#fairytales

[mollybeenoel]

[pnglove]

STAINED GLASS LAMPS ♡˚₊⟡‧₊

[from-jjlee]

STRAWBERRY MOON

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

revealing of many things perhaps that the ‘you don’t know what you married’ fairytale trope contains such marked thematic differences between male and female protagonists… the selkie, animal wife/swan maiden, and lamia motifs being associated with the heteropatriarchal terror of perceived-feminine interiority; that if you don’t materially force your wife to stay, she might one day be gone, that there are things about her you don’t know and may not be able to understand. while female-focused versions of the structure—bluebeard, the robber bridegroom, fitcher’s bird, mr. fox, and so on—encapsulate the very real danger of abuse without recourse to anything but one’s own cleverness: the common fear that the person you marry and know might turn out to be a stranger after all, or that you may be forced to marry without even superficial knowledge or choice.

[grickle14]

Surprising connections.

[heavensdoorways]

Cat and kitten door knocker, Clun, Shropshire, England

[bebs-art-gallery]

By Stephanie Pui-Mun Law