Psyche's Cinema - short filmsさんのイラストまとめ

Then Perceval returned to his mother, and said to her, "Mother, those were not angels, but honorable knights." Then his mother swooned away.
from Legends of King Arthur by Bulfinch
Art by Arthur Hacker, still from "Percy Grows Up"
#FairytaleTuesday

Pantalone is one of the stock Commedia dell'Arte characters. He is the archetype of an old merchant, sometimes wealthy and esteemed, at other times completely ruined and lecherous. Often greedy, he assumes everything, especially love, can be bought and sold.

#legendarywednesday

The Princesses in White Land. 3 trolls had imprisoned three princesses - buried them up to their necks in sand. If the hero went up into the castle by the shore and let each troll beat him for one night, the princesses would be freed. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Grimm tale, "The Water of Life" a dwarf helps the hero obtain the life-saving liquid to save his father, the King.
#fairytaletuesday

#Fairytales #psychology

Traditionally Shepherds Purse was used as a charm against bleeding. The seeds in an amulet were used for teething children. Eating the seeds could protect against all manner of diseases. (I ❤️SP - using the herb saved me from a surgery!) #FolkloreSunday

Rubedo -Latin for "redness" was adopted by alchemists to define the fourth and final stage. Reaching this blood stage meant alchemical success and the end of the Great Work.
Psychologically it might mean bringing passion and heart to our daily work. #MythologyMonday #Jungian

In the Russian version of The Frog Princess, a beautiful young woman is forced to spend 3 years in a frog's skin for disobeying Koschei. She eventually overcomes obstacles and is transformed back. #FairyTaleTuesday

Baucis and Philemon were a childfree couple and the only ones in their town to welcome disguised gods Zeus and Hermes. When they died they were granted to become intertwining trees. #MythologyMonday

In Norse mythology, four stags eat among the branches of the World Tree Yggdrasill. The stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world.
#MythologyMonday