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In The Last Unicorn, dragons and unicorns are mortal enemies, but what if it doesn't have to be that way? #FairyTaleTuesday https://t.co/4HwSpPjjrV
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The kăk-whăn’-û-ghăt kǐg-û-lu’-nǐk is a creature said to lurk in the Bering Sea. It is described as either as a orca that can transform that can turn into a wolf or a whale with wolf like features.
Alice, the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle
by A E Jackson and Tove Jansson
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#FairyTaleTuesday: There is a legend that there was once a large lake where the #Loibltal in #Carinthia opens today. But one day, on the advice of a mountain gnome, a charcoal burner set out to penetrate deep into the earth, where a #Lindworm was guarding a great treasure.
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Cipactli is a crocodile-like creature whose dead body was used to shape the sky and the earth. (Source: The Fifth Sun: Aztec gods, Aztec World by Burr Cartwright Brundage). #FairyTaleTuesday
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The Hippogriff was a winged horse that had the claws and head of an eagle. It was an elusive creature that had the ability to fly at very high altitudes for very long distances. The hippogriff was the only known relative to the Griffin.
Dragons also feature prominently in alchemical prints. #FairytaleTuesday
The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature said to inhabit the forest of Pine Barrens in South Jersey. It is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations.
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#FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash According to Welsh lore Llyn Cowlyd had three mythical beasts associated with it; the water horse, the water bull and the Owl of Cowlyd. https://t.co/0lcAWKmhK8
#FairyTaleTuesday: To relieve the peasants from the #Lindworm, the Duke of #Carinthia made them built a huge, strong tower at the limits of the swamps. Fearless knights hid there, and a stout bull tied to a chain with barbs was presented as a bait. Soon the winged Lindworm
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In Batak star lore of North Sumatra, Orion constellation is called Hala Na Godang; a dragon so big its head reaches the sky and its tail the earth, and the stars of Orion's Belt represent its three giant eggs. 1/3
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📷: Rogelio B. Andreo
#FairyTaleTuesday: A #Lindworm grew up in the swamp around the beautiful lake near #Mallnitz in #Austria and fattened itself on horses. When nothing was left to devour, this mighty creature ate himself through a rockslide, leaving a gorge, where his bite marks still can be seen. https://t.co/Qydkyh5v8u
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Left to herself, the serpent now began
To change; her elfin blood in madness ran.
—John Keats, Lamia.
In Greek mythology Lamia is a predatory monster with a serpent’s body and the head and breasts of a woman.
🎨Isobel Lilian Gloag, The Kiss of the Enchantress.
Do you like fairytales? I do. My favourite is The little prince.🦊 The story about love, devotion, sincerity. The story where everybody will find their own meaning💔
The little prince and his fox are still available on Opensea 😱
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In Ferdowsi's #Shahnameh, one of the adventures of the Persian mythological hero Rustam is his defeat of a dragon with the help of his faithful horse, Rakhsh.
Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Folio Society, 2009.* Watercolour, 280 × 200 mm.
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No has podido huir del paradigmático príncipe azul... pero ¿querias?
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GRIFFIN🦁🦅
..of Greek Mythology, one theory, is that it was based on the Protocetatops, a pig sized dinosaur, half lion, half eagle, that guarded the gold of kings..a powerful, and majestic beast..#fairytaleflash
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PEGASUS🐎
..the divine winged horse, offspring of Medusa and Poseidon, born from Medusa's blood, after she was beheaded by Perseus, a free spirit, the universal symbol of liberty..#fairytaleflash