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“The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
'Turn on the dark,
I'm afraid of the light.”
- Shel Silverstein
The Birth of the Sun and the Triumph of Bacchus, Corrado Giaquinto, 1762.
'Life Escaping' from the series 'The Girl and Death' 1902 by August Brömse.
Gigantopithecus was a real extinct genus of ape that existed from perhaps nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago. Up to 3 meters tall, it existed in the same time frame and geographical location as several hominin species.
In Greek mythology, the Naiads are a type of female nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams & other bodies of fresh water. Often boys & girls at coming-of-age ceremonies cut &dedicated their hair locks to the local naiad of the spring #FolkloreThursday
“Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.”
- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
In Olde Irish mythology, the Merrow, also known as the "Sea-Wanderers" are a kind of aquatic human who live their lives in the cold, briny deep. #FolkloreThursday
Death with Concupiscence, Earthly Riches and Pride Engraving) - Hieronymus Wierix.