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Eva Green has played some of our favorite witches over the years: Serafina Pekkala in The Golden Compass, 2007; Morgan Le Fay in Camelot, 2011; Angelique Bouchard in Dark Shadows, 2012; & of course, Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful, 2014-2016. Happy Birthday, #EvaGreen! 🧙♀️🥂
The source of the Sorcerer's Apprentice story is Lucian's Φιλοψευδὴς ἢ Ἀπιστῶν, "The Lover of Lies, or the Doubter" from the 2nd century. 🧙♂️🧹
In this satirical work about outlandish beliefs he tells of an Egyptian who turns brooms into man-like servants. 1/2
Elisa saves her enchanted brothers in the Wild Swans, illustrated in exquisite fashion by Nadezhda Illarionova #FairyTaleTuesday #princesses 🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢👸🏾
The evolution of Demogorgon from 1976-present. #DnD #dungeonsanddragons #StrangerThings
Leto gave birth to the children of Zeus on Delos which, unattached to the ocean floor, was neither ocean nor land. Artemis was born first, and then helped her mother give birth to her brother, Apollo, whereupon she became the goddess of childbirth & midwives. #FolkloreThursday
Maxfield Parrish paintings of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Frog Prince, Puss n Boots, Snow White and the poem Wynken Blynken & Nod by Eugene Field.
In Leicestershire, in the Midlands, is a hag called Black Annis w/ iron claws & craving for human flesh. She walks the night seeking those out after dark. Finding none she'll reach thru open windows to snatch people. Art by Anna Pavleeva https://t.co/Z1VTsi8owB #FairyTaleTuesday
Lizzie and Laura, in Rossetti's "Goblin Market," escape, if only just, in a poem with definite allusions to Persephone and Hades. Although the fruit seems to have trapped her in a state of wanting & wasting rather than a place like Hades/Faerie. Famously illustrated by #Rackham.