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Sir Galahad was the noblest, and most mystical of all the knights in King Arthur's court.

"My good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure,
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure."
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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gives us a stories about mermaids and of witches who ride your back instead of using a broom. A story of proud Annie Christmas and her six sons.

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"King Goldenlocks" in Von Schonwerth's is one of my favorite fairy tales, and characters. He's got gorgeous hair, gets to fight heroically in a war, pose as a humble gardener and marry the girl of his dreams.

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"Once upon a time there was a who felt broken; for the days were long, the demands great, and the reception of her work filled with mockings and scoffers. Thus she sat on the floor of her home and wept..."

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Say "White Rabbit" 3 times for good luck on the first day of every month. Today. also being and a will make it particularly potent!

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The Fairy and the Bear's Nose is a that is lodged somewhere in the back of my mind...


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Every St. Sebastian's Day he returns, hunting during the day: El Hombre Caiman is rhe Alligator Man of South American but Colombian folklore, a lycanthropic alligator that hunts for human flesh, a fisherman cursed for his perversion by the Magdalena River.

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A Tsar's 2 jealous sisters throw his wife & their newborn son into the sea. Castaways on a remote island, the prince grows up fast. He saves a (an enchanted princess) whom he marries. They reunite with the Tsar, & he deals with those nasty aunts. 🪄 🦢

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“In great King Arthur's reign,Tom's history first begun; A farmer's wife had sigh'd in vain to have a darling son, A fairy listen'd to her call & granted her the same;
But being very small,Tom Thumb she did him name.”
🎨 Cock Robin Series, McLoughlin Bros (1888)

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(#Cai) "the Tall" was endowed with magical powers & a wound from his sword would never heal. A slayer of giants & friend of & with whom he had many adventures, including riding a magical salmon & hunting the Twrch Trwyth ...

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In the Bland tomtar och troll tale Trollritten (The Troll Ride), our boy hero helps a hapless troll woman he finds lying in a ditch beside the road. She repays him by making his horse run faster for the rest of his life by magically riding its rump. 🖼 J. Bauer

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Many Native American cultures in the United States have traditions of two male twin heroes.The Heroes Twins (or God Boys) are recurring characters from the mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The specifics of each myth vary from tribe to tribe

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In Indian and Hindu Mythology, Narada is a character who travels into any dimension or planet without any permission from any god. He is an interplanetary messenger who always take control over the situation by taking advantage of weaknesses.

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Robin Goodfellow was a mischievous English trickster fairy. To some he was a forest spirit, to others a devil. Those who were pixy-led would say "Robin Goodfellow has been with me tonight"...


🎨Füssli

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Fergus mac Léti, King of Ulster met a sea-monster called Muirdris in Dundrum Bay! His face became contorted in terror! Disfigurement disqualified from kingship so mirrors banned around him! Later he found out. Went back & killed it, but then died of exhaustion!

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"The Pied Piper of Hamelin", published by Dean in 1948. Illustrated by Eulalie.

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"But down in the Underground" JARETH the Goblin King (Labyrinth) combines elements from Hades (God of the Underworld) Norse Loki (mischief) and Fae
Art (very old) by myself. And here me singing "as the world falls down” https://t.co/1D3drtGPKf

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