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What is the reason for humanity’s fascination with mystical Find out at link: https://t.co/ogCMXX49D2

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The unanswered riddle featured in Alice in Wonderland & The Last Unicorn:

How is a raven like a writing desk?


Illustration: John James Audubon

Did anyone else come up with their own solution?

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"The Twa Corbies" (or The Two Ravens) illustrated by Arthur Rackham to "Some British Ballads" (1919) who plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight.

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In his notes on The Children of Lir tale, Joseph Jacobs wrote that the "well-known Continental folk-tale" of The Seven Swans became connected to the medieval cycle of the Knight of the Swan. 🦢

🎨The Children of Lir (1914) by John Duncan

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At night in Shikoku, wander through the bamboo groves and eventually you might find Japan's fire-breathing poultry, the Basan. The fire gives no heat, and they gain it by eating the charcoal found in nearby villages: but they can disappear too.

🖼: jhfrench

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🎨 Dorothy P. Lathrop
📖 A Little Boy Lost

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The thunderbird is a legendary creature in Native American history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.

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In “A Bird Steals Iyawo’s Baby” a Yoruba (Nigeria) folktale, Iyale, a greedy senior wife gets her comeuppance when she loses her baby to a magical bird. Iyawo, the younger wife makes out with bags of treasure and her healthy baby.

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Some of Arthur Rackham’s enchanted, fairy-tale birds, drawn in his distinctive & beautiful style, for your day 🐦📚✨

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Hans Christian Andersen was a slightly awkward looking guy who was born into poverty. So when he wrote The Ugly Duckling (1843) he knew how to make his readers love that tiny, sad duckling who grows to see his own self-worth. I’ll always love this moving tale 🦢#FairyTaleTuesday

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The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East.

The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore.

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In Norse mythology, to understand the language of the was a sign of great wisdom. The god Odin had two ravens, called Hugin & Munin, who flew around the world and told Odin what happened among mortal men.

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Ganymede, abducted by Zeus who'd taken the form of an eagle, was transported to Mount Olympus. 🦅 Chosen to be cup-bearer to the gods, he was granted eternal youth & immortality.🍷

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Thus spoke Raven,
“I know the fish in the dreams of the chief's daughter.
She dreams of salmon that live far away.
The Haida are my friends.
I will fly far, I will fly swift
I will bring the Haida, salmon!”

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With help of Thiazzi, the eagle in disguise, Loki kidnapped Idun, the guardian of juvenile apples that bring back youth to the Aesir gods.
It was a disaster because without her apples the gods became old and powerless.
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The Roc is an enormous legendary of prey in Middle Eastern mythology. Popularized thru' Arabian sailors' two fairy tales from One Thousand & One Nights, including Abd al-Rahman & Sinbad the Sailor, mention this bird. 🪶

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THE WILD SWANS Fairy tale by Hans Andersen,1838. An evil queen turns her eleven stepsons into swans and forces them to fly away, they're only allowed to become human again by night. A possible influence on Swan Lake 🎨Anadezhda Illarionova

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British folklore regards owls as harbingers of doom. A screeching owl flying past the window of a sick person foretells their death. However, in Greek myth the owl symbolises Athena who keeps one on her shoulder, endowing her with knowledge & insight.

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The Water Of Life. Where our hero finds a Princess in the enchanted castle & promises to come back for her. He gets the magical healing water & frees his older brothers. Who steal the water & try to have him killed! Our hero flees & saves the Princess.#FairyTaleTuesday

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The Water Of Life. Where three brothers were sent on a quest to find their King enchanted water, to save his life. Stopped by a dwarf, the older brothers were rude & thus trapped! While the youngest was kind & carried on, the dwarf revealing the way.

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