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'Tatterhood' the Norwegian about the Princesses born of magic. Where one was considered beautiful & the other ugly. When trolls attack the palace, the pretty one gets her head snatched off! To save her sister, Tatterhood must find the troll island.

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Psychopomps are often a specific type of Otherworldly messenger, as they guide the dead to their destination. Almost all cosmologies have them: famously, Hermes, Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte, the Norse Valkyries, ravens across the world, and countless more.

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These remind me of the illustrations for 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' (Ladybird, 1965) done by Robert Lumley. I was in love with this edition when I was little. https://t.co/68BwMmIRut

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An oldie for this
Raven bringing news to a nymph

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2021-09-21

The noble moose Skutt ferries the Princess Tuvstarr through the Swedish fairytale forest full of elves and witches till eventually Tuvstarr loses all of her clothes and turns into a plant. 🖼 John Bauer

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Alice in Wonderland is a trippy fantastical story of 7 year old Alice, who finds herself in the now iconic world of Wonderland. There she meets all sorts of peculiar people and creatures, from the Mad Hatter to the Cheshire Cat.

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In Jizo is
a guide & protector of the souls of children, especially those who have died. Parents whose children die before them often pray to the god Jizo & ask him to protect their lost children as it is believed that their souls can't...

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In Greek mythology the goddess Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.

🖼Arthur Rackham

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Irish goddess The Morrígan associated with war/death. Often appears as a crow (badb)/#raven. Incites warriors to battle. When Cú Chulainn died (strapped to a standing stone), only when a crow landed on him was Lugaid, his enemy, convinced he was dead.

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In folklore & legend crows & ravens are often regarded as harbingers of doom, but they can also be the means of divination & prophecy bearing messages from the gods. The Celtic goddess Morrigan often appears in the form of a crow or raven.
🎨Jessica Galbreth

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PORTALS
.. in pathworking, you can enter the fairy realm, through well, hill, the sea, cavern, an opening in a rock, or a wooded glade. Watery places symbolise the fluidic nature of time and space within the faery realm

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"Sounds of the Earth" by Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov and illustrated by Nikita Charushin in 1978. He shared the love and talent of illustrating animals like his father Yevgeny Charushin.

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Arthur Rackham, born this day in (1867-1939).
“For children in their most impressionable years, there is, in fantasy, the highest of stimulating and educational powers.”
Self Portrait
Old Woman in the Woods
Pandora
The Valiant Little Tailor

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2021-09-20

🥀Beauty and The Beast for
Illustrations by Anne Anderson, Margaret Tarrant
and Paul Woodroffe

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For here's a different take on Beauty and the Beast by Spanish artist Pep Brocal.

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'Beauty and the Beast' truly a tale as old as time, as it echoes many old myths. Eros (Cupid) and Psyche in Greek mythology has the same elements, and with love conquering all!
Psyche entering Cupid's garden by J.W. Waterhouse

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2021-09-15

A rather handsome lion-like beast as imagined by artist Margaret Evans Price (1888–1973) for “Beauty and the Beast.” Price was co-founder of Fisher-Price Toy Company for which she also designed push-pull toys based on characters from her children's books

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Beauty & the Beast was written by two French, 18th-cen, female writers (de Villeneuve & de Beaumont) who wove witty feminism into the tale. Crane’s 1874 art for his “toy book” shined with influences from Japanese art to the Elgin Marbles.🌹#FairytaleTuesday

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A bulgarian tale of a girl who marries a dragon. By day he is a serpent-like creature, at night he turns into a beautiful young man by taking off his shirt. Tricked by her mother the girl steals his shirt. He disappears so she goes through trials to get him back.#FairyTaleTuesday

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Folklorist Boria Sax writes that tales like “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”, express a longing for the reunion of the human & animal worlds. The animal spouse carries with it the mysteries & magic of the natural world and echoes the wildness within us.

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