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7. a legendary creature of and Wales The púca is a mythological faerie shapeshifter The creatures assume a variety of forms, including horse, rabbit, goat, or dog No matter what shape they take, its fur is dark
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5. In they are intelligent and magical beings. The creature’s strength increases with age and wisdom. Kitsune is a Japanese They have the ability to assume human form and are great
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3. or werewolves are humans that have the ability to into or anthropomorphic wolf-like creatures. The first Lycanthrope is in and is called
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2. are creatures found in and They transform themselves from seal to human Selkies by shedding their seal skin, this is risky as they must reapply the same skin in order to return to seal form
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1. was the king of the gods in He seduced many women by into animals such as a bear and a swan and even a shower of gold.
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The Frog Tsarevna or Frog Princess painted by Viktor Vasnetsov in 1918.

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This I'm so happy to share my retelling of Bluebeard - one of my favourite fairy tales. Part horror story, part mystery, I'd like to think I've shown this villainous character in a new light. Thanks to for publishing it!
https://t.co/PQ2ejCHS13

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Illustrations by Lizbeth Zwerger for SWAN LAKE (2002) based on Tchaikovsky’s ballet: only true love will break the curse that turns Princess Odette & her maidens into swans by day. In the original libretto (1877) they were true swan-maidens not enchanted mortals

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'I realized that we all need a new selkie story, that our myths can guide us but not lock us': in 'A Selkie Story for the New Millenium', Laura Marjorie Miller thinks about finding new interpretations of selkie stories. https://t.co/cng5FnmSIZ

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A watery undine can acquire an immortal soul by marrying a human...

Illustration by Arthur Rackham.

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for "Beauty and the Beast", by Warwick Goble (1862-1943, British)

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In Scottish mythology, selkies are beings capable of changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in stories originating from the Northern Isles of Scotland.
( art by Kaebobee on DeviantArt)

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There is no day or night but perpetual twilight in the land of fairies & ghosts of the dead & afterlife intermingle with them. Eating fairy food is taboo for humans, as it alters the body & prevents a person from returning to the world of the living.

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"One tale is that the Selkie or Seal Folk can only assume human form once every seven years because they are either humans who had committed sinful wrong doing, or are fallen angels"
https://t.co/8S2ocQmKNh

🎨 artist unknown

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In the Iberian tale "The Seven Pigeons," a princess refuses to marry a knight, so her father orders her death. But a magician instead turns her into a swan with a golden crown, & employs seven maidens who can shapeshift into pigeons as her caregivers.

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In the Belgian tale "The Swan Maidens & the Silver Knight," seven swans (who are actually seven cursed princesses turned into swans) help a knight rescue an imprisoned princess. The latter helps the cursed princesses regain human form by knitting seven coats.

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THE WILD SWANS Fairy tale by Hans Andersen,1838. An evil queen turns her eleven stepsons into and forces them to fly away (they're allowed to become human again by night). A possible influence on Swan Lake 🎨Anadezhda Illarionova; Anne Gilbert

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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 a swan. At night she regains her human form🎨Anna Pavlova's dying swan dress. She played Odette over 4,000 times

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💜Thank you for all your fab tweets today💜
See you next week for theme
SWAN MAIDENS - SELKIES - YOKAI & OTHER SHAPESHIFTERS in & from around the world!

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🌷#FairyTaleTuesday
Like, Magical Trickster, H.Miyazaki’s film “Spirited Away”(2001)has a witch based of her Legend: :keeping her workers in servitude by stealing their true names: she is not always malevolent, but can be kind to others and even give them Magick

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