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#MythologyMonday
A 1772 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Niobe attempting to shield her children from Artemis and Apollo who were punishing Niobe for her blasphemous boast about the number of children she had.

#LegendaryWednesday
As Ajax heaved him up Odysseus never missed a trick - he kicked him behind the knee, clipping the hollow, cut his legs from under him, knocked him backward - pinned as Odysseus flung himself across his chest!
THE ILIAD (Book 23)

#FairyTaleTuesday
FAIRY TULIPS
A little old woman guarded her tulips after secretly discovering at night little Fairy mothers crooning and rocking the flowers like a cradle, while in each tulip-cup lay a little Fairy baby laughing and playing.

#MythologyMonday
Apollo gave Trojan princess Cassandra the gift of prophecy, but when she rejected him, he caused none of her prophecies to be believed. Her father locked her up because she was deemed insane and her wardress was ordered to report all of her prophecies to him.

#ClassicLitMonday
We can never be conscious of power until we learn that all power is from within.
-Charles Haanel, The Master Key System

#BookWormSat
“The inn at Kinlochaline was the most beggarly vile place that ever pigs were styed in, full of smoke, vermin, and silent Highlanders.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped

#FairyTaleTuesday
A Very Victorian Christmas filled with ghost sightings.

#TempleThursday
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. Christian Commander during the 3rd Crusade, Richard is known as the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.

#FaustianFriday
🎨Macbeth seeing Banquo's ghost, by Theodore Chausseriau (1819-1856)

#FolkloreSunday
The Camino de Santiago, or "The Way of St. James" is a walk of pilgrims to what is believed to be the remains of St James located in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northwestern Spain. There are several routes in Spain, France and Portugal.