{Image via pinterest} Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow, she pricked her finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow, and she thought to herself, “Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood,...

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Via Stories from the Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile It is a well-known fact that the cruel man is generally his own hangman; and he who throws stones at Heaven frequently comes off with a broken head. But the reverse of the medal shows us that innocence is a shield of fig-tree wood, upon which the sword of malice is broken, or blunts its point; so that, when a poor man fancies himself already dead and buried, he revives again in bone and flesh, as you shall hear in the story which I am going to draw from the cask of...

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"Fairytalecore" is a combination of romanticized agricultural life; aesthetics surrounding nature, soft pastels, and flowers; and the life, fashion, and mannerisms of royalty. It is inspired by folklore from preliterate societies, distinguished by its inclusion of morality and magic. One can embody the fairytalecore aesthetic by walking in nature, reading fairytales, wearing flowers in their hair, and drinking their favorite magical tea. <div id="quizify" class="quizify" data-store-id=9ef2ed4b7fd2c810847ffa5fa85bce38></div>

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