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Joining the hippocampus from the 2016 mythical creatures alphabet is the - a mythical bird often featured in northern Thai art

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2020-04-14

For ’s theme: in the Finnish Kalevala a duck lays 6 golden and 1 iron egg on the knees of the air goddess Ilmatar. From the eggs came the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars. 🦆🥚🌍🌞✨
Art: Sergey Minin + Robert Wilhelm Ekman.

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2020-04-14

Koschei the Immortal (or the Deathless) is a villain from Russian folklore. He's impossible to kill because he's hidden his soul inside a needle, which is inside an egg, which is inside a duck, which is inside a rabbit.

🎨Zvorykin, 'Russian Fairy Tales'

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2020-04-13

In Chinese mythology the Universe came into being when the god Pangu cracked the egg that he was sleeping in.

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2020-04-13

Old Green Man. Old pagan, rebirth, continuity, nature symbol. (Acrylic illustration for gardening product). Past work.

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2020-04-13

In Chinese myth, the first living being is Pan Gu, a giant who emerged from an egg. When he hatched, he broke the egg in two pieces. The upper part became the sky & cosmos, while the lower part became the earth & sea.

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2020-04-13

In Irish mythology, Ness is a princess of the Ulaid and mother of Conchobar mac Nessa. According to one legend, the druid Cathbad says the day is perfect to conceive a king. No other men are around so Ness takes Cathbad to bed, and Conchobar is conceived. (Henri)

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2020-04-06

SIRIN & ALKONOST Prophetic women-headed birds of Russian folklore. Alkonost's beautiful song, makes those who hear her forget everything & want nothing more. She lives in the underworld with her counterpart the Sirin🎨Viktor Vasnetsov, 1896; Ivan Bilbin, 1905

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2020-04-07

Working on a personal project about greek mythology, which is gonna take me a longass time. So for now I'm just gonna share my designs for each god as I make them.
To start, here's Hephaestus (my favorite), Ares, Hermes, and Dionysus.

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2020-04-07

"Poseidon and the Nereids" (before 1920) by Friedrich Ernst Wolfrom (1857-1920).

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2020-04-07

Russian sailors believed rough seas were caused by the Sea Tsar dancing to the gusli and would pray to the patron saint of mariners Mikula Mozhaysk for the music to stop so calmer seas would follow
Art: Frank C Pape (1878-1972)
Sergey Malyutin (1859-1937)

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2020-04-07

Odin, king of Norse/Germanic gods, was occasionally found leading the terrifying Wild Hunt. Anyone witnessing this cavalcade had surely seen an omen of death, a divine sanction to war, with the horror of being pulled into the furious cohort to be lost forever.

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2020-04-06

Most famous Irish Queen=Medb "she who intoxicates" of Connacht! Goddess of sovereignty! Central inauguration of High King at Tara; rulers expected to mate with her before they took up office! Behind Cattle Raid of Cooley: led war against Ulster! 🎨

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2020-04-06

Guinevere is the wife of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend. In medieval romances,one of the most prominent story arcs is Queen Guinevere's love affair with her husband's friend, Lancelot. This story became a major motif in the Lancelot-Grail of the 13th century

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2020-04-06

Neptune by Charles Napier Kennedy (UK, 1852–1898). Neptune is the god of freshwater & the sea in Roman religion. His Anicent Greek counterpart is Poseidon.

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2020-04-06

Weird monsters from medieval manuscripts.

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2020-03-30

Ireland is full of myths about women of bravery & powerful goddesses! Here's my thread on a few of them! 📷goddess Ériu at , Co 🎨The Morrigan by Ameluria. https://t.co/hibf9UWAB0

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2020-03-30

In Greek mythology, Circe, a half-mortal sorceress, selflessly helped a prisoner and was forced to eternal isolation by her father, a titan. Fearless, she survived on witchcraft and defied the typical fragility of wandering heroes. (Image: F. Church)

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2020-03-30

Thanks for another great round of I really enjoyed today's theme about fire! Join next week for a new theme! This is signing off. See ya! 🔥🔥🔥

Image: public domain.

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2020-03-24