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Näcken, a Swedish waterspirit, likes to disguise himself as a white horse with a white man called Bäckahästen. It likes to lure children into the depths. For every child who climbs on the horse, the back gets longer and longer!

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Enbarr of the Flowing Mane was the horse of Manannan mac Lir, King of Tír na nÓg. Able to run on water and mist and faster than the wind, Manannan lent the horse to his foster-son, Lugh, who used him to travel Ireland.

Art by AtmaFlame

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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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2020-09-15

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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2020-09-15

✨🏰🌹#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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2020-09-08

"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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2020-09-09

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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5.
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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The Fool of the World sails the skies with a man of ravenous appetite and a man with unquenchable thirst. When the Tsar challenges them to finish twelve oxen & forty casks of wine, they're happy to oblige!

🎨Uri Shulevitz (purchase: https://t.co/HucYIlIAix)

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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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