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#ShakespeareSunday 'If by your art, my dearest father, you have
Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.
The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,
But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek,
Dashes the fire out.'
The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
For #FairyTaleTuesday, some beautiful illustrations by Igor Karash for Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories'
https://t.co/OscW2hAqS6
Defining the Demonic:
Although Collin de Plancy’s 'Dictionnaire Infernal' was first published in 1818 to much success, it is the fabulously illustrated final edition of 1863 which secured the book as a landmark in the study of demons. https://t.co/do3hqPdBQT via @publicdomainrev
#FolkloreThursday Hekate is a goddess in ancient Greek mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches or a key and in later periods depicted in triple form. She was associated with crossroads, light, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery.
Psychopomps are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.
#art Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 'The Souls of Acheron' (1898)
For #FolkloreThursday, some beautifully dark illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren for some fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.
Source: https://t.co/AjtonmFb4k
Beautiful artwork by Charles Rambert (1867 - 1932)
Source: https://t.co/nGqPIXh1G7
Outstanding illustrations by Marine Lannoy for 'Le Horla', by Guy de Maupassant https://t.co/S45PKgr914
'Phantasmagoria' is a poem written by Lewis Carroll and first published in 1869 as the opening poem of a collection of verse by Carroll entitled 'Phantasmagoria and Other Poems'. This 1919 edition is illustrated by A. B. Frost. https://t.co/h4S9Td6Wx2 …