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dommnics · 3 days

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PART II

Here's the human form of Iniya, my take on Hans Christian Andersen's little mermaid character.

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strijkdesign · 19 hours

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"Sakura"

In the garden's hush, 'neath twilight's pall,

Cherry blossoms sway, a silent thrall.

Their petals whisper soft goodbyes,

In mirrored depths where dreams arise.

With mournful grace, on mirrored sheen,

The blossoms pirouette, then fall unseen.

For in their bloom, they dance, they sigh,

But all too soon, they fade and die.

In every fall, a solemn plea,

To cherish moments, let them be.

For life, like blossoms, swift and fleet,

In moments past, we find it sweet.

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lepetitdragonvert · 2 days

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Unicorns ! Unicorns ! by Geraldine McCaughrean

1997

Artist : Sophie Windham

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lastnightstoryart · 2 days

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Red Riding Hood

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nocnitsa · 3 days

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Fairy tales from Grimm by Franklin Betts, 1909

#illustation #fairy tale #fairytale #vintage illustration

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fairydropart · 14 days

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Meet me at the hollow log

#mushroom #cottagecore #illustration #artists on tumblr #fairy tale #drawing #art

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cottageaesthetic · 6 months

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#cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #cottage #cottagestyle #nature #naturecore #forest cottage #white #fairycore #fairy vibes #fairy cottage #fairy tale #fairy aesthetic #magical #royalcore #royaltycore #princess

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the-evil-clergyman · 5 months

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Among the flowers were lovely maidens calling to him with soft voices, from The Fairy of the Dawn for Andrew Lang's The Violet Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford (1906)

#henry justice ford #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #1900s #1900s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #british art #british artist #books #book illustration #fairy tales #fairy tale #fairytale art #knight #maidens #classic art

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nemfrog · 7 months

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Trees on the march. The magic forest. 1903.

Internet Archive

#fairy tale #tree #trees #anthropomorphic #header #fantasy #nemfrog #1903 #early 1900s #1k

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readingrobin · 1 year

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Fairy tale nerds of Tumblr I need your help.

I've been trying to find a fairy tale for AGES, this has been almost a decades long quest. I first read it in a Highlights magazine around the mid 2000s, when the theme was "Fairy Tales from around the World." Now I don't know if this is actually an older fairy tale or just one that was made up for the magazine masquerading as a story from somewhere else. I've done my own research and have come up zilch.

So, this story was about a prince that was cursed to be a wolf until he was able to bite a bride the night of her wedding. Well, it just so happens that such a woman is riding through the forest with her new beau, a very uncouth man that calls her his "little chicken." Long story short, a pack of wolves waylay their carriage, the wolf prince bites the lady, becomes human again, and they fall in love and marry.

And what happened to her original husband?

Well naturally he gets turned into a chicken and they eat him at their wedding feast.

Classic.

if anyone knows the title of this fairy tale or where it may have originated, please let me know! I'd love to see if I can read it again.

#this has been bothering me for almost twenty years #fairy tale #fairy tales #stories #folklore

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tendermelanina · 1 month

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@allureriah

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dommnics · 3 days

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PART I

I previously uploaded this design for my interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, but added a new look for her, based on the original story, complete with a wreath of lilies and oysters from her grandmother, and her veil as well.

I plan to draw designs for the other characters in the story as well!

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nynph-desiree · 1 year

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Butterflies and gemstones 💎

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ethanmaldridge · 3 months

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Wake up.

Based on my new graphic novel, The Pale Queen. You can reserve your copy now, wherever you get books!

#comic #book #art #animation #gothic #fairy tale

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lepetitdragonvert · 4 months

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Thumbkin and Other Stories

Text Version by W. K. Holmes

Artist : Barbara C. Freeman (1906-1999)

Blackie & Son Limited

London and Glascow

#barbara c. freeman #children's literature #children's illustration #fairy tale #children's books #vintage illustration #fairy story #children's book #fairy tales #old illustration #hans christian andersen #andersen #thumbkin #thumbelina #thumbeline #poucette #poucelina

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tkingfisher · 9 months

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Hey, everybody! I have a new book out today! It’s a fantasy novella called THORNHEDGE and you can pick it up wherever you get your books!*

It is very sweet and only has a few dead bodies in it and the heroine is a very anxious little were-toad.

This has been your shameless promotion for the day and I will now go back to reposting memes and interesting bug photos.

*unless, like, you only read books that are dropped in your lap by crows or slipped under your pillow by ragged claw-like hands in the night. I don’t have a distribution contract with those guys.

#ursula vernon #t. kingfisher #new book #fairy tale

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