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Selene & Endymion, George Fred. Watts (1817 - 1904), British

The moon goddess Selene so loved how her mortal lover looked asleep & she asked Zeus to keep him so. Her veil is often shown forming a crescent as she, every night, comes down from her silver chariot to look at him.

Venus & Mercury:
1. François Boucher (1703 – 1770), French
2. Pierre Jacques Cazes (1676 – 1754), French
3. Pierre Nolasque Bergeret (1782 – 1863), French
4. Nicolas Chaperon (1612 — 1656), French

Her brother Elijah is known as "Ilija Gromovnik" (Elijah the Thunder Bringer). He's riding the chariot in the sky & creating thunder & rain by doing so. He's the patron Saint of Bosnia & Herzegovina because of his significance in all Abrahamic faiths.

The first to notice his arrival from the Underworld was Morana, his twin sister. They would fall in love & begin courting one another. Eventually, it led to their wedding; their wedding was the day of summer solstice, celebrated as Ivanje or Ivan Kupala.

"The Flood", Léon François Comerre (1850 - 1916), French

"Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls,
Come hither, the dances are done,
In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls,
Queen lily and rose in one;
Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls,
To the flowers, and be their sun.”
— Lord Tennyson, "Maud: A Monodrama" (1855)

Carl Friedrich Deiker (3 April 1836 - 19 March1892), German

United States of America, Maldives & Ecuador. A wild rose variable, known as "Dog Rose" (Rosa Canina) is the national flower of Romania. Dog rose got its name because it was believed it can cure the bite of rabid dogs. The dog rose was also the rose of medieval European heraldry.

Tibetan Thangka showing Machig Labdrön (1055-1153), an 11th century Tibetan yogini & originator of the Chöd lineage (literally “severance” or “cutting through”). Chöd teachings have profoundly influenced all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

"Would you live in wisdom and happiness, fix your heart on the beauty that is eternal; let your desires be limited by your position."
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Emile, or On Education"