The Mock Turtle from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is depicted as a calf’s head, legs and tail on a turtle’s body. Carroll created the character as a joke about the popular Victorian soup made from calf meat seasoned to taste like turtle. #FairyTaleTuesday✨

On this day in 1862, during a picnic on the banks of the River Thames, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) told young Alice Liddell the tale of Alice’s Adventures Underground. from the original manuscript, illustrated by Dodgson #AliceinWonderlandDay✨

The raven is an infamous folklore trickster, armed with a clever bag of tricks. They are legendary for their puzzle solving and thievery and in many Northwest Coastal Tribal tales, a raven steals the sun and brings light to the world. #wyedwydwednesday

Sometimes we all need a unicorn to believe in. Sometimes we need a unicorn to believe in us. ~Claudia Bakker

Apologies for the incredibly late responses, I hope to catch up soon!💛

#illustration from Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats. A Humorous Tale. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway (British, London 1846–1901 London)

“I shall go into a hare...” The timeless belief that witches could turn themselves into hares to travel across country undetected. #BookologyThursday #BookChatWeekly #FolkloreSunday #Photo: Frances Crickmore

The word mentor comes from the Greek word, Mentōr in Homer’s The Odyssey. It was the name of the friend of Odysseus and adviser of Telemachus (the goddess Athena in disguise) which makes the first mentor character female. art by Marc Chagall (1975) #BookologyThursday

And this sleep fell upon the whole castle; the king and queen, who had returned and were in the great hall, fell fast asleep, and with them the whole court. ~Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose) Brothers Grimm art by Maxfield Parrish #GrimLitFriday

Good day, dear Bibliophiles✨ art by Naoko Stoop

Maybe the heat has got to me, but... whenever I'm down, I always try to turn my feelings into a post that will aid me; and when I'm all good, I'm forever cognisant that someone out there may need a helping hand. And I mustn't let them down. (Big 🫂 to those who look out for me.)

Good day, dear Bibliophiles✨ art by Julianna Bíbor