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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Little Sister and Little Brother is a Brothers Grimm tale of children, a wicked stepmother and witch, a boy turning into a deer, a girl marrying a king, a baby, death, a ghost, resurrection, justice.

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A fantastic tale from Welsh folklore . Something to brighten the gloomiest day . Enjoy the Secret of King March told by myself this
https://t.co/YsNXw3khfg

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Another Grimms' heroine for The long-enduring Maid Maleen, like many other princesses, chips her own way out of a tower; but this fairytale is an extraordinary study of post-traumatic stress.

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In which I argue that the Grimms' Cinderella, 'Aschenputtel', can quite easily be read as a tale of revenge. https://t.co/SmNh94ZFAD

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Then the youth went to the gallows, sat down below it, and waited till evening came. And as he was cold, he lighted himself a fire, but at midnight the wind blew so sharply that in spite of the fire, he could not get warm.

The Boy Who Did Not Fear

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Brothers Grimm liked Thomas Crofton Croker's 'Fairy Legends & Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825-1828)' so much they translated it into German, in Leipzig, 1826! Irische Elfenmärchen; Irish Elven Tales. Contained this illustration of The Banshi of Bunworth

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🌟Join us Tues. 11/16🌟
for theme
✨TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM✨
i.e. Sleeping Beauty✨The Brave Little Tailor✨The 12 Dancing Princesses✨Bearskin✨The Shoemaker & The Elves✨The 6 Swans & Others
or similar from around the world
in

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𝕁𝕖𝕣ℤ𝕒 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝟘𝟙💙❤️
ᴍᴇ ᴇɴᴄᴀɴᴛᴀ ᴇʟ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛᴀᴅᴏ!🥲😍
ᴀᴘᴏʏᴇɴᴍᴇ ᴄᴏɴ ᴜɴ ᴛᴡᴇᴇᴛ! ᴘʟꜱ🙏

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The mythical boar - which had toxic bristles & shears, a comb & a razor on its head & back - ran riot across Ireland & Wales ..... It was eventually driven into the sea off the coast of

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“Indombe is fire, Indombe is life, Indombe is motherhood, Indombe is a slave to the power of death. She is an enormous copper snake over three feet wide, and several miles in length.”

Image Credits:
1. A Book of Creatures
2. Feintbellt on DeviantArt

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Lerna (in the Peloponnese) is one of the mythical landscapes I take most interest in. One of its famous inhabitants was the many-headed hydra (here pictured by Gustave Moreau). According to Pausanias he lived beneath a plane tree at the source of river Amymone.

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The literary fairy tale, Beauty & the Beast, has captivated us since the 18thc. Here are some fun, vintage covers of the beloved tale for your day ☺️📚#FairyTaleTuesday

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Greek Travelers were telling tales about unicorns around 2700 BC describing this majestic creature as having great power and wisdom.

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The Vietnamese people are descended from two mythical lineages: the King of the Dragons, Lạc Long Quân, and Âu Cơ, the Mountain Snow Fairy. Though they loved one another they parted, taking 50 kids each, all born of a massive egg.

🖼: L. Wenjun

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for
🎨"Unicorn," by Maerten de Vos, 1572
🎨"The Unicorn in Captivity" Tapestry by Unknown

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