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Perrault's "Diamonds and Toads"
'A bad tempered widow had two daughters. The eldest was like her mother, both in feature and disposition, while the youngest was sweet-natured always, and as pretty as she was amiable...' https://t.co/nf2D6ZhZgB

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Kidnapped to the lands of Kif, Prince Behram falls in love with the fairy queen, Gul bano, and best friends with Deo Safeyd. A wedding, mutiny, war and victory follow as they travel to each other’s realms.

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An Irish girl, Margaret, escapes a sea-serpent, fights the Giant of the White Doon, and saves her sweetheart Simon, the son of the King of the Eastern World. https://t.co/SXXcUr5BLf

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VERY EXCITED TO SHARE some of the phenomenal original that will feature in our upcoming

From Todor Popov, this... is 'The Huntsman' of Wistman's Wood!

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The Three Heads in a Well is an old English fairy tale. A kind girl meets an old man who is guardian of a well. He bids her do whatever the 3 golden heads in the well ask & so she washes them. They then each in turn accord her good fortune. Img: Arthur Rackham

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Layla Majnun, ill-fated lovers as pictured in Arabic, Persian, Mughal, and Turkish art.

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Sassi, the princess of Bhambor, who set off on a journey across the desert from Sindh to Balochistan to meet her beloved, the prince of Kech, Punnun. She died on her way. When Punnun found her grave, it opened for him, the the two were united in death forever.

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'With no more ado, he mounted his steed and blew her a kiss. Then, turning aside, rode off into the wind, humming the borrowed strain of Ianthe's song.' https://t.co/lzwsc8OJGS <

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For theme of love in fairy tales, I always return to Tam Lin: holding on to the one you love, through all the challenges and changes, fiercely using your independence to do your part to build a strong bond with your chosen one. Legendary! (🖼️by Erica Leveque)

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For ❤️some illustrations by Fortescue Brickdale, Virginia Frances Sterrett, and Kay Nielsen

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While she was going across the middle of the house, the infant in her womb screamed. “True,” Cathbad said, “a girl is there, and her name will be Deirdre, and concerning her there will be evil.” and Naoise

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At its heart, Esaias Tegnér's epic 19th century poem "Frithiofs saga" (after an Icelandic saga of the same name) is a viking love story. 🖼️August Malmström

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♥️ in Fairytales. Though I love frogs just as they are. 🐸 💚 🖼 The Frog Prince, Walter Crane, 1874.

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For who could ever learn to love a beast? The transformative power of loving and being loved. Perfect Valentines season fayre I think.

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Cupid & Psyche, is the love story of the mortal Psyche and the god Cupid. It is thought to be the inspiration behind the fairytale Beauty and the Beast.

🖼Jean Baptiste Regnault

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In the Cornish tale The Mermaid of Zennor a mysterious lady visits a church where she enchants everyone with her voice. She falls in love with the best singer. They disappear. The lady was a mermaid and it's thought that the couple lived happily ever after.

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If you’re looking to attract love for then you should track down some lemonbalm. If you plant it in your garden it will attract suitors to your door or leave some at the entrance of a beehive for 24 hours then dry & sew into your outfit for ‘swarms’ of interest!

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Grimms' "The Goose Girl"
A queen's gifts to her precious daughter thwarts an otherwise cruel fate
https://t.co/IwnzB0ZwYF
"Alas, young queen, passing by,
If this your mother knew,
Her heart would break in two"

Illustration Paul Meyerheim, 1890

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