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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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2021-11-09


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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2021-11-09

Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek are Canadian artists, who work collaboratively under the name "Tin Can Forest." They draw inspiration from the forests of Canada and Slavic art and folklore, which is rife with shapeshifting characters.

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2021-10-12

“Sina, beautiful one, forgive me! Know my true shape is human. I, the King of Fiji used magic to become an eel to swim from Fiji to see you for myself. Now, before I die I want to explain myself https://t.co/aaiFrYuaNm

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2021-10-12

She first appeared in the emerald hills of her island, when the world was still young, the time circular, flowing slowly.
She is crowned with autumn dawns, her feathers...smooth, of eastern gold. In her eyes she grows light.
That's what happens in the dark.

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2021-09-07

A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow.
"Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.
"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it."

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2021-09-07

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 It's Young On Elephants.'

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2021-09-01

“All that is left is your wife, the princess and we cannot divide her. The only fair way is to have half each. Taking his sword he swung as if to cut her in half - The story of the Son of Malik ut Tujjar https://t.co/EFF7NtJRp9

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2021-08-31

In the Puss 'n Boots fairy tale, a youngest son gets seeming short-shrift in the inheritance, a single tomcat. But the cat's ingenuity leads the young miller's son to marriage to princess and the title of Marquis of Carabas.

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2021-08-25

The witch in HANSEL & GRETEL
was diabolically clever to me as a kid, as I knew I would never be able to resist a gingerbread/candy covered house.
🎨Liebich
🎨Feiertag
CHILDREN in for

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2021-08-24

A perfect to celebrate the art of Adrienne Segur, who portrays the sadness and longing of children who find themselves lost, alone and betrayed, yet remain kind and faithful - even self-sacrificing to save another soul.

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2021-08-24

In Teutonic mythology the Nibelungs are a race of dwarfs who guard a hoard of gold and magic treasures on behalf of their King Nibelung of Nibelheim (land of mist).

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2021-08-17

Sharing my Gamayun drawing for this week's theme.

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2021-08-11

Why does the Baba Yaga's hut usually stand on chicken legs?

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2021-08-11

Thread: DAMSELS IN CHARGE!✨Warrior women, brave princesses, Strong Enchantresses & More! 🎨Ériu, Banba & Fódla ©Jane Brideson 🎨The Morrigan ©Ameluria ♀️ https://t.co/hibf9UWAB0

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2021-08-03



Mermaids...
Beautiful beings, half ladies, half fish and 100% glamour!
Pic Fishbone Art

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2021-07-20

An Undine is a category of elemental being, usually female, associated with water, like Hans Christian Anderson's "Little Mermaid", and which first appears in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus.

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2021-07-20



'By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...'
Macbeth, Act I, Scene iv
Pic from internet

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2021-07-13