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Myrddin: From a sequestered place rise up and speak of books of divine inspiration without fear, and a tale of a maiden and a dream in sleep. #FairyTaleTuesday
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'Knights of the Round Table'
#illustration #art - Alex Blum
pub. Gilberton Company, USA 1953
found here; https://t.co/ZM5BcNFfot
#illustration by Katherine Cameron (1874 – 1965, Scottish) in "Stories of King Arthur's Knights", Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., pub. c.1909 #FairyTaleTuesday
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#illustration by Katherine Cameron (1874 – 1965, Scottish) in "Stories of King Arthur's Knights", Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., pub. c.1909
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#illustration by Katherine Cameron (1874 – 1965, Scottish) in "Stories of King Arthur's Knights", Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., pub. c.1909
Merlin the Magician is based upon a real life 6th century #Welsh bard named Myrddin. He first enters the Arthurian legend in Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae", 1135 AD.
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The Moon Maiden is a science fiction is a novel from Japan and made by Garrett P. Serviss. It was first published in book form in 1978 by William L. Crawford, without imprint, in an edition of 500 copies.
👑 🐸 Good Morning Isolators 🌈. Here’s Prince Charming ~ wishing you all a lovely day indoors isolating, and huuuge appreciation if you are a key worker 💙👏🏽☕️🌱🌞. #illustration #PrinceCharming #IsolationInspiration #frog #FairyTaleTuesday
'How Arthur Drew his sword Excalibur for the first time' - from 'The Romance of #KingArthur and His Night's of The Round Table' 🗡️ Illustration by Arthur Rackham #fairytaletuesday https://t.co/TgT8b2uPFO
Today's heroine, the Mastermaid, may be the cleverest & most disruptive in fairyland (see the bit near the end where she takes various men to bed, only to make them stand up all night unable to let go of suggestive items like pokers...) https://t.co/CSUxFMFtZr #FairyTaleTuesday
🌷#Melusine;
A heraldic symbol, as well as name, of Germanic origin; meaning
“hard worker”;
Melusine, mother’s name, ‘Pressyne;’(suffix ‘syne’)- ‘to take on an appearance of’ ~ siren?
MELISENDE; Melisandre
{name used by GR.Martin,’Songs of Fire and Ice’,}
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Rust by Skitalets
#SURREALISM #fantasyart #scifi #Dark #alien #creature #eyesless
Have you ever been in a large forest and seen a strange black tarn hidden deep among the tall trees? It looks bewitched & a little frightening.
- Helge Kjellin, "Leap Elk & Little Princess Cottongrass
(art by John Bauer)
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“May you always run free beneath the moon’s pale light.”
From ‘Child of the Moon’ (Series 02, Episode 07 of ONCE UPON A TIME).
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Fairies love goats and visit them to comb their beards every Friday. English country-folk believed it wasn't possible to see a goat continuously for 24 hours as, at some point it must visit either the fairies or the Devil, to be combed @EnchantedEzine #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨Rackham
The second is my novelette, "Gretel," a reimagining of "Hansel and Gretel" with pirates, a trio of witches inspired by the Graeae, and a magical labyrinth. The cover art for both books is by Natasa Ilincic. https://t.co/eIfXkq9vjg #FairyTaleTuesday #freebooks #fantasy
A folktale from Johor tells the Cinderella-esque story of a girl who was mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister until she met a kindly bear which turned out to be a human prince
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🎨: Annabel Chance
'The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body' is a Norse Tale is of several good deeds, a #wolf for a steed and Giant's heart hidden in a duck egg. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen - read the story here: https://t.co/HEY1wJatEI #fairytaletuesday