peri. One day the peri lets him visit his human family, & follows him while invisible. He spills the secret of his peri wife, & she banishes him from her realm. #FolkloreSunday

Thomas(ine) Hall (1603-?), AFAB intersex person & indentured servant in colonial Virginia. Mostly presented male, but occasionally wore female clothes. Subjected to legal controversy & physical inspection in 1629, & was ruled in court to be both male & female.

The tale "Julnar of the Sea" tells of a Persian king who falls in love with a new concubine, described as having a face like the moon & long black tresses. The concubine, Julnar, reveals she's a mermaid princess from an underwater kingdom. #FairyTaleTuesday

"The Snowman" by Hans Christian Anderson is about a snowman falling in love with a wood-burning stove. He spends his days gazing longingly into the window of the house where the stove is. His only friend, a dog, warns him that he'll melt if he goes inside. #FairyTaleTuesday

"The Little Girl & the Winter Whirlwinds" is a Bulgarian tale of a brave girl who scales a high mountain to seek out the wizard Father Frost. The evil Winter Witch has cursed the land with an eternal winter, but Father Frost, once alerted, puts an end to it. #FairyTaleTuesday

The name Phoenician means "purple people," as they were known for the rare, expensive purple dye only they could provide. It was called Tyrian purple after the city-state of Tyre, & was extracted from tens of thousands of predatory sea snails. #FolkloreSunday

"Little Mangy One" is a Lebanese folktale about three goat brothers named Siksik, Mikmik, & Jureybon. The first two get devoured by a hyena, but Jureybon gores the hyena with his horns & cuts open his belly to free his brothers. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the 13th-century Old Norse poem Völsunga Saga, the hero Sigmund & his son Sinfjötli find magic wolf pelts that transform people into wolves for ten days. They wear the pelts & go on a violent rampage, which ends with Sigmund nearly killing Sinfjötli. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the fairy tale "The Juniper Tree," a boy is murdered by his stepmom, cooked into stew, & served to his unknowing father. The boy's sister gathers his bones & buries them under a juniper tree. A mist emerges from the tree & the boy's soul returns as a bird. #WyrdWednesday