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Excited to announce my paper, 'Analysing #Amabie: the monstrous mermaid revived to ward off coronavirus' at CORONAGOTHIC: Cultures of the Pandemic’: an online conference by @UMGothic, 10am BST Tues 30 June. Free to register https://t.co/goM3qst4VI #FolkloreThursday
FENRIR the most infamous of the many #wolves in Norse mythology. He’s the son of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda. It is ultimately Fenrir who, in addition to killing Odin and destroying much of the world, will eat the sun and the moon during Ragnarok #FolkloreThursday
The constellation Ophiuchus represents Asclepius, the healer of Greek myth & son of Apollo. Ophiuchus is called the Serpent Bearer as Asclepius healed a snake, earning the gratitude of Athena. She gave him the means to resurrect the dead #folklorethursday (image: Sidney Hall)
#Cancer is one of the twelve #zodiac #constellations, visible in the Northern Hemisphere and known as the 'dark constellation' due to its few stars.
In #GreekMythology Hera placed the crab there after it was slain by Hercules.
#FolkloreThursday #CancerSeason #DailyLore
Globus Aerostaticus and Promethius Constellation the folklore and mythology of the stars. #FolkloreThursday #painting #constellation #DavidBezArtist
Without the Sun, where would we be? In #astrology, the Sun rules the sign of Leo, which falls between ~July 23 and August 23, and governs matters of ego, independence, joy, creativity, the Father, men in general, confidence, how and where we seek achievement. #FolkloreThursday
and in opposite seasons, so that both of them can never be seen in the sky at the same time. 2/2 #FolkloreThursday #greekmythology
Johann Bayer's Uranometria (courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory Library)
Scorpius as depicted in Urania's Mirror (1825)
The Xian were humans before they achieved enlightenment and ascended as immortals. This gave them the ability to fly to the sky and reside far away from the human world &material conflicts
Throughout the centuries that became the ultimate purpose of Daoism #FolkloreThursday
Nyx is the primordial Goddess of the night. She is represented by the darkness of the night and the night sky. Even Zeus was afraid of her power. Although she had no temple of her own, a single statue of her was found in a temple dedicated to Artemis. #FolkloreThursday 👇
Edward Robert Hughes was a modestly regarded assistant to Holman Hunt and portraitist. Now his paintings of women as heavenly bodies are loved around the world on thousands of posters and greeting cards. #Stars #Skies #FolkloreThursday
ASTROLOGER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1825) warns of dire consequences for those who ignore celestial omens... the ones prefiguring the death of Lord Byron don't seem too difficult to decipher!
@FolkloreThurs #folklore of the skies for #FolkloreThurs
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#Aquila (constellation)
Has captured the imagination of many culture's.
In Greek Mythology there are a few stories, it carried Zeus his thunderbolts, it represents Aphrodite disguised as an eagle to seduce Zeus and it guard's the arrow of Eros.
#FolkloreThursday
Back in February, folktales workshop @StPaulsCathSch with yr 3 based on my ‘stealing the moon’ story. Retelling of ‘raking the moon’ as a Trickster Jack tale from collection @unbounders Lovely illustration response from the children! #FolkloreThursday
@famartinez2001 @dianadep1 @bgv_online @martinis2018 @Samsara09449720 @ritamay1 @anne_camozzi @PasqualeTotaro @marialves53 @ORQUIDEABLANCA @ArteCuid @Emocionaelarte @charo_lu @anamontparnasse @agustin_gut @CristianeGLima @Rebeka80721106 @neblaruz @ceconomou56 @Spiros209 @djolavarrieta @patriciacarles ¡Gracias, Francisca! ¡Buenas noches! :) 😊💐🌹✨
#ArteYArt #Verano2020 #bañistas
1. Jane Peterson.
2. János Vaszary.
3. John Lyman.
4. José Loret.
@rogerwitt_ Olá, o meu nome é Lorena aka Loreta Piolheta e eu gosto de desenhar.
Eu comecei a desenhar recentemente numa mesa digitalizadora e eu to com muito hype agora e quero desenhar bué cenas.
aqui estão dois dos meus desenhos mais recentes :)
Espero que gostem, fiz com muito carinho <3
@MartaNael Thanks Marta <3 <3
I am Piloreta, a brazilian illustrator. I really love what I do, thanks for the space. #VisibleWomen
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@TylerWalpole @MartaNael Thanks for that space, Tyler. I am extremely disgusted as well.
I am Piloreta, a brazilian illustrator. I love to do what I do and I am always working to improve my craft!
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@Myrmidia Hello! I am Piloreta, a brazilian freelance illustrator. Painting is a big passion to me, thanks for passing by :D
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