#folk and fairy tales

[thefugitivesaint]

Sigismunds Vidbergs (1890-1970), ''Folk and Fairy Tales'', 1985 Source

[mzminola]

I think if we’re gonna say that the superhero genre is filling the modern folk/fairytale niche, we can reject the question of “is this in character for established canon” but we need to replace it with “does this fit this character’s archetype in established canon”.

Like... Clever Jack who solves things by tricking people. The Fool who survives and saves the day by taking everything literally. The Maiden or Youth who is kind seemingly to their own detriment and that kindness is repaid later.

For any given hero, be it the specific character or the mantle, what archetype are they filling? What kind of hero are they supposed to be? What are their key traits? How do they solve problems?

There’s too much contradictory comics canon to actually nail down detailed continuity. But we can look at a given story and criticize it for shoving the characters into the wrong archetype.

[moodboard-d]

[moonmaidenmagic]

I aspire to this. 

[wickedshoesboutique]

🧚‍♀️Fairy Ponds🧚🏻

[punkpandapatrixk]

When I was a child I believed everything was possible. Sadly, I was met with adults who told me I should grow up and be responsible. They said fairy tales aren't sensible.

For a time I listened to that, thinking their worldview was reliable. When they told me my dreams and ambitions were unattainable. But then, I grew up and came to my own senses...how some adults are abominable.

Adults…many of them see in children what they’ve allowed to die inside of themselves. I know now they are very much ashamed of themselves. For that reason, they’d rather no child grows up to be happier or nobler than themselves.

I’m sure it must be envy.

I’m now a grownup, too. But unlike them, I haven’t died; not really, no. Even better, now that I’m older, I’m going to see all my dreams and ambitions come true.

And one day, when I have a child of my own, I’ll teach them to fight for their own fairy tale.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

— Brian W. Aldiss

[yebreed]

Fox Spirits In Medieval Narratives: Gender Bias

The domestic worship of the fox described by Zhang Zhuo informs us that the fox spirit occupied an ambivalent position in family lives. That foxes were enshrined in private quarters and offered food consumed by humans suggests that they participated in the family as insiders. However, their supernatural power and animal nature inspired both reverence and fear, and preserved their identities as…

[thebeautifulbook]

COSSACK FAIRY TALES AND FOLK TALES edited by R. Nisbet Bain (London: Harrap, 1916). Illustrated by Noel L. Nisbet.

source

[belle-keys]

World Mythology: Fey, Faeries, and Fairfolk

“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind, run on the top of the disheveled tide, and dance upon the mountains like a flame.”

- adapted from The Land of Heart's Desire by William Butler Yeats

[stone-cold-groove]

Illustration from the Czech book Wacky Fairy Tales - 1965.

[thefugitivesaint]

Linda Farquharson, 'Demon Cat', ''Irish Fairy and Folk Tales'' compiled by W. B. Yeats, Folio Society 2007

[mzminola]

Putting the concepts of Batman, golems, resurrected Jason Todd, and dybbuks in a jar and shaking vigorously.

[realmofforgottenloreart]

Two little sweet Leaflings, showing a bit of love for the month of February 💚🌿

[enchantedvale]

Stephaniecore

[calmthefrontdoor]

Don't Crash a Fae Rave

Based off of an amalgamation of Irish folklore surrounding the fae folks parties getting interrupted by humans and that one college party awkward reaction meme. Prints available in my shop!

[matyas-ss]

Midsummer Eve, Edward Robert Hughes (1908). Private collection