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#FairyTaleTuesday What is the reason for humanity’s fascination with mystical #owls? Find out at link: https://t.co/ogCMXX49D2
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day 05, fairytale, of #levihanweek2021 by levihanweek (tumblr). #lhw2021.
The unanswered riddle featured in Alice in Wonderland & The Last Unicorn:
How is a raven like a writing desk?
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Illustration: John James Audubon
Did anyone else come up with their own solution?
"The Twa Corbies" (or The Two Ravens) illustrated by Arthur Rackham to "Some British Ballads" (1919) who plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight.
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In his notes on The Children of Lir tale, #folklorist Joseph Jacobs wrote that the "well-known Continental folk-tale" of The Seven Swans became connected to the medieval cycle of the Knight of the Swan. 🦢 #FairyTaleTuesday #birds
🎨The Children of Lir (1914) by John Duncan
At night in Shikoku, wander through the bamboo groves and eventually you might find Japan's fire-breathing poultry, the Basan. The fire gives no heat, and they gain it by eating the charcoal found in nearby villages: but they can disappear too. #FairyTaleTuesday
🖼: jhfrench
The thunderbird is a legendary creature in Native American history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.
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In “A Bird Steals Iyawo’s Baby” a Yoruba (Nigeria) folktale, Iyale, a greedy senior wife gets her comeuppance when she loses her baby to a magical bird. Iyawo, the younger wife makes out with bags of treasure and her healthy baby.
Some of Arthur Rackham’s enchanted, fairy-tale birds, drawn in his distinctive & beautiful style, for your day 🐦📚✨
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“The poor little duckling did not know where to turn. How he grieved over his own ugliness, and how sad he was! The poor creature was mocked and laughed at by the whole henyard.”
-The ugly duckling
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Hans Christian Andersen was a slightly awkward looking guy who was born into poverty. So when he wrote The Ugly Duckling (1843) he knew how to make his readers love that tiny, sad duckling who grows to see his own self-worth. I’ll always love this moving tale 🦢#FairyTaleTuesday
The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East.
The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore.
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In Norse mythology, to understand the language of the #birds was a sign of great wisdom. The god Odin had two ravens, called Hugin & Munin, who flew around the world and told Odin what happened among mortal men. #FairyTaleTuesday
Ganymede, abducted by Zeus who'd taken the form of an eagle, was transported to Mount Olympus. 🦅 Chosen to be cup-bearer to the gods, he was granted eternal youth & immortality.🍷
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Thus spoke Raven,
“I know the fish in the dreams of the chief's daughter.
She dreams of salmon that live far away.
The Haida are my friends.
I will fly far, I will fly swift
I will bring the Haida, salmon!”
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With help of Thiazzi, the eagle in disguise, Loki kidnapped Idun, the guardian of juvenile apples that bring back youth to the Aesir gods.
It was a disaster because without her apples the gods became old and powerless.
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The Roc is an enormous legendary #bird of prey in Middle Eastern mythology. Popularized thru' Arabian sailors' #folklore, two fairy tales from One Thousand & One Nights, including Abd al-Rahman & Sinbad the Sailor, mention this bird. 🪶 #FairyTaleTuesday