Legend Collection (page 7)

Tahiti scene by Leon Carre
Illustration by Leon Carre to accompany a story in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1930 entitled, Tahiti Tihare - a Polynesian Legend

Big Foot Footprint
Cast of Big Foot footprint 17 x 7 1/2. Found by Jerry Crew on 3 October 1958 in Watchpet Yurok Territory of California Maongo Indian Territory. Malti Museum, California Date: 1958

St. George and the Dragon by Briton Riviere
St. George lying prone and perhaps thanking some higher deity for helping him slay the dragon, the remains of which are coiled beside him. Date: 1914

Lazaretto Point, on the Holy Loch, near Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland. Legend has it that ships from the East would land lepers here for special treatment. Date: 1950s

Jamestown, Virginia, USA - Pocahontas and John Smith
Jamestown, Virginia, USA - Pocahontas (1595-1617) and Captain John Smith (1580-1631), the Old Fort and the ruins of the Old Church. Postcard produced for the Jmestown Exposition of 1907 Date: 1907

Big Stone - Cloughmore, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
The Big Stone - Cloughmore, Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. This 30-ton granite boulder perches on the slopes of Slieve Meen, 1000 ft above the village of Rostrevor

Chimera
An illustration of a mythical creature, part mammal, part reptile, the Chimera. On display for the Myth and Monsters Exhbition which ran from April to September, 1998 at the Natural History Museum

Auto-da-fe of the Spanish Inquisition. Engraving by Vergeil (19th c.). Engraving

The Legend of the Royal Axe
The body of Hiram was buried under the alter of the Temple and Solomon, abandonning the cult of Adonis, sacrificed to Moloch, the god Tyrian. 1890s

Kim Il Sung statue in Pyongyang, North Korea
A giant statue of Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), communist leader of North Korea. The statue is the focal point of the Mansudae Grand Monument, and is located at Mansu Hill, Pyongyang

Kunigunde Legend at Chojnik Castle (Kynast)
A hold-to-light card - showing an artists impression of Kynast Castle (Chojnik), a castle located above the village of Sobieszow, today part of Jelenia Gora in southwestern Poland

Church and mountains, Heiligenblut, Austria
View of St Vinzenz Church and the Grossglockner Mountain in Heiligenblut, Austria. The church was built in the 15th century

Trees in Superstition and Legend by Pauline Baynes
Illustration by Pauline Baynes depicting the various trees of legends and superstition

Circe and Swine
Circe the sorceress turns Odysseus men into swine

Achilles & Hector
Apollo intervenes between Hector and Achilles and warns Hector that Achilles might slay him. (Which eventually happens)

Numa Pompilius
NUMA POMPILIUS the second king of Rome, according to legend

Exorcism in Russia
A Cossack chief threatens the Devil with a holy icon - doubtless this relates some popular legend

Edric & St Peter
LEGEND OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY Edric, a fisherman, has a vision of the abbey being consecrated by Saint Peter, with the help of a lot of angels

Sun Hou Tzu
The mischievous monkey fairy/ god, Sun Hou-Tzu, is born from a rock. The legend of the Journey to the West (Hsi Yu Chi) tells of his part in a quest for a Buddhist text

Lancelot & Hellawes
Sir Lancelot and the witch Hellawes

GUINEVERE
She walks through the meadows

Kissing the Blarney Stone, Ireland
Kissing the Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland. Date: late 19th century

Replicas of the Koh-I-Noor diamond
Replicas of the Kor-i-noor diamond created from cubic zirconia by John Nels Hatleberg

German Theatre Costume - Tannhauser als Saenger und als Pilger (Tannhauser as Singer and as Pilgrim). He was a German Minnesinger and poet, dating back to the 13th century

An Italian Fairy Tale - Deodato the Florentine & Enchanter
The magician claims the beautiful young girl for himself, leaving Deodato alone. Date: 1929

A Legendary SpanishTale - Virgin leads Spain to victory
The Blessed Virgin leads Queen Isabellas army to the fortress to defeat the Moorish king who plunges into the abyss in fright. Date: 1929

William Tells Memorial, Altdorf, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
William Tells Memorial built by Richard Kissling (unveiled in 1895) at Altdorf, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: circa 1905

Chromolithograph Devotional Card - Joan of Arc
Chromolithograph Devotional Card depicting Joan of Arc entering Orleans on April 29th 1429. 1429

Altar frontal by Antonio Sadurni. 1450. Legend of St. George with princess and dragon. Chapel of St. George. Palace of the Generalitat. Barcelona. Spain

Home of William Tell in Burglen, Switzerland
Engraving depicting the home of William Tell, folk hero of Switzerland in the 14th century, in Burglen

Satyr head
Greek mythology. Satyr head. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Legend and craft of Saint George. Represented as medieval copyist. 14th century. Vatican Apostolic Library

Wedding Lohgengrin and Elsa, daughter of the Duke of Brabant
Lohengrin. Character in German Arthurian literature. Wedding Lohgengrin and Elsa, daughter of the Duke of Brabant. Engraving by A. Closs. Germania, 1882. Colored

Tristan and Iseult. Princess Iseult. Engraving. Color, 1882
Tristan and Iseult. French medieval poetry, inspired by Celtic legent. Princess Iseult. Engraving. Colored. Germania, 1882

Iseult of Ireland. Engraving. Colored
Iseult of Ireland. Irish princess. Engraving after a painting of Teodoro Biris by A. Schurufter. The Illustration, 1884. Colored

Warsaw Mermaid, 1855, by Konstanty Hegel (1799-1876). Poland
Poland. Warsaw. Market Square. Warsaw Mermaid, 1855, by Konstanty Hegel (1799-1876)

Czech Republic. Prague. Saint George. Statue. Facade

The Mole. Skin. Leon Cathedral. Spain
The Mole. Skin of a mole who, according to legend, destroyed the foundations of the cathedral during construction. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain

Turkey. Archaeological site of Troy. Stratum I. 3000-2600 B.C. Metal Age. Ruins

Coronation of Garci Ximenez (724 �758?)
Coronation of Garci Ximenez (724 � 758?). Considered, according to legend, the first king of Sobrarbe in the current Huesca, Aragon (Spain). Colored engraving

Greek Art. Archaic Age. Bronze griffin. Second half of the 7th century, early 6th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Aeneid. Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC-19 AC). Latin poet. Aeneid. Engraving. 1729

Shield tile. Castro Verde. Portugal
Shield tile depicting the vision of Afonso Henriques (1110-1185) in which Jesus assured him victory in the Battle of Ourique (July 25, 1139)

The Mouth of Truth. Rome. Italy
The Mouth of Trurh. Marble. 1st century A.D. Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin. Rome. Italy

Statue of Kusunoki Masashige outside Tokyos Imperial Palace
Statue of Kusunoki Masashige (a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo) outside Tokyos Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

St Susanna / Epinal Print
SAINT SUSANNA Roman martyr about whom an extensive but largely fictitious legend was composed Date: 3rd century

Lancelot Storytelling
Lancelot relates his adventures

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