#fairytales and folklore

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Bluebeard's final wife

Is innocent and pure and young

Is told to not succumb to curiosity and explore the forbidden chamber

Will however unlock the forbidden room and uncover her lord's secret (it's dead wives)

There are various versions of how she lives but in the most famous she uses her submission to stay his hand once he finds out, for long enough for the rescue she called for to arrive.

She belongs to the 312 and 311 Aarne-Thompson system of classifying folktale plots, in which the heroine always survives her husband's (who is either a Noble or the Devil seeking brides) serial-murder plans, though several times not unscathed

People were commenting last year on how incredibly similar the two stories are. Jonathan even finds a room full of dead wives.

Oh shoot this was an ask wasn't it.

Yes yes yes, Bluebeard's Bride can survive Castle Dracula, because that's precisely the story that's being told here

Poor dude rolls up in a carriage bedecked with flowers and doesn't even know he's a bride...

#dracula daily #bluebeard #fairytales and folklore #ingenues

[pasdetrois]

like eve before you

George Frederic Watts, Eve Tempted (detail) • Vievee Francis, "Apologia" • Edmund Blair Leighton, The Keys (detail) • Maria Tatar, Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives • Angela Carter, "The Bloody Chamber" • Heinrich Aldegrever, Adam and Eve • Gustave Doré, Illustration for "Blue Beard" • Paul Dukas, Ariane et Barbe-bleue • Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer • Hans Baldung Grien, Eve, Serpent and Death • Erika Steiskal, Illustration for "The Bloody Chamber"

#web weaving #bluebeard #fairytales and folklore #fairytaleedit #angela carter #the bloody chamber #vievee francis #maria tatar #glen duncan #gustave doré #biblical mythology #eve #it is the key that leads to the kingdom of the unimaginable #AND RENDER ME MORE EQUAL! #there really are so many interesting ways to read through this tale but the eve connections specifically jumped out quite often #not my most coherent set but you get it right! all this to say that eve (and her literary descendants) did nothing wrong! #I can't believe this has been in my drafts for years at this point. lol #spring cleaning time etc

[not-poignant]

Hi! I think a while back you made a post with all the references you used in fae tales for the fae, like a compendium of different fae and medieval sources and stuff? I tried searching your blog to find it but couldn't... if you don't mind, could you re-link it, if it's not too much trouble 🥺

Hi anon,

My resources are generally very biased to what would help me the most, but I think the post you're looking for is this one. (It has several links to other posts within it).

I hope that helps!

#asks and answers #fairytales and folklore #there's no single compendium which has everything i included though honestly #like i've read well over 70 books on folklore drilling down into areas #i'm specifically interested in #and i invented a bunch of the fae in Fae Tales as well #tbh even wiki can be a good source these days

[fairytales-and-folklore]

• Title: I've Got A Feeling • Author: fairytalesandfolklore • Fandom: Nancy Drew • Pairing: Ace Hardy/Nancy Drew

The two of them freeze, gazes finding their way to Nancy like they've only just realized she's here, standing stock still behind the counter, taking in the scene in front of her. She expects to get hit with a sudden wave of wanting for both of them, akin to what she felt yesterday, but just like with Nick, it never comes. Weirder still is the fact she doesn't even seem to be normal attracted to either of them anymore. She looks at them, Tamura in his clean-cut suit, Gil in his rugged bad boy leather jacket, and thinks, ehh, they're alright I guess. Appreciates them in the same way you'd look at a pretty painting in an art gallery. But Ace? Holy shit. He's absolutely gorgeous, and all Nancy wants to do right now is dip her hands directly into the paint.

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#fairytalesandfolklore #fairytales and folklore #fairytales-and-folklore #fan fiction #cw nancy drew #nace #nace fanfiction #nancy drew fanfiction

[fantasyfairytale049]

Confusion

Anyone sometimes feel like you know what your story is going to look like and you know what you want to be like but sometimes you can't put it in words.

#fantasy writing #Writer's group #writing program #Send Help #fairytale writing #fairytales and folklore #medieval aesthetic

[kairiaka]

When you're listening to a Storytelling podcast, and they tell a tale from a culture or people they do not understand-- and not only do they butcher the tales, but they state their ill-advised opinion like it's fact:

Alternatively:

When someone is telling a version of a story that is a complete retelling, but they're implying that their version is the "original" version.

#original #Original #storytelling #podcasts #not saying any names #It's okay to re-tell stories but don't act like it's the #In a lot of cases there are no versions #writing rant #fairytales and folklore #Culture Appropriation or Appreciation? #unpopular opinion

[spacecat-studio]

So I’m going to make an Effort to read some of my folklore library, and we’re starting with #66 (because it happened to be on top of the pile of books sitting next to me on my couch) The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard.

I found the 1967 copy at my local Half Price Books an…indeterminate number of years ago. I read a bit of it back then, but was discouraged by the Greek and Latin sprinkled liberally throughout. This was before the days of smartphones with translation apps, so I will be availing myself of The Internets to make my current attempt.

I’m still in the introduction but I totally forgot that this book opens up with the author describing what he calls a real unicorn horn?

I imagine it’s actually like, a narwhal horn or something similar. The dangers of studying too much folklore and not enough science I guess XD

#folklore studies #fairytales and folklore #unicorn myth and history #The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard #I can’t tell if he actually believes this or not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[inkyami]

I’ve made a deck for the slavic themed Mafia game — each character is from classic fairytales and epics. Part 1 of ? (Not really supposed to reveal the whole deck)

𖧷 Ivan Tsarevich 𖧷 Koshchei the Deathless 𖧷 Solovey (Nightingale) the bandit 𖧷 Rusalka

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#artists on tumblr #slavic #folklore #fairytale #card games #character design #rusalka #ivan tsarevitch #koshchei #is mafia a well-known game internationally? #feel free to ask about the characters — writing about each is too much but I am happy to rant about some #I did put some short summaries in the alt

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Changelings, from Cyrus Graner's Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 by John Bauer (1913)

#john bauer #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #1910s #1910s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #swedish artist #swedish art #books #book illustration #swedish folklore #fairy tale #fairy tales #fairytale art #classic art

[cuprumbao]

tsarevna slava and a she wolf

#oc #character design #slavic folklore #slavic fairytale #art #sapphic ocs #werewolf

[bebs-art-gallery]

Laments in Veiled Sanctuaries

— by xis.lanyx

#painting #art #artblr #oil on canvas #oil painting #fairycore #fairytale #fairytales #fantasy #forest #grandmacore #forestcore #goblincore #appalachian witch #witch #witchblr #appalachian folklore #appalachian gothic #wendigo #artist #artists #art community #art blog #art gallery

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

I humbly submit Princess Cimorene as a candidate

Princess Cimorene of Linderwall is Dangerously Genre Savvy. But is she going to approach Castle Dracula as a Fairytale protagonist or as a Horror protagonist? Is she Genre Savvy enough to force a genre shift in her favor? And what is Dracula but a nasty old Dragon - and Cimorene certainly has plenty of experience dealing with dragons...

I guess the first point is that Cimorene is going to die of Old Age. That was her deal with that Djinn she freed. It is stunningly difficult to die of Old Age in Castle Dracula.

But okay, lets be fair. Let us assume that when she says "I'd rather be eaten by a Dragon" the unprincely frog directs her not to Kazul but to Dracula (always remember to be careful what you wish for, kids). Can she survive based on her starting stats alone? That is, spunk, genre savvy, latin verbs, and cherries jubilee.

As a fairytale heroine, Cimorene is not going to refuse any gifts offered her. As a dangerously genre savvy fairytale heroine, if the sinister lord of the creepy castle tells her not to sleep outside of her room, she is not going to sleep outside of her room. She knows how this works.

I think the primary hurdle is going to be whether Dracula tolerates her initial frankness. Cimorene can quickly learn how to handle his personality, but only if she survives opening with Refuge in Audacity. Dracula doesn't appreciate being back talked, but she might take him sufficiently by surprise that he leaves her alive long enough to see where this goes. And where this goes is that she organizes his library then starts in on his treasure hoard and before he knows it she's taught herself basic Scholomancy and replaced the curtains in the ladies wing amd dusted everywhere and he honestly doesn't know how he got on without her and he patronizingly indulges her Absolutely No Biting Me rules (it's because she's useful, not because she won't take off that crucifix, he tells himself) and doesn't even realize he is no longer remotely running this show.

A sticking point is going to be the whole Evil Vampire thing. Cimorene isn't going to approve of all the assault, kidnapping, and murder - Kazul was a dragon but she wasn't outright evil. She will however be sympathetic to the "Look, everything has to eat" argument. She'll make it her mission to solve vampirism. She's really good at finding creative economic solutions to supernatural problems. I dunno, turn the Castle into a luxury resort for people with a blood drinking kink. You only need to find a couple of them to make the engine work. And if she's persuasive enough to get this far, then she's persuasive enough to talk him into it.

And they all live happily ever after.

So yes, I do believe that Princess Cimorene can survive Castle Dracula

#cimorene #princess cimorene #the enchanted forest chronicles #royalty #fairytales and folklore #servicepeople #chefs

[pasdetrois]

- Arlene Kim, What Have You Done To Our Ears to Make Us Hear Echoes?

#arlene kim #poetry #fairytales and folklore

[asyayordanova]

#witch #witchcraft #folklore #folktale #Dark Art #dark fantasy #dark fairytale #dark fantasy art #eerie art #eerie painting #eerie illustration #slavic folklore #balkan folklore #slavic mythology #macabre art #spooky #creepy #sickle #sickle witch #occult art

[fairytales-and-folklore]

• Title: What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Want You More • Author: fairytalesandfolklore • Fandom: Nancy Drew • Pairing: Ace Hardy/Nancy Drew

"Well, we could start with…" he prompts, reaching across the space between them to gently brush his hand against hers. He takes each step slowly, gradually increasing the level of intimacy as he goes, reaching out to link their pinky fingers together like a schoolyard promise, before carefully skimming the tips of his fingers across the palm of her hand, until finally, he's settled each one into the space between her fingers, palms pressed together in a gentle hold. The two of them glance up in unison, relieved to find the glass bottle still intact. "Look at that," he says, a pleasantly surprised lilt to his voice. "One relationship staple down." He gives the palm of her hand an affectionate three-pulse squeeze, and Nancy doesn't need a special decoder to riddle out what it means. She glances up at him, tears brimming at the corners of her eyes, and squeezes his hand back four times — I love you too. "And there's another one," he says softly, voice affected in the same way that's currently threatening to spill down Nancy's cheeks, lips pulling up at the corners in that same golden smile.

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#fairytalesandfolklore #fairytales-and-folklore #fairytales and folklore #fan fiction #cw nancy drew #nace #nancy drew fanfiction #nace fanfiction

[fantasyfairytale049]

Intro

Credit goes to Achen089 on Devianart for this art piece i own nothing.

#fairytale #fantasy writing #fairytales and folklore #medieval aesthetic #knightcore #faerie