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creatures of all kinds that live in the water The Water Fairies…extract from ‘The Foundling Fairy’. Only 1 left on Amazon at a bargain price. Any takers?
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In Japanese folklore, the minogame is a turtle believed to live up to 10,000 years. It represents longevity and wisdom and often accompanies the god Jurojin, who is one of the seven lucky gods of Japan.  
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A final commentary from THE ARABIAN NIGHTS in response to the theme of mermaids. This time about ‘Abd Allah of the Sea’

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Stoorworm: giant venomous sea serpent with a forked tongue. Hatched into life by malignant spirits, his length was beyond telling. Unless supplied with food, he would expel a pestilential reek. He was slain by Assipattle.

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Mermaids, selkies, sirens & water nymphs appear in myths, legends & fairy tales the world over. Portrayed equally as cold & predatory, luring mortals to their death, or kind & helpful creatures.

🎨Tristan Elwell, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, JW Waterhouse.

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Tales of selkies (shapeshifting seal women in Scottish lore) often romanticize bride kidnapping. In "The Selkie Bride," a man steals a selkie's sealskin. She begs him to return it, but he forces her to stay on land & marry him. Somehow she comes to love him.

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Kelpies are shapeshifting water spirits who lure people into lakes & drown them. The Scottish folktale "The Kelpie & the Ten Children" is a cautionary tale of children lured onto a beautiful horse's back, only for the horse to jump into a lake.

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This week I'm finishing the story of "The Little Grey Mouse" by Sophie Ségur. Be sure to catch up before tomorrow's reading of Part 5 'The Casket'.

I absolutely love these longer I hope you do as well!
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According to legend, upon hearing of her husband's death, Lady Meng Jiang wept tears so bitter they crumbled the Great Wall, revealing his bones. After tricking the emperor into burying him in a golden coffin, she threw herself into a river and became a fish.

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In The Golden Reed Pipe, a boy named Bayberry rescues his sister, Little Red, from a dragon by playing a magic flute. Brother and sister peel the dragon's skin and build a house from the bones. They plow their fields with the horn, and grow rich and prosperous.

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”Bland tomtar och troll” (”Among Gnomes and Trolls”) with Einar Norelius

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Dragons and kitsune both feature prominently in various Asian and legends. https://t.co/iydPU8pV9z

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After saving a sea turtle, Urashima Tarō was carried to the Dragon Palace under the sea to spend time with the Princess. After what seemed like a few days, he returned to the surface to find that centuries had gone by while he remained a young man.

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The Chinese dragon unlike the Western dragon is a kind and wise being, not the representation of evil. The dragon is a marine creature that live in seas and rivers, so it does not spit fire. It has no wings, but it can fly with its magic.

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The Butterfly Lovers is a tragic love story of two young lovers Zhu and Liang, kept apart by Zhu's father because Liang is poor. They each die of a broken heart, turn into butterflies and are reunited again

🎨 Yun Hua Liu Nian

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In Chinese Mythology, the fox spirit (Huli Jing) is considered a trickster as it is able to transform into a human being, usually a beautiful woman, in order to bewitch men and steal their energy. This will eventually help the fox spirit to achieve immortality.

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The Picture Wife A peasant weds a beauty, and carries her picture with him all day long. A feudal lord spots the pic, covets the wife for himself, and sets the hub 3 tricky tasks, with forfeit of his wife as failure penalty. He and his wife foil the lord

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Illustrations by Victo (Victoria) Ngai (b.1988 in Hong Kong, lives in Los Angeles) for the Folio Society’s CHINESE FAIRY TALES & FANTASIES. The legends include underworld quests, lessons from animals, trials of virtue & fortitude, journeys to enlightenment.

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