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Raised as an only child, Andersen saw in the "The Wild Swans" a fantasy of sibling solidarity that he could not realize in real life. The story was published in his Danish Folktales of 1823.

🎨 Anne yvonne Gilbert


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The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who are turned into swans. Their sister, Lisa must save them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She must not speak a word until she is done or her brothers will die.

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Some Philippine folktales tell of people transforming into birds (usually rice birds) when not given enough food to eat. In some versions, it's a daughter whose mom doesn't feed her enough. In others, it's workers whose employer doesn't give them enough food.

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A Russian folktale- The Fox and the Blackbird, illustrations by Valery Carrick, 1914. A fox tricks a blackbird, the blackbird eventually tricks the fox… 🦊 🐦

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The Tongue-Cut Sparrow is a Japanese tale of a childless old couple. The man was kind & loved his pet Sparrow. However his wife was mean & hated the Sparrow! One day she cut the bird’s tongue out after the Sparrow mistakenly ate her starch!
🖼Katsushika Hokusai

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What is the reason for humanity’s fascination with mystical Find out at link: https://t.co/ogCMXX49D2

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The unanswered riddle featured in Alice in Wonderland & The Last Unicorn:

How is a raven like a writing desk?


Illustration: John James Audubon

Did anyone else come up with their own solution?

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"The Twa Corbies" (or The Two Ravens) illustrated by Arthur Rackham to "Some British Ballads" (1919) who plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight.

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At night in Shikoku, wander through the bamboo groves and eventually you might find Japan's fire-breathing poultry, the Basan. The fire gives no heat, and they gain it by eating the charcoal found in nearby villages: but they can disappear too.

🖼: jhfrench

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🎨 Dorothy P. Lathrop
📖 A Little Boy Lost

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The thunderbird is a legendary creature in Native American history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.

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In “A Bird Steals Iyawo’s Baby” a Yoruba (Nigeria) folktale, Iyale, a greedy senior wife gets her comeuppance when she loses her baby to a magical bird. Iyawo, the younger wife makes out with bags of treasure and her healthy baby.

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Some of Arthur Rackham’s enchanted, fairy-tale birds, drawn in his distinctive & beautiful style, for your day 🐦📚✨

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Hans Christian Andersen was a slightly awkward looking guy who was born into poverty. So when he wrote The Ugly Duckling (1843) he knew how to make his readers love that tiny, sad duckling who grows to see his own self-worth. I’ll always love this moving tale 🦢#FairyTaleTuesday

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The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East.

The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore.

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Thus spoke Raven,
“I know the fish in the dreams of the chief's daughter.
She dreams of salmon that live far away.
The Haida are my friends.
I will fly far, I will fly swift
I will bring the Haida, salmon!”

https://t.co/sg3G3SV79R

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With help of Thiazzi, the eagle in disguise, Loki kidnapped Idun, the guardian of juvenile apples that bring back youth to the Aesir gods.
It was a disaster because without her apples the gods became old and powerless.
More: https://t.co/QxKLr0F3yq

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

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British folklore regards owls as harbingers of doom. A screeching owl flying past the window of a sick person foretells their death. However, in Greek myth the owl symbolises Athena who keeps one on her shoulder, endowing her with knowledge & insight.

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