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Pauline Baynes' 1954 front cover for "The Horse and his Boy", by C. S. Lewis, published by Puffin 1978.
About a Talking Horse from Narnia, whose name is Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah

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THE LOUSE AND THE FLEA: A Grimm tale ('Household Tales' [1812]), a flea mourns the loss of his spouse, the louse. His grief causes inanimate objects to cry as well, until a spring overflows killing him. (Illus: Arthur Rackham, 1909)

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Living and Dead Water are two types of water often found in Czech or Russian tales. When a person dies, they are sprinkled with the dead water for the wounds to heal, and then the living water is splashed on them for them to come back to life.
🎨 Artuš Scheiner

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"Gestumblindi said:
"Who are the twain
that on ten feet run?
three eyes they have,
but only one tail.
Alright guess now
this riddle, Heithrek!"
Heithrek said:
"Good is thy riddle, Gestumblindi,
and guessed it is:
that is Odin riding on Sleipnir"

🖼️ Rackham

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“Tis little good to chase the deeds of magic with a horse…”
Thomas Mackenzie’s (1887-1944) magical illustrations of horses from Tristan & Iseult; Gareth fighting the Red Knight; Aladdin & his Wonderful Lamp.

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The Ice-Maiden by Edmund Dulac. The main illustration for the children’s book The Dreamer of Dreams, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1915. The ice-maiden, guarded by her bears, collects broken hearts at night & warms them in her castle in a circle of flames.

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Let's share some tragic shall we? We'll start. The tragedy of... Jonathan Harker compiling a "food diary" to relay to Mina when, in fact, HE is the one on the menu...

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Little Red Riding Hood, Walter Crane.

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Russia one of last countries in Europe to have pagan faith colonized by christendom. Volkhvy were class of priests and priestesses leading rural uprisings. In Russian volk, means “wolf”, or Veles, God of magic, music and the watery underworld.🐍

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Legend says a Lady in White haunts Montmorency Falls near Quebec City. Mathilde and Louis were deeply in love, but when Louis was killed in the Battle of Beauport in 1759, the inconsolable Mathilde donned her wedding dress and threw herself over the falls.

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I did this a while ago, but I ended up re-doing the lighting to draw the eye from face to hand to apple, and I think it works better! Line underdrawing included for fun 😊

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🦋🌹🌹🌹True Love and Salvation in a Kiss🦋🌹🌹🌹Various Artists, American🌹🌹🌹

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Book your place https://t.co/kkziHmUZk9 Thur 3 June, 2pm. "Little pig, little pig, let me IN!
The Three Little Puzzle Pigs https://t.co/X4j9DsOoc1

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Japanese  The Star Lovers. 7th day of the 7th moon, the Light Deity allows his daughter to see her banished lover. Using magpies as a bridge, to cross over the Milky Way. Weaving Maiden annually visits her lover Herd Boy, but only if weather is clear!

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In 'The Lindworm' tale, the serpent prince devours all his wives. The last one though is unafraid of his monstrosity. She tricks him into removing all his scales, brushes his skin w/ steel brushes, water & ashes & then bathes him in milk, restoring its humanity.

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Midir's love for Etain transcended time and generations. He lost her when the Tuatha de Danann ruled Ireland but found her again when he was an daoine sidhe, living under a fairy hill. He wooed her at last and escaped with her into eternity.

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A Polish fairytale called The Giants tells of an orphan called Little Romek who becomes a shepherd, helps a giant, attends a Giant’s wedding, steals a loaf of bread and an invisibility belt. He finds the bread is made of gold. 1/2

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And neither the angels in Heaven above
   Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
~Edgar Allan Poe

🎨John R Neill

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In the 7th-century Persian tale "Layla & Majnun," the poet Qays falls so madly in love with the lovely Layla that their tribe dubs him Majnun ("possessed" or "mad"). Layla's father forbids them to marry, so Qays flees & wanders the desert the rest of his days.

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