Myths and Legends
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A vertical panorama of 7 ladscape shots covering a view of about 90 degrees from straight ahead looking at the famous rock where the myths say that the Goddess Aphrodite rose from the waves to directly overhead.
El teatro Thang Long Water ofrece uno de los espectáculos más distintivos de la cultura vietnamita: el teatro con marionetas acuáticas. Se trata de un arte milenario que se practicaba en el delta del río Rojo hace más de mil años y que ha perdurado hasta la actualidad. El origen de este teatro se remonta a siglos atrás (s. XI) donde empezaron a ser muy comunes por todo el país con compañías de teatro que viajaban recorriendo los pueblos y las ciudades. Desde la antigüedad, la temática de estas representacio siempre ha sido la misma, contar las escenas del dia a dia de la gente local y servir para transmitir de manera oral la historia del país, con sus leyendas y mitos.
The Thang Long Water Theater offers one of the most distinctive performances of Vietnamese culture: the theater with water puppets. It is an ancient art that was practiced in the Red River delta more than a thousand years ago and has lasted until today. The origin of this theater dates back centuries (11th century) where they began to be very common throughout the country with theater companies that traveled to towns and cities. Since ancient times, the theme of these representations has always been the same, telling the scenes of the daily life of the local people and serving to orally transmit the history of the country, with its legends and myths.
El teatre Thang Long Water ofereix un dels espectacles més distintius de la cultura vietnamita: el teatre amb marionetes aquàtiques. Es tracta d'un art mil·lenari que es practicava al delta del riu Roig fa més de mil anys i que ha perdurat fins a l'actualitat. L'origen d'aquest teatre es remunta a segles enrere (s. XI), on van començar a ser molt comuns per tot el país amb companyies de teatre que viatjaven recorrent els pobles i les ciutats. Des de l'antiguitat, la temàtica d'aquestes representacions sempre ha estat la mateixa, explicar les escenes del dia a dia de la gent local i servir per transmetre de manera oral la història del país, amb les llegendes i els mites.
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View of the mansion at Nymans Gardens, West Sussex. You will have noticed that the frontal part of the building has been preserved as a ruin and that only one of the side wings is still occupied. This is a result of a fire in 1947, a calamity the owners, the Messel family, never really recovered from. In the early 1950s, the whole estate was acquired by the National Trust. The point of the estate had always been to create an alternative world of beauty - far away from noisy cities and dirty industries. The building may look medieval, but it was built in the first half of the 19th century. When the Messels (stock brokers from Germany who had made their fortune in Britain and, later, liaised with nobility) purchased the place in the 1890s, they followed this trajectory and turned the gardens into a horticultural paradise. Consequently, when the National Trust preserves the estate, it also preserves a dream.
There is a myth in second life that there are women who know what to wear as soon as they open their inventory...♥
The Mute swan actually gets its name from the fact that its is less vocal than other swan species and is one of the heaviest flying birds. A male swan is known as a Cob while the female is known as a Pen and has a lifespan of around 12 years in the wild and can reach 30 years if in an protected environment. One of three species of wild swans to be found in the UK and is the national bird of Denmark. The Mute Swan is unique in making a vibrant throbbing sound with the wings when in flight. A large group of swans can be called, school, ballet and regatta. No swan has ever broken anyone's arm, this is a actually a complete myth. Have a great Christmas everyone !!!!
井の頭線渋谷駅は盛りだくさんです。スクランブル交差点を見ることもできれば岡本太郎の傑作を見ることもできます。
Shibuya Station on the Inokashira Line has many viewpoints. You can see the Shibuya Scramble Crossing or see Taro Okamoto's masterpiece.
"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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Shot at the HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
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According to the ancient Greek myth, Apollo mocked Eros, who decided to take some revenge on the God of music, poetry and the arts, so he shot him with the golden arrow of passionate love, while he shot the nymph Daphne with the arrow of hate.
Apollo pursued Daphne who ran away from him. When he finally reached her, she begged her father Peneus to have the Earth take her in so as to escape the embrace of the passionate God. She was so turned to a gorgeous plant, taking root in the ground, the plant Laurel. Apollo was heartbroken but swore to hold her forever, wear her on his head, hence the poets and artists were crowned with laurel leaves, φύλλα Δάφνης.
Apollo rendered her evergreen, her leaves never decaying.
This is a copy of the famous sculpture by the Italian sculptor Bernini. Daphne is turning into the laurel tree, as Apollo is touching her.
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It is also one of the statues decorating the gorgeous HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON palace on sl.
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Au pays Toraja on n’enterre pas ses morts. On creuse généralement un vaste orifice dans une falaise ou dans un bloc rocheux afin d’y disposer le cercueil. Si le défunt est de sang noble, une figurine en bois à son effigie dénommée Tau Tau sera disposée sur la falaise.
Ces rites s’expliquent par la religion traditionnelle des Torajas, appelée Aluk To Dolo, dont sont issues leurs croyances animistes ancestrales. To Dolo signifie « les gens qui sont partis ». Cette religion consiste donc en une croyance aux ancêtres, en un mélange complexe de cultes, de mythes et de rituels ancestraux.
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In Toraja country, people do not bury their dead. A large hole is usually dug in a cliff or boulder to place the coffin. If the deceased is of noble blood, a wooden figure of him or her, called Tau Tau, is placed on the cliff.
These rites are explained by the traditional religion of the Torajas, called Aluk To Dolo, from which their ancestral animistic beliefs originate. To Dolo means "people who have gone away". This religion consists of a belief in ancestors, a complex mixture of cults, myths and ancestral rituals.
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En el país de los Toraja, la gente no entierra a sus muertos. Se suele cavar un gran agujero en un acantilado o una roca para colocar el ataúd. Si el fallecido es de sangre noble, se coloca en el acantilado una figura de madera de él o ella, llamada Tau Tau.
Estos ritos se explican por la religión tradicional de los torajas, llamada Aluk To Dolo, de la que proceden sus creencias animistas ancestrales. To Dolo significa "gente que se ha ido". Esta religión consiste en la creencia en los ancestros, una compleja mezcla de cultos, mitos y rituales ancestrales.
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My great-grandfather in my maternal side had two-colored eyes. It was very rare that he had one bright ocean blue and the other a medium light gray one. He was of Spanish descent. Family stories were told to us grandchildren that he had a third-eye and can see things ordinary normal folks cannot see. Superstitions I supposed...
"... Superstitions regarding eye colour are related to heterochromia, a rare condition that causes eyes to be different colours.
Some Native American cultures believe that people or animals (especially dogs) with different coloured eyes have the ability to see heaven and earth at the same time. This sounds like a blessing, but in the pagan traditions of Europe, having different coloured eyes was associated with witchcraft."
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the curious attractiveness of others :-)
Oscar Wilde
HBW! Season's Greetings! Best wishes to you and yours!!
hydrangea, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
......It’s said that at the end of the rainbow, a leprechaun mines his gold from veins that pulse with a light no sun ever made. The treasure he extracts lies scattered carelessly across the blasted terrain—twisted stacks, half-melted coins, and small hills of raw gold pushed toward his ruined castle like offerings. The rutted, hidden track that leads to his crumbling keep winds through these mounds, half-swallowed by the shifting earth. He lives alone in the shadows, guarding his hoard with traps, whispers, and old, crawling curses. They say those who reach the rainbow’s end never leave whole—if they leave at all.
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.
My deepest thanks and warmest wishes to everyone for 2025 - stay healthy and keep looking up!
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"There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing"
-Traditional Saying
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After a long break, Kagami is back and eagerly awaited by those who have taken part in the previous events. The event is an immersive tale which you follow for clues via descriptive story telling that leads you on a trail to find pieces of the story. When finished, you can wander the paths by the creator booths nearby who have once again presented us with some high quality cool items. I've wanted to create Raijin for a while now so LANEVO's awesome drums gave me a good reason to go and finally do it. I added Lilithe' Nerthus tattoos to give a bit of interest to my chest and as always she includes a large range of different shades so you can mix and match to your tastes.
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Sponsored by:
[LANEVO] - SHINYAKURAIKO DRUM
At the Kagami event till March 2021
More detail here on Lantern's Flickr
BOILDEGG - Katsugi Black 5 (I'm using just the sticks)
At the Kagami event till March 2021
Lilithe' - // Nerthus Tattoos - Vanyr [CHEST] [9]
At the Hentai Fair till March 7th 2021
More detail here on Lilithe's Flickr
Lilithe' - // Nerthus Tattoos - Vanyr [STERNUM] [UNCOMMON] [6]
At the Hentai Fair till March 7th 2021
More detail here on Lilithe's Flickr
Lilithe' - // Nerthus Tattoos - Njordr [NIPPLES] [RARE] [2]
At the Hentai Fair till March 7th 2021
More detail here on Lilithe's Flickr
Also featuring:
Exile:: - // Thinking About You
+ {aii} - // + Ibaraki Horns (oni)
+ {aii} -+ Light Dragon Shawl + {aii}
L'Emporio::*Damned Claws & Rings*::
[Gild] - tama_necklace
toksik - - Isolate Pants (Black)
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Shape my own
Pose my own
Skin is a special creation.
Sachiko Tokifuji (Tengu)
Taken at Sunny's studio. (pose: Spider.)
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Tengu (Japanese: 天狗, lit. "Heavenly Dog" or "Heavenly Sentinel") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion. They are considered a type of yōkai (supernatural beings) or Shinto kami (gods). The tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey and monkey deity, they are traditionally depicted with human, monkey and avian characteristics. Sarutahiko Ōkami is considered to be the original model of Konoha-Tengu (a long-nosed supernatural creature with red face), which today is widely considered the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination. He is the Shinto monkey deity who sheds light on heaven and earth, some experts theorize that Sarutahiko was a sun god worshiped in Ise region prior to the popularization of Amaterasu.
Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective and even manifestations of buddhist deities, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice of Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the yamabushi.
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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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.
Under the Sea...Featuring Swank with Avada, Letituier, irrISIStible
Blog:
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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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The rose, always a symbol of love and beauty, is anchored in numerous myths and legends ranging from its divine origins to its association with passion and death.
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Die Rose, seit jeher ein Symbol der Liebe und Schönheit, ist in zahlreichen Mythen und Legenden verankert, die von ihrer göttlichen Herkunft bis hin zu ihrer Verbindung mit Leidenschaft und Tod reichen.
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MYTHS IN EVERYDAY LIFE is the topic for October 19th – 25th 2024, Group Our Daily Challenge
Funerary figures are often surrounded by myths that say they accompany and protect the souls of the deceased in the afterlife. These figures symbolize the belief in life after death and the idea that they help the dead survive in the other world and fulfill their tasks.
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Grabfiguren sind oft von Mythen umgeben, die besagen, dass sie die Seelen der Verstorbenen im Jenseits begleiten und beschützen. Diese Figuren symbolisieren den Glauben an
ein Leben nach dem Tod und die
Vorstellung, dass sie den Toten helfen, in der anderen Welt zu bestehen und ihre Aufgaben zu erfüllen.
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MYTHS IN EVERYDAY LIFE is the topic for October 19th – 25th 2024, Group Our Daily Challenge
Hasta siempre!
by Buena vista social club
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Enjoy your evening
Following a question from Lynne Berry (Photographic Queen of Steetley Pier fame) regarding the location of an opening scene from a recent TV series, it prompted Horace and I to take a look at said location in Mid Cornwall.
Whilst I bagged a couple of shots of this outcrop, Horace wondered off into the village of Roche armed with his notebook, (he is very good at short trotter) where he would keep his snout to the ground and leave no rasher unturned.
Totally out of character Horace walked into the Pub in Roche with his little notebook to source local knowledge regarding this ruined 15th century hermitage and the myth and mystery that surrounds it.
Horace gleamed that the ruined chapel on top of this outcrop was built around 1409 and dedicated to St Michael.
According to local folklore, a hermit and his daughter lived within the rocky structure, another story suggests the hermitage was occupied by some people who contracted leprosy and stayed here to avoid infecting others in the village.
Horace kept probing with his own journalistic style (mines a pint mate) to discover other tales, one being that Jan Tregeagle (Cornwall’s own Faust) a tortured sinner made a pact with the devil then tried to find refuge in the chapel when being chased by demons. (And people think I make things up).
It’s also said that doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde, from a medieval legend, hid here when their love had been discovered by Isolde’s husband, King Mark. It was at this point Horace looked at his empty glass and thought it is time to quit while he was able.
Once again I was very fortunate that whilst preparing to take this shot it poured down with rain, however as it started to clear this sky appeared and the rest is history.
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