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PEGASUS🦄
..In Greek Mythology, the winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa, as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus, credited with creating a number of springs with the stamp of his hoof..,#FairyTaleFlash

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The Chimera originates from Greek Mythology as the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. It was essentially the OG monster mash, usually depicted as a fire breathing lion with a goat head coming out on its back and a snake on its tail
🖼 ález

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Its cold and dark here, so imagining singing to me, maybe it will bring you cheer as well. Have a magical day everyone.

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“Susan Seddon Boulet’s figures are out of our dreams, those that flee from us upon awakening, those which are dispersed like dew at dawn, those which fall apart between our fingers like dust-roses." (Anais Nin)
🎨Susan Seddon Boulet (1941-1997)

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". . . know that I would lay down my life to save his, and that this Monster, who is only one in form, has a heart so humane that he should not be persecuted for a deformity . . .”
-Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, La Belle et la Bête

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Loch Iorsa on the Isle of Arran has it's very own monster myth. The loch's name means 'loch of the serpents'. This serpent a 'wurm', a dragon with no wings nor legs from folklore

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Renwick 1733, a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church.
A local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch, although some believe it can still be seen flying around the church at night

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The Swedish Huldra, is a beautiful, wild, troll-like female known for living in the woods. She has the tail of a cow which she will often hide behind her back when meeting with a human. She is also rumored to be one of Adam and Eve's hidden children.

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CHIMERA
...a randomly encountered enemy, with several heads, (lion, goat, hawk, lizard) the body of a lion, wings of a dragon, and a cobra headed tail..a three headed demon, that is tough to beat..
Final Fantasy 1X

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Sure enough, Thor feels a great tug on his fishing line and with a mighty pull, he sees that he has hooked Jörmungandr. Unfortunately, Hymir panics and cuts the line, freeing the great serpent once more.

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Thor and the giant Hymir decided to go fishing together. Using the head of a bull as bait they caught two whales but to Hymir’s dismay, they were not done yet. Thor decided that he wanted to catch his great enemy- Jörmungandr

🖼️ The Gaslight Factory

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Part of the fabulous 'A Fairytale Procession' by Hermann Vogel.

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When CS Lewis read the words, “Balder the beautiful/Is dead, is dead”
as a boy his world changed.
“I knew nothing about Balder; but instantly I was uplifted into huge regions of northern sky” [wanting to return].
He loved books & Norse myths ever after. ❤️📚

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Frigg and Odin sit together and look out upon all worlds, and mourn, with all nature, for the death of their son, the light Balder...

🎨Harry George Theaker

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Alberich (powerful elf) guards the treasure of Schilbung and Nibelung (mist and water). He also owns a cloak of invisibility (Tarnkappe). He appears in French lit as Aubéron and in English as Oberon. He is defeated by Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied.

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🧑‍🎨 Johan Egerkrans (https://t.co/QWbq9pWAnJ)
📖 Nordiska Väsen
creatures:

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In the 18thc, as literary fairy tales began to flower, the figure of Mother Goose took hold. A kind, storytelling “crone,” a kind witch in a way (wise, could fly, artist, older), she became part of childhood reading culture in a benign, magical fashion.

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Since antiquity, smart women were suspect. And some —healers, thinkers, & artists—were falsely accused of witchcraft between 1450-1750. From Circe to the Biblical witch of Endor to Macbeth’s Three Witches, artists have cast their own spells in portraying them.

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In tales, the witch can be the bringer of initiation. In touch w/ nature's occult force, she is both a fearsome figure & a keeper of wisdom. By giving impossible tasks, she makes us grow. In the end, if we don't flee, we discover our authentic nature & agency.

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