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VIRGIN OF THE BIRDS

by Rob Shields (#shields)

no. 43/ 43
'Virgin of the Birds' created for slashTHREE Exhibition #18

A shape-shifting witch lived alone in a dark castle in the woods. She could lure wild animals and birds to her before killing them; she transfixed anyone who would came near to where she stood, and turn innocent maidens into birds and cage them. Jorinde and Joringel, who had promised to marry each other, went for a walk in the forest. They came too near the witch's lair; she turned Jorinde into a nightingale and fixed Joringel to the ground.