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Thanks to those that commented on the picture that was here, but has now been deleted. Something about it wasn't right, and it was bothering me, so it has been relegated. It may get promoted again if I can work out what was wrong.
Here is one I am happy with. It's not brilliant, but it is all that it is ever going to be.
As with all these neolithic folly's, function is unknown. I reckon it probably had something to do with nookie, but I am no expert. They are however right next to the A1, so they might be stone age road signs of some sort.
There are three of these that I could see, but access is difficult so you only get one.
Here is what Julian Cope has to say about them (for he knows about these things):
"Their name, as the Devil's Arrows, seems to have originated from the following story, which we had related to us by an hoary headed individual living in Boroughbridge, when soliciting information as to their history:
"There lived a very pious old man {a Druid should we imagine} who was reckoned an excellent cultivator of the soil. However, during each season at the time his crops had come to maturity they were woefully pillaged by his surrounding neighbours; so that at this, he being provokingly grieved*, the Devil appeared, telling the old man if he would only recant and throw away his holiness he should never more be disturbed in his mind, or have whatever he grew stolen or demolished.
The old man, like Eve in the garden, yielded to temptation, and at once obeyed the impulse of Satan for the benefit of worldly gain. So when the old man's crops were again being pillaged, the Devil threw from the infernal regions some ponderous arrows, which so frightened the plunderers by shaking the earth that never more was he harrassed in that way. Hence the name of the 'Devil's Arrows."
See more here: www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/339
and here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Arrows
Devil Christmas bauble.
I got it today from Mister Mushroom. I just love it!!!!
Such a jolly bauble! :-)
It's always such a damp place the Devil's Glen in Ashford, County WIcklow or maybe it only seems that way because I tend to go there when it's raining too heavily to go elsewhere in Wicklow. But its narrow valley and tree cover does help keep the heavy rain off although it can leave the air chilly. The abundance of water makes it very green and it's one of only a few deciduous woods in Wicklow - lots of hazelnuts in late summer. The path on the left brings you to an impassable waterfall, a fall of about 40ft, which is impressive to see.
Devils Tower, known to Native Americans as Bear's Lodge, stands tall above the Black Hills of eastern Wyoming and draws large crowds year round to admire the magnificent and sacred rock formation. While its origins are disputed, Devils Tower reaches 1,267 feet into the air and has stood for millions of years. In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt designated Bear Lodge as the first ever national monument in the United States.
Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia, is said to be the southern hemisphere's prime UFO landing pad!
Laid out to dry is a Christmas card headed to family this week. I've used a new border cast by Sky Shipley, and two sizes of Solemnis, the larger cast by Theo Rehak at Dale Guild. The dark green, which was lightened for the border, printed horribly on the 10 Punkt type, and had to be imprinted twice on each card in order to cover properly. Amazingly all the cards registered - I don't think that has ever happened before. The card was printed on an Adana 8" x 5" tabletop platen press.
I love winter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It means plenty of opportunity to practice my long exposure time skills. This is Devil's Creek Falls and is accessible only by a dirt road with 1000 foot drops into the American River Canyon and a 107-year old suspension bridge with a 3/100 safety rating. The things we do for photographs.
70mm
ISO100
2.0 sec
f29
No flash
Placer County, CA
Prepared controlled fire burn today at Devils Tower.
Taken with drone outside of National Monument.
Photographed 17Oct2017
The moral theology of the devil starts out with the principle: “Pleasure is sin.” The he goes on to work it the other way: “All sin is pleasure.”
After that he points out that pleasure is practically unavoidable and that we have a natural tendency to do things that please us, from which he reasons that all our natural tendencies are evil and that our nature is evil in itself. And he leads us to the conclusion that no one can possibly avoid sin, since pleasure is inescapable.
After that, to make sure that no one will try to escape or avoid sin, he adds that what is unavoidable connot be a sin. Then the whole concept of sin is thrown out the window as irrelevant, and people decide that there is nothing left except to live for pleasure, and in that way pleasures that are naturally good become evil by de-ordination and lives are thrown away in unhappiness and sin.
Thomas Merton, The Moral Theology of the Devil
From a website:
Devils Bridge
CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1515 AND 1518 in the early 16th century by a builder Dimitar from the nearby village of Nedelino, Dyavolski most, the Devil’s Bridge or also known in Turkish as “Sheytan Kyupriya”, is the most stunning of the humpbacked bridges that cross the Arda River in Bulgaria. It was built over a demolished Roman bridge and cuts from the steep slopes of the Rhodope Mountains along an ancient road linking the Aegean Sea and the Northern Thracian Valley (Gornotrakiiskata Nizina).
The bridge is located near the town of Ardino, which even has a water fountain shaped like the bridge. Its span is 185 feet long, 11.5 feet wide, and at its gravity-defying central arch stands 37.7 feet high. Interior semi-circular arches were built in to monitor the water level.
The reason some locals are hesitant to cross at night is rooted in dark lore. One story is that the head builder’s wife passed away during construction, so her shadow was encased in the structure. Another tale has it that the devil’s footprint can be found somewhere on the rocks. While this is all folkloric myth, its towering form does make for a somewhat unsettling vista in the darkness.
The name ‘Devil’s Hole’ is a dramatic one but was only invented in the 19th century.
Formerly it was called ‘Le Creux de Vis’ or Spiral Cave on the island of Jersey.
One possible derivation for its modern name is connected with the shipwreck of a French boat in 1851.
Its figurehead was thrust by the tide straight into the hole and a local sculptor transformed the torso into a wooden devil, complete with horns.
Today this devil’s metal replica stands in a pool on the way down to the crater, lending a peculiarly supernatural atmosphere to the winding path down to the Devil’s Hole itself.