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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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The Helix Park is The Home of The Kelpies - the largest equine sculptures in the world. Located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, it was created as a space for the communities in the Falkirk area to come together. The Kelpies go a step further in bringing together not only from different parts of Scotland and the UK, but from all over the world.
Standing at 100ft tall and weighing more than 300 tonnes each, the magical Kelpies are a man-made wonder and a feat of engineering. The works of art, created by artist Andy Scott, have become iconic on the landscape after being modelled on real-life icons of times gone by — Clydesdale horses Duke and Baron. 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 Falkirk.
The Kelpies’ name reflects the mythological transforming beasts that possess the strength and endurance of 100 horses; a quality that’s analogous with the transformational change of the area’s landscapes, endurance of its inland waterways and the strength of its communities. You can visit The Kelpies free of charge any time of the day, 365 days of the year due to their prime location in The Helix park. The area around the massive sculptures has been designed to give access for all, meaning everyone can come and see them up close. You can even go inside a Kelpie on a tour for an exclusive look at their engineering and ingenuity.
www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/the-helix-home-of-the-k...
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
memories from a beautiful summer day in Iceland, when we were on our way to Asgardur (yeah right, there is an actual place with this mythological name :))
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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The largest ceremonial center on the island:
The history of Tongariki mixes mythological stories, wars between clans and settlements of tribes that date back to the tenth century. In the large esplanade that extends in front of the ahu, there have been remains of boat-houses or hare paenga, old hearths or umu pae and hundreds of petroglyphs engraved in the volcanic rock that reflect the importance of this extraordinary place.
It is believed that Tongariki was the sociopolitical and religious center of Hotu Iti, one of the two great clans that grouped the tribes of the eastern sector of the island. The first human occupation dates from the year 900 AD. and it is related to the first phase of a first ahu. The impressive final monument is the result of a successive series of modifications and extensions, carried out throughout history, which show the technical mastery achieved.
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ceremonial structure built on Easter Island and the most important megalithic monument in all of Polynesia. It represents the zenith of the sacred constructions called ahu-moai that were developed in Rapa Nui for more than 500 years.
The central platform, whose axis is oriented to the rising sun of the summer solstice, measures almost 100 meters long and with its wings or original lateral extensions reached a total length of 200 meters. During the last final phase of construction of the ceremonial altar, Ahu Tongariki held 15 moai, which made it the platform with the largest number of images of the whole island.
Unfortunately, as happened with the rest of the ceremonial platforms of the island, the moai were knocked down from the ahu during the violent episodes that took place between the different island clans at the time of decadence of the Rapanui culture. It is believed that this period began after 1500 AD. reaching its peak at the end of the seventeenth century.
It is not known with certainty when the statues of the Ahu Tongariki were demolished, but according to the testimonies of the first European navigators who arrived at the island, it seems that these were no longer standing when they arrived at the beginning of the 18th century. However, the place continued to be used as a cemetery until the conversion of the population to Catholicism in the second half of the 19th century.
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It is the largest ceremonial structure in any area of Polynesia, with a length of 220 meters from one side of a wing to the other.
The platform was restored between 1992 and 1996.
Paid by the Japanese government and a Japanese construction company.
[MY OWN VIRTUAL BUILD AND POSE]
Approx 1700 prims and sculpties.
Dedicated to Cane Sutter a dear friend and wonderful artist.
This image has been slightly edited i.e minimal fading of facial edges which was not possible in world.
INFORMATION:
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.
view of the western part (from the outer garden) of the Walewscy Palace in Walewice
Classicist building designed by Hilary Szpilowski or Stanislaw Zawadzki, built in 1773-1783 by Anastazy Walewski (chamberlain to King Stanislaw August Poniatowski); located on the Mroga River.
The palace is counted among the most interesting examples of classicist country seats in Poland, built at the end of the 18th century. The front faces east. It consists of a one-story rectangular main body and one-story side pavilions, also built on a rectangular plan, connected with the main body by communication galleries broken at right angles. The premise is based on the Palladian style, very popular in Poland in the second half of the 18th and first 19th centuries. From the front, the palace has a massive, four-column Ionic battered portico topped with a triangular pediment (tympanum) with the coat of arms of Pomian, the later owner Stanislaw Grabiński. From the garden there are two prominent extreme (side) risalits. Inside the palace, large representative halls with decorative brick fireplaces and elaborate furnishings were created, as well as spacious palace rooms. In one of the pavilions original painted wallpaper from the 19th century with mythological motifs has been preserved.
On May 4, 1810, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Maria Walewska, Alexander Colonna-Walewski, later French ambassador to Great Britain and foreign minister to Napoleon III, was born there. He also became heir to the estate, which he sold to Maria Walewska's brother, Teodor Łączyński, in 1831.
Much of the palace's charm is added by the perfect composition of the building with an extensive landscape park designed by Walerian Kronenberg. Original late Baroque and classicist sandstone sculptures depicting Mars, Venus, and Diana have been preserved there, as well as two hermits and an armed man in ancient costume.
In the mid-19th century, the palace and its estate passed into the hands of the Grabiński family of the Pomian coat of arms. The Grabinskis modernized and rebuilt the palace at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, established a stud farm for half-breed horses (Anglo-Arabians), developed the breeding of cockerel sheep (the only one in the country), a huge fish farm (on more than 100 hectares of ponds), a factory of potato flour and starch. The last owners of Walewice were papal chamberlain Stanislaw Bohdan Grabiński and his wife Jadwiga, née hr. Potocki, and after his death in 1930 their minor children Stanislaw Wojciech, Maria, Wladyslaw, Róża and Jan Grabiński. The palace still contains some of the furnishings and furniture from the last owners.
During World War II, on the night of September 9-10, 1939, the 17th Regiment of Wielkopolska Uhlans from Gniezno of the Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade fought battles for the Palace and the village of Walewice during the Battle of the Bzura River.
Remembering a lovely and adventurous day spent wandering the streets of Hội An, Vietnam.
Located in Hoi An Ancient Town - A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Bridge is one of the most attractive cultural destinations in Vietnam. Being built in the 16th century, this monument has witnessed numberless changes in the town.
The Bridge, known as Cau Pagoda (Chùa Cầu), was built in the 16th century with Japanese businessmen’s assistance. The bridge has been associated with a monster’s legend called Namazu, a Japanese mythological monster whose movements cause earthquakes and floods. Its head is located in India, while its body is in Vietnam and its tail in Japan.
The bridge was built with the belief of a magical sword to pin down Namazu’s back. Therefore, the monster could not wriggle, preventing natural disasters in Vietnam, Japan, and India. Hence, the lives of people in these three countries would happen in peace and prosperity.
The Bridge has gone through seven renovations over 400 years, particularly in 1763, 1815, 1875, 1917, 1962, 1986, and 1996. Some small adjustments have been made on the roof, floor, and pillars.
(Canon PowerShot, 1/60 @ f/2.8, ISO 100, edited to taste)
Seres Mitológicos que simbolizan la dualidad y el misterio del hombre integrado a la naturaleza , que a veces es cruel y otras protectora. Seres hibridos que antiguamente se mostraban mitad cuerpo de mujer y ave , luego en la Edad Media evolucionaron hacia mujer y pez . Podian tener entre 1 y 3 colas . La Sirena de la imagen, navega sobre una tortuga marina y tiene una lira en sus manos , esto tiene relacion con sus atractivos Cantos que atraian a los incautos navegantes a su perdición. F.O.G.
Mythological beings symbolizing the duality and the mystery of man integrated with nature, which sometimes is cruel and other protective. Formerly hybrid beings half woman's body and showed bird, then in the Middle Ages and evolved into fish women. Could be between 1 and 3 tails. La Sirena image, sailing on a sea turtle and has a lyre in his hands, this relates to its attractions Cantos who lured unwary sailors to their doom. F.O.G.
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.
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
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
Object: The Andromeda Galaxy – M31 (2013)
(Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224)
A large spiral galaxy in our “local group” of galaxies named for the mythological princess Andromeda and located in the Constellation of Andromeda. The galaxy is estimated to be 2.5 million light years distant and is estimated to be 220,000 light years across with a halo weighing in at 1.23 trillion solar masses containing over a trillion suns within its boundaries.
Taken in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia.
Acquisition Date: September 6th and 7th 2013 Chester, Nova Scotia
Telescope: TAK FSQ106ED at f/5
Mount: Losmandy G11 w/ Gemini II
Camera: SBIG ST8300M (-20°C)
Filters:
Astrodon Gen II E Filters
Luminance: 22 x 300sec (110 min)
Red: 16 x 300sec (80 min)
Green: 16 x 300sec (80 min)
Blue: 16 x 300sec (80 min)
Total: 350 min ( 5.83 hours)
The tale of mythology through artistic creation as spotted in Kalimpong, Darjeeling Himalayas, India
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What's the Matter With Kids Today - Bye Bye Birdie
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Deep One Bento Head (w/ face & body texture + animation HUD): BeSpoke
Body: Reborn by eBody
Mermaid Tail: Riptide by {aii & ego}
Mermaid Tail Applier: Princess (blue & green) by ((Krature)) now @ The Enchantment - Siren's Song @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/97/79/3116
Body Scales (ice): ANTAYA
Scales Bra: ANTAYA now @ The Enchantment - Siren's Song @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/97/79/3116
Karius Fins (ears - w/ texture HUD) by Quills & Curiosities now @ The Enchantment - Siren's Song @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/97/79/3116
Manehawk Hair: Curio Obscura (now on MP)
Love Me Nails: Pure Poison
Stellaris Staff: [AERTH]
POSE: Mermaid bento pose - 03 (tweaked) by DREAMCATCHER
Watch (silver/copper): Izzie's
Stellaris Staff Hold: [AERTH]
Whacsa (funky blue fish): CLOVER
BUILD (all @ The Enchantment - Siren's Song):
- Merfolk Hut & Lantern (w/
texture HUDs) + bubbler: LORE
- Born to be a Mermaid sign, rustic tree
arch, & weedy grass: Simply Shelby
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.
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 Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the center of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by later Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences.
The Bayon's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and smiling stone faces on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak. The temple has two sets of bas-reliefs, which present a combination of mythological, historical, and mundane scenes. The main conservatory body, the Japanese Government Team for the Safeguarding of Angkor (the JSA) has described the temple as "the most striking expression of the baroque style" of Khmer architecture, as contrasted with the classical style of Angkor Wat. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayon)
I was photographing a snake when I spied this unusual plant nearby. A friend informed me that it was Allium Vineale, or Wild Garlic. Wikipedia referred to it as a "noxious weed". : ( My friend said I should call this shot "Medusa" because it reminded him of the Greek mythological monster having the face of a human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Seemed appropriate! Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Die Bridge of the Gods („Brücke der Götter“) ist eine mautpflichtige Brücke für Kraftfahrzeuge über den Columbia River. Sie verbindet hier den Staat Oregon mit dem Staat Washington.
Sie wurde mit Stahl-Kragträgern gebaut, ist etwa 566 Meter lang und hat einen maximale Höhe über dem Fluss von 41,15 Meter. 1926 wurde sie eröffnet.
Der Name der Brücke stammt von der mythologischen Vorstellung der Indianervölker der Region, wonach es eine Felsbrücke über den Columbia River gab.
The Bridge of the Gods is a toll motor vehicle bridge over the Columbia River. Here it connects the state of Oregon with the state of Washington.
It was built with steel cantilevers, is approximately 566 meters long and has a maximum height above the river of 41.15 meters. It was opened in 1926.
The bridge's name comes from the mythological belief of the region's Native American peoples that there was a rock bridge over the Columbia River.
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.