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How London became the worldwide hotspot for fairies and sightings of the mythical creatures https://t.co/ghu31IiJea

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2021-11-30

The 11th-century Belarusian Prince Vseslav of Polotsk was considered to have been a werewolf, capable of moving at superhuman speeds, Vseslav also appears in the 12th-century epic The Tale of Igor’s Campaign, where, he is depicted as a werewolf.

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2021-11-30

On this you may like to revisit the bear in Snow White & Rose Red. A fierce, protective creature who is cursed by an evil dwarf so he can steal his treasure. The curse is finally broken and a prince appears in his stead.

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2021-11-30

Sadbh enchanted into doe for 3 yrs for refusing love of dark druid. Told if set foot in the dún (fort) of the Fianna the spell would be broken! Met & married Fionn mac Cumhaill! But later she was turned back into a doe! Fionn searched 7 yrs but never found her!

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2021-11-30

Jean Baptiste Monge captures various Faelines and their adopted pals at the seaside.
Rather them than me... 💨☔️🌬️
(on Wednesday)

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2021-11-25

In Grimm's "Simeli Mountain" two brothers, one rich, one poor have different experiences with the treasure of 12 Wildmen that is magically enclosed in a mountainous cave.

🎨Eric VanAllen

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2021-11-24

One of the first Dwarven characters was Alberich from Germanic and Norse origins who portrayed the 'hoarder of treasure' type. In the Nibelungenlied, Alberich was in charge of protecting Nibelung's treasure.

🖼️ Peter Stanimirov

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2021-11-24

Maria Makiling lives on Mount Makiling. She walks the forest after a storm fixing broken branches, repairing the bird nests and broken wings of butterflies. Wherever she walks the sun shines birds sing, flowers bloom https://t.co/3Y8vDLSkSC

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2021-11-24

The Rowan tree is also known as the Mountain Ash, because it grows well at high altitudes, & its leaves resemble those of the ash, although unrelated. Its red berries were thought to fend off magic. For centuries planted by the home to keep witches away.

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2021-11-23

"fire on the mountain shall find the harp of gold
played to wake the Sleepers, oldest of the old"

my childhood favorite of Cooper's DARK IS RISING books, The Grey King, draws heavily from Welsh myths, particularly those of the mountain Cadair Idris

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2021-11-23

The Roc 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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2021-11-23

If you are visiting the mountains of Japan, beware, for there are lurking. The ferocious karasu (crow) tengu waits in treetops ready to swoop and snatch away unsuspecting victims. Hanataka (long-nosed) tengu are less dangerous but they can conjure...

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2021-11-23

"The Three Princesses in the Blue is a folktale about three princesses being carried away by a snowdrift and held prisoners by three-headed trolls under a mountain, until a simple soldier comes in to try and save them.

🔗https://t.co/E7DDI3NMnO

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2021-11-23

“Don't you know a Sand-fairy when you see one?"

—The Psammead (an ancient, grumpy, wish-granting creature created by Edith Nesbit)

Five Children and It
🖌H. R. Miller (1905)

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2021-11-23

To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

—Henrik Johan Ibsen, Peer Gynt
In the Hall of the Mountain King
🖌Arthur Rackham

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2021-11-23

"A Dream with Continuation" is a romantic fairy tale about a girl who finds her way to a magical kingdom, written by S.Mikhalkov. The illustrations by Aleksey Koshkin make the adventures seem ethereal.

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2021-11-23

This the theme is Tales of the Brothers Grimm, so today I’m sharing an oldie but a goodie: Snow-White & Rose-Red! 🌹🐻

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2021-11-17

Fairytaluary 2020, where I drew an illustration/something based on a specific fairytale for each day in what I didn't know at the time would be surreal year...

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2021-11-17

Outside our back door... soon.
(art by Elisabeth Alba)

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2021-11-17

Sentenced to be burned at the stake she continues working on the nettle shirts. Taking them with her to the stake, six swans fly in. Throwing a shirt over each swan turns them back into her brothers breaking the spell https://t.co/8riA3BbdGC

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2021-11-17