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“We are in this fairyland on sufferance; it is not for us to quarrel with the conditions under which we enjoy this wild vision of the world.” ― G.K. Chesterton
(Art by Warwick Goble)

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2022-05-24

A good to all!
This old nursery rhyme came to mind: “Froggy Went A Courtin.” Very sweet.

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2022-05-24


The todorats is a Slavic centaur-like monster with dark horns, they travel in packs and hide their faces with masks and hoods. They pass through towns and kill all they come across. To survive, have cookies on hand because todorats have a severe sweet tooth.

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2022-05-24

I really need to find a home for this story about a man and his magical dogs. That'll probably be my summer project.

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2022-05-24


Were nursery rhymes social/political satire❓
R.S. Duncan credits “HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH” as referencing a Wakefield Prison practice of having its women prisoners [otherwise shackled] to exercise around its now infamous C19th mulberry tree.

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2022-05-24

'Time moved slowly for the fairy queen. One would have thought it would move quite quickly, for she was very old...'
- The Melancholy Fairy Queen.


https://t.co/ueAAGrfPWS
by Sergey Sergeevich

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2022-05-24

Sigmund Völsungsson and his son Sinfjötli were quite the lycanthropes. Sinfjötli was also Sigmund's nephew since his mother was Sigmund's sister, Signy. They sure knew how to have a grand time back in those days. Anyway, the duo rampaged as wolves for a while.

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2022-05-18

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

Watch the trailer for our “Origins of the Laoich” inspired video game by Blackdog Games of at https://t.co/bVJUlgrRlP! Available to download soon!

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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 story of 'The King of Ireland's Son', the eldest son wins the hand of Feldelma, an Enchanter's Daughter & a Swan Maiden, who he must rescue when she's kidnapped by the King of the Land of Mist. 🦢

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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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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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