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Hina was the Polynesian virgin-mother goddess, creator of the world. She was both moon and first woman and gave birth to the gods and the humans. All women are said to embody her spirit...

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Word of their perfect palace spread. People came from far away to see its perfection. Mostly it was the brave and remarkable girl who won the three treasures, saved her brothers and broke the Curse of Yonder Mountain they came to see https://t.co/4VGyVi6OKY

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Another artist from the late 19th-cen “Golden Age of Illustration” was Warwick Goble (1862-1943). His fairy-tale heroines held their own quiet power & glistened with early modern magic. I love these works 💖📚💫

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I love the way Edmund Dulac’s (1882-1953) fairy-tale heroines always sparkled with his sense of artistic enchantment ❤️📚

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Thanks for another great session, This is Crystal signing off. The amazing will join in just a bit for today’s last session. Here's one of my all-time favorites! See you next week my friends! (Image: Mary Read/Unknown Author)

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In Greek mythology, Helen was the most beautiful woman in the age of the heroes. Wife of Menelaus of Sparta, she eloped with Paris of Troy.The Greeks waged a 1O yr war against Troy to win her back.Christopher Marlowe called her the face that launched 1000 ships

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💔🐇❤️‍🔥Cornish folklore said that a woman who died of a broken heart could wreak vengeance on the man who wronged her from beyond the grave. Her spirit in the form of a beautiful white hare - visible only to her betrayer - would haunt and torment him to death.

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"The Girl and the Quibungo" is a brazilian tale of angolan origin. The human-eating Quibungo captures a girl to eat, but the girl's grandma hears her calling for help and throws boiling water at the monsters feet, knocking it down and stabing it's neck.

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Astarte, also spelled Athtart or Ashtart, great goddess of the ancient Middle East and chief deity of Tyre, Sidon, and Elat, important Mediterranean seaports.

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Daniel Gardner's 3 Witches 1775. Setting taken from Shakespeare were portraits of the most politically influential & socially notorious women of the time: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire & sculptor Anne Seymour Damer.

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It’s - can we get some love and RTs for our series, set in Scotland with plenty of folklore, magic and sword fights, which we’re trying to get made into a TV show? ⚔️🧝🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Although there are few in Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', Éowyn plays a pivotal role by slaying the Witch-King of Angmar; contributing to the demise of Sauron.

A proper Shield Maiden!

'The Return of the King' (1980) dir. Rankin/Bass.

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The from the Greek νέμειν Némein, meaning "to give what is due" the Goddess of Divine Justice & Retribution. An or who punished the wicked, the right hand of

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In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon was Queen of Dyfed. She was linked to a horse goddess and had three magical birds which could "wake the dead and lull the living to sleep".

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Queen Boudica of the British Iceni tribe led an army of several Celtic tribes in an uprising against forces of the Roman Empire in ca 60 AD after their failure to honor an agreement re: the succession of her husband’s kingdom upon his death.

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The blind daughter of the god of death, Lovatar (Louhi) was impregnated by the wind & gave birth to nine deadly diseases. Gap-toothed & hard-nosed, her magical powers enable her to shapeshift, change the weather, & control the movements of the sun & moon.

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In Greek mythology Minthe was a beautiful nymph beloved by Hades. When Minthe claimed she was better than Hades' wife, Persephone, the goddess got her revenge by changing her into a mint plant. A trace of her loveliness still lingers in the plant's scent.

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In Greek Mythology Nike is the winged goddess of speed, strength & victory. When soldiers went out to battle they would invoke the goddess and make an offering to or sacrifice for her. She was also a great mediator between mortals and the gods.

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The Ice Maiden by Edmund Dulac, from The Dreamer of Dreams, published in 1915 by Hodder & Stoughton. The Ice Maiden, guarded by her bears, searches for broken hearts at night. She keeps them alive in her castle by warming them in a circle of flames.

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Alive from the waist up & dead from the waist down, the half-blue-half-flesh toned Hel ruled the realm of the dead in Norse mythology. She not only judged the deceased, but led an army of them in a ship made from the fingernails of corpses.

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