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Isabel Lilian Gloag, 'The Kiss of the Enchantress, or The Knight and the Mermaid', watercolor, 1890. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #art #mythology
Emily Balivet, 'Moon - Goddess of Mystery', 2013.
New Moon today at 28º 27' Cancer, 13:32 EDT. Embrace the essence of home, meditate, dream, cleanse and nurture body and spirit. Set a good intention for the month ahead, energy is there for deep metamorphosis.
#art #Astrology
The Aesir-Vanir War resulted in the creation of a new order among the Norse gods, uniting the ancient Aesir, gods who embodied might, power and action (Odin, Thor), with the Vanir, gods of prophecy, magic, and nature (Freyr, Freya, Njoror). #MythologyMonday #mythology
John Martin, 'The Court of God: Paradise Lost, book 3, line 365', oil on canvas, 1823-1826.
#mythology #fineart
Lightning has long been considered an almost supernatural power. According to Pliny the Elder: "To bite off a piece from wood that has been struck by lightning and then to apply it to the tooth, is a sure remedy, they say, for tooth ache." #folklore #FolkloreThursday #Weather
Francesco Melzi, "Leda and the Swan (after da Vinci)", oil on canvas, Italy, 1508-1515.
#mythology #fineart #arthistory
Without the Sun, where would we be? In #astrology, the Sun rules the sign of Leo, which falls between ~July 23 and August 23, and governs matters of ego, independence, joy, creativity, the Father, men in general, confidence, how and where we seek achievement. #FolkloreThursday
“Who knows the way to the eternally fruitful climes of the soul? You seek the way through mere appearances, you study books and give ear to all kinds of opinion. What good is all that? There is only one way, and that is your way. ”
- C.G. Jung, "The Red Book: Liber Novus" #art