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Like in a Fairy Tale ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ We are going on a new journey through the MTG universe, this time we will find ourselves in the fairy-tale world of Eldraine, where old legends and familiar stories from childhood take on a new form! The world of Eldraine is based on the Arthurian legends, German and English fairy tales, so this world is very dark and dangerous ๐Ÿฆ‡ "Emry, Lurker of the Loch" is a reference to the "Lady of the Lake" from the Arthurian legends - it was she who gave Arthur the magic sword "Excalibur" ๐Ÿ—ก Many people mistakenly believe that Arthur took "Excalibur" out of the stone, but this is not true - Arthur took another sword out of the stone, which most likely bore the name "Clarent" ๐Ÿชจ "Blow Your House Down" is the from the famous children's fable "Three Little Pigs", in which a wolf blows away the flimsy buildings of the piglets with his powerful breath, and only one of the pig brothers - hardworking and persistent, manages to build a strong enough house to hold back the onslaught of the wolf ๐Ÿท "Totentanz, Swarm Piper" - The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a rather creepy legend, because it is recorded in the chronicles along with other ordinary events and even has an exact date of June 26, 1284 ๐Ÿ€ The local authorities refused to pay the Pied Piper who saved the city from rats, and he took all the children over four years old with him from the city, more than a hundred people disappeared without a trace in a day ๐Ÿคฏ It is interesting that the card is called "Totentanz", which in German means "Dance of Death" - a popular medieval story telling about the frailty of human existence ๐Ÿ’€ Where do you think the children from the city of Hamelin disappeared and what is behind this legend? #cute #teen #babyface #nerd #skinny

Published: November 19th 2024, 3:48:31 pm

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Like in a Fairy Tale ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ We are going on a new journey through the MTG universe, this time we will find ourselves in the fairy-tale world of Eldraine, where old legends and familiar stories from childhood take on a new form! The world of Eldraine is based on the Arthurian legends, German and English fairy tales, so this world is very dark and dangerous ๐Ÿฆ‡ "Emry, Lurker of the Loch" is a reference to the "Lady of the Lake" from the Arthurian legends - it was she who gave Arthur the magic sword "Excalibur" ๐Ÿ—ก Many people mistakenly believe that Arthur took "Excalibur" out of the stone, but this is not true - Arthur took another sword out of the stone, which most likely bore the name "Clarent" ๐Ÿชจ "Blow Your House Down" is the from the famous children's fable "Three Little Pigs", in which a wolf blows away the flimsy buildings of the piglets with his powerful breath, and only one of the pig brothers - hardworking and persistent, manages to build a strong enough house to hold back the onslaught of the wolf ๐Ÿท "Totentanz, Swarm Piper" - The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a rather creepy legend, because it is recorded in the chronicles along with other ordinary events and even has an exact date of June 26, 1284 ๐Ÿ€ The local authorities refused to pay the Pied Piper who saved the city from rats, and he took all the children over four years old with him from the city, more than a hundred people disappeared without a trace in a day ๐Ÿคฏ It is interesting that the card is called "Totentanz", which in German means "Dance of Death" - a popular medieval story telling about the frailty of human existence ๐Ÿ’€ Where do you think the children from the city of Hamelin disappeared and what is behind this legend? #cute #teen #babyface #nerd #skinny

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