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When a cat's fur snaps with electricity, bad weather is on its way. [Andy Warhol, 'Sam', 1954.]

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2019-07-05

The World Turtle is a theme that recurs in Hindu and Chinese mythology, but also appears in the folklore of the Iroquois in North America. It supposes that the entire world is supported on the back of an enormous turtle. 🐢

Art: John Clowder Akupara

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2019-07-04

A dolphin rescues Arion, a poet accosted by hostile sailors who was forced to leap into the sea to save himself. The dolphin perished after the journey but was given a burial and monument and was placed in the heavens among the constellations.

N.C. Wyeth, 1938

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2019-07-04

Rather love this 1875 series of illustrations 'An Elf-Fairy Romance' showing the courtship around a mushroom, the kiss (aww..) and the fairy running away leaving the elf heartbroken (sob!). Illustrations by Richard Doyle from 'In Fairyland'

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2019-07-04

Sadhbh, Fionn mac Cumhaill's wife turned into doe for 3 yrs for refusing love of a dark druid until his serving man told her that if she set foot in the dún (fort/castle) of the Fianna of Ireland, the druid would no longer have any power over her! 📷: Sloegenie.

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2019-07-04

In Japanese folklore the minogame is a turtle believed to live up to 10,000 years. It's tail is made out of seaweed & algae & it features in the famous legend of Urashima Taro. It is depicted here with rabbits dancing beneath the moon.

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2019-07-04

Hi!. I'm Cristian (abueloretrowave), i'm from México and i love pixelart...i love making it and see artwork of other artist.

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2019-07-04

Got rid of a layer and suddenly it looks like he's been called to bachelorette party

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2019-07-01

Summer break means waving goodbye to your noisy students and dress code.. Well for a little while at least.



Art and Loretta (c) Brandon Rowles

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2019-06-29

🌺🌻🌷This was meant to be a quick drawing for a tag a while ago 😔
Babby Mao's Back to Nature playthrough was a disaster and didn't go past the 1st year because all I did was give flowers to bachelorettes and mine 👶

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2019-06-29

The old form of Capricorn, the goatfish, is taken from Pricus, father of the sea goats in Greek mythology.

Sea goats could reason, speak and travel in time. If they spent too long on land, they became ordinary, non sapient goats 1/2

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2019-06-28

The constellation Cassiopeia (my favorite growing up) holds the story from of the vain queen who was thrown into the sky for thinking she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, or as my mother told me: for looking in the mirror too often...

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2019-06-27

According to Slavic Zorya is a magnificent star goddess. Guardian of the 'Doomsday Hound' & servant to the Sun God (Dazbog). She is represented by 2 the Morning & Evening Star. Responsible for opening & closing the gates to the Sun's Palace.

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2019-06-27

The faces of the Pleiades, the 7 daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pursued by Orion, Zeus transformed them into doves, then When Orion himself was killed, he was turned into a constellation himself and placed behind them
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Image Harley MS 647

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2019-06-27

Boshin (Civil) War between Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting.

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2019-06-27

13th century Turkish folklore:
–What do they do with the old moons Hodja?
–They cut them in pieces to make stars.

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2019-06-27

It's again! Which means I'm late, oops. There's another house fairy in this lot, my favourite mythical creature! The fact that they appear in folklore all over the world suggests to me that there's some truth in the idea.

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2019-06-27