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"...And when they came quite up to the little house they saw that it was built of bread and covered with cakes, but that the windows were of clear sugar."
- Hansel and Gretel, by the Brothers Grimm 🎨 by Arthur Rackham
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The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who have been turned into swans. Their brave sister, Lisa saves them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She cannot speak a word until she's done or her brothers will die.
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The Roc/Rukh is a monsterous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights.
Art by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from The Arabian Nights, 'The Roc Which Fed Its Young On Elephants.'
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Ayakashi in Japanese literally means, "strange phenomenon of the sea," and is a term used for yokai who appear in the liminal spaces between the surface of the sea/ocean and the air.
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Hansel and Gretel 🎨 by Arthur Rackham
#FairyTaleTuesday
#FairyTaleFlash
The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who are turned into swans. Their sister, Lisa must save them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She must not speak a word until she is done or her brothers will die.
#FolkloreThursday
Sharing my fairy 🧚♀️ drawing for #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash
The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who are turned into swans. Their sister, Lisa must save them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She must not speak a word until she is done or her brothers will die.
#FairyTaleTuesday