Mina Stillwaterさんのイラストまとめ

#BookChatWeekly
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

~ “A Dream Within A Dream” ~
by Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49]

#FairytaleTuesday
It’s said Yuki-onna, a snow spirit in Japanese lore, lost her life in a snowstorm & now “ruthlessly kills unsuspecting mortals.” Tales vary from her being satisfied by a mere death to those of her being vampire-like & taking the life
force from her victims.

#FairytaleTuesday
Misplaced, “The Ugly Duckling” wandered thru his youth alone, bullied by all he encountered for his “ugly” appearance until, upon transforming from his youthful appearance, he is adopted by a flock of swans. After all, he wasn’t a duck, but was himself a swan.

#FolkloreThursday
1/2 Sea-God Poseidon is well-known for his bad temper. In his fits of fury, he’s known to strike the ground w/his trident, causing the earth to tremor & subsequent earthquakes & floods to ensue.
His unpredictability leaves mere mortals at his mercy.

#LegendaryWednesday
Cerberus, the multi-headed hound of Hades, guards the entrance to the Underworld so that none may escape. At times, depicted as a 3-headed dog.
Astronomer, Johannes Hevelius presented the constellation Cerberus as a 3-headed snake held in Hercules’ grip.

#FolkloreSunday
The contents of Pandora’s Box has been likened to the story of the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden in Biblical lore, w/the “sin” of the knowledge of good & evil being likened to hindsight or afterthought (Epimetheus) thus robbing one of “innocence.”

#FaustianFriday
“Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art: “Faust” Kin Pong (2010)

#FairytaleTuesday
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

Art: “Dragon Slayer” Michael Bay

#WyrdWednesday
It has been said the pirate Blackbeard, who sailed the Caribbean & Atlantic coast of N. America on his ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, practiced Voodoo. It’s believed he learned this practice at a young age when his family lived in Jamaica circa 1695.