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‘The Dove of Peace,’ by Pablo Picasso, his lithograph to illustrate the poster for the 1949 Paris Peace Congress 🕊️#MythologyMonday

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2023-01-31

My final artwork for the Creatures from Lore collection!

• Ananta Shesha •

Shesha Naga or Ananta Shesha, a primordial being of creation, is a serpentine demigod (Naga) and Nagaraja (King of all serpents) in Hinduism.

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2023-01-31


In 375 BC, after the victory over Sparta, Athenians created a cult for Peace, by erecting altars to Eirene . She was one of the Horae, goddesses of natural order, and peace. Her image in art is one of a serene woman carrying a cornucopia, torch, and sceptre.

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2023-01-30

One of my favourite tales from is 'The White Hare of Inaba' about the hero god Okuninushi, which is perfect for today's theme. In the story, a hare tricked some crocodiles to let him cross the sea and they punished him cruelly, leaving...
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2023-01-30

UNICORN SORROW The eyes of the unicorn are thought to be so sorrowful, gentle, & nobly tragic that they kill all emotions except LOVE in those who gaze upon them (referenced in E.H.White)🎨Longhi

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2023-01-30


In a Nyimang (Sudan) folktale, there was a time when rabbits and humans hated each other. Humans didn't die at that time but a rabbit fed a man the poisonous roots of a tree. The unsuspecting man ate the roots, slept for two days and then died.
🎨: Chenthooran

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2023-01-24

A Chinese dragon; a medallion above it shows the White Hare of the Moon, at the foot of a cassia tree, making elixir of immortality. Created by an artist from the Qing emperors' court

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2023-01-24

All the world will be your enemy…But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

The Black Rabbit of Inlé
Watership Down, R. Adams

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2023-01-23


Ancient Egyptians of all classes used cosmetic paint on their faces and bodies. Most popular was a black pigment called Kohl, and powdered green malachite. These were applied to the eyes to ward against evil and to honour the goddess Hathor, mother of the world.

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2023-01-17


In Greek myth, Amethystos rejected Dionysus, and prayed to the Gods to preserve her chastity, so they turned her into a pure white stone. Distraught, Dionysus, poured wine on the stone, turning it purple, and Amethyst became the symbol of romance, lust and love.

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2023-01-09

KAPPA - Thread. Vampiric Japanese river imp & Trickster Likes human blood & entrails. A kind of humanoid turtle with a carapace, webbed feet & knee claws. The only thing Kappas enjoy more than a tasty child is a cucumber!

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2023-01-09

Amber was thought to be congealed sunlight. In Greek myth, it was formed from the tears of Phaeton's sisters who mourned his death once he had crashed the chariot of the sun...


🎨 Fall of Phaeton - Gustave Moreau

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2023-01-09

In kappa are small reptilian child-sized that live in lakes and rivers waiting to attack unsuspecting passers-by and drag them to a watery death. However, what they really want is your shirikodama, a mysterious jewel that resides...

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2023-01-09

Freyja loves the Brisingamen so much, and the things she’ll do to get her hands on it are quite astonishing. 🖼️ Greg Hildebrandt

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2023-01-09

I wrote "At the Dream's door" as a song about the last thought we have just right before sleeping. Will we remember it in the morning? Will it shape into what it should become? Will it cease to exist? Here my drawing and the song
https://t.co/e1nO3O5dVb

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2023-01-03

In long-lived bats are said to transform into yamachichi. This pointy-faced visits people when they are sleeping and sucks the life force from their mouth before tapping them on the chest, causing them to die the very next day.

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2023-01-02

The Celtic land of the dead is called Moonland (or Emania), and probably looks somthing like this (and it makes sense that owls live there, because they are very hard to find...)


by Amelia Leonards

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2023-01-02


In Greek myth, Tantalus, a rich, tyrannical king, of Sipylus, was exiled to Hades by Zeus for plotting to serve his own son at a great feast with the gods. He was sentenced to be thirsty and hungry for eternity despite standing in water and close to fruit trees.

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2022-12-27

If you're going to be involved in a Stag situation, best it be a jam session than the Hunt - because in every version of that myth, the result is doom.


by Pauhami

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2022-12-20