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Our for is "A Riddling Tale" from Grimm's Household Tales, in which a husband successfully frees his wife from being enchanted to be a flower during the day and a woman at night by recognizing her from three identical flowers.
Art by Gina Biggs

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"Dragonfly wings buzzed from it's shoulders, colours constantly changing like oil on water. It's tiny face flashed him a warm, friendly toothpaste smile, welcoming eyes, feline amber under the small curling horns at it's brow.
“Hello my Duncan”

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The Hawthorn is an eternal symbol of spring & fertility. It is also said to be sacred to the fae who will seek revenge on anyone who damages a lone Hawthorn. Also known as the May tree, blossoms & boughs were collected at sunrise on May Day for the celebrations

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Happy anniversary !

Spring Fairy pictures by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

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Bears symbolize resurrection & renewal: the she-bear hibernates during winter but then awakens in spring in time to bring new cubs into the world. As such, bears teach us to move in cycles & to accept periods of rest that are crucial for incubating new life.

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Narcissus Poeticus, the daffodil of poets, arrives in late March. In Greek myth the self-obsessed Narcissus was turned into a white daffodil by Nemesis, & Persephone, goddess of was abducted by Pluto while she was gathering narcissi. Img: CMB/Waterhouse

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FAIRY RINGS Upon entering an elf ring or sorcerer’s circle of mushrooms you will become invisible & be made to dance around until you die of exhaustion. Fairy rings can uncannily appear in graveyards🎨W. H. Sullivan; graveyard ring

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A verse to celebrate & welcome spring
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king,
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring.
~Thomas Nashe
🎨Aloïs Hans Schram
Thanks for the & and a Happy Anniversary 💜🧚‍♀️

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March covers of Murzilka ;
Cute vintage illustrations of spring on retro magazine covers in Soviet Union.

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Celebrating w/#FairyTaleTuesday
with some
🌷"Springtime" by Pierre Auguste Cot, 1873
🌷"Flora Scattering Flowers" by Arnold Böcklin,1875

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Oscar Wilde wrote a fairy tale called "The Selfish Giant" about a giant who won't let anyone enter his garden. Miss Spring can't enter the garden, so Old Man Winter stays there. Then children sneak in to play & the snow melts, bringing Miss Spring at last.

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The Old Woman of Winter and Wise Woman is the Cailleach, a trickster spirit of Gaelic-speaking regions. Frost is her coat laid on the ground, for winter is her time, and she can spite you or bless you if you are kind. Don't fear her: embrace her

🖼: J. Brideson

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Maman Brigitte is a loa, a white woman with fiery red hair, a taste for rum and spices, and a nasty mouth. Wife of Baron Samedi, she is none other than Brigid of Kildare, born through the marriage of Catholic sainthood and Yoruba religion.

🖼: G. Zielinska

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Princess Aine was fought over by her lover Fergus of the Fianna (warriors with supernatural skills) and Curoi of Tuatha de Danann (the fairy race). They settled it with a game of hurling where Fergus scored the winning goal. mythology

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Suppose the legendary Hound of Ulster from Irish lore and medieval manuscript has an itch. What does “itch” mean to you in this context and would you help him scratch it? https://t.co/QL2jYbhpsz

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Fairy trees were portals to fairy worlds in Ireland. Therefore, one never felled a fairy tree —often a mighty hawthorn with gnarled, old roots —the doorway to fairy abodes. To this day, people bring offerings to these old & beloved trees. 🧚‍♀️🌳

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Stephen Reid was a Scottish illustrator who illustrated Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cúchullain (1904). An excellent team in my opinion to share the tales of Cúchullain anew. But always felt sorry for the real Cúchullain (the dog)

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The Morrigan is the Phantom Queen, goddess of death and war and prophecy. A Sovereign Queen and a wife of the Dagda, she is a shapeshifter and triple goddess, with her two sisters Badb and Macha representing her connection to crows and horses.

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Illustrations by Canadian artist Jillian Tamaki (b.1980) for Irish Myths and Legends(Folio Society) by Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932) Lady Gregory, dramatist & folklorist, co-founded the Irish Literary & the Abbey Theatres with W.B. Yeats

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