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1952's HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, while never meant for awards for historical accuracy, does have fun depicting various fairy tales through ballet. But did you know they were originally meant to be done in Disney animation?

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2023-03-07

There is a legend that there was once a large lake where the in opens today. But one day, on the advice of a mountain gnome, a charcoal burner set out to penetrate deep into the earth, where a was guarding a great treasure.
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2023-01-18

To relieve the peasants from the the Duke of made them built a huge, strong tower at the limits of the swamps. Fearless knights hid there, and a stout bull tied to a chain with barbs was presented as a bait. Soon the winged Lindworm
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2023-01-17

A grew up in the swamp around the beautiful lake near in and fattened itself on horses. When nothing was left to devour, this mighty creature ate himself through a rockslide, leaving a gorge, where his bite marks still can be seen. https://t.co/Qydkyh5v8u

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2023-01-17

"Snow-White and Rose-Red" are a charming and refreshingly happy pair of siblings from the Brothers Grimm:

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2022-11-30

Has any mythology or folklore, Norse or otherwise, not benefitted from Arthur Rackham's illustrations?

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2022-11-02

Angela Carter wrote a wonderfully creepy depiction of vampirism with "The Lady of the House of Love."

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2022-10-18

As a boy Elidyr used a hole in the riverbank as a portal to He encountered two little men who took him to the where he lived in ease and joy. All was beautiful there—bountiful land, beautiful… https://t.co/joTypngS3G

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2022-10-04

The was said to reside just outside the village of Mordiford.
From early life, the dragon, green in colour, was said to have loved a small girl named Maud who resided in Mordiford, Herefordshire, and had nurtured… https://t.co/Tm4Llnuq2E

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2022-09-28

The is a water spirit in folklore, known as the each-uisce (anglicized as aughisky or ech-ushkya) in and cabyll-ushtey on the This supernatural water horse found in the… https://t.co/gMK1ILUkJe

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2022-07-20

A (in French [lytɛ̃]) is a type of hobgoblin. A French fairy tale, "Le Prince Lutin", written in 1697 by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy has a description of the "air, water & terrestrial lutin": "You are invisible when you like it; you cross in one moment
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2022-05-31

was also jealous of the because her husband loved them more than her. became ill with jealousy, which put her in the sickbed for a year. During this time, the plan to get rid of the children, that she loved like her own, developed. https://t.co/6xTvNW0NyQ

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2022-04-20

A little something for Here we have an excellent retelling of 'Peau d'Âne', a Charles Perrault tale from 1695 - 'Donkey Skin / Peau d'Âne' (1970) dir. Jacques Demy.

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