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6. Crommyonian Sow
The is a in who eats people. Sometimes it is owned by an old woman called and sometimes Phaia transforms into the pig.
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5. Sleipnir
In was grey and thanks to his eight legs had the ability to traverse the nine worlds of the in
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The White Stag is considered the messenger of the ‘Other world’. Its appearance aims to lead the person who witnesses it on a path of self-discovery and new beginning in order to acquire a new awareness, knowing, and healing.

🎨Stephanie Law

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✨Aonbharr; Enbarr: means ‘Froth’; White horse of Lugh takes shapes-traversing between land &sea,‘swifter than wind-speed.‘ In ‘Oidheadh (Fate): of Chlainne-Tuireann‘,the Dannan are oppressed; Lugh: "Fairy Cavalcade from Lands of Promise"-(Sidh ó Thir), arrives;

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In the old Irish tale 'The Labour Pains of the Ulaid & The Twins of Macha', Macha daugther of Sainrith son of Imbat hreveals herself as a human manifestation of the Horse Goddess.

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One of my favorite mythical creatures is the legendary satyr, the lustful, drunken woodland god. And he definitely has hooves.
Enjoy these whimsical depictions by a god of the art world, Arthur Rackham. He did NOT have hooves.

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'Pepper Dupree & Her Spellwork Tea' by Polly Fae/Paulina Cassidy.

No truer words ...

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In Greek mythology Pan is a bucolic fertility god. He is depicted as a man with the horns, legs, hooves & tail of a goat, a beard, snub nose & pointy ears. He is a vigorous, lustful creature concerned for his flocks & herds.
🎨Annibale Carracci
Arthur Rackham

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✨🏰🌹#FairyTaleTuesday
“I want to remain a Mystery to myself &others”
Later in life, King Ludwig identified more &more with Von Eschenbach’s✨Grail character Parzifal; dedicating his Castle Neuschwanstein-to its Legends Believing, he could create, a Holy Kingdom, by God’s Grace’

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"Adventurous Lads" in for
w/ illustrations of ALADDIN from "1001 Arabian Nights"
🎨"Aladdin finds the wonderful lamp inside the cave" by Rene Bull, 1898
🎨An 1886 theatre poster advertising a production of the pantomime Aladdin

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This by Sieskja of a knight makes my heart skip a beat...
It is called Two Autumns based on this poem:
For me going
for you staying
two autumns.
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)

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Willingly protects his idiot brother, Paris. Loyal to Brave Warrior.
Not heroic: stubborn and hunts for glory so makes a mistake/ He kills Doesn't listen to who begs him not to fight and die.
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Saves his Kingdom from his evil Uncle. Gets
Not heroic: Cheats on and acts like its fine and ruins her mind and life.
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📚 -Boys in Fairytales- 👱
When I was a kid, my favorite scene in Peter Pan was when Wendy sewed Peter's errant shadow back onto his foot! 🧵
I was just fascinated by this idea!

(🎨Art by Heather Theurer)

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In Japanese fairy-tales, heroic Momotarō was born from a peach. He made friends with a talking dog, monkey and bird and together they roamed the land, fighting demons...

🎨Santō Kyōden

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In the original tale of Aladdin, he captures two djinn: one contained in an oil lamp & one contained in a ring. The former makes Aladdin rich & powerful, while the latter frees him from a cave & helps him find his kidnapped bride.

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Irish Fairy Tales (1920) is a retelling of ten Irish stories by the Irish author James Stephens, with beautiful artwork by Arthur Rackham.

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The blue men of the Minch, also known as storm kelpies are mythological creatures inhabiting the stretch of water between northern Outer Hebrides & mainland Scotland. They wait in the depths for sailors to drown & stricken boats to sink.

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