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His body dismantled by Set in a rage, Osiris still conceived a child with Isis: different versions give different recollections. In some versions a phantom of Osiris impregnated her, ans the child became Horus, Osiris' heir and future king of the gods.

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2020-10-06

There are different sorts of courage: the envoi to my series on fairy tale heroines looks at the Grimms' fairytale 'Maid Maleen' and the strength of a girl imprisoned in darkness who finds herself again after years of suffering. https://t.co/mlaQkmoavd

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2020-10-06

Medieval Irish scholars categorized monsters and spirits as morrígna, a class of phantom. Most prominent was the banshee, or "fairy-woman," whose scream foretold death in the great families. In Old Irish this title belonged to the Morrigan, the Phantom Queen

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2020-10-06

Entering the Underworld is a journey of death & rebirth. At first, the hero enters the dark woods in despair & loneliness, surrounded by evil spirits & creatures. However, helped by guardians, he is able to return to the human world with new wisdom & awareness.

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"After the Wake" by "Fairy" Fitzgerald. On the back a label inscribed reads: After the Wake, two valiant men of Kerry meeting the fairies and leprechauns on the way home...

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2020-10-06

Dream of fairies by Cicely Mary Barker (England, 1895-1973).

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'These mountains were full of hollow places underneath; huge caverns, and winding ways, some with water running through them, ...' The Princess & the Goblin, by George MacDonald. An influence on C.S. Lewis &

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2020-10-06

A Japanese folk tells of Yuki-onna, a snow described as having white skin, a white kimono & long black hair. She blows on her victims freezing them to death & then sucks out their souls through their mouths.
🎨Alexandria Huntingdon
Silvia Dotti

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2020-10-06

Happy Feast Day: Michael (One is like God), Raphael (God Heals) and Gabriel (God is my Strength). Great Presidential Debate

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2020-09-30

translators of The Arabian Nights have been criticised for inaccuracy, 'archaic & extravagant idiom' & bowdlerising racier passages. But the 'obsessive focus on sexuality' of Richard Burton's effort meant it could only be published in private editions

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2020-09-29

Magic carpets are mythical means of transport and in Europe mainly associated with oriental fairy tales, especially the stories from the Arabian Nights. In the imagination it is usually an Oriental or Persian carpet.

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2020-09-29

As you wind through the streets
At the fabled bazaars
With the cardamom-cluttered stalls
You can smell every spice
While you haggle the price
Of the silks and the satin shawls

Arabian Nights

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2020-09-29

- Persian Folktales: The Son of Malik ut Tujjar and the Grateful Dead - https://t.co/EFF7NtJRp9

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In this thirtieth post on strong fairy tale heroines, the cross-dressing heroine of a Russian fairy tale triumphs over an over-curious king, finally comparing him to a raven - and herself to a falcon! https://t.co/eaioNjkbE8

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2020-09-29

Jinn are supernatural creatures in pre-Islamic Arabian & later Islamic mythology & theology. They are mentioned frequently in magical works & summoned & bound to a sorcerer. Jinn can be evil or benevolent.

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2020-09-29

Merlin and Nimue, re-imagined as Reverend Davies and Annamarie Nightshade from Hopeless, Maine

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2020-09-29

Conkers always seemed magical and foraging for them was an adventure (trespassing through some woods and being warned that 'The Jellyman' gamekeeper would shoot us with a stun gun) A magical childhood game. Art by Cicely Mary Barker. y

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2020-09-22

Dożynki, the Slavic harvest festival, was originally celebrated on the Autumn Equinox. Traditions include parades, feasts, wheat wreaths, and dancing. A wreath made from the last of the year's wheat was believed to have magical powers.

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2020-09-22

🍂Celebrating w/#FairyTaleTuesday🍂
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🎨Autumn, Arthur Hacker, 1907
🎨Autumn Angel, Ida Outhwaite, 1916

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2020-09-23