Faculty of Design

Illustration

Rebecca Michie

Tam Lin

Tam Lin (Child Ballad #39) by Anaïs Mitchell tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a cursed fairy. She must claim him and hold him while the queen of fairies transforms him into a lion, a bear and a wolf. Finally, “He changed all in her arms into a naked man. She’s wrapped him in her coat so warm, and she has brought him home.”