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random-brushstrokes · 4 months

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August Malmström - Sketch for Dancing Fairies (ca. 1860s)

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2001hz · 1 year

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'Dancing Fairies' By: August Malmström (1866)

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lux-vitae · 2 years

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Dancing Fairies by August Malmström (1866)

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leatherandmossprints · 4 months

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‘Dancing Fairies’ by August Malmström, c. 1866.

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justpoetrythings · 5 months

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Dancing Fairies by August Malmström (1866)

The Fairy Dance by Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1895)

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chloepiphany · 8 months

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[Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte / Dancing Fairies (1866) by August Malmström]

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yan-wo · 16 days

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August Malmström - Dancing Fairies, 1866

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classicalcanvas · 8 months

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Title: Elf game

Artist: August Malmström

Date: 1829 - 1901

Genre: Mythological Painting

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gacougnol · 6 months

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August Malmström (Swedish, 1829–1901)

Älvalek Dancing Fairies, 1866

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illustratus · 1 year

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Dancing Fairies - Dancing Elves by August Malmström

The fairies dancing in the meadow in the twilight flow over the romantic landscape; one of them bends over the water to catch a glimpse of her own image. This visionary painting depicts the morning mist turning into fairies, like the spirits of untamed nature. Fairies were seen as delicate, tender, sensitive but also capricious and inclined to have their feelings hurt easily and take offence if not treated well. In the Swedish folk tradition, people were warned to watch out for elves, as they could be dangerous for those who were not careful with them. The fairies in Norse mythology's hidden people have survived in local folklore often as beautiful young women, living in the wild on hills, woods and mounds of stones. In Romantic art and literature, elves are typically pictured as fair-haired, white-clad, and nasty when offended.

In order to protect themselves and their livestock against malevolent elves, Scandinavians could use an Älvkors (Elf cross), which was carved into buildings or other objects.