Shiny new notebook design: The Lilac Fairy, based on the 1844 published fairytale bundle book by Andrew Lang. Which you can read at the Gutenberg project and the Open Archive.

https://lydiavvinters.com/2025/04/10/grimoire-the-lilac-fairy/

Unexpected journey. #grickledoodle #fairytales #gingerbreadman #fox #cartoon #friendship #art #drawing #funny

... if I wrote Little Red-Cap...
#Illustration by Massimiliano Frezzato

My little mermaid having her spring bath in the virtual wall of the Bologna Children Book fair!
I suffer from a gigantic imposter syndrome about children illustrations, so it took me a lot of determination to finally decide to submit it to such a high-profile event.

And it feels so good to see it there!
https://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/focus-on/illustratori/virtual-illustrators-wall/virtual-illustrators-wall/10790.html?country=ITALIA

The initial influencer reviews of Disney's Snow White are starting to come in, and they're a bit...um...TOO glowing. One even repeats word-for-word a Rachel Zegler quote, which is...suggestive.

But, Disney's new Snow White could NEVER be fully faithful to the original fairy tale, and neither could any adaptation for a 21st (or 20th) century audience. And, a little while back, I took a look at why:

https://robert-b-marks.medium.com/snow-white-the-most-difficult-fairy-tale-7d2c07a8ba8e

The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe. The most comprehensive edition ever. The whole collection appears for the first time in English.

Paperback editions, or .pdf files for less than half the price. Details here: https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe

#norwegianfolktales #norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon

Hans Christian Andersen: “Nissen hos Spekhøkeren” (1852).

Susanna Mary Paull: “The Goblin and the Huckster” (1867).

Hans Lien Brækstad: “The Brownie at the Butterman’s” (1900).

Jean Hersholt: “The Goblin and the Grocer" (1949).

Me, a foreign-born Norwegian speaker, wading in: “Ah, easy! ‘The nisse visits the killer whale’” (probably not forthcoming).

#Andersen #HansChristianAndersen #folklore #folklorethursday @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon

This is the last of four scheduled track releases from The Folklore & Fiction Ballads; an Appalachian version of Tam Lin sung to a quiet drone and embellished with birdsong, featuring Margaret instead of Janet in the role of heroine.

#folklore #fairytales #folkmusic

https://csmaccath.bandcamp.com/track/tam-lane

Gustave Doré, illustration for ‘Les Contes de Perrault’, 1864
#art #cats #cat #fairytale #fairytales #pussinboots
Via: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtPorn/comments/1j3hx3i/gustave_dor%C3%A9_illustration_from_les_contes_de/

I have uploaded .pdf copies of both editions of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe to ko-fi, where they are now available for purchase at less-than-half the cost of the Amazon paperback books.

Details and links on my Website here:

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe

I think you should choose the annotated edition; here’s what you get:

1. Three chunky volumes (815 pages, 617 pages, and 665 pages).

2. Original prefaces from eight editions.

3. Jørgen Moe’s substantial introduction to the folktales, in which he discusses the origins of folk narratives, and how the Norwegian material exemplifies his ideas.

4. All 122 folktales Asbjørnsen & Moe published during their careers.

5. 28 hulder tales and folk legends, a genre Asbjørnsen defined, in which he embeds the legends of the hidden folk.

6. Approximately 350 illustrations by some of the most accomplished artists Norway has known, including Hans Gude, Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen.

7. Asbjørnsen & Moe’s notes on the folktales, which detail the variant(s) the collectors used to compose each folktale, sketch out other variants they collected, and compare the Norwegian folktales with similar traditions from other regions.

8. Newly-researched editor’s notes, which identify the collector responsible for the composition of each text, give collection data, including tale type, geographical origin, collector, informant, and date of collection, sketch biographical details of informants, where known, give previous publication and translation details, trace historical and literary sources, and draw attention to points of particular interest.

9. Editor’s prefaces to each volume, which trace the publication history of the original volumes represented, as well as previous translations.

10. Comprehensive – perhaps even exhaustive – bibliographies to each volume.

#norwegianfolktales #norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon

I have uploaded .pdf copies of both editions of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe to ko-fi, where they are now available for purchase at less-than-half the cost of the Amazon paperback books.

Details and links on my Website here:

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe

I think you should choose the annotated edition; here’s what you get:

1. Three chunky volumes (815 pages, 617 pages, and 665 pages).

2. Original prefaces from eight editions.

3. Jørgen Moe’s substantial introduction to the folktales, in which he discusses the origins of folk narratives, and how the Norwegian material exemplifies his ideas.

4. All 122 folktales Asbjørnsen & Moe published during their careers.

5. 28 hulder tales and folk legends, a genre Asbjørnsen defined, in which he embeds the legends of the hidden folk.

6. Approximately 350 illustrations by some of the most accomplished artists Norway has known, including Hans Gude, Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen.

7. Asbjørnsen & Moe’s notes on the folktales, which detail the variant(s) the collectors used to compose each folktale, sketch out other variants they collected, and compare the Norwegian folktales with similar traditions from other regions.

8. Newly-researched editor’s notes, which identify the collector responsible for the composition of each text, give collection data, including tale type, geographical origin, collector, informant, and date of collection, sketch biographical details of informants, where known, give previous publication and translation details, trace historical and literary sources, and draw attention to points of particular interest.

9. Editor’s prefaces to each volume, which trace the publication history of the original volumes represented, as well as previous translations.

10. Comprehensive – perhaps even exhaustive – bibliographies to each volume.

#norwegianfolktales #norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon

Scary Tales. #grickledoodle #horror #fairytales #redridinghood #wolf #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Ilmarinen the Smith Goes Courting

Ilmarinen the Blacksmith never grew tired of hammering. One day, as he was putting some iron in the forge, a maiden came to his smithy. She stood upon the threshold and called out to the Blacksmith: “If you knew what I have to tell you, Ilmarinen the Blacksmith, you’d not put that iron in your forge.”

Read the whole #folktale, which is inspired by #Kalevala, on this #KalevalaDay.

https://norwegianfolktales.net/folklore/ilmarinen-the-smith-goes-courting

#folktales #legends #folklore #nordic #folklorethursday @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday

Lots of things you've always wondered about #Norwegian #troll #illustration (#Kittelsen, #Werenskiold, etc.)

A video by Kim Diaz Holm, who draws a pretty mean troll himself.

https://youtu.be/7yvUdUX2mlQ

#norwegianfolktales #norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday

When the books begin to take over, we buy ourselves more bookshelves.

#bookstodon #shelfie #folklore #folklorethursday @folklore #folktales #fairytales #legends @folklorethursday

Here's a children's tale that would rob any child of a good night's sleep: "Our Lord's and the Devil's Animals." It's about goats. (Download in .pdf format.)

https://norwegianfolktales.net/folklore/our-lords-and-the-devils-animals

#norwegianfolktales #norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon

What happens next?

Erotic folktales from Norway

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/erotic-folktales-from-norway

#norwegianfolktales #eroticfolktales #folklore #folklorethursday #folktales @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon