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Lily legends - many stories, myths and legends have been composed about these beautiful flowers. Since ancient times, people have worshiped the lily as one of the most beautiful creatures on earth. Even the wish for well-being sounded like this: "May your path be strewn with roses and lilies." A symbol of hope in Ancient Greece, peace and purity in Rus', and in France these flowers meant mercy, compassion and justice.
The rose is rightfully called the queen of the flower world, since ancient times it has become an object of reverence and admiration.
The flower was already known in ancient Egypt. During the meeting of Cleopatra and the commander Mark Antony, the floors of the hall in her palace were covered with a layer of rose petals almost half a meter thick. In ancient Greece, this flower was considered a gift from the gods. And it was the rose petals that enveloped the beautiful Aphrodite emerging from the sea. The Olympian gods, being in admiration, sprinkled their nectar on the flower, and since then the rose has received its pleasant smell.
A recreation of a bronce column removed to Constantinople in the 4. century.
The column once featured three intertwined snakes, their jaws stretching open and supporting a golden tripod. This tripod, along with the heads and necks of all three snakes have since been lost, leaving only the column of their intertwined bodies.
So it is not only the British museum that beholds the Greece historical inheritance.
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The story of the Red Thread of Fate above.
Maybe it's not a coincidence that I chose to upload this foto today (not knowing about the story) on our wedding anniversary and title it "The Red Thread" although there is a lot more iron to see.
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(For my wonderful husband)
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"Que le meilleur gagne" est non seulement une piètre interprétation de la théorie de l'évolution, mais surtout une très mauvaise idéologie pour maintenir la cohésion d'un groupe, et a fortiori la vie sur terre.
Pourquoi vouloir écraser l'autre ? Pourquoi chercher à ce point la solitude, la division et l'aliénation ? Ce mythe ne serait-il pas en réalité un puissant instrument de domination ?
La victoire culturelle de cette idéologie ne s'est pas faite en un claquement de doigts; elle a mobilisé pendant des décennies des forces et des sommes d'argent considérables.
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Texte : Pablo Servigne & Gauthier Chapelle.
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Lieu : Leukerbad, Suisse.
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This Milky Way photo was taken close to a popular beach with hundreds of visitors and cars by day and yet having an excellent night sky after the onset of astronomical twilight. The foreground was illuminated by the rotating lighthouse beam a few hundred meters away, thus providing a means of light painting of the scene.
Some of the most beautiful stories of ancient times refer to the silvery band of the Milky Way - a celestial river comprised by the light of billions of stars, that has traveled for thousands of years to reach our eyes. This majestic arc of light is more clearly visible on summer nights, when our gaze is towards the center of the Milky Way, which lies at about 25 thousand light years away - the brightest part of the band just above the tree and to left of the “Dark Horse” silhouette.
This band is bisected by obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, thus forming the “Great Galactic Rift”. The interstellar gas and dust gave birth to everything else in the Universe, including us - we are all made of stardust after all.
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Golden Myths - Twin Souls by Daniel Arrhakis (2021)
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A creative dual toned classic/mythic composition with a vintage edition.
Stock images and images of mine. Art collage, textured layered techniques, color saturations techniques and digital painting processes.
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K-Pax | Man Of No Ego
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But we have this hostility to the external world
Because of the superstition, the myth
The absolutely unfounded theory
That you yourself exist only inside your skin
Now I wanna propose another idea
You're not something that is the result of the Big Bang
Or the end of the process
You are still the process
You are the Big Bang
The original force of the Universe
Coming on as whoever you are
See when I meet you
I see not just what you define yourself as
This is so and so and this is so and so and this is so and so
I see everyone of you as the primordial energy of the Universe
Coming on at me in this particular way
And I know I'm that too.
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They say dragons never truly die. No matter how many times you kill them.
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A Satyr, a Centaur, and a Siren.
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93 521 und 193 460 im Snowpiercer-Design rollen am 11.01.2026 mit dem 42018 von Chiasso nach Köln-Eifeltor durch den verschneiten Talkessel von Schwyz. Die normalerweise über dem Tal wachenden Mythen verstecken sich diskret hinter einem Wolkenband. Es ist mein erstes Bild mit dem Snowpiercer und es freut mich besonders, den Zug gleich passend in einer Winterlandschaft erwischt zu haben.
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193 521 and 193 460 in their "Snowpiercer" livery roll through the snow-covered Schwyz basin on January 11, 2026, hauling freight train 42018 from Chiasso to Köln-Eifeltor. The Mythen peaks, which usually watch over the valley, are discreetly hidden behind a band of clouds. This is my first shot of the Snowpiercer, and I’m particularly pleased to have caught the train in a fitting wintry landscape.
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Les locomotives 193 521 et 193 460, arborant le design « Snowpiercer », traversent la cuvette enneigée de Schwytz le 11 janvier 2026. Elles assurent la traction du train 42018 reliant Chiasso à Köln-Eifeltor. Les Mythes, qui veillent habituellement sur la vallée, se cachent discrètement derrière un bandeau de nuages. C'est ma première photo du Snowpiercer, et je suis particulièrement ravi d'avoir pu immortaliser ce train dans un décor hivernal qui lui sied parfaitement.
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Le locomotive 193 521 e 193 460 nella livrea "Snowpiercer" transitano nella conca innevata di Svitto l’11 gennaio 2026, alla testa del treno merci 42018 da Chiasso a Köln-Eifeltor. I Mythen, che solitamente sorvegliano la valle, sono discretamente nascosti dietro una coltre di nubi. È il mio primo scatto dello Snowpiercer e sono particolarmente felice di aver immortalato il treno proprio in un paesaggio invernale così appropriato.
The Nix - the story/ myth of the Nix, called Nykurin in Faroese, a sea creature that lures people close before dragging them into a lake. The Nix is a very dangerous and strange creature.
It lives in almost all lakes in the Faroe Islands, and its favourite occupation is to lure people close and then drag them with him to a watery end.
The Nix has the magical ability to transform himself into many different shapes. When he spots people, preferably children, approaching the lake, he comes out of the water and tries to attract their attention. But the moment someone touches him, they get stuck, and the Nix drags them with him into the lake. Now, if you should find yourself stuck to a Nix, there is one trick you should know: quickly shout his name out loud and the Nix will lose his power, and you will be free. Often, the Nix takes the shape of an exceptionally beautiful horse, an animal that is so handsome that most people can’t resist getting closer to and wanting to climb up on his back.
On the island of Vágar lies the biggest lake in the Faroe Islands, called Leitisvatn. This lake once was the home to a frightfully annoying Nix who was extremely eager to capture people who were passing by. One clear, sunny day, some village children went to play at the lakeside. The waters of the lake sparkled in the sunshine, and the mountains all around shone green. The children spotted a beautiful horse, peacefully drinking water by the mouth of the river that runs into the lake. The children, fascinated by the beauty of the horse, ran towards it and helped each other to climb up onto its back. The Nix was cunning, and he stood still until the children were on his back. But then he took off, running like the wind towards the deep part of the lake. Luckily, among the children that day, there were two brothers: Niclas, the eldest, was first up on the horse’s back, but his younger brother, Hanus, only two or three years old, was not as fast as the others and left behind. Watching the horse disappearing with his brother and the others on its back, in despair, Hanus called for his brother to come back for him. But being little, he could not say his older brother’s name properly: “Brother Nics!” he shouted, “Brother Nics, wait for me!”. And instantly, the Nix lost his power, and the children were free to throw themselves off his back just before he jumped far out into the lake and disappeared beneath the dark water. Well, this Nix was a nuisance to the inhabitants of Vágar and help was badly needed to get rid of the Nix so people could travel safely along the lake side.
In those days, some priests had the power to drive away ghosts and other bad spirits. One especially skilful priest, living on Vágoy, was asked to rid the village of the Nix. So, one day when the priest was walking by the lake, he saw a strange creature sitting by the path, combing its hair with a gold comb. The priest picked up a stone, threw it down towards the lake, and cast a spell on it. Miraculously, the stone started to grow until it became a large rock, and the priest uttered: “Enter the rock, beast, and be gone from this place”! And so, he sealed the Nix inside the rock and after that, it was never seen again - until now...
Tip turkey, dumpster chook, rubbish raptor – the Australian white ibis goes by many unflattering names. But it is a true urban success story, scavenging to survive in cities across Australia as wetlands have been lost.
The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill, and black legs. While it is closely related to the African sacred ibis, the Australian white ibis is a native Australian bird. Contrary to urban myth, it is not a feral species introduced to Australia by people, and it does not come from Egypt.
in Korean, It means that the tree flowers for a hundred days. These flowers are, according to legend, the incarnation of a maiden who waited in vain for a hundred days for her hero to return and then she died heart broken.
some cars are famous, some cars are legendary, and then there are those rare few that become mythical to us gear heads
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.....legend has it that this distant cousin to the koala will drop from the trees on unsuspecting tourists caught staring up at them, ready to lash out with razor sharp claws, and hoping to to devour them as a tasty snack!
Am Abend des 4. Juni 2024 ist die Re 4/4 II 11283 der SBB bei Steinen mit dem Postzug 50136 von Cadenazzo nach Härkingen unterwegs.
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Le soir du 4 juin 2024, la Re 4/4 II 11283 des CFF circulait près de Steinen avec le train postal 50136 de Cadenazzo à Härkingen.
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La sera del 4 giugno 2024, la Re 4/4 II 11283 delle FFS stava viaggiando vicino a Steinen con il treno postale 50136 da Cadenazzo a Härkingen.
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On the evening of June 4, 2024, SBB's Re 4/4 II 11283 was traveling near Steinen with postal train 50136 from Cadenazzo to Härkingen.