#fairyTale

'The Battle With The Welwa in the Copper Wood', a 1901 illustration by Henry Justice Ford. For one of Andrew Lang's 'Fairy Books', it shows the knight Petru scrapping with a monster: half-stag, half-dragon. #folktale #folklore #legend #fairytale #dragon #monster #fantasyart

A tightly composed of a monstrous furry creature with cloven hooves, claws and antlers, looming over a sword-wielding medieval knight on horseback.
Giacomo Bencistàgiacomo_bencista
2026-02-08

Gennady Dmitrievich Pavlishin, illustration for ‘Folk Tales of the Amur’, 1975

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2026-02-07

Call for papers
The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Fairy Tale
1–2 May, free online

Presentations invited on any aspect of science fiction, fantasy, or fairy tale in the long 19th century as well as modern reinterpretations of the 19th century in literature & media. Deadline 4 April.

@litstudies

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

#Literature #19thcentury #Victorian #sciencefiction #fantasy #fairytale #SFF #specfic #steampunk #callforpapers

Giacomo Bencistàgiacomo_bencista
2026-02-07

Gennady Dmitrievich Pavlishin, illustration for ‘Folk Tales of the Amur’, 1975

2026-02-07

🥀 Not-So-Sweet February🥀
#DarkFiction #Giveaway

Not all #stories end in happily ever after.

From #thrillers and #mysteries to #horror, & #scifi with twisted tales that defy genre, these #FREE #darkreads are anything but sweet.

Available this month only! 📚
books.bookfunnel.com/notsoswee

#Books @bookstodon #DarkFantasy #Fairytale #FreeRead

Not-So-Sweet February Reads. All Genre Dark Fiction Giveaway. A low view of a rose bush blooming under a blood moon at night, surrounded by barren trees.
2026-02-06

A quotation from P. G. Hamerton

If animals could speak as fabulists have feigned, the dog would be a blunt, blundering, outspoken, honest fellow, but the cat would have the rare talent of never saying a word too much.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) British artist, art critic and author.
Chapters on Animals: Dogs, Cats, and Horses, ch. 4 “Cats” (1877)

More about this quote: wist.info/hamerton-philip-gilb…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #pghamerton #anthropomorphism #cat #dog #fable #fairytale #speech #cats #dogs

Calico Jessedeinol@dice.camp
2026-02-06

I have finished The Last Unicorn. It’s a delightful fairy tale, the movie does an amazing excellent job of bringing it to the screen. Perfect little book, no notes.

What should I pull from my TBR next?

Finish off the last Brontë?

Check in with the Tanith first and last?

Read the history of Empire?

Learn the secrets behind the Malazan throne?

#Reading #PeterSBeagle #LastUnicorn #TBR #FairyTale #Literature

Giacomo Bencistàgiacomo_bencista
2026-02-06

Gennady Dmitrievich Pavlishin, illustration for ‘Folk Tales of the Amur’, 1975

2026-02-05

New entries to the snail and art parade! This time it's "The One Mundane Spot" (something I drew while pivoting my research from Chinese to old Norse religion) and the start of the gardening snail story "Knightly Pests". You can grab a printable jpg for as little as $1 and help me through my last term of storyboard and comic studies. (If you liked the last ones they're still in the shop.)

ko-fi.com/mcrimson/shop

#SnailAndArtParade #crowdfund #Fairytale #snail #knight #ThrowbackThursday

A guide and a group of people in Viking Age Scandinavian clothes looking at a tiny spot fenced in by ropes.
Guide "Here it is! We don't pray or sacrifice at this place. Neither is it sacred to any god. This is the one mundane spot in the entire Uppland."
Group: "Ooooooooooooooh!"Black and white drawing of a snail with a rake chasing a knight stealing its cabbages.
2026-02-03

"What wilt thou have, Hans My Hedgehog?"

"Father,” [Hans] said, “bring me bagpipes, then go to the forge and get the rooster shod, and then I will ride away forever."

The father was delighted that he was going to be rid of him.

- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Grimms' Fairy Tales"
🎨 Jim Henson

#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #FairyTale #Literature #Book #Germany #BrothersGrimm #JimHenson

Hans My Hedgehog riding his giant rooster. A scene from Jim Henson's "The Storyteller."
2026-02-03

Many myths have a hero gaining allies with weird powers. In the German fairy tale "Six Servants," the powers of the hero's servants are respectively super-hearing, extreme height, super-vision, a huge appetite, immunity to heat and cold, and a stretchable neck.
🎨 Věnceslava Černého

#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #FairyTale #Germany #Grimm #BrothersGrimm

The servants guide the young man to a castle where he will make his fortune. Illustration by Věnceslava Černého.
DimaLinkDimaLink
2026-02-03

Alice in the Park – Alice Sings a Song

The path has widened. It's clearly some kind of field. Made of autumn grass. Which has already turned yellow. Or maybe just those dry, sturdy stems. There's nothing but grass all around. Yellow. Dark yellow. Lots of dry branches. Lots of dry grass. Everything is dark yellow.

dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2026/

DimaLinkDimaLink
2026-02-02

In the Ice Cave

And this is my drawing based on Final Fantasy 4 (SNES). A magic spell, like a magic carpet, transports you to an ice cave. It's bright here. Because the ice glows and reflects a lot of light. It's magic ice. Absolutely. You land on your feet. And look around! Everything around is made of ice. A real ice cave!

2026-02-02

New entries to the snail and art parade! This time it's "Moving In Day" (a speed drawing exercise) and "Sewing snail". You can grab a printable jpg for as little as $1 and help me through my last term of storyboard and comic studies. (If you liked the last ones they're still in the shop.)

NB: I have a new ko-fi shop since the old one was eaten by a grue.

ko-fi.com/mcrimson/shop

#SnailAndArtParade #crowdfund #FairyTale #MastoArt

Drawing of a tiny troll in a red dress walking through a wild landscape as she carries her stuff to her new home. Behind her her dog is happy stepping with a backpack of its own.Black and white drawing of a snail holding a tape measure and keeping a forest of pin needles in their mouth. In front of them stands a snail sewing dummy with a ruffled shell cover.
Scimmia di MareMadmonkey@mastodon.uno
2026-02-02

@OMGSoundboard hi guys.
First of all thank you for your work.
I wonder if there's a way to stop a sound already started, and if there's a way to create new categories.
I'm trying to use the app to play the right sound at the right moment when I read fairy tales to my little son.

#fairyTale #openSource #foss #soundFX #soundEffects

2026-02-01

The bearded mountain dragon's favourite prey is the mountain unicorn. Despite being flightless it is incredibly surefooted, which is essential to hunt its prey. You can order savage strangehollow here: buff.ly/WMSJMQX #folklore #dragon #fairytale #fantasyart #dragons #watercolour

watercolour painting of a mountainous scene with a white, long haired and horned dragon like creature sitting atop a rocky outcrop. It has a long fluffy white tail too and a head covered in impressive horns.
Mr. Woolf 🇺🇦rdwoolf
2026-01-31

”The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993), #283 on the D23 list of theatrically-released feature films made by Disney

I’m viewing all 800+ films IN ORDER

The List: d23.com/list-of-disney-films

Directed by Henry Selick
Voices: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Reubens, Ken Page

The king of Halloween attempts a hostile takeover Christmas.

4K UHD Blu-ray: amzn.to/46gWppd

2026-01-31

Did I tell you about the Jaddock, from my book Savage Strangehollow? They move about on all fours most of the time but you will also find them walking on two legs. An inquisitive and voracious predator from the caves. Pre order the book here: buff.ly/WMSJMQX #artbook #fantasyart #folklore #fairytale

watercolour painting of a strange grey creature standing on its hind legs. It has a pinkish belly and white glowing eyes and sharp protruding top teeth. It has no nose and no ears that can be seen.

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