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As a child I was always enchanted by the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, my favourite being the story of The Ugly Duckling. A classic tale of rejection, resilience, hope and redemption and of course, the power of transformation.
Art: Margaret Tarrant

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2019-12-03

Illustrations by contemporary Irish artist PJ Lynch for “The Snow Queen” (1844) by Hans Christian Andersen: the icy Queen of the snow bees and the troll mirror which makes one see only ugliness in the world

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2019-12-03

"We are December's little men;
With Christmas we come back again
To fill your stockings, spread the snow,
And hang the pearls on mistletoe."

V.H. Friedlaender.

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2019-12-03

The youngest bro of three, the softie, is the last to be sent to chop wood, after misfortune befell his nasty bros. His kindness to a gnome is rewarded with a golden goose, so he heads to market, and attracts a crowd...
https://t.co/j5xkEoEFCf
🎨 Gustaf Tenggren

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2019-11-27

Chicken Licken was walking one day when an acorn fell on her head. She thought the sky was falling, so she hurried to tell the King. On the way she alerted others, who joined her. Until they ran into a wily woodlander... https://t.co/srmdGUYjXM
🎨 Harry Rountree

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2019-11-27

'Brer Rabbit' came from tales brought and told by Africans used as slaves in USA. The trickster rabbit uses his wiles to outwit his adversaries and come out on top. Over time the animal characters changed form from African ones to those found in America

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2019-11-27

The Peasant & the Devil made a deal. The peasant could have treasure if the Devil got 1/2 his yield for 2 yrs. The farmer tricked him twice & won all the crops & treasure!

https://t.co/kKjZ9WY87M
Art by TurtleApproved on Deviant Art

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2019-11-27

That Nils Blommér sure knew how to get into the mystical side of things. Here, Näcken och Ägirs döttrar, Ängsälvor, and Asgårdsreia. https://t.co/ukoRjkbuBE

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2019-11-27

"Little Red Hen"
LRH sets to sow, grow, reap and use wheat to make fresh bread, but when she asks farmyard friends to help, they scarper...
a tale of disappointment, determination, perseverance, and reward
Ethel Hayes c1942 https://t.co/wMGydiUeaY

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2019-11-27

A selection of illustrations from Walter Crane depicting some favourite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm. The Frog Prince, The Goose Girl, Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty.

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2019-11-26

HANS ANDERSEN, The Nightingale, ills Edmund Dulac, 1911. The little nightingale's song is so vibrant & magical it banishes the demon death when it threatens to take the emperor; 'Even death himself listened to the song and said 'go on little Nightingale, go on!'

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2019-11-20

The Phoenix of ancient Greece is common to many cultures - the Egyptian bennu, Russian firebird, Chinese Fèng Huáng, the Native American Thunderbird.

Always it is a symbol of creative destruction, descending into fire and rising renewed from its own ashes.

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2019-11-20

In the of Puss n Boots, a youngest son inherits only a cat, but such a clever cat it was...defeating an ogre and winning a noble title for its young human.


https://t.co/uPjwahOEIx
Art: Eduardo Teixeira Coehlo

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2019-11-20

Gustaf Tenggren did a great job with Scandinavian gnomes and trolls before going on to Hollywood for early animated Disney fairytales https://t.co/CcdLgTgQcR

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2019-11-20

Fenrir is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology. Fenrir is attested in the 'Poetic Edda'. Fenrir is the father of the wolves Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson, is a son of Loki, and is foretold to kill the god Odin, but will in turn be killed by Odin's son Víðarr.

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2019-11-19

Grimms' "The White Snake" A serf steals a morsel from the King's secret platter and is blessed with a special gift. On seeking hs fortune he gets a pitches to win the hand of a princess; succeed-or-perish.... https://t.co/1jzrk76Cy5
Rie Cramer

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2019-11-13

THE MERMAID'S TEARS Retelling of Andersen's Little Mermaid by Kurahashi Yumiko 倉橋 由美子. The mermaid is interspecies with the body of a fish & long legs, influenced by Magritte (1943) & mirroring the hybridity of the Ningyo Yōkai (image Hsu) in reverse

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2019-11-13

The theme is Sleeping Beauty! We discussed the story's origins & the Disney adaptation on the podcast this summer: https://t.co/IwkgVXAWqh

🎨: Edward Burne-Jones

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2019-11-13



"There's always a woman somewhere, child; a princess, a witch, a stepmother, a mermaid, a fairy godmother, or one as wicked as she is beautiful, or as beautiful as she is good."
~Jeanette Winterson


1. Alice Helena Watson
2. Willy Pogany

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2019-11-12