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Albert Chmielowski, 'The Death and Conflagration', central part of the triptych 'Disaster', after 1870

Happy birthday to #FairyTaleTuesday! To celebrate it, some artwork by Gustaf Tenggren,a Swedish-American illustrator. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, when films such as 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and 'Pinocchio' were produced

#MythologyMonday In Roman mythology,Cacus was a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan.He was killed by Hercules. In the 'Inferno' of the 'Divine Comedy' by Dante, Cacus is depicted as a centaur with a fire-breathing dragon on his shoulders and snakes covering his equine back

Defining the Demonic: Although Jacques Collin de Plancy’s 'Dictionnaire infernal' was first published in 1818 to much success, it is the 1863 illustrated edition which secured the book as a landmark in the study and representation of demons.
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'The Dying Dandy' (1918) is a painting by Nils Dardel. The meaning of the mirror is ambiguous; the title suggests that the dying man's last thought was for his appearance,possibly meant as a parody of the deathbed portrait as a genre. In an earlier version, the dandy holds a fan.

#FolkloreThursday "The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme of English origin. Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered, such as muffins, which were delivered door-to-door by a muffin man. https://t.co/sDtKULIRtz

'What makes a nightmare nightmarish is the sense that something is happening that should not be. While nightmares are the most convenient reference point for this sense of the impossible...as something that is actually happening,it is not restricted to our sleeping hours' Ligotti

One proposed etymology of 'nosferatu' is that the term originally came from the Greek 'nosophoros', meaning 'disease-bearing'. F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' (1922) strongly emphasizes this theme of disease, and suggests an association with the Spanish Flu that had ravaged Europe.

Henry Fuseli- 'Ariel'- circa 1800-1810
Henry Singleton - 'Ariel on a Bat's Back' - 1819
Joseph Severn - 'Ariel Riding on a Bat'- 1830
H.C. Selous - 'Ariel: on the Bat's Back I Do Fly' - 1870

#FairyTaleTuesday "Hansel and Gretel" is a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living in a house made of gingerbread, cake, candy, and many other pastries.They escape by outwitting her.