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The ceasg (keesk), a mermaid of Scottish can be made to grant three wishes to anyone who captures her, in exchange for her freedom.

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2 pages from Jack and the Beanstalk Wish Granters - Read the whole story and solve the puzzles: https://t.co/ENs7q0y3J0

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Zazovka is a demonic female creature in Belarusian mythology. she looked like a beautiful young girl with unusually long hair that covered her nakedness. As a rule, she lured travelers into the thicket of the forest, from time to time showing herself or hiding.

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CIRCE AND ULYSSES
Some were reshapen into fowls,
And bears and tigers, apes and owls,
Or else bewitched some other way,
So that no man could disobey;
Such craft they had, above our kind.

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Every kitsune has a magical orb, it's hoshi no tama, kept in its tail or mouth in fox form. To have it is to have the power to make your wishes come true; but beware the fox's ire, for they need it to survive: they will give it, if they trust you.

🖼: D. Brine

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In This weeks Time between Times video I tell the very creepy American folktale The Tailypo . Have a watch if you dare ?
https://t.co/XHyjCZ5tU6

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Fairytales are not for the faint of heart or the rational mind. Rather, they convey the deepest & darkest aspects of the human psyche.
Art by Lisa Hannett.

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It's ! Here's an illustration for my version of The Tinderbox, a story about some very magical doggos.

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Star light
Star bright
First star I see tonight.
I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.

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Incantation by J. Dixon after J.H. Mortimer

This work has no literary source. All descriptions I have read say the maiden is terrified but I urge you to zoom because I see a cruel face in her and a sad resignation in the older woman.

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Today is St Dwynwens day . The Welsh saint of Love . A magical and tragic tale . Here it is for you to enjoy . Have a great day everyone x . Love to all .


https://t.co/ZEZNBT7a5E

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In the German fairy tale "The Fisherman & His Wife," a poor fisherman meets a magic talking fish that can grant wishes. His greedy wife demands he keep wishing for more & more wealth until they're back where they started, just as poor as before.

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The fisherman asked him how such a huge genie could be inside a small jar. The genie replied that he could make himself as tiny as he.The fisherman wanted to test it. So the genie made himself as little as possible and jumped into the jar…

🖼Edmund Dulac,1907

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Bran Fendigaid is a hero of mythology. were his symbols & brought him messages from his imprisoned sister Branwen. After his death, Bran's severed head was buried where the Tower of London (with resident ravens) is situated.

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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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