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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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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

Eye candy book illustrations featuring Sleeping Beauty:

Edward Frederick Brewtnall, 1880
Edmund Dulac, 1909
Arthur Rackham, 1920
Kinuko Y. Craft, 1984

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2019-11-12

"The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ..."

~ Bruno Bettelheim

by Anne Anderson (1874-1952, Scottish)

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2019-11-06

“Goblin Market” (1862) by Christina Rossetti is a narrative poem telling the story of Laura and Lizzie, two sisters tempted with fruit by goblin merchants.
Check out full poem here: https://t.co/rcMn2Raoxa
(Illustration by Arthur Rackham 1933)

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2019-11-06


The legend of Swinoujscie windmill: you could enter being and old person and come out as the young version of yourself again. The eternal chase for youth.

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2019-11-06

- Welsh Folktales: The Maiden of the Green Forest - https://t.co/peTfNDEb1C

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2019-11-05

Be careful you don't tread on any mushrooms growing in the garden as these are the homes of tiny fairies who often come out after midnight to dance and play around them ...

🎨 Florence Anderson

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2019-11-05

Nivalis Cottage from Fleabane ~ a Fairy story

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2019-11-05



Not all witches are bad. The beautiful & benevolent Glinda is the Good Witch of the South
in L Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the most powerful sorceress & protector of Princess Ozma in the Land of Oz.
Art: John R Neill

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2019-10-30

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃Fall, pumpkins and the Enchanting Witch. October would not be October.🎃Have a Spooktacularly Enchanting Halloween!🎃

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2019-10-30

My mother she killed me,
My father he ate me,
My sister, little Marlinchen,
Gathered together all my bones,
Tied them in a silken handkerchief,
Laid them beneath the juniper-tree,
Kywitt, kywitt, what a beautiful bird am I!

Illust. Warwick Goble

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2019-10-29