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Medusa by Jean Delville (1893)
#ArtHistory #mythology #ModernArt #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #expressionism
Medusa by Jean Delville (1893)
#ArtHistory #mythology #ModernArt #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #expressionism
It is said that the great Silla-era monk Wonhyo was traveling to Tang China to study there when he spent a night in a tomb. In the night he woke thirsty and drank water from a bowl. In the morning he realized the drink that had so refreshed him in the night was dirty water in a skull, which enlightened him to the truth that all things are created by the mind. This led him to give up on the idea of going to China for his studies. He continued his theological work back in Silla, where he popularized #Buddhism among the common folk.
It is said that the great Silla-era monk Wonhyo was traveling to Tang China to study there when he spent a night in a tomb. In the night he woke thirsty and drank water from a bowl. In the morning he realized the drink that had so refreshed him in the night was dirty water in a skull, which enlightened him to the truth that all things are created by the mind. This led him to give up on the idea of going to China for his studies. He continued his theological work back in Silla, where he popularized #Buddhism among the common folk.
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: BONES AND TEETH. Which myths feature a bone or a tooth? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! 🦴
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Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: BONES AND TEETH. Which myths feature a bone or a tooth? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! 🦴
If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
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The Band of Holes, on Monte Sierpe (Serpent Mountain), Peru. There are around 5,200 aligned holes or pits, stretching for about 1.5 kilometres and thought to date back to around 1400. Some feel the pits - at the intersection of two Inca trade routes - may have been used to measure out goods for accounting and tax purposes. Others have suggested that the holes were graves or defensive fortifications or that they had a religious significance. #archaeology #history #mythology #folklore #architecture
The Band of Holes, on Monte Sierpe (Serpent Mountain), Peru. There are around 5,200 aligned holes or pits, stretching for about 1.5 kilometres and thought to date back to around 1400. Some feel the pits - at the intersection of two Inca trade routes - may have been used to measure out goods for accounting and tax purposes. Others have suggested that the holes were graves or defensive fortifications or that they had a religious significance. #archaeology #history #mythology #folklore #architecture
John Cowper Powys was a highly eccentric British writer, whose extremely long novels explored folklore, landscape and mythology. Though some were set in the South West of England, Powys later reinvented himself as a kind of wizard Welshman. His magnum opus, Porius, is around 1000 pages long and features Merlin, King Arthur, the bard Taliessin, Neanderthal giants, the cult of Mithras, and an alchemical child. Two accounts of bilocation (being in two places simultaneously) are associated with Powys. In one incident, he promised to appear to a friend at precisely two o'clock the following day. At the appointed time, the friend looked up and saw Powys before his image slowly faded. The other account involved him appearing at a hotel to a nephew who had annoyed him, bursting through some doors and shouting "No tea! No tea!" The nephew later asserted there was no way Powys could have been at the hotel at that time. #literature #folklore #mythology #weird #paranormal #books #occult
John Cowper Powys was a highly eccentric British writer, whose extremely long novels explored folklore, landscape and mythology. Though some were set in the South West of England, Powys later reinvented himself as a kind of wizard Welshman. His magnum opus, Porius, is around 1000 pages long and features Merlin, King Arthur, the bard Taliessin, Neanderthal giants, the cult of Mithras, and an alchemical child. Two accounts of bilocation (being in two places simultaneously) are associated with Powys. In one incident, he promised to appear to a friend at precisely two o'clock the following day. At the appointed time, the friend looked up and saw Powys before his image slowly faded. The other account involved him appearing at a hotel to a nephew who had annoyed him, bursting through some doors and shouting "No tea! No tea!" The nephew later asserted there was no way Powys could have been at the hotel at that time. #literature #folklore #mythology #weird #paranormal #books #occult
Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us tomorrow for the theme insects, bugs, and crawlies. Which myths have insects, arachnids, a millipede or similar? Are they helpful or are they pests? Tell us a myth with creepy or not so creepy crawlies and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! 🐛
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🎨 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893
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Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us tomorrow for the theme insects, bugs, and crawlies. Which myths have insects, arachnids, a millipede or similar? Are they helpful or are they pests? Tell us a myth with creepy or not so creepy crawlies and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! 🐛
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🎨 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893
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Today's issue of The Gods and their Croziers is out, and it's about #SaintGobnait - apparently an emanation of the goddess Brighid, and greatly beloved in West Cork and parts of Kerry and Waterford.
I explore whether her myth can validate the Fire myths I've been associating with other possible Brighids, and what if anything we can infer from the associations of her tripled sisters.
Her feast day is tomorrow, and her cult remains strong in Baile Mhuirne.
https://buttondown.com/godsandcroziers/archive/11th-feb-gobnait-of-baile-mhuirne-brighid-fire-bee
#Mythology #Irish
Today's issue of The Gods and their Croziers is out, and it's about #SaintGobnait - apparently an emanation of the goddess Brighid, and greatly beloved in West Cork and parts of Kerry and Waterford.
I explore whether her myth can validate the Fire myths I've been associating with other possible Brighids, and what if anything we can infer from the associations of her tripled sisters.
Her feast day is tomorrow, and her cult remains strong in Baile Mhuirne.
https://buttondown.com/godsandcroziers/archive/11th-feb-gobnait-of-baile-mhuirne-brighid-fire-bee
#Mythology #Irish
Many myths have a hero gaining allies with weird powers. In the German fairy tale "Six Servants," the powers of the hero's servants are respectively super-hearing, extreme height, super-vision, a huge appetite, immunity to heat and cold, and a stretchable neck.
🎨 Věnceslava Černého
#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #FairyTale #Germany #Grimm #BrothersGrimm
Many myths have a hero gaining allies with weird powers. In the German fairy tale "Six Servants," the powers of the hero's servants are respectively super-hearing, extreme height, super-vision, a huge appetite, immunity to heat and cold, and a stretchable neck.
🎨 Věnceslava Černého
#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #FairyTale #Germany #Grimm #BrothersGrimm
Hello, Everyone! Join us Monday for the theme: SHRINES. Which myths feature a shrine or other holy site? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
📸 DeltaWorks
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Hello, Everyone! Join us Monday for the theme: SHRINES. Which myths feature a shrine or other holy site? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
📸 DeltaWorks
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