Can we just call it #Caturday? I say yes, and Nurse Asuka agrees with me. Just a reminder that we changed the link to our free download paper dolls! You can get both the good and the evil nurse dolls here: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/f… and drive.google.com/drive/u/1/f…

In Swan Lake, young women who have been turned into swans by dark magic swim on a lake of tears their parents have wept at their loss. #WyrdWednesday etsy.com/listing/937292735/s…

It's in the midst of a forest the Beauty finds the Beast's castle. Deep in the woods, many #fairytale characters find challenges, adversaries, mysteries, love, or perhaps...themselves. #FairyTaleTuesday etsy.com/listing/710199509/b…

In the bizarre fairy tale, the Twelve Tortoises, the main character must kiss twelve tortoises on their heads as they promenade past him. One turns into his sister, who he had condemned to the devil, another turns into a beautiful princess. #MythologyMonday

In the French fairy tale "Blondine", the title character is betrayed by her best friend because of his overwhelming addiction to chocolate, which is offered to him as a bribe by the story's villain. #BookWormSat

In Norse mythology, the world ends in darkness after a horrific battle is lost and two of the Fenris wolf's sons devour the sun and moon. #WyrdWednesday etsy.com/listing/1581714838/…

In numerous fairy tales, characters are orphaned or left in the care of a negligent father. Vasilisa, the Russian Cinderella, is one of these. Her mother leaves her with a magic doll that helps her to survive the cruelties of the world. #BookWormSat

Camazotz, the king of the Mayan underworld, was a great bat who famously bit off the head of one of the hero twins when they challenged him. #WyrdWednesday

There are many #fairytales around the world in which a maiden asks for, and receives, gowns reflecting the brilliance of the moon, sun, and stars. Cinderella isn't one of them, but this was our inspiration for her ball gown! #FairyTaleTuesday etsy.com/listing/516855771/c…

Mermaids in folklore around the world have come to represent so many ideas over human history. In western mythology, they usually represent longing. #mythologymonday #mermay etsy.com/listing/614338498/l…

Fun true story! We once visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, long before the GEM, and one of our favorite mythological figures is Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead, who is featured in tons of funerary art there. #mythologymonday etsy.com/listing/1648418753/…

The Little Mermaid so captured people's hearts, that it's one of the top 10 most popular #fairytales, and it may be the first to present a mermaid in a sympathetic role, bringing mermaids into a whole new place in the public imagination. #FairyTaleTuesday etsy.com/listing/1681752013/…

A Night in the Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny, is narrated by Snuff, a watch dog. It's also a fun and exciting romp through late Victorian horror and mystery fiction. You must read it! #bookologythursday

Bastet is the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats, fertility, joy and dancing. She is an embodiment of the love the Egyptians had (and still have) for cats. #FolkloreSunday etsy.com/listing/1077878585/…

The Baroness Orczy's novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel, is foundational to the genre of vigilante heroes, without which, perhaps there would be no Batman! I'm not sure if it's the actual first of it's kind, but it's certainly an early example. Thanks, Baroness! #BookWormSat

One of my favorite fairy tales that I read in my childhood was The 12 Dancing Princesses, aka The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces. I never had the book that this illustration is from, but I remember reading the story over and over! #bookologythursday

In The Robber Bridegroom, a young woman must escape the clutches of a whole pack of villainous rogues using her wits and the power of storytelling. It's absolutely a banger! #FairyTaleTuesday

Though Hollywood and popular culture like to present fairies as dainty, elegant and feminine, in Irish lore they were often anything but. Most Irish fae sought to trick, lead astray and even kill humans. #FolkloreSunday etsy.com/listing/1052393589/…

In The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende, Atreyu carries the Auryn with him on his quest to save the Empress from her mysterious illness. The luck dragon, Falkor, helps him. #bookologythursday etsy.com/listing/950882853/f…

Fairy tales are full of trickery, cons, and substitutions. One of my faves is in Fitcher's Bird when the girl puts a skull with a wig on it in the window to convince the villain that she's watching him and it totally works. #FairyTaleTuesday

Loki, the Norse trickster god, caused all kinds of mischief, and sometimes used his wiles to benefit the gods. For instance, he once slept with a horse in order to protect the sun and moon. It's ok, because he was also a horse at the time. #mythologymonday etsy.com/listing/1054206397/…