Ioanna Papadopoulouさんのイラストまとめ

Tir Na No'g or the Land of Eternal Youth is the #Celtic Otherworld where all the magical creatures lived.

Ossian and Niamh arriving to Tir Na No'g by François Pascal Simon Gérard

#WyrdWednesday #mythology

Incantation by J. Dixon after J.H. Mortimer

This work has no literary source. All descriptions I have read say the maiden is terrified but I urge you to zoom because I see a cruel face in her and a sad resignation in the older woman.
#FairyTaleTuesday #witch #witchcraft

Bulls at Thessaloniki by Jouve Paul

Really liked this and all its iterations I have found.

#art #painting #Bulls #animals

The Shepherd's Dream from Paradise Lost by Henry Fuseli.

In the poem, Milton compares the fallen angels in the Hall of Pandemonium in Hell to the fairies who bewitch a passing peasant with the sound of their music and dancing.

#MythologyMonday

Snow Maidens or Spring's Awakening by Henrietta Rae.
There is no story associated with this. Rae's work is very allegorical with a tint of magic and fantasy. This is one of my favourite examples of her work! I loved showing it when I worked at @GMRCNitshill

#mythologyMonday

Not sure if I ever shared this #marjoriemiller picture before. I found it because if was sold via @CheffinsFineArt in 2019 but unfortunately I have not been able to trace a history beyond that one sale.

Still a really beuatiful picture.
#WomensArt

Four Horsemen of Apocalypse by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov

Fun weird fact, a minor planet(what is that even?) is named after this artist. 3586 Vasnetsov.

It's free reign #WyrdWednesday and I am so excited!

Hekate by Maximilian Pirner

I love Hecate from #ancientgreek #mythology. I thought of her for today's theme because of the myth of Persephone. She appears to Demeter and gives her the first clue to find her daughter, like a guide light.
#FaustianFriday

Wise Men guided by a star illustration by Gustave Dore

My first thought of light in winter (although I know that historically they must have travelled a bit later in the year) from the story of the three magi/wisemen following a star to find Jesus.
#FaustianFriday #YuleFolklore

In his dark stories he is a cruel wizard of winter, capable of kidnapping children, and only returning them when their parents provided him with gifts.

A good source of this is Nikolai Nekrasov’s poem “Moroz – Red Nose

🎨 by Matorin Nikolay Vasilyevich 

#FairyTaleTuesday