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Mesmerising candy wrapper 'Parsifal' from 1927. Some artists were still working in symbolist / Art Nouveau style in 1920s.

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'Arthur of Albion' written by John Matthews and illustrated by Belorussian artist Pavel Tatarnikov in 2009. Pavel is specialised in medieval illustration which you can notice in his minute attention to detail. Dreamy atmosphere...

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She rode through the lands on a black swan of stardust, sprigs of moonflower and poppy in hand 🦢🌷⭐️ just uploaded this new piece to my AOI portfolio 👌https://t.co/UUdKaI8rIh

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Starting my next series of interpreted fairy tale spot illustrations, we're getting whisked off to the land of Oz! Art by me

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After Queen Guinevere had an adulterous affair with Lancelot, she was condemned to burn to death. Lancelot saved her from the fire.

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"Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time."
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Greek described it as "theia mania" (madness from the gods) caused when Eros shot his arrow into the heart of a mortal.

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I think they may have a ending- 💖

"Faeries Dance" - 🎨by me

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2. "The Swineherd"
https://t.co/QMjUxksWrz

"Be off with you!" the king said in a rage. Both Princess and swineherd were turned out of his empire. There she stood crying. The swineherd scolded, and the rain came down in torrents"
by Jiri Trnka

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"The Swineherd", by Hans Christian Anderson https://t.co/QMjUxksWrz
"Such naughtiness!" the king said, when he saw them kissing; he boxed their ears with his slipper, just as the swineherd was taking his 86th kiss"

illustration by Barbara C. Freeman c1950s

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

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A fairy rewards a girl for her kindness: diamonds & pearls fall from her lips when she speaks but her nasty sister's punishment is spewing toads. A prince hears the kind sister’s tale, they fall in love & live happily ever after
🎨 Gordon Laite (1925-1978)

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Ra ordered them apart, for their children would overthrow him: but Geb the Earth and Nut the Sky disobeyed. Nut stole light and made five extra days in which to have her children and as punishment, Ra ordered the two ever parted, never to meet again.

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In the 1800s, artists mined the past in beautiful ways. Drawing from myths & Romantic poetry, their paintings evoked a fairy-tale sense of love & romance, with the magical look of the Middle Ages —from knights to maidens. ❤️

🎨By Dicksee, Millais, Waterhouse

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Selkies, seals that shed thr skin to become human, are intensely alluring to landfolk. Many stories tell of a man stealing a selkie's skin and making her his bride. After some years the she would find her skin and return to the sea taking her children with her.

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14. In the was enchanted by the of the She seduced him into teaching her and then she used her new powers to trap him in a in the
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11. In fell in with of whilst she was married to of Morgan was caught by in her and was shamed by all the court and was left seeking
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8. In one of the best couples were and Despite the kidnapping in the beginning they did fall in and unlike his brothers, Hades had only 2 still bad, but not as bad as Zeus' 110+
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7. In and are probably the worst going. Zeus had over 110 whereas Hera had 0, but she attacked and various mistresses of Zeus and his illegitimate children.
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