#andersen fairy

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Thumbkin and Other Stories

Text Version by W. K. Holmes

Artist : Barbara C. Freeman (1906-1999)

Blackie & Son Limited

London and Glascow

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FAIRY TALE ART SERIES | Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' | PART II

Here's the human form of Iniya, my take on Hans Christian Andersen's little mermaid character.

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[happyheidi]

Anna and Elena Balbusso - The Fairy Flowers, Narcissus, inspired by H. C. Andersen, 2008 x

[bishiedoll]

雪の女王 (The Snow Queen) by Andersen, drawn by Takahashi Macoto in 1984.

[laurenillustrated]

Thumbelina 🪶

[runawaycarouselhorse]

I don't want to act like a snob, but, y'all... really don't read old fairy tales or mythology, do you...? You only know the sanitized, bloodless Disney versions? People get cut to pieces (Cinderella/Ashputtel, The Red Shoes), women are abducted to be wives (an upsetting practice that continued until very recently, still practiced in some countries today—horrible, but part of life that found its way into stories, like The Seal's Skin), and magical talking animal husbands / wives (The Crane's Return of a Favour; East of the Sun, West of the Moon, etc.) abound in old mythology. Kids have been raised hearing these stories and not thinking about sex for centuries...

Humans marrying Pokemon in the ancient past was frankly stated in the Japanese version of DPPt. The English version rightly assumed English-speaking fans won't take it and reworded it from used to marry to used to eat at the same table (some euphemism!)

The Typhlosion story is no different from western stories like East of the Sun, West of the Moon (the way she was advised not to look at him reminded me of that) or The Seal's Skin (selkies cannot transform and return to the sea without their pelts—the abducted wife leaves her half-human child on land, escaping with her pelt when she finds it... the half-human, half-Pokemon children are bullied by their pelts being thrown on them to transform them against their will for cruel human amusement..)

The bloody myth about the boy with the sword is Veilstone's myth, but told in detail, right down to the Pokemon exacting a toll from him for how he maimed and slew them for amusement.

A man unknowingly marries a transformed-into-human form Froslass he met once before in Pokemon Legends: Arceus and she flees when he finds out what she was... it's based on a tale about the yuki-onna, the folkloric snow woman Froslass is based on.

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[thefugitivesaint]

Rudolf Koivu (1890-1946), 'Matkatoveri Reskamraten' (Travel companion Reskamraten), ''Fairy Tales'' by Hans Christian Andersen, 1940

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Kay Nielsen (1924)

[lionofchaeronea]

Illustration by William Heath Robinson of Thumbelina, facing page 64 of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, London: Constable, 1913. Now in the New York Public Library.

[disarmonia]

The Snow Queen❄️

My illustration of The Snow Queen fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen for "The Shadow Chronicles" art book, a charity project created to gather funds to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As always, I hesitate before posting non fan art works here, though I guess this can be considered fan art of a very old fairy tale? Or rather my own interpretation of the classic characters. It is quite disheartening when these don't get many views and interactions, but that's the reality of social media. Since I am new here, I have to rely on fan art to gain a following, but then I don't have the time to work on any fan art because of the electricity blackouts we're experiencing again because of russia constantly bombing our energy infrastructure. But as long as I have access to the internet, I will share my art, because we are still here and we shall remain.

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[nijinokanatani]

Elenore Plaisted Abbott (1875-1935)

“Tiny flew from flower to flower” (from ‘The flower maiden, and other stories’ by Hans Christian Andersen) 1922

[lepetitdragonvert]

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

Artist : Errol le Cain (1941-1989)

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FAIRY TALE ART SERIES | Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' | PART I

I previously uploaded this design for my interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, but added a new look for her, based on the original story, complete with a wreath of lilies and oysters from her grandmother, and her veil as well.

I plan to draw designs for the other characters in the story as well!

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[bethanydelleman]

I want to tell you about my favourite fairy tale as a kid that I wish got a real adaptation (Frozen was supposed to be but they changed it). It's called The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson.

Summary (because this is a long one): There are two kids, Kay and Gerda. They live across from each other, they are extremely close and very cute friends. Then suddenly, Kay gets a shard of demon mirror in his eye and it makes him a massive jerk. Like just the worst. He is then kidnapped by the Snow Queen who kisses him on the forehead so he can't feel cold.

Gerda thinks he's dead, but when she finds out that he isn't she goes on a Persistence Hunter Quest to bring back her platonic bestie (there is never a hint of romantic love). She has no skills except being good at telling her sob story and just keeps freaking going until she find the Snow Queen's castle. She even convinces a robber girl to give her a tame reindeer to ride at one point.

Eventually she finds Kay, whom she hugs to melt his heart and then he cries out the mirror shard. They escape all the way back home and then are like, "Huh, we are all growed up now." End of story.

I don't know why I loved it so much as a kid, but it has similar vibes to East of the Sun and West of the Moon, which is also about a woman who has no skills except the ability to keep going no matter what. I love it as an adult because Gerda wants to save Kay even though he doesn't deserve it at all and I love how persistent she is in the face of severe adversity. She's an incredibly strong character just for going on, not because she is badass in some unrealistic way. It makes me think about trying to save a friend from addiction or a bad relationship.

This was my childhood copy:

The illustrations are beautiful, but I can't find them online. Here are two:

[bishiedoll]

雪ひめ (The Snow Queen) by Takahashi Macoto.

From: The Shougaku Ninensei issue of December 1969 and a postcard scanned by ゆゆ.

[chocolatechipkraken]

Honestly, it's quite a pity that whenever people design the Snow Queen, they never take any inspiration from the fact that she's specifically the queen of the snow-bees.

Hey, @dimetrodone, you've been on a HCA kick lately, what are your thoughts?