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Barbegazi (from French barbe-glacée, meaning ‘frozen beard’) are mythical gnomes from the Swiss Alps. They ski the mountains with their large feet, surfing avalanches and warning humans of impending danger.

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2022-11-22

Listen as the fox slowly and deftly unbinds his whole pack of tricks—his flattery and fine words, his warm and sugary russet charm, his bold-faced blandishments.

Anne Louise Avery, Reynard the Fox

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2022-07-12

Cinderella
Joseph Edward Southall (1861-1944)

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2022-05-10

Korean illustrator Na Young Wu, breathes a traditional Korean style (manhwa) into Western fairy tales, incorporating classic Korean apparel and scenery.

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2022-04-12

A three days' journey in a moment done;
And always, at the rising of the sun,
About the wilds they hunt with spear and horn,
On spleenful unicorn.

—John Keats
art by Maerten de Vos (1572)

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2022-04-05

Christmas Goblin
Josué Macías✍️

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2021-12-08

“Don't you know a Sand-fairy when you see one?"

—The Psammead (an ancient, grumpy, wish-granting creature created by Edith Nesbit)

Five Children and It
🖌H. R. Miller (1905)

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2021-11-23

To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

—Henrik Johan Ibsen, Peer Gynt
In the Hall of the Mountain King
🖌Arthur Rackham

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2021-11-23

The Wild Swans
Hans Christian Andersen, 1838

Overprivileged Princess Elisa gets knocked down a few pegs, but dodges the trope of helplessness by using discipline and perseverance to free her 11 brothers from their evil stepmother’s spell.

🎨Yvonne Gilbert

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2021-08-24