The Grimms' Fairy Tale 'The Raven' begins with a queen, growing impatient with her troublesome daughter and declaring in frustration "I wish you were a raven and would fly away, then I should have a little peace." Immediately thereafter, the queen's wish came true. #FolkyFriday
📷: Steve Harvey
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In the Grimms' Fairy Tale 'The Nixie of the Mill-Pond,' a poor miller promises to give whatever had "just been born in [his] house" to a water spirit in return for wealth. Unfortunately, the newborn in his house was not a dog or cat as he assumed but his own son. #WyrdWednesday
🎨: H. J. Ford
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When a giant misinterpreted The Valiant Little Tailor's boasting to mean that he killed seven men with one blow instead of seven flies with one blow, the tailor decided to play along by making himself appear stronger than the giant using various tricks. #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨: Paul Hey
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By the end of 'The Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was,' the fearless youth failed his quest but managed to marry a princess anyway. Still, he would cry "if I could but shudder" until the night his bride dumped a pail of water on him as he slept. Finally, he shuddered.#FairyTaleTuesday
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Maid Maleen was a princess whose father imprisoned her and her waiting-woman in a dark tower for 7 years for disobeying him. When the sentence was complete, no one came to release them, so the two women broke out of the tower to discover the kingdom in ruin. #LegendaryWednesday
🎨: Arthur Rackham
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In the Grimms' Fairy Tale 'Sweet Porridge,' a poor girl was gifted a magic pot that could cook an unlimited amount of porridge. However, only the girl knew the magic words to make it stop, so when the her mother attempted to use the pot without her daughter's help, she ended up flooding their street with porridge. #FolkloreSunday
📷 : Jerome Ramos
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A Dutch fairy tale tells how a beggar woman with infant twins cursed the countess that cruelly turned her away to have "as many children as there are days in the year." As a result, the countess would go on to give birth to 365 babies in a single day before dying. #WyrdWednesday
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