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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.

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2021-12-01

Happy Take a stroll into an eerie enchanted forest with our period HEX, or spend your evening at a sinister local festival in THE DROVING.
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2021-12-01

Finding an enchanted seal wife might sound romantic in theory, but is less so in practice. (art by me)

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2021-12-01

Young lovers, Jorinde & Joringel, stumbled upon a witch’s lair. The witch turned Jorinde into a nightingale, caging her with other maidens.

Joringel traveled for 9 days seeking a flower which he used to break the curse on Jorinde & free the others.

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2021-12-01

French salons of the 17th-18th cen were often hosted by female intellectuals. They were creative spaces. It was in this context that Madame de Villeneuve wrote Beauty & the Beast. A comment on arranged marriages then, the tale’s subtle feminism is still felt ❤️#FairyTaleTuesday

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2021-12-01

For in the Grimms' story "The Seven Ravens," a girl rescues her seven brothers who had been transformed into ravens by their father's accidental curse (he wished his sons would turn into ravens when they were acting out)

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2021-12-01

Glaucus, a fisherman who ate a magical herb of Cronos which made him immortal, played a role assisting the Argonauts and was considered divine. Fisherman and sailors revered him. Scylla (below) loved him and herself was transformed through an act of jealousy.

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2021-12-01

I came across this drawing by François Baranger for 'La Belle et La Bête' / Beauty and the Beast a few weeks ago and fell in love with them...
🍃🐾❄️

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2021-11-30

Fafnir began his awful tenure of hostile gold hoarding after he killed his dad and then turned into a dragon for good measure, but his dragon days were done once Sigurd slew him with the mighty sword, Gram. 🖼 Arthur Rackham

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2021-11-30


“On the seat of the great chief’s stool lay the little garden snake.
‘My little friend!’ she exclaimed. ‘It’s such a pleasure to see you, but why are you here?’
‘I am the king,’ Nyoka replied.
And there, before Nyasha’s eyes, the garden snake changed shape.”

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2021-11-30

"What can I do, prince, to make you happy?" Said Beauty.
"Do not trust your eyes," he answered, "and set me free from my misery."
Beauty and the Beast
By Charles Perrault, painting by W. Heath Robinson

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2021-11-30

In tales like Beauty & the Beast, Marina Warner writes that the woman encounters in the Beast her equal. No matter if she kills him, casts him out, or loves him, she'll eventually come to a new knowledge she did not possess before; a reunion with the wild in her.#FairytaleTuesday

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2021-11-30

"Cuckoo" is a Nenets people's fairy tale from the Russian Far North. It is about a mother whose four children are so lazy that they never help her, fed up with this she turns into a cuckoo and flies away, since then cuckoos never rear their babies.

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2021-11-30

The Frog Prince is a tale with many variations, best known through the Brothers Grimm version. This frog prince illustration is a multimedia work on Readi-Board.

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2021-11-30

The Norwegian tale, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, tells of a poor peasant girl who is married off to a white bear! At night he transforms into a handsome Prince but it’s so dark she cannot see what he looks like.
🖼

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2021-11-30

“Sina, beautiful one, forgive me! My true shape is human. I am the King of Fiji. I transformed in this eel to swim from Fiji to your home island to woo you. Now I see form I took took frightens you and I am sorry!
https://t.co/aaiFrYuaNm

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2021-11-30

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