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Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831 - 1892)
The Wild Hunt of Odin, 1872
National Gallery of Norway
The wild hunt of Odin by Peter Nicolai Arbo
The Wild Hunt motif figures in mythology as a ghostly procession, often considered a bad omen. Read more: https://t.co/khKjWubdLL
• "The Wild Hunt Of Odin" (Åsgårdsreien) by Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1872.
Wild Hunt of Odin, 1872, by Peter Nicolai Arbo
Thanks everyone for a great start! @WillowWinsham signing off now, but #FolkloreThursday will return at 11am BST with @DeeDeeChainey for more folklore of wild men, wild women and wild places! (Image: The Wild Hunt of Odin, Peter Nicolai Arbo)
WILD HUNT My favourite mythical haunting. In Celtic & Germanic folklore a furious bunch of #ghosts of the restless dead ride through the sky on their phantom horses accompanied by spectral hounds shrieking & making wild noises🎨Arbo 1872; Haynes 1874; Dore’ 1865 #hauntedhappening
During 🐍 #ArbokWeek 🐍 I will be featuring my favourite illustrations, this is from @ladyendifi 🎨🌍 Submit your art for a feature trainers!
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#Arbok #Pokémon #pokemoncenterlondon #niantic #ladyendifi #pokemongo #lovablevillainArbok #Arbokfacts #Arbo… https://t.co/qFGIyIYlzj
Warrior Women for #FairyTaleTuesday
w/VALKYRIES in #art
🎨"Brünnhilde" Arthur Rackham, 1910
🎨"Valkyrien" Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1864
#valkyrie #artontwitter #tuesdayvibes #illustrationart
The Wild Hunt of Odin [Asgårdsreien] (1872) by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831–1892). Norse mythology. #NorwegianArt #Myths
Accused Scottish witch Isobel Gowdie confessed to weather magic, transforming into a hare and flying with the wild hunt.
https://t.co/CWGIoTiSEk (Image: Odin's Wild Hunt by Peter-Nicolai Arbo via wikimedia commons)
“I tried to imagine myself a long time ago, in the lands where these stories were first told, during the long winter nights perhaps, under the glow of the northern lights”
Neil Gaiman, "Norse Mythology"
Painting sagaman Peter Nicolai Arbo #BOTD 1831 in Norway
#FolkloreThursday
Asgårdsreien [The Wild Hunt of Odin] (1872) by Peter Nicolai Arbo (Norway, 1831–1892). #Odin #Horses #Mythology