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Mary Frances Muriel Rice Oxley, British (1887 - 1965)

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The Roc/Rukh is a monsterous bird that can lift elephants into the sky & makes several appearances in the 1,001 Arabian Nights.



🎨 by Edward Julius Detmold
Plate from The Arabian Nights, 'The Roc Which Fed Its Young On Elephants.'

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The giantess-turned-godess, Skadi, has a deep and unwavering love of the mountains, which contributes to serious marital strife with her sexy-footed husband who conversely much prefers the sea. They don’t live together anymore. 🖼️ Denyse Treble-Shorrocks

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Fairies in a Mountain Landscape by Mary Evans

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Barbegazi (from French barbe-glacée, meaning ‘frozen beard’) are mythical gnomes from the Swiss Alps. They ski the mountains with their large feet, surfing avalanches and warning humans of impending danger.

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in Sagittarius, 23 November 17:57 EST, 22:57 GMT. A new moon means new beginnings, & in fiery, mutable Sag it is the time to create them, with a sense of adventure, optimism & honesty, as we head towards the next full moon.

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If Red Riding Hood entered a forest in a plague mask, the only conclusion that could be made is: here brings danger.


by Asya Yordanova

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'The Madness of Mis'

Overcome with grief, Mis transforms herself into the ultimate 'wild woman', fleeing to the mountains where she stays, living out her anger, loss & grief with her whole body.

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Sinbad, in his second adventure (as recounted in 1001 Nights) voyages to a desert island where he finds the enormous egg of a Roc. When the gigantic bird approaches, Sinbad grabs its claw & is carried to the Valley of Diamonds & collects the desert's treasure.

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"The Little Girl & the Winter Whirlwinds" is a Bulgarian tale of a brave girl who scales a high mountain to seek out the wizard Father Frost. The evil Winter Witch has cursed the land with an eternal winter, but Father Frost, once alerted, puts an end to it.

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Where words fail, music speaks.
Hans Christian Andersen

Dancing to the Piper / Beatrix Potter

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Moses with horns! Scene from Walters manuscript - 1250

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- A man could be exceptionally horrible creature - a werewolf. People believed in transformation into an animal & this shape-shifting phenomenon is known in legends of the world. Legendary warriors had the ability to turn into wolves...
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Due to their eerie appearance, Owls were considered to be creatures of ill-omen. In Cheshire it was thought that if a person looked into an owl's nest they would suffer melancholy ever more whilst gout was treated by eating salted owl (!!) (art Gustav Dore)

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The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who are turned into swans. Their sister, Lisa must save them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She must not speak a word until she is done or her brothers will die.

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In some tales by Galician writer Álvaro Cunqueiro, the souls of the deceased turn into ravens and they even retain some characteristics that they had whey they were human (for example, a lame human will be a lame raven).

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- Norse Dwarf Fafnir was a cunning, greedy, evil creature. He killed his father, stole the magical Andvaranaut ring, and turned into a dragon so he could guard the treasure, but fate caught up with him and he was punished for his crimes. https://t.co/A4qI2a4Z4A

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“This rich man is a cheat and liar! To his son, he commanded, “Stay where thou art, and sit beneath the earth all thy days, so long as the sun is in the sky.” And the rich man’s son transformed into the first mole. https://t.co/i9cfgE8F4j

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