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Beautiful movie: set in 19th century Italy with an operatic score. bower will remind you of Victorian paintings. https://t.co/j4UKcRaPUD

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An old-school fairy I created back in 1989 and my style was developing as a young artist.

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by Winefred V. Barker, from "The Emerald Fairy Book", pub. Hutchinson 1920s

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We can't help but adore Jareth, the goblin king from Labyrinth. Though, if I could turn into an owl and fly around, I'd probably find cooler things to do than taunting a whiney teen and stealing a baby. https://t.co/6Qk9lltr6t

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In the land of fairy tale, helpers are often small. With the Brothers Grimm collecting tales, in 1812 they gave us Snow White & her friends, the tiny dwarves. Whether inspired by Ovid, Basile, or the true story of a German C16th countess, their tale endures🍎🖤#FairyTaleTuesday

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Her angel's face,
As the great eye of heaven, shined bright,
And made sunshine in the shady place;
Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace.

—Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene (1590)

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Herr Birre och Trollen (Troll Trouble)

by John Bauer

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A little treat with the Dundee Dragon! Art by ! 🐉🧝🏼‍♀️⚔️🐺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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In Vietnamese creation myth, Âu Cơ was a kind-hearted snow fairy who lived in a snow-capped mountain. She married Lạc Long Quân, the "Dragon Lord of Lạc", and bore 100 children, who later became the ancestors of Vietnamese people. 1/3

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Female trolls, also known as a trollop, are just as foul and cannibalistic as males, but look a LOT different. They resemble beautiful human women with the only trollish parts of them being horns and a cow tail, which they will hide to take humans by surprise.

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- In Iceland the Little People known as the Huldofolk live in cute small houses built by locals. It is believed these tiny beings have magical powers and protect the island.
In Celtic beliefs dwarfs give advice or shelter to heroes. https://t.co/rq6KHIe4tO

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A Bexhill Gnome. "A Pied Fancy" written & drawn by our own Nina Kennard Brisley (1898-1978), from the Number of the Bexhill Observer 16.12.1911 for It would seem our gnomes are not very nice.

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If taken ill, you may be 'elf-struck', shot with an elven arrow. In Cumbrian folklore, the elves got the arrows from faeries, who got them from mermaids.


art: Oyasumi

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Originally an American product, it's thought that Fairy soap got it's name because it floated in the bath, which obviously implied that it had 'magical properties'.

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“Goblin Market” (1862) by
Christina Rossetti is a narrative poem telling the story of Laura and Lizzie, two sisters tempted with fruit by goblin merchants.
Check out full poem here: https://t.co/PGp2SYzB6Q…
Illustration by Arthur Rackham 1933.

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There is an ancient belief that if you plant a rowan tree near your front door its wood will stop witches’ spells, as well as faeries & bad spirits from crossing your threshold. The rowan is also known as witchentree or witch-wood. image: Cicely Mary Barker

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Late post!

Mermaids you say! No African mythology and folklore without the many creatures of African waters!

"The Runaway Princess" has a few like the big fish, Chipfalamfula, and the Mapa'in so beautifully illustrated by !

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🪸 A seafaring fairy for
by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

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Mermaids in have a varied history, from wicked, vampiric seductresses to the innocent love of The Little Mermaid, and much in between. https://t.co/9egNVnC8PA

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I am honored to share that my artwork, Miles to Go, has been selected for inclusion in
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Thanks to the judges for giving my work recognition.
There were over 1800 amazing entries and 344 were chosen for inclusion.

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