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"Green man in the garden
Staring from the tree,
Why do you look so long and hard
Through the pane at me?
Your eyes are dark as holly,
Of sycamore your horns,
Your bones are made of elder-branch,
Your teeth are made of thorns."
- Charles Causley, (1975)
#MythologyMonday
In the last 10-15 years or so, I'd say it's a tie between these 4 films. For whatever reason, I seem to come across them playing on TV a lot & they hook me in every time. https://t.co/RxtwTSabxk
For my last weird western I'll mention Bone Tomahawk (2015), which tells the gruesome tale of some cave dwelling cannibalistic troglodytes who are tracked down by a reluctant sheriff (Kurt Russell) & his posse. The film creates its own bleak western mythology. 7/7 #WyrdWednesday
"Witches...believed to have the power...to don the bodies of certain animals, notably hares...Such, according to local superstition, are easily distinguishable by their size & colour, which approaches jet black." - Folklore of the North-West Highlands #folklorethursday #myart
Asteroid Ceres is named after the Roman goddess associated with agriculture, fertility, motherly relations & funeral rites among other things. Astrologers equate her placement in our birth charts with our nurturing qualities & how we process grief, etc #WyrdWednesday #AsteroidDay
Finally saw an Andy Milligan film I really enjoyed & recommend. Also saw Steve Cochran's last film before his mysterious death. Cochran plays a Bond-like hero battling drug smugglers while juggling the affection of 2 beautiful nightclub singers #LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched https://t.co/mce9bi3cNR
So many to choose from but these were the first four that came to mind & I'm having difficulty choosing between them. https://t.co/kqLYuKkoDN
Lāčplēsis is a folk hero in Latvia known as "The Bear Slayer." He could kill bears with his bare hands & was part bear himself. He died helping the Baltic gods fight off Christian crusaders & is immortalized in an epic poem that suggests he will return someday. #FolkloreThursday
In volume 8 of Taboo P. Craig Russell & David Sexton depict a chat between Christ & Lucifer that toys with Christian mythology & ends in blasphemy. I may get booted off Twitter if I share the last panel but here's some pages & cover art by Michael Zulli for #WyrdWednesday 4/5