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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 19h

So excited that my poem, Troll Bride | True Bride: On Removing Three Drops of Wax from a Fine Linen Shirt will be included in The Troll Issue from The Fairy TaleMagazine! It's coming soon!

#fairytales #folkloreandfairytales #folklore #eastofthesunwestofthemoon #trolls #truebride #animalgroom

A pair of hands in silhouette hold a shirt.

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Yvonne Jeannine @yvonnejeannine.bsky.social · 2d

The emperor has no clothes. Speak up! #NoKings

Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of #NoKingsDay I had to share this gem by Czech artist Cyril Bouda. Be safe, everyone!

🎨 Cyril Bouda

#NoKings #wethepeople #theemperorsnewclothes #hanschristianandersen #speakup #speakout #speakyourtruth #fairytales #folkloreandfairytales

Black and white illustration of a strutting, naked monarch, dressed only in crown, stockings, and heeled shoes. He has long, curled hair and carries an orb and scepter. He is surrounded by attendants who hold a cloth covering above his head.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of #NoKingsDay I had to share this gem by Czech artist Cyril Bouda. Be safe, everyone!

🎨 Cyril Bouda

#NoKings #wethepeople #theemperorsnewclothes #hanschristianandersen #speakup #speakout #speakyourtruth #fairytales #folkloreandfairytales

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

Croak, croak

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs have spawned!

Dublin represent! #NoKings

The NoKings protest in front of the US Embassy in Dublin. There are four frogs and a chicken.

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 3d

The 10 spookiest walks you can take around the UK this Halloween - if you dare
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/travel/hallo...

The 10 spookiest walks you can take around the UK this Halloween - if you dare

Dare you venture out with friends or to walk the dog at one of these 10 spooky locations you can walk in the UK this Halloween?

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 4d

When this heroine gets her gowns & makes her disguise of pigskin, she flees her father in an invisible flying chest then minds the fowls while the prince threatens to beat her. Um… #AnotherCinderella #FolkloreThursday #folkyfriday #fairytales #catskin #notdisneyprincess 🎨Marie Francois Firmin-Girard

An 18th century poultry maid stands in the middle of a farmyard holding a large dish of grain. She is surrounded by ducks, geese, and chickens. She wears a cap and has an apron over her gown.

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 4d

Tomorrow kicks off #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould. Be ready to go loud. No early posts—Friday to Thursday only. Break format, break silence. Tag it right. Use Alt Text. Get sharp prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 11d

Love this art! 🖤🖤🖤

The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 17d

The Nachtkrapp is the Night Raven, found in Germany and beyond, a massive bird of the night who in most regions have malevolent intent. If it sees small children it will flap its iron wings and take the child back to its nest and make a messy meal of them #FolkyFriday

🖼️ KD Holm

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 11d

In Popeljuha Zavaljuha the king promised his dying wife he'll only remarry a woman who fits her ring. The unlucky winner is her daughter (who escapes & claims her chosen mate by giving him…half a ring). #AnotherCinderella #FolkloreThursday #folkyfriday #notdisneyprincess #folklore
🎨August Bourotte

A young woman stands before a seated old man with a long white beard. Her back is to the viewer and she's anxiously twisting her fingers behind her back.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 14d

I'm so proud to have my poem You Hunt Me appearing in The Otherworld Magazine along with a delightfully vengeful story by Alison Weber and a fascinating #blackshuck essay by @lwadewrites1066.bsky.social and many more immersive #wildhunt works!

theotherworldmagazine.substack.com/p/the-wild-h...

Ghostly riders on frightening horses flying over a red background surrounded by poppies and greenery.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 17d

Yes!!

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 18d

I just rewatched Sapsorrow recently! Henson's The Storyteller episodes are my favorite fairy tales on film!! ❤️

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 18d

Of course! 😊

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 18d

No, it’s a Serbian variant I found in the Roalfe Cox text on Cinderella. Tale 133 here: archive.org/details/cind...

Cinderella; three hundred and forty-five variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and Cap o'Rushes, abstracted and tabulated, with a discussion of mediaeval analogues, and notes : Cox, Marian Roalfe, 1860-191...

Bibliographical index: p. [lxxiii]-lxxx. Books which ... contain no Cinderella variants: p. 529-535

archive.org

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 18d

Sorry! 133. I keep getting them mixed up.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 18d

It's a version of Catskin, looks like from Serbia? No. 132 here: archive.org/details/cind...

I believe the Rackham illustration is from a tale called The True Sweetheart.

Cinderella; three hundred and forty-five variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and Cap o'Rushes, abstracted and tabulated, with a discussion of mediaeval analogues, and notes : Cox, Marian Roalfe, 1860-191...

Bibliographical index: p. [lxxiii]-lxxx. Books which ... contain no Cinderella variants: p. 529-535

archive.org

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 18d

To avoid marrying her father, this heroine takes her dead mother’s advice & asks him for an impossible, celestial gown. But with the Devil’s aid, he pulls it from a nutshell. #AnotherCinderella #FolkloreThursday #folkyfriday #fairytales #folkloreandfairytales #notdisneyprincess
🎨Arthur Rackham

A young woman with long, fair hair gets dressed in her poor, shabby bedroom. She is fastening a beautiful silver gown covered all over with stars.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you!! ☺️🖤

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 28d

It's #autumn at last! I'm delighted that my poem You Hunt Me is appearing in The Wild Hunt issue from The Otherworld Magazine!

The #illustration is mine. A new picture for an old #poem written after my mom's death. Read it at the-otherworld-magazine.kit.com

#wildhunt #folkloreandfairytales

A watercolor of three red-eyed hounds, blurred together to form one three-headed beast.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · Sep 11

After over 100 more traditional #Cinderella tales, I’m shifting to ATU 510B tales for a while, starting with The Princess in the Catskins. Get ready for icky dads, celestial gowns in nutshells, & wild disguises! #AnotherCinderella #FolkloreThursday #folkyfriday #notdisneyprincess 🎨Arthur Rackham

A young woman in a gown of cat skins (black, tabby, spotted, complete with tails) walks out of a wood. She carries a cloth bundle in one hand. Her feet are bare.

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Have you made your list of 3 Favorite Reads from 2024 on #shepherd.com ? Once you do, they send you #bookrecs based on the books you love most! What could be better?

#daughteroftheforest #julietmarillier #booklover❤️

shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...

Want to know Lissa Sloan's Top 3 Books of 2024?

Lissa's top 3 reads of 2024 include Daughter of the Forest and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!

shepherd.com

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · Sep 5

What a treat to receive a card from Old Fox (in an envelope decorated by Wolf)! @annelouiseavery.bsky.social 's world is so inspiring for my next project--and such a lovely, comforting place to escape into. ☺️❤️

An open notebook with handwritten notes plus a card with a fox on the front and an envelope with UK stamps decorated by a drawing of the English countryside. Behind the notebook is a mug of tea.

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