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During my last visit to Vancouver, I woke up very early one morning to capture some cityscapes of the metropolis from the eastern suburbs. While photographing, I noticed the trajectory of the moon's descent as night slowly yielded to day.
Because I could foresee where the moon was going to set, I raced with anticipation from where I was (in Burnaby) to North Vancouver just in time to witness one of the most incredible moonsets that I've ever seen. It was the full moon steadily sinking below the skies above the Vancouver skyline that was still very much in a state of slumber that morning.
Alas, the city was tranquil and calm. All one could hear was the sound of the breeze above Coal Harbour and a few birds chirping to each other in greeting.
As the moon descended, its glow illuminated the clouds around its sphere, creating a fiery glow and emblazoned haze that was quite mesmerizing to the point that it felt mysteriously mythological -- like a moment one would only read about in fables. That's what it felt like for me.
Fortunately, I captured this image to ensure that I didn't imagine the moment.
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I love Japan also because of their wonderful mythological creatures and spirits, who are so different than in our Western culture.
One of these creatures is a 'Kappa'. I folded an origami baby-Kappa, they have their offspring too, you know.
They do look a little bit strange….. and I can imagine they are living in the Tashiro-ike Pond (see first comment box). ;-))
Some time ago I folded 'Kappa Mask', designed by Toyoaki Kawai. (see second comment box).
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What is a Kappa?
The Kappa is a mythological monster said to inhabit ponds and rivers in Japan. This strange creature is said to have the appearance of both a humanoid and reptile and are extremely cunning. Kappas have over 80 different names, though the most common are kawappa, gawappa, and kawaso.
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Model: origami Kappa-Kun/Chick
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book # 11
Paper: two sheets of shiny patterned foil 13x13cm
Final size: height 8cm, width bottom 5cm
Melusine in European folklore is a spirit of of fresh water, or sometimes a mythological water nymph or sprite. Either way, the interpretation inferred by my title is to be taken rather loosely. What I was after with this was feel of being drawn to this mysterious looking still water in the spirit of Hylas and the Nymphs by Waterhouse.
Its a scene from Consall Nature reserve, in the valley bottom just by the bridge that crosses the River Churnet. I decided to go for a really long exposure to get the water looking really opaque and dreamy, so - tripod up, 2 minute exposure, sat looking at my timer and shivering. Halfway through it started to rain - great, I thought, might get some good effects (it didn't!) but then the heavens opened and it poured down - with still a minute to go! mad panic and rush to try and keep everything dry. It was ok in the end and I was pleased with the result.
I decided to go for a partial colour - just added to the mystery I thought.
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This image has been slightly edited i.e minimal fading of facial edges which was not possible in world.
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Taken at Foxcoast with Armon Aeon, a project which was started over a year ago and never completed.
My own lighting and mist effects with the use of multiple transparent prims.
Snapshot minimally edited i.e slight fading on the edges of the faces and name added, but that`s about it. It wasn`t possible to fade them inworld, I really tried.
My own headpieces and poses.
Skin- Seether Pale Gold by Cane Sutter.
Thank you to Armon Aeon, it took a very log time to build I know, so thank you for your patience and kindness. A big thank you to Cane Sutter whose work I will always love.
This is the only slightly edited image in my entire stream. I generally do not manipulate my images from Second Life, I like to build my own effects.
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Bento Mesh Head: LeLutka Aida
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Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617)
Engravings | Kupferstiche
"The series of four falling mythological figures – Tantalus, Icarus [below from left to right], Phaeton and Ixion [same above] – ranks among the masterpieces of printmaking. No engraver before Goltzius had expressed the illusion of three-dimensionality so convincingly." canon.codart.nl/artwork/the-four-disgracers/
From the exhibition "Dürer, Munch, Miró - The Great Masters of Printmaking" in the ALBERTINA in Vienna www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/duerer-munch-miro-the-gre...
The name Goltzius, it seems, doesn't sound sexy enough to be included in the title of such an exhibition, but actually it would definitely have belonged there, because Grotzius, "the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism", was most certainly a great master of printmaking. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick_Goltzius
Triton Fountain, Valletta, Malta.
Dramatic rendition of Malta’s majestic Triton Fountain outside Valletta’s City Gate. It’s one of the most iconic landmarks in Malta. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a huge basin. The sculptural group was designed and constructed between 1952 and 1959 and collapsed in 1978. Finally it was restored and officially inaugurated on January 2018.
Triton is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is represented as a merman which has the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. Also he usually carried a trident, like his father, Poseidon. Triton blew a shell like a trumpet to calm and raise the waves. Its sound was such a cacophony, that when loudly blown, it put the giants to flight, since they imagined it to be the roar of a dark wild beast.
This image is included in the galleries
bronze: Colorful alloy curated by Giorgos Rodinos, GRAPHIC ART curated by Henri DUBUC and Sculpture curated by JFB119.
“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
― Anaïs Nin
Music by 'Songs of Water' - The Sea Has Spoken...
This haunting sculpture is in the ancient city of Pompeii. It was created by artist Igor Mitoraj, and is one of 30 of his bronze statues displayed there. The art was planned in such a way that “Gods and mythological heroes will populate the streets and squares of the town that was buried by Mount Vesuvius. They will emerge like dreams from the ruins.” The visit to Pompeii is something I have wanted to do all my life, and was probably the most memorable part of my trip to Italy.
Ganesha or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bali (Indonesia) and Bangladesh and in countries with large ethnic Indian populations including Fiji, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago. Hindu denominations worship him regardless of affiliations.Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists.
Although he is known by many attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify.Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies. Ganesha is also invoked as patron of letters and learning during writing sessions. Several texts relate mythological anecdotes associated with his birth and exploits.
Ganesha likely emerged as a deity as early as the 1st century CE,but most certainly by the 4th and 5th centuries CE, during the Gupta period, although he inherited traits from Vedic and pre-Vedic precursors. Hindu mythology identifies him as the restored son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition, but he is a pan-Hindu god found in its various traditions. In the Ganapatya tradition of Hinduism, Ganesha is the supreme deity. The principal texts on Ganesha include the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana, and the Ganapati Atharvashirsa. Brahma Purana and Brahmanda Purana are other two Puranic genre encyclopaedic texts that deal with Ganesha.
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥
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The mythological birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite
According to legend, this spot is where Aphrodite rose from the waves and the foaming sea and was then escorted on a shell at the rocks known as ‘Rock of Aphrodite’ or ‘Petra tou Romiou’ in Greek.
This rock is also associated with the legendary Byzantine hero, Digenis Akritas, who kept the marauding Saracens at bay with his amazing strength. It is said that he heaved a huge rock into the sea, destroying the enemy's ships.
"""Ahh, that sunbath was terrific …..Now we are reading to show our true colors !
Yeah, it was great fun. """"
These two Chinese Dragons wishing you a nice Sunday and a happy week ahead. ( I will be off next week)
They are from the same designer, John Montroll and I folded them with transparant paper.
(You can see the same dragons taking there sunbath in the first comment box)
Model: origami Chinese Dragon
Diagrams in the book: Dragons and Other Fantastic Creatures in Origami by John Montroll
Paper: light green transparant paper 20x20xm
Final size: length 18cm, height 6,5cm
Model: origami Chinese Dragon
Diagrams in the book: Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami by John Montroll
Paper: dark green/blue transparant paper 34x34cm
Final size: lenght 17cm, height 11cm
4th Plinth artwork at Trafalgar Square, London, 2018-2020. By Micheal Rakowitz. Recreation of the ancient winged bull statue (Lammasu) destroyed by Daesh. This mythological beast guarded the Assyrian city of Nineveh in Iraq for over a thousand years. Recreated using 6,000 empty cans of date syrup, it also references Daesh's destruction of Palm Date agriculture in Iraq.
The tale of mythology through artistic creation as spotted in Kalimpong, Darjeeling Himalayas, India
The mythological, holy hill Arunachala (Annamalai in Tamil) has been a spiritual magnet through the ages. A practice called giri-pradakshina (girivalam in Tamil) i.e. the circumambulation of a holy object, in this case, the hill, is done here since ancient times. In 2012 I was fortunate to go around it on 50 consecutive days. I feel I will go again soon.
Ruben’s House in Anwerp
Peter Paul Rubens, the famous painter of 16th-17th century, was …Belgian!! A Flemish Belgian, belonging to the Belgian Baroque tradition in painting! His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. In his times he was a Dutch from the Southern Netherlands, living in Antwerp ! Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of front pieces for the publishers in Antwerp.
This talented man, was a great Artist in many fields, apart from his painting talent!! He was also a very educated , charismatic scholar and diplomat, and had a great talent in decoration and architecture, which he proved by cooperating with great decorators and architects of his times, in order to create his beautiful palace home in Antwerp/Anvers of our days!! You can follow and see digitally the beauty of this exquisite old palace house, here:
www.rubenshuis.be/en/content/rubens-house
I visited this lovely museum-house of today, which Flanders is so proud of, with a Flemish friend of mine, this last summer in Antwerp. I share with you here some of the photos I took of the interior of Rubens House, and of its beautiful gardens , too.
A relic of a mythological Hintha duck (equivalent to an Indian Hamsa) is widely depicted in Burmese art. The Hamsa is revered in many Buddhist countries as a symbol of wisdom.
In the back some of the floating gardens surrounding the lack.
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The apple tree (Malus domestica) is a deciduous tree in the rose family best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple. It is cultivated worldwide as a fruit tree, and is the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures, including Norse, Greek and European Christian traditions.
Apple trees are large if grown from seed, but small if grafted onto roots (rootstock). There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. Different cultivars are bred for various tastes and uses, including cooking, eating raw and cider production. Apples are generally propagated by grafting, although wild apples grow readily from seed. Trees and fruit are prone to a number of fungal, bacterial and pest problems, which can be controlled by a number of organic and non-organic means. In 2010, the fruit's genome was decoded as part of research on disease control and selective breeding in apple production.
About 80 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2013, and China produced almost half of this total.[3] The United States is the second-leading producer, with more than 6% of world production. Turkey is third, followed by Italy, India and Poland. Apples are often eaten raw, but can also be found in many prepared foods (especially desserts) and drinks. Many beneficial health effects are thought to result from eating apples; however, two types of allergies are attributed to various proteins found in the fruit.
Schönbrunn Palace Garden
The Great Parterre was redesigned with statues of mythological figures executed in 1777 by Johann Wilhelm Beyer and his workshop being set up along the tall flanking hedges.
It was also during this phase that numerous architectural features were erected, such as the Roman Ruin, the Obelisk Fountain, the Fair Spring and the Small Gloriette, projects that were completed in 1780, the last year of Maria Theresa’s life.
Next one for the Zodiac Series is Capricorn!
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Capricorn is symbolized by the sea goat, a mythological creature with the body of a goat and tail of a fish. This imagery speaks to Capricorn's bifurcated abilities: Capricorns are skilled at navigating both the material and emotional realms. They scale the steepest mountains — Capricorn rules the knees, making it easier for this sign to climb — while simultaneously building up their psychic fortitude. Capricorns are relentless: They are determined to overcome whatever stands in their way. They have big picture, long-term goals and they absolutely don't want to be bogged-down by annoying details or superfluous information. However, because of their unwavering focus, Capricorns can sometimes be perceived as cold, unemotional, or even cutthroat — but that's only because Capricorn has perspective. If it won't matter in five years, Capricorn simply cannot be bothered with it today.
Capricorns are known to be extremely hardworking visionaries, leaders, and trailblazers. They are dynamic individuals who express a unique balance of confidence and humility: They have a grounded, practical spirit that makes people feel comfortable in their presence. Although they're very selective about who they let into their lives, Capricorns are incredibly gracious friends who pride themselves on honesty and loyalty. One important thing to note: Capricorns definitely don't sugarcoat. If a Capricorn doesn't approve of your choices or behavior, they will be sure to let you know. But the great thing about Capricorn is that they will also help you come up with solutions, action items, and practical ideas on how to improve your situation. Capricorns are do-ers, which means they're all about making it happen. You know that expression, "If you want something done, give it to a busy person?" Well, that's definitely the way Capricorn rolls. Even if Capricorn is knee-deep in deadlines and high-stakes crises, they will go out of their way to consider the needs of their closest companions.
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Taken at: The Mystic Realms
Model: Tsio
Photo by Me
Edited in VSCO
Ah, the mythological Fishtown, harbor of fishing vessels serious and shrunken, waiting out the storm and the tide for further sportfishing adventures. Here, a July storm sweeps over the river and out to sea, full of lightning I didn't try to capture and the accompanying cracks and rumbles, full throated all, reminders to steer clear unless you are as I am one of those photographers who relishes standing under such a blanket of clouds and finding just the right composition while the storm plays away above your head.
Yamato-hime no Mikoto resp. is the daughter of Suinin Tennō and his wife Hibasu-hime. Her brother, Keikō Tennō, is the father of Yamato Takeru, who in turn receives the mythologically significant Kusanagi sword from his aunt Yamato-hime.
According to the Nihon shoki, after years of wandering, Yamato-hime made the choice of Ise Shrine's final location for Amaterasu, where she then assumed the role of chief priestess. Yamato-hime is also a key mythological figure in terms of imperial regalia.
At that time, the Sovereign Great Deity deigned to fulfill the illustrious dream of the Yamato-hime no mikoto and deigned to instruct them: "The land and place for the great illustrious shrine, which I as I them when I was in the high heavens sat and pushed open the illustrious door, formerly saw, saw and sought, these are here. I deign to remain here and establish myself.
Aston 1896, p. 176
In order to comply with this express wish, Yamato-hime had a shrine built near the Isuzu (which subsequently became the Inner Shrine naikū of Ise) to worship Amaterasu exclusively and to do justice to her position as a cult princess.
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse powered heritage across Scotland.
The name was chosen by Scottish Canals at the inception of The Helix project, in 2005. The Kelpies name reflected the mythological transforming beasts possessing the strength and endurance of 10 horses; a quality that is analogous with the transformational change and endurance of Scotland's inland waterways. The Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.