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The mythical griffin is portrayed with the head, wings and talons of an eagle and the body of a lion. It is associated with strength and courage.

engraving by Israhel van Meckenem (1445-1503)

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In a Flemish folktale a werewolf who was said to be good friends with the devil often flew through the sky on a horse. In several other tales werewolves have the ability to fly. One man who saw them had nothing but bad luck for the rest of his days.

🎨Leo Putz

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Harpies of Greek mythology - part-human, part-bird "employed by the gods as instruments for the punishment of the guilty"

This is a key drawing of the scene from Jason & the Argonauts by c.1961

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- The legend of Icarus and Daedalus, written by the Roman poet Ovid in his work Metamorphoses, is today considered to be a colorful legend, a fiction story. Some suggest it could be a testimony of prehistoric aviation. More: https://t.co/qATha3boWb

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On the bat's back I do fly.
– William Shakespeare, The Tempest Act V, Scene 1.

🎨H C Selous

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Village of Renwick in 1733 :

"derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited, an ancient possessor being said to have slain a noxious, cockatrice”

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Wyrdlings!

Learning to fly... for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's birthday, we give you

"Wyrd and Wynderful Flying Creatures & Contrivances"

as our theme!

We'll RT Wednesday after 9 am CET

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2022-06-28

Baby, baby bunting
Daddy's gone a-hunting
To get a little rabbit's skin
To wrap his Baby Bunting in

I never gave this nursery rhyme any thought until I saw this image. Now it haunts me.

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And, the true besmu, a much larger mythic version of the Mesopotamian monster. Its got wings, not pictured.:)

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2022-06-23

Only for Ko-Fi supporters...a new Monster for Loria.
The Mesopotamian inspired Lesser Basmu!


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The Brothers Grimm wrote the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin. The story of a Miller's daughter who lies about turning straw into gold and help from a little elf who makes a deal to transform the straw to gold for her the catch? So he can take her baby!

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2022-06-23

In H.C. Andersen's The Red Shoes, a little girl is cursed for dancing 💀

"Dance you shall!" he said, "dance in your red shoes until you are pale and cold! Until your skin shrinks together like a skeleton."


🎨Adrienne Segur

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Weird tales with children in, we can sort! Welcome back to -

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The Bonhomme Sept Heures is a frightening figures in French-speaking Canada. According to legend, this beings would kidnap any children out of bed past 7pm, and they would never be found again. He was used as a tactic to make sure children were home and in bed

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2022-06-23

"But have a care
To make short stay
Where wields his sway,
The Great Lord Fish" (Walter de la Mare)

... or how to disenchant a fish-tailed lass cursed by a carless wizard in the realm of the Lord Fish

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2022-06-22

‘Ring a Ring o' Rosie’ is a nursery rhyme & playground song first published in 1881: ‘Ring-a-ring o' roses, /A pocket full of posies, / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! /We all fall down.’ But its reference is dark: the Black Death (the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak in London.)

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The 19th-Century Book of Horrors That Scared German Kids Into Behaving via
Original illustrations from the book that inspired Edward Scissorhands https://t.co/Sc7CM4D0yT

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'Boys and girls come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day,
Leave thy supper and leave thy sleep,
And come with your playfellows into the street.'
This nursery rhyme dates at least to 1708. 🎨 Fritz Thaulow

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2022-06-22

Der Struwwelpeter (1895) by Heinrich Hoffmann is a German collection of rhyming cautionary tales for children. For example, a girl plays with matches & burns to death. A boy who sucks his thumb gets his thumb cut off. A boy who refuses soup starves to death.

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