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Gustaf Tenggren may be best known as the man who gave Disney’s Snow White her now-iconic look, but he cut his teeth in Gothenburg, Sweden as the man who took the mantle of ”Bland Tomtar och Troll” after John Bauer. https://t.co/CcdLgTgQcR

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The 12 Dancing Princesses by Margaret Evans Price This was my favourite fairy tale as a child.

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My homage 2 Walter Crane, a British artist, book illustrator & fellow He was part of the & movement producing an array of paintings, illustrations & children's books. Here’s the tale of as depicted by the maestro.

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In The Land of Legends Sweden there is a Magictree, it can cure toothache! Stick a nail or twig into the tooth, then put this in the tree and you will be cured! But beware of cutting it down, then you risk getting the whole family's toothache at once!

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In this illustration of Snow White asleep, it has been suggested that illustrator Franz Jüttner was inspired by images of sacred art. In particular, The Adoration of The Child Jesus, by El Greco...
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Countess Elizabeth Báthory allegedly murdered young girls to restore her youthfulness by using their blood. She may have inspired the stepmother in ‘‘Little Snow White’’ (1812), a tale which depicts the consequences of extreme vanity
by Santiago Caruso

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West of Lemorna Cove in is The Mermaid's Rock. Before storms at sea, a mermaid would sing, and all along the shore, the spirits echoed her in low voices. Those that followed her voice were never seen again...

🎨FerdinandLeeke

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Some more mermaid paintings I’ve done over the past few years 🧜‍♀️

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Illustration of a 'Mermule' by Annie Stegg Gerard.

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Concept art by James Coleman for Disney's The Little Mermaid 🧜‍♀️

Based, of course, on Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale.

🌊

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The Sea Lady tells of a mermaid who contrives 2 have herself "rescued from drowning" & adopted by a family on the English coast. Her motive which she initially conceals, is 2 seduce the handsome but feckless son whom she first glimpsed swimming in the Pacific

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In Zennor, Cornwall, a mermaid would attend St Senara's Church to sing with the choir, although the villagers were unaware of her aquatic identity then. The "Mermaid Chair" where she sat can still be seen today. She soon caught the ear of the churchwarden's son

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In Japanese myth, eating the flesh of a ningyo (a mermaid-like creature) grants longevity. In the fairy tale "Yao Bikuni," a fisherman's daughter eats ningyo & lives to be 800. But catching a ningyo is bad luck, so sailors usually throw them back into the sea.

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In the Iraqi version of Cinderella, called "The Little Red Fish & the Clog of Gold," a girl befriends a talking fish she rescues from a fisherman's net. He gives her a dress & golden shoes so she can attend a party against her cruel stepmother's wishes.

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Warrior Maidens in for
w/Valkyrie from Norse mythology
🎨Brunhilde by Arthur Rackham, 1910
🎨The Valkyrie's Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes, 1914

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⚔️ Warrior Maidens ⚔️
Hua Mulan: translation of her name is Wood Orchid. Mu=wood Lan=Orchid -Hua means Flower. 🌺

Mulan may not be a historical person. Her legend is included in Yan Xiyuan's One Hundred Beauties- a compilation of women in Chinese folklore. 🌸

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The Grimms' tale Fundevogel is a children's novel in miniature: a little girl rescues her beloved foster brother from a wicked cook: they escape into the woods and she uses magic to save them... The lovely illustration is by Mercer Mayer. https://t.co/mzovFkXuE6

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TITANIA iconic images of Vivien Leigh as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Old Vic Theatre, 1937. The production, directed by Tyrone Guthrie, was set to Mendelssohn's incidental music

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