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

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2021-08-11

My fav illustrations of possibly the most famous Slavic tale: Vasillisa the Brave - with Baba Yaga of course! By Marianna Mayer (PS I'm SOOO happy to be back with Fairy tale friends!)

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2021-08-10

The Water Tsar Dances ✨
Russian Story Book, 1916
Illustrated by Frank C. Papé

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2021-08-10

Vladimir Kirin's illustrations of ''Croatian Tales of Long Ago'' by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, 1922

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2021-08-10

'There was once a path that led from one reality to the next. One would find it in a pit in the ground or a hole in a tree or a strange whirling pool in the midst of a river...'

https://t.co/WKOK8jpmdS

by Anne Sete

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2021-08-10

Jownik in Belarus, is a demon.People could approach on New Year’s Eve and ask it for their fortune the next year.Jownik would use divination and then touch the person. If the touch was warm, the omens were good, but if it was cold, they would be disappointed.

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2021-08-10

One of my favourites is The Frog Princess. There are different versions but three brothers shoot arrows to find a bride. Two of them land on the houses of important and wealthy families, the third lands in a swamp in the mouth of a frog.

🎨Vasnetsov

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2021-08-10

In Slavic fairytales, Likho is either portrayed as an evil one-eyed goblin or as an old, skinny woman dressed entirely in black. She is the embodiment of misfortune & can cause possession, bad luck & is said to haunt the hopeless.

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2021-08-10


In Slavic folklore samodivas are woodland fairies/nymphs. The Vila Samodiva leads the others in dances, and fulfills the rôle of contact between the protagonist and the mystical world, guiding or giving the hero a task to test him.
🎨Bartolomeo Giuliano

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2021-08-10


RUSALKA
A mysterious and elusive water nymph, yearns to become human, and win the heart of a prince. A fairy tale inspired by The Little Mermaid and Undine. For Rusalka she will lose her voice, and be damned forever, should their love story fall..

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2021-08-10

"The Frog Princess" a Russian fairytale. Illustrations by Aleksandra Jakobson 1955

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2021-08-10

The Norwegian tale "The Husband Who Was to Mind the House" focuses on the strength of the housewife in the story by juxtaposing her work with the poor job done by her husband when they decide to do a reversal of duties. The husband does a pretty bad job.

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2021-08-04

Evening plans:

unknown (thoughts?)

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2021-08-04

Fairy godmothers, like their ancient forebears, the Fates, helped via their magic in fairy tales. In Cinderella, Perrault may have also been influenced by occult magic in courtly life a century prior to his era. 💫#FairytaleTuesday
🎨By Dulac, Crane, Rackham

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2021-08-04

As hardcore as shield-maidens get, Brunhild brought about the Fall of the House of Völsung by orchestrating Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer's death and then offing herself. 🖼️Árpád Basch & Gaston Bussière

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2021-08-04



5 Facts about Yennenga, Warrior Princess of the Mossi (Burkina Faso)

🎨:UNESCO

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2021-08-04

Thumbelina 💛

🎨 Eleanor Vere Boyle
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2021-08-04

The Epic of Gilgamesh has characterized Inanna as a petty, capricious lust goddess to many, but fortunately her true nature endures beyond: the Queen of Heaven's tales of sacrifice, of divine love, of regret and remorse show her as much more complex.

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2021-08-03