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While I have lots of nostalgia love for 1994’s The Swan Princess, 2003’s Barbie of Swan Lake does a much better job of portraying the original music and intent from the ballet. What’s your favourite Swan Lake adaptation?

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2022-05-18

Good Morning and fans - Love to see your posts and read your stories - hope your day is wonderful

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2022-05-18

; In the story "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," the heroine is married to a gentleman of a polar bear. To her surprise, her beastly husband is really a handsome young prince, transformed by his cruel troll stepmother.

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2022-05-17

“The Legend of the Swan Maiden” by Jacques & Mary Regat, sculptors based in Anchorage, Alaska whose work is inspired by the local wildlife, the land, its people and their history & legends.
https://t.co/EaBPrwL7pk

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2022-05-17

In the darkness of their little room, he heard her recite a prayer of a kind he had not heard before. She turned around three times to her right, three times to her left. He dared to look and saw that she had become a coyote. 🐺

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2022-05-17

In Tennyo are heavenly beings who appear as extraordinarily beautiful women. Tennyo sometimes fly down to earth wearing magical feathered kimonos. There are many tales in Japan of love stories between Tennyo and human men. Similarly to...

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2022-05-17

Once a Selkie finds its skin again, neither chains of steel nor chains of love can keep her from the sea.

—The Secret of Roan Inish

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"Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh.

"That's okay," said Piglet, he came sat beside his friend, “Difficult Days are so much easier when you know you've got someone there for you. I'll always be here for you, Pooh."
A.A. Milne

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There are a couple of different stories about how the boy who was changed into a got into the pear tree. Illustration from “Metamorphoses,” and “Pallas Athena” by

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2022-05-17

In the Irish fairy tale "The Soul Cages" by Thomas Keightley, a green merrow with pig eyes and a red nose, captures the souls of drowned sailors and locks them away in cages under the waves...

🎨Böcklin🧜‍♀️

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In the Russian version of The Frog Princess, a beautiful young woman is forced to spend 3 years in a frog's skin for disobeying Koschei. She eventually overcomes obstacles and is transformed back.

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2022-05-17

The Tlingit believe that some otters are actually shape-shifters that look like men. These creatures have an evil purpose - to trap their victims souls and prevent them from reincarnating.These shape-shifting otters are called "Kushtaka" or "Kooshdakhaa."

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2022-05-17

“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

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Sleeping Beauty illustrated by the marvelous Hans Arnold (1925-2010)

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2022-05-11

Yeh-Shen, the Chinese counterpart of Cinderella, had a magical fish instead of a fairy godmother. After her stepmother killed her beloved pet, Yeh-Shen was told to use the fish's bones to wish for her heart's desires.

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2022-05-11