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Princess excitedly explored a castle, every crevice. She climbed the highest turret, the door was low and stiff to open, it creaked and whined. Inside, sat an incredibly ancient woman spinning at a forbidden spinning wheel. Elizabeth Embleton

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Amazing illustration of Little Red Riding Hood by ValerieBlackart at https://t.co/JYq6XDWrbM

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2020-11-11

The Breton LRRH delivers a pie to grandmother who has not eaten for 7yrs. Along the way, she is assailed in turn by a hare, dog, fox & wolf; refusing each of their demands. She unwittingly throws grans' bones on the fire & drinks her blood before being devoured!

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The Little Mermaid written by danish writer H.C. Andersen in 1837 is one of Europe's most beloved tales. It's based on a German Saga of Undine from 1320. In true Andersen fashion, the original tale of the Little Mermaid is heartbreaking and sad.

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I love the endearing charm and child like simplicity of these enchanting illustrations for the German about sisterly love, little known Austrian illustrator Felicitas Kuhn-Klapschy. 🤍❤️

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2020-11-10

A twist on the tale of Snow White, "Snow, Glass, Apple" by retells the story with the Queen attempting to save her kingdom from the clutches of her snow-white stepdaughter, whose odd tastes and enthralling ways threaten them all.

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The Fiendish fable of the Afanc has frightened folk for hundreds of years . This sit back and enjoy it once more .
Time between times storytelling The Afanc told by Owen Staton https://t.co/A5onJwT0mH

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2020-11-10

Three Classic Children’s Stories by James Donnelly offers fresh takes on the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack the Giant-Killer, and Rumpelstiltskin, and features the art of the legendary Edward Gorey.

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2020-11-10

A valkyrie is among a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and take their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin.
(Illustrations by Arthur Rackham)

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2020-11-04

RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES:
Arthur Rackham's incredible illustrations to Richard Wagner's equally incredible "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (The Ring of the Nibelung).

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2020-11-04

Idun in Norse is the goddess of fruit and immortality. She's said to hand out apples which grant immortal life.

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2020-11-03

Valkyries, once considered sinister spirits in mythology, chose which slain warriors were admitted to Valhalla, to live with Odin. Depicted here as fearsome, beautiful shield maidens.

🎨Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane
E R Hughes, José Luis Munoz Luque

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2020-11-03

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2020-11-02

The Dagda sought prophecy from the fearsome Morrigan on Samhain, to know if she and the sorcerers of Ireland would stand against the Fomorians in battle. She would give it, it he would wrestle her. So they wrestled, and then laid together: she would join him.

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2020-10-27

On Halloween,she stood by Miles Cross at 12 and cast a compass around her. As the fairy court rode past,she grabbed her love and held him tight.He turned to fire,an adder, a red-hot glaive which she threw into water. So she rescued Tamlane from the eldrich crew.#FairyTaleTuesday

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The hero Fionn mac Cumhaill's annual battle with Aillen each Samhain is symbolic of a ritual initiation centred around the destructive power of fire!

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Alfred Hitchcock:"If I made Cinderella into a movie everyone would look for a corpse. And if Poe had written Sleeping Beauty they would be looking for a murderer." And Hitchcock's anthologies for kids? Full of ghosts, witches, haunted houses

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At Samhain the veil between the material & the spirit realm, the living & the dead, grows thin. This is the time of the Crone who awaits at the crossroads, & to whom one must make offerings, in order to be able to cross & leave behind the old to welcome the new.#FairyTaleTuesday

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Häxan (1922) is a silent film exploring the history of witchcraft, demonology and satanism. It presents a variety of ancient artwork, with scenes illustrating a number of superstitious practices, and the persecution of a woman accused of witchcraft.

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