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Deadly Atropa bella-donna is named after Atropos, the eldest of the Greek Moirai sisters known as the ‘Fates’. The first sister, Clotho, spins the thread of human life, the second, Lachesis, measures its length, and finally Atropos cuts the thread, ending life.

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In Norse mythology the Valkyrie are a group of young women serving the god Odin, and sent by him to the battlefields. Once there they choose the souls of slain warriors worthy of a place in Valhalla and there wait upon them.
🖼E R Hughes

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'It was easy enough
to bend them to my wish,
it was easy enough
to alter them with a touch,
but you
adrift on the great sea,
how shall I call you back?'
-Circe, H.D.

🎨Frederick Stuart Church

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Hel(hidden) is the daughter of Loki. She was appointed by the god Odin as ruler of a realm called Hel, located in Niflheim.

(Snorri's(Prose Edda) description of Hel may at times be influenced by Christian teachings about the after-life.)

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In Philippine tales, Nagmalitung Yawa, a binukot (isolated beautiful woman), shapeshifted to save her husband. By herself, she defeated a whole army of thousands. She received powers and became a goddess. But the Spaniards turned her into a demon.

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The Celtic warrior woman Scáthach lived on the Isle of Skye in a fortress. There she trained numerous Celtic heroes in the arts of pole vaulting, underwater fighting, and combat with a barbed harpoon called the gáe bolg, which she had invented herself.

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In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. A girl volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword & slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog.

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Darklings!

Let's see how enchantingly dark and macabre the enchantresses get, tomorrow at - we meet you there. https://t.co/Z5EmWtLojm

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"The witch hung her caldron over the flames, to brew the draught. Then she pricked herself in the chest and let her black blood splash into the caldron. Steam swirled up, in ghastly shapes."
~HC Andersen, The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid my favourite Anderson story, this picture will be printed in the Shed Tweet Calendar, a collaboration with . But I hope to paint many more in the future

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In the heat of summer

There's a refuge few know

Where the White Queen dwells

In her palace of snow




 🎨 Cecile Walton

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She never noticed that I showered apple blossoms
over her loosened hair; she only gazed at the red sunset
against the golden background of the sky, and the dark trees
and bushes of the garden.

The Wind’s Tale
Hans Christian Andersen

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See, this is the kind of undersea magic that jives with my fairy tale mind. It is exactly what I expect of the looks of the underside of the ocean.


by Cory Godbey

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After losing her lover, a girl goes to live a hermit life on the Moon Palace, until one day the beauty she sees on Earth makes her want to return. The old Moon Lady warns her not to close her eyes when she descends, but she does and turns into spiders and webs.

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The Fairy Godparent, usually a godmother, is a well known kind of fae in famous fairy tales like Cinderella who use their powers to help. They often are literally the godparent of a human, though some are kind hearted fairies moved by the plight of a human.

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"Our time is the time of the fairy tale": Hans Christian Andersen between Traditional Craft and Literary Modernism
Johan de Mylius's insightful article asks whether and to what extent Hans Christian Andersen was a children's author
https://t.co/oEkuS9mCGv

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THE SNOW QUEEN'S MIRROR created by a Hobgoblin, makes anything good in the world appear bad & all that is evil & worthless seem attractive. If a fragment enters a person's eye they will see only faults, if a splinter enters the heart it will turn to ice 🎨T.Pym

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It is believed that Andersen's "Snow Queen" was written after his rejected proposal. However, others believe the Snow Queen was inspired by the death of Andersen's father where he told his young son that an ice maiden was there to fetch him.
🖼️Boris Diodorov

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"I can't see anything. This is terrible! Am I a fool? Am I unfit to be the Emperor? What a thing to happen to me of all people!"
- The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen (translation by Jean Hersholt)

Image: owlcation

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