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Princess Mononoke, an animated by based on Japanese & Searching for the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the midst of war between the forest gods & Tatara. In his quest he meets the Mononoke Hime.

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2021-05-04

by John Berry for "Cinderella" in "The Wonder Book of Famous Tales", published by Odhams in 1938

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2021-04-29

Free spirit Peter Pan combines fairies and the nature God Pan. Does he represent the innocence and purity of childhood? Or the self-centred stage of childhood? The novel hints that he banishes the Lost Boys when they grow up.

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2021-04-28

Childhood cautions and consequences: don’t stray from the path; don’t suck your thumb; cut your hair and nails; don’t misbehave at Christmas! (Images: The Company of Wolves/Struwwelpeter, Heinrich Hoffman/Krampus print, artist unknown)

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In many children venture into magical places purely for the sake of adventure. https://t.co/ZaXxG7mmrE

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2021-04-28

𝐼𝑑𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟.

Maurice Sendak - Outside Over There (1981)

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2021-04-28

Vila in Slavic lore is a young nymph who stays eternally youthful. Dressed in white & sometimes winged they live in clouds, mountain woods or waters. Vila turns into a horse, wolf, snake, falcon & swan. At night, they roam the clouds & emit a terrible sound.

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2021-04-28

JACK & THE BEANSTALK in for
on the beanstalk...
When I read this as a kid, I always thought I would trade a cow for magic beans in a heartbeat. I mean, it was the only "logical" choice, right? 😆
🎨by Elizabeth Colborne
🎨by Warwick Goble

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2021-04-27

The Hound of Culain was massive, an inevitable protector in Ulster, but one night it howled during a party and the adults looked outside: the hound had been killed by Setanta, the King's nephew: he felt bad and said he'd be Culain's Hound: Cuchulainn.

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The Pied Piper of Hamlin🐭🧀Another Timeless Story🧀🐭

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2021-04-27

As a child, I loved reading fairy tales so that I could enter an enchanted, other world. Here are some of Dulac & Doré’s fairy-tale works that act as paper portals to those worlds. 📚

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HANSEL & GRETEL in for
with the delicious Gingerbread House.
Which one would you eat from?
-This fairy tale worried me as a kid, since I knew I would not be able to resist tasting the house, even if a witch was standing at the front door...-

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Timeless Children's Stories 🐺🐻🍭🐾🐱🍬

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Poor Ebisu seemed to be boneless, but the child was ever joy and very lucky, able to catch a giant carp. As his luck grew, so did his bones and learned to walk: it was revealed he was the first child of creation. He would never forget the fishing village, though

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Hermes' first act in the world was to steal: as a baby hiding out from Hera's wrath, he got bored and wandered off, stealing the solar herd of Apollo. The god of thieves later made it up to Apollo by inventing the lyre for the gkd of music.

🖼: J. Rocco

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2021-04-27

DARK PINOCCHIO is set alight, enslaved to a puppet master, lynched by ruffians, swallowed by a fish & plunged alive into a pot before becoming A REAL BOY
Images Folkyard from my treasured 1914 Dent edition

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin is passing by the wood today, but he won't get much work. Not after the rats... the children. He never stole anyone, of course. Their parents sent them away, to die in distant wars. Parents don't like admitting to that sort of thing.

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The original Peter Pan stories are often much darker than Disney's take. In 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' (1906), the 7-month old Peter lives alone in the London park, making graves for infants and children who perish after being lost/abandoned there 1/3

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