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Lilith was Adam’s first wife, created as an equal out of the same clay. Medieval texts have it that she refused to lie under Adam, & left the garden of Eden, refusing to return, to become the ultimate she-demon, capable of unspeakable evil.
Img: Rossetti

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This week's for is "Khastakhumar and Bibinagar," an Afghani folk tale in which Babinagar must journey far and wide to recover her black snake husband after his snakeskin is burned by her jealous stepsisters.
Illustration by Hilda Roberts (1919)

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In Irish myth the King of Tír na nÓg is told his son-in-law will usurp him so he gives his daughter a pig's head to deter suitors. To regain her form, the princess must wed a son of Finn MacCumhail; Oisín agrees to marry, she regains her form, Oisín is made King

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2021-02-02

🥀Beauty and the Beast
Eleanor Vere Boyle (1875)
Jennie Harbour (1921)🍃

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Beauty & the Beast, modern day interpretation by LiigiaKlavina,

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In 'The Singing, Springing Lark' a father orders the servants to catch a lark for his daughter. When one is caught a lion appears and accuses them of theft. They must pay with their lives or bring back the first thing that they meet - the father's daughter.

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2021-02-02

There's a nice little story for from China here. Also available in audio on our audiobook app!

https://t.co/Xwcp1QNPY6

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2021-01-27

I've always been fascinated by the Fairy Godmother characters. Here I drew one of my interpretations of Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother. Inspired by moths, moths in folklore are often viewed as symbols of mystery and transformation. Art by

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John Scott of Easting in the Orkneys was a fiddler who spent a year underground pleasing the with his music. Told he'd never again lack for money, he had but put his hand in his pocket when he wanted it & it appeared. Until he told someone his secret...#FairyTaleTuesday

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William Blake's enchanting painting of fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Tate Britain) by William Shakespeare.

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Tolkien's Dwarves, the standard for all fantasy since, are based largely on Norse myth, drawing particularly from Volsunga saga and its continental cousins, but also on the plight of the Jews: a noble people, looking to return home.

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Undine is a water spirit from the eponymous novella by F. de la Motte Fouqué. When her human husband sends her away for another woman, she returns to her natural element but kills the knight with a tear-laden kiss. Illustration: Arthur Rackham - Undine"(1909)

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Brownies painting the leaves, by J C Gilbert

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A lutin is a type of French fairy or hobgoblin, and their tales can be found throughout Quebec. Their spirits can take the form of pets, especially white cats. Both good and evil, they can control the weather, shave your beard, and fill your shoe with pebbles.

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In Scottish mythology, Selkie are seals that can become human by shedding there skin.

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are in early pre-Islamic Arabian and later Islamic and They could grant but they were also able to manipulate these wishes and turn them into
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