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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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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...

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

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Kind-hearted Angelina (Cinderella) is a slave to her wicked stepfather & stepsisters.
Prince Ramiro trades places with his valet. Thus disguised, he goes door to door in search of a maiden with a true heart. She offers him food & drink, & they fall in love. 💝

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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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Cinderella
Joseph Edward Southall (1861-1944)

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Sleeping beauty by Anton Pieck and it's realisation in the Efteling fairytale theme park.

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Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree (Craobh-Oir agus Craobh-Airgid): a Gaelic tale from Scotland. A king had a wife, Silver-Tree, and a daughter, Gold-Tree. One day they walked by a pond, and Silver-Tree asked a trout if she were the most beautiful queen in the world.

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Illustrations of Snow White displayed in her glass/ crystal casket like a beautiful artefact, frozen in time.
Art by (C/W): Thekla Brauer, Marianne Stokes, Caroline Paterson, Anna Surgan.

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Snaefrid: Norway. Snaefrid, or snow-fair, was the wife of King Harald. When she died, she remained as rosy and beautiful as she had been in life. The king believed she would come back to life and sat by her bier for three years.

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The tale “Lasair Gheug, the King of Ireland’s Daughter” is a version of the international wonder tale most commonly known as “Snow White,” but it contains many elements which identify it as specific to Gaelic Scotland.

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Fairy tales, says Gertrud Nelson, are about anguish & darkness. Heroes are thrown into a world where all disguises are torn off, & a kind mother is a witch, a frog is a prince, where one must be seated in ashes & dressed in rags to connect to one's noble nature.

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'Sleeping Beauty' - Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1900 - 1910.

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