I would love to see a stylized animation based on the LOTR books, like the 70s cartoon did, but given full time. An Arthur Rackham-esque style like this would be so beautiful.

(I feel like we'll never see the Barrow-Wight and Bombadils onscreen, any other way. 😔)

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Jolly Jackrabbits: Celebrating March 1st with depictions of these long-eared lovelies: Lewis Carroll's 'March Hare' by John Tenniel (1865) & Arthur Rackham (1907) and terrific tiles by William de Morgan (1880s)

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Hansel and Gretel 🎨 by Arthur Rackham

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There's a tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return, but after many years, he died, alone.


art: Arthur Rackham

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In Greek mythology, Iris is a sky goddess and the personification of the rainbow. She is also a messenger of the gods, travelling from one end of earth to the other at the speed of wind, connecting the gods to humanity.

🎨'Iris' - Arthur Rackham, 1921.

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The Three Heads in a Well is an old English fairy tale. A kind girl meets an old man who is guardian of a well. He bids her do whatever the 3 golden heads in the well ask & so she washes them. They then each in turn accord her good fortune. Img: Arthur Rackham

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I totally forgot about the Goblin Market. Thanks for the mental nudge! Haven't read it in decades. Will have to read your thoughts. (Didn't see it in my feed, sorry!) Have to add, Rackham's illustrations for Rossetti's words are a perfect match. 🙂

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In a Flemish tale a witch and a cat who lived in a tree almost always went for a walk around the village at night. If they didn't, they had met a traveller who was unaware of their existence. The witch danced in the branches while the cat dug a grave.

🎨Rackham

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The giants Fafner and Fasolt seize Freyja in Arthur Rackham's illustration of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1910

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Loge feigns fear as Alberich turns into a giant snake. Wotan stands in the background; illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, 1910

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A tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground.
She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years, he died, alone.


art: Arthur Rackham

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“When my love swears that she is made of truth...” Sonnet 138


Rainbow goddess Iris conveyed water to Olympus from the River Styx whenever the Greek gods took solemn oaths. If they lied the water would make them sleep for a year.

Image: Arthur Rackham

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Hansel and Gretel 🎨 by Arthur Rackham

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Good morning enchanting friends huge thanks to my favourite for Queen of the Fae:magical for a fab opening hour~This is here to share you favourite fairytales+lore for (img:Midsummer Nights Dream, Rackham)

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Arthur Rackham __ Fairies and Goblins

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It's been a bit blowy! This week's features images related to Boreas, The North Wind, anemones, the 'windflower' and Faeries lifting off at twilight: by Waterhouse (x2), Cicely Mary Barker and Arthur Rackham.

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"And all the spirits sang now together:
In death and blood,
In ruin and tears,
Find the Seven.
Listen now, attend and see,
Tell us, poor thing, are you not glad?
Find the Seven."
(C. de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel")

🎨 Arthur Rackham (1916)

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