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“The queen threw one of the shirts over each of them, and when the shirts tougced their bodies, they were changed into swans, and flew away over the wood.”

Read the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, The Six Swans, this https://t.co/QEKplOf7Mf ✨

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Illustrations by Lizbeth Zwerger for SWAN LAKE (2002) based on Tchaikovsky’s ballet: only true love will break the curse that turns Princess Odette & her maidens into swans by day. In the original libretto (1877) they were true swan-maidens not enchanted mortals

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'I realized that we all need a new selkie story, that our myths can guide us but not lock us': in 'A Selkie Story for the New Millenium', Laura Marjorie Miller thinks about finding new interpretations of selkie stories. https://t.co/cng5FnmSIZ

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A watery undine can acquire an immortal soul by marrying a human...

Illustration by Arthur Rackham.

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for "Beauty and the Beast", by Warwick Goble (1862-1943, British)

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In Scottish mythology, selkies are beings capable of changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in stories originating from the Northern Isles of Scotland.
( art by Kaebobee on DeviantArt)

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There is no day or night but perpetual twilight in the land of fairies & ghosts of the dead & afterlife intermingle with them. Eating fairy food is taboo for humans, as it alters the body & prevents a person from returning to the world of the living.

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Hello there! Here is Kamila, illustrator from Poland. Fairytales, folklore, dark stories are my thing! But I also love sweet and soft world of children illustrations, so I often jump between worlds, styles, mediums... That makes art so exciting and fun!

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"One tale is that the Selkie or Seal Folk can only assume human form once every seven years because they are either humans who had committed sinful wrong doing, or are fallen angels"
https://t.co/8S2ocQmKNh

🎨 artist unknown

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In the Iberian tale "The Seven Pigeons," a princess refuses to marry a knight, so her father orders her death. But a magician instead turns her into a swan with a golden crown, & employs seven maidens who can shapeshift into pigeons as her caregivers.

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In the Belgian tale "The Swan Maidens & the Silver Knight," seven swans (who are actually seven cursed princesses turned into swans) help a knight rescue an imprisoned princess. The latter helps the cursed princesses regain human form by knitting seven coats.

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Rediscovered the otherworldy fairytale illustrations of Edmund Dulac! Imagine being this good at composition 😳 just sharing some more inspiration! 😳

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Lo subo por acá, cuz yez(?😂
The cry babe🖤🥺

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THE WILD SWANS Fairy tale by Hans Andersen,1838. An evil queen turns her eleven stepsons into and forces them to fly away (they're allowed to become human again by night). A possible influence on Swan Lake 🎨Anadezhda Illarionova; Anne Gilbert

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ODETTE Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen, swims on a lake made from her mother's tears after a sorcerer, Baron von Rothbart, transforms her into a swan. At night she regains her human form🎨Anna Pavlova's dying swan dress. She played Odette over 4,000 times

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Honey con luuuz que la está protegiendo con su vida para que su deseo se cumpla

[Rol abierto(?]

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Hello ! I'm Lola, a freelance illustrator from France. I love fairytales, fantasy, and romance ! ☺️

📪lolavagabonde.com
🌿https://t.co/aFzxRHUVmF
🌿https://t.co/NCyEfVW0pP
🌿https://t.co/9W4jFDRQ7j

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Hello ✨
I'm Stephanie from Germany and I love creating fantasy and fairytale themed art
🌿 https://t.co/ps9oxQLBFt
🌿 https://t.co/OPcx1gLXkt
🌿 https://t.co/KjqcMrOw30
✉️ simsamy.art.com

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Oh hi, I'm Eva, I'm into dark fairytales, and stars, and everything that resembles a wolf. I love your dog.

🍀https://t.co/2HHD1IomOZ
🍀https://t.co/mQBlr8xTvM
🍀https://t.co/wrDhhNomfD

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