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"Puss in Boots" is an Italian fairy tale about a conniving yet loyal talking cat who helps a poor man gain wealth, prestige, & the hand of a princess. He's so clever that he even convinces a shape-shifting ogre to transform into a mouse, & then eats him.

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2020-02-25

DARK FAE
In Scottish the fairies of the Unseelie Court are the ugly, cruel fae that haunt the bad places of the world. The Queen of the Unseelie Court is Madb, the "Queen of Air & Darkness"-Her consort is known as the Erlking & may also be called Madoc

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in & for 🎨"Macbeth & the Witches" From Act IV, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, by Thomas Barker of Bath, 1830
🎨"Macbeth & Banquo Meeting the Witches on the Heath" by Théodore Chassériau, 1855

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2020-02-19

DARK FAE
In Celtic ANKOU is the fairy embodiment of death who was a condemned prince who lost a bet w/Death & has to collect souls forever in a horse-drawn cart. A cold wind signaled the coming of Ankou to inform the dying person their demise was near.

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Gustaf Tenggren did a lot to popularize the imagery of trolls, witches, and other anti-social fairy tale beings in the 20th century. https://t.co/CcdLgTgQcR

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2020-02-18

Three glorious dark-fae pieces for inspiration in triplicate today...
🎨baklazans @ wattpad, artist unknown, and Taissia Abdoullina

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2020-02-18

Incredible illustrations for ‘Hansel and Grethel’ by Arthur Rackham.

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2020-02-18


This week's theme is love.
I think this image says it all. ❤️

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2020-02-12

The disturbing Korean The Fox Sister. With 3 sons, a father prays for a daughter & gets a fox demon! When she gets caught eating the hearts out of cattle, he refuses to believe it! Exiling his sons, his gets everyone eaten alive!

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2020-02-12

“Togetherness” by Sulamith Wülfing for

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2020-02-11

In Irish tales, the Gancanagh is an addicting love-talker fae. Irresistably appearing as a man, puffing his famous 'gean-cánach' pipe. He excretes a dangerous toxin, leaving all who encounter him fatally consumed! Pining & battling others to death for his

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2020-02-12

'You have suffered and endured, and raised yourself to the spirit world by your good deeds ...' The Little Mermaid, a famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, is a story of unrequited love.

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2020-02-11

Fairy Tale Illustrations by Adrienne Segur to L'Oiseau d'Or. All my Adrienne Segur (and there is a lot of it, 12 books) is at Art Passions:

https://t.co/8rvFQZ3A4J

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2020-02-05

1 A troll wizard fashions a mirror that distorts all reflected in it. He and his acolytes wreak havoc by gnarling up all who gaze upon their mirror. Seeking to mess with the angels, they go to carry the glass up to heaven, but it drops, and shatters to splinters

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2020-02-05

Alfred Smedberg's 'The Boy who was Never Afraid'
“Here is a piece of magic herbs for you. Pop it in your ear, and you will be able to understand everything the animals say, as long as you are in the woods.”
https://t.co/QAKjABG19c

by John Bauer

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2020-02-05

In 'Bortbytingarna', Helena Nyblom tells of a princess abducted + kept by trolls, who swapped her with a baby troll they'd also stolen Both changelings feel sad, so each sets off in search for a happy place...
via https://t.co/BLDh6KW5zI
John Bauer

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2020-02-04

~ "Will you just leave me like that?" called the sea king in a voice full of pain. "Shall I just return to my realm as lonely as ever?" ~
from the story 'Agneta and the Sea King'
https://t.co/wt8c5wQiTE


by John Bauer

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2020-02-04

by Aina Stenberg MasOlle (1885-1975, Swedish)
Aged 10 she sold her card designs to a publisher. She rebuilt an old rural log house to live in with her husband + kids. She was a prolific illustrator, inspired by the tales told by her country folk

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2020-02-04