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Ever hear the tale of Whitebear Whittington? An Appalachian shapeshifting tale, a complex, magical blend of Beauty & the Beast and the Eros/Psyche myth. A young girl is promised by her father to a young man under a spell - a man by night, but a bear by day.

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2020-02-26

Here's a bonus Grimms' fairy tale that I drew last year, since it features pancakes (and a wolf and a fox conspiring to steal them). Happy pancake day - I hope the wolves keep away from your pancakes.

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2020-02-26

It's done ;_; I'm pretty proud of this!
It's called "The Walk Home"

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2020-02-26

for Andersen's "Thumbelina" by Rie Cramer (1887-1997, Dutch)
The miniature girl's fortunes ebb & flow during her encounters with animals;- abducted by frogs, housed by a mouse, lined up to marry a mole, rescued by a swift she'd nursed to health.

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2020-02-26

In the Italian Catskin variant, The She-Bear, an old woman provides the heroine, Preziosa, with a wooden stick that, when placed in her mouth, transforms her into a bear. She uses it to escape marriage to her father.

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2020-02-25

Hand Christian Andersen’s ‘The Wild Swans,’ illustrations by Susan Jeffers.

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2020-02-25

The Six Swans fairytale by The Brothers Grimm is about a princess who comes to the rescue of her six brothers who have been turned into swans. Illustrated here by Warwick Goble

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2020-02-25


There's a rich seam of outstanding in Carroll's beloved "Alice" books to explore, but this original remains a firm favourite, with it's unbridled whimsy
- by John Tenniel, in 'Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There' by Lewis Carroll

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2020-02-25

Six years of silence, six little shirts of star-flowers, and an escape from death by fire... The Six Swans is a tale from the Brothers Grimm about six brothers that are changed into swans by their evil stepmother. Read the full tale: https://t.co/Yg2YRMnKw9

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2020-02-25

"Puss in Boots" is an Italian fairy tale about a conniving yet loyal talking cat who helps a poor man gain wealth, prestige, & the hand of a princess. He's so clever that he even convinces a shape-shifting ogre to transform into a mouse, & then eats him.

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2020-02-25

Today we are celebrating the birthday of Wilhelm Grimm, the younger of the Brothers Grimm, with these beautiful editions of their fairytales

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2020-02-24

Curious about Selkies or seal people? I've blogged a list of resources and my favourite retellings on my website. Sign up for my monthly newsletter (link in profile) and don't miss a post.

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2020-02-24

Over the past few year, I've been working as a campaign & policy analyst, researching fairytales & philosophical & political aspects of social media for my PhD thesis, & writing novels, short stories & poetry.
The novel writing has paid off! 1/6

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2020-02-24

Inspired by works of Ayumi Shibata and Harikrishnan Panicker. Doing it by hands are some difficult, so I decided do it digitally. The second picture is a coloured stack of BW layers that I done specially for 3D.

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2020-02-24