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The six brothers in 'The Six Swans' rely on their sister, the princess, to save them from a curse & restore them to their human form. She succeeds, but does not have time to fully complete her task & as a result the youngest brother keeps one swan's wing.

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ODETTE Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen, swims on a lake made from her mother's tears after a sorcerer, Baron von Rothbart, transforms her into swan form. At night she regains her human form. 📷 Anna Pavlova's dying swan dress. She played Odette over 4,000 times

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The plip plop call of the Satanic Nightjar was once attributed to the sound it made plucking out folks' eyes...

🎨Renata Grieco

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2023-04-04

“April I open my bill
In May I sing night and day
In June I change my tune
In July far far I fly
In August away I must”

The cuckoo is said to begin calling on 14th April in honour of the martyr St. Tiburtius, brother-in-law of St. Cecilia, who died on that day.

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In Greek myth, the owl was symbolic of Athena, goddess of wisdom, intuition and warfare. Owls are regarded as intelligent with excellent hunting skills, mirroring many aspects of Athena.
🎨Cynthia Sheppard.

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Nafanua was an ali'i chief/queen and toa warrior of Samoa. The title of Toa/Toa Tama'ita'i (Warrior) was bestowed upon her for avenging her family and creating peace via her fighting skills and her four magical weapons which she carved herself from Toa wood.

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Ereshkigal, a Powerful Mesopotamian Queen of the Dead was in charge of keeping the dead in her realm and preventing the living from learning about the afterlife. Her domain was in the Mountains of Sunset to the west, known as Kurnugia,or the Land of No return.

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This week’s Fairy Tale Tuesday explores queens & strong, female protagonists. So here are some of Warwick Goble’s magical women from the Golden Age of Illustration ✨

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Lucy on the White Witch:

‘She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right…And she can turn people into stone…And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas…’
—CS Lewis

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Baba Yaga has power over day and night, speaks w/animals, and knows things. And she could take form of a beautiful maiden, yet chooses not to. In many tales, Baba Yaga is not just a witch; she can be good or evil, or both, and still be powerful.

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"She was too innocent and good for witchcraft to have power over her..."
How Princess Elisa toiled and troubled to free all her brothers from a witch's curse
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mid 1960s illustration by Simonne Baudoin

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In their early years, mermaids spend most of their time fascinated by humans, they try do understand them, mimic their ways. Over time they lose interest in their cousins above, let go of who they think they should be, and become who they were meant to be. (ALT)

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In this Norwegian tale, the Lime Tree Queen steps out of a door in a tree, inviting the heroine inside and dressing her in beautiful clothes. 🎨Johann Heinrich Füssli  

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'The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might,' by Courtney Weber

The Morrigan ('phantom queen' or 'great queen') is famous for being a goddess of war, witchcraft, death, protection and retribution.

🎨 Magdalena Kaczan

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In Irish myth The Morrigan is a goddess of war and death. Spurned in love by Cúchulainn, she hinders him in battle. Some legends say she was gifted with foresight, and, thus able to predict the death of warriors which she used to influence the outcome of war.

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When the baby daughter of the Moon Giant and the Giantess of the Great River was born it was decreed among the giants that she should be the Princess of all the Springs and should rule over all the rivers and lakes.Her smile was like moonlight on still waters.

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An Irish youth discovers that his mute sister is a selkie who must find her voice and free supernatural creatures from the spell of a Celtic goddess



Song of the Sea, 2014
Dir. Tomm Moore

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