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#FolkloreThursday Jonah in the New Testament a prophet sent by God on a journey to Nineveh to warn the residents of impending divine wrath. Instead Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish where he would be caught in a storm, swallowed by a whale for 3 days and regurgitated near Nineveh.
@FolkloreThurs Tristan and Iseult, a tragic tale of romance that has had a significant influence on Western art and literature. Paintings by Herbert James Draper(Left), Hughes Merle (R up), John Duncan (R lower)
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@FolkloreThurs Myth of Sisyphus who had to eternally roll a colossal boulder for his crafty deceit directed at Zeus. Today Sisyphean task is one that requires large and futile volumes of work. #FolkloreThursday
Sisyphus (1548–49) by Titian, Prado Museum, Madrid
The myth of the Wild Hunt is present in the folklore of numerous European regions, from Scandinavia to Britain and Germany, with various leader such as King Arthur, Odin and King Amerdag of Denmark #FolkloreThursday
Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo with Odin in charge of the Hunt