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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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2022-08-03

“And the Cloak . . . the true magic of which, is that it can be used to protect and shield others as well as its owner …”

The invisibility cloak, passed down to the eldest male of each new generation of Potters and lent to Dumbledore.

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2022-07-26


The ISLAND OF AVALON
a legendary island where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made & later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann.
Avalon is also associated w/ mystical practices & Morgan le Fay.

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2022-07-19

“A lady, with whom I was riding in the forest, said to me, that the woods & the fairies always seemed to wait, as if the genii who inhabit them suspended their deeds until the wayfarer has passed onward”

~ R.W. Emerson

📚🎨 Margaret Tarrant

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2022-07-12

They loved each other but couldn’t be together. Pyramus & Thisbe were young and grew up next door to one another, yet, because of a feud between their families, they had to keep their short lived love a secret.

~ Metamorphoses, Ovid

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2022-07-12

A stepmother hated her step sons and cast a spell turning them them into swans. Their sister resolved to free them and set about making each brother a shirt of starwort, not speaking, or laughing for seven years https://t.co/8riA3BbdGC

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2022-06-28

This stunning illustration is from An Urban Sketcher's Galway by , a beautiful illustrative portrait of the City of the Tribes! Find it on our website!

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2022-06-14

is a key ingredient in the stereotypical fairy-tale ending in which everyone lives happily ever after. This romantic formula continues to influence contemporary ideas about love and marriage for the best ... and the worst.

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2022-06-14

In Philippine folklore after a storm Maria Makiling walks the forest fixing broken branches, repairing damaged bird nests, healing the broken wings of butterflies. Where she walks the sun shines, birds sing, flowers bloom https://t.co/3Y8vDLSkSC

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2022-05-31

A beloved Icelandic lullaby with an eerie context.

“Sleep my little love,
Outside the rain is weeping.
Mommy keeps watch over your gold,
Old leg bones and a little treasure chest.*
Let's not stay awake through dark nights.”

https://t.co/DZiJ6254Gu

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2022-05-25

Nursery Rhymes
~3 little kittens, they lost their mittens
And they began to cry
"Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear
We've lost our mittens by"
"What! Lost your mittens? you naughty kittens
Then you shall have no pie"

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2022-05-25

“Sina, beautiful one, forgive me! My true shape is that of a human. I am the King of Fiji. When I heard of your beauty I used magic to attain this eel form to swim from Fiji to your home island to meet and woo you! https://t.co/aaiFrYuaNm

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2022-05-17

Inspired by the rayed star and the fiery dragon he had seen Uther commanded two statuettes of gold be made. One he carried with him in all of his battles and he became called Uther Pendragon, meaning head of the dragon https://t.co/Gfl4cHYbOg

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2022-05-03


GRIFFIN🦅🦁
..of Greek Mythology, a pig sized flying dinosaur, half eagle, half lion, that guarded the gold of thr kings, a very powerful, and majestic beast..#FairyTaleFlash

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2022-05-03