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Roman fresco detail of Fresco depicting a Genius holding a patera and a cornucopia, now in the Narbo Via Museum, Narbonne; courtesy of Carole Raddato.
#FrescoFriday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology @KarimanMango @SaveRome @romanarchaeouk
For #FrescoFriday a Roman Fresco recovered from Vesuvian ash at Stabiae on the Bay of Naples courtesy of Mary Harrsch #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #RomanArt #Art @KarimanMango @SaveRome @romanarchaeouk
The prince thanking the Water sprite, from 'The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland' (1884) by Andrew Lang (illustration by Richard Doyle) #SuperstitionSat @SuperstitionSat @avalonbalcony
Cassandra (Κασσάνδρα) was a Trojan priestess of Apollo in Greek mythology cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed. #MythologyMonday @MythologyMonday @AimeeMaroux @ClassicalMyths
Myrddin Wyllt is undoubtedly the most famous Wild Man in Welsh and North British Folklore! #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs @HistoriumU @CrystalPonti @DeeDeeChainey @WillowWinsham @TheSacredIsle
In Teutonic mythology the Nibelungs are a race of dwarfs who guard a hoard of gold and magic treasures on behalf of their King Nibelung of Nibelheim (land of mist). #FairyTaleTuesday @AmandaBergloff @EnchantedEzine @fairytaleflash #FairyTaleFlash
An Undine is a category of elemental being, usually female, associated with water, like Hans Christian Anderson's "Little Mermaid", and which first appears in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. #FairyTaleTuesday @AmandaBergloff @EnchantedEzine @fairytaleflash #FairyTaleFlash
The ceasg in Scottish folklore has the upper body of a beautiful woman merging with the tail of a young salmon and can be made to grant three wishes to anyone who captures her. #FairyTaleTuesday @AmandaBergloff @EnchantedEzine
In Wales Cŵn Annwn, the 'Dogs of Annwm', Lord of the Underworld, hunt the souls of the dead across the sky. According to tradition the howling of these dogs foretold death to anyone who heard them.
#FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs @HistoriumU @DeeDeeChainey @TheSacredIsle
In the Ossianic Laoidh 'Duan na Ceardach' Fionn and the Fenians trick a monstrous smith who demands blood in return for weapons into sacrificing his own Mother to obtain his gory request. #MythologyMonday @MythologyMonday @AimeeMaroux @ClassicalMyths