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For one thousand and one nights she put off her death: for at morning her husband put his wife to death. Each night she told a tale and left it unfinished, the Shah demanding the tale continue the next night and so sparing her. Clever Scheherazade! #FairyTaleTuesday
🖼: E. Alba
4. #Medea was a #witch #princess of #Colchis who was #cursed to fall in #love with #Jason so she would help him. When he broke her #heart, it destroyed her mind and she did some #dreadful, yet #powerful things: https://t.co/Yl5jS6Flt0
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2. #Pasiphae was the #witch #queen of #Crete in #GreekMythology who's husband offended the #gods. She was #punished by being forced to mate with a #bull and became a #SocialPariah, eventually she got #revenge: https://t.co/lH65RnEkou
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Thread: DAMSELS IN CHARGE, POWERFUL PRINCESSES, WARRIOR WOMEN, ENCHANTING ENCHANTRESSES & other INTERESTING WOMEN! 🎨Ériu, Banba & Fódla ©Jane Brideson 🎨The Morrigan ©Ameluria ♀️ #Ireland #FairyTaleTuesday https://t.co/hibf9UWAB0
Huldra are nature spirits and mostly very beautiful with long hairs. You can recognize them by their tail, which resembles a fox or a cow.
But be careful! With their beguiling singing they lure you away from your path. Most of the time they are friendly.
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Morgan le Fay was originally a great healer, shapeshifter & enchantress, who ruled Avalon in the Arthurian legend. However by late Medieval times her character had become a sorceress, scheming to usurp her half-brother Arthur’s throne. #FairyTaleTuesday Img: WH Margetson, 1908
Some fairy-tale images are forever, & Doré’s 1862 wood-engravings, for The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, are just that to me. I love the gothic arch of trees & tangled growth that the prince must face alone. Doré always cast a spell.
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#FairyTaleTuesday Visit our blog for 8 stories of #cats from around the world. Our audiobook app also has the tale The Cat Who Could Eat So Much.
Pictured: Puss in Boots
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A Huldra, or skogsrå, is a Scandinavian forest spirit whose back is a hollowed out tree trunk. Sometimes beautiful and kind, sometimes frightening and pernicious, in Sweden she has the tail of a fox. #FairyTaleTuesday #Huldra
"Some black cats are witches in disguise. Some witches are black cats in disguise."
Folklore of Wales, 1909
#Art: Maggie Vandewalle
#FairyTaleTuesday #Wales
A cheeky word for an alternative #FairyTaleTuesday
#fabulous #felines in #vintage #illustrations
w/Puss in Boots
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#cat #art #illustrationart #artontwitter #cats
5. The goddess Hecate is frequently associated with dogs.
@EnchantedEzine #FairyTaleTuesday
Foxes by Mirko Hanák (1921-1971) from Karel Novy’s THE WANDERING HUNTER. Hanák’s technique was inspired by Chinese & Japanese watercolour painting. He specialised in depicting animals from the Czech countryside when illustrating fairytales & children’s books #FairyTaleTuesday
1. #Cerberus was the 3 headed #dog/#Hellhound from #GreekMythology. He was the #guardian of the #Underworld who prevented #souls from leaving #Hades. He was the child of #Echidna and #Typhon and he was once borrowed by #Heracles.
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#FairyTaleTuesday Pavel Bazhov theorised mythical creatures as created to explain natural phenomena - eg Earth Cat from 'Cats Ears' is described as 'two blue flames that look like cat's ears' and represents sulfur dioxide gas https://t.co/HLGQtpCylZ
Black Dogs are often seen as harbingers of death. The demonic dog roaming Cannock Chase, known as the ‘ghost dog of Brereton,’ has been seen stalking the roads leading to Brereton. It has been described as large & black with sharp pointed ears & glowing eyes. #FairyTaleTuesday
In Ainu legends, the Good & Evil deities agreed that those who saw the sun rise first would rule the world. While all faced the East, Fox-god looked West & saw the sunrise first as it was reflected from a high peak. & that's why the good spirits rule the Earth. #FairyTaleTuesday