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Jupiter and Antiope
Come with a romp with Neptune! He is king of the sea, where the lobster and crabs, the sole and the dabs, dance in the waves with glee
Arthurian / GuinevereGuinevere rides a-Maying in the woods
Fragment from the NibelungenhandschriftA fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift, describing the betrayal by Sigfrid (Siegfried) of his love. Date: 14th century
Concepts / SangraelThe Grail is kept in the Palace of Adventurous, part of the Castle of Carbonek; a maiden bears it in to show it to Sir Bors, one of the few knights to actually see it
Arthur Uses ExcaliburHe draws the magic sword Excalibur under battle conditions for the first time, fighting King Lot
Pomona (Rackham)She is the Roman goddess of fruit-trees and fruit
Poster advertising motor coach tours in Greece, arranged by the National Tourist Organization in cooperation with the travel agencies in Greece
Benzole Company National Agency round signA circular tin/alloy sign advertising National Agency - Benzole Company Ltd. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Restored by AesculapiusPoseidons sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life
Romulus Becomes a GodRomulus joins the immortals
Hecuba and PolydoreShe sees the corpse of her youngest son, Polydore, whom she had sent away supposedly to safety; coming on top of so many calamities, the sight sends her mad
Fable / Fox & GrapesTHE FOX AND THE GRAPES The fox spies juicy ripe grapes and tries to reach them but in vain; eventually he gives up, proclaiming the grapes to be probably sour
Conall of VictoriesConall of the Victories is greeted by the Ulsterman
Myth / Japan / Ghost StoryA Japanese ghost story : The ghost of Yoichi appears to his friend Ichibei and asks for revenge on his misbehaving wife and her new husband
Perceval & OwenYoung Perceval questions Sir Owen about chivalry
Celebrating BacchusCountry folk celebrate a festival in honour of the God of wine: Bacchus. (Greek: Dionysus)
Robin & the SheriffThe Sheriff of Nottingham orders his men to seize Robin Hood, but Robin is prepared to defend his liberty
Aesop / Juno and PeacockOf Juno the goddess and of the Peacock and the Nightingale - illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Aesops Fables
Herakles and the AmazonsThe ninth labour : In order to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, he must first vanquish the Amazons themselves
Robin Hood & BishopTo escape from the bishop and his men, Robin changes clothes with an old woman : later he deprives the bishop of his gold and makes him sing Mass
Iphigenia Not SacrificedAgamemnon is about to sacrifice his daughter so the Greek fleet can get under way to Troy, but Diana substitutes a deer at the last minute, and spirits her off to Tauris
Robin Hood & Merry MenRobin & his Merry Men hunting in Sherwood forest
Bodhidattvas TusksThe Bodhisattvas tusks. The Buddha in a previous life as the son of the Elephant chief
Hanuman and RamaRama put his trust in the ape Hanuman (son of the wind god) to find his abducted wife Sita. He gives Hanuman his signet ring to give to Sita for a sign
Dragon GodsDragon gods
White Dove, OxenhamAt Oxenham house, Devon, a white dove was seen as an omen of woe relating to the head of the house who was away adventuring with Drake
Cau d Lad of HyltonA goblin (the Cau d Lad of Hylton, Co. Durham) plagues a house until they give him warm clothes. When they do he dances for delight & troubles them no more
Legend of Donagh AdeeSt Brandon grants Donagh Adee 2 wishes. Donagh Adee inadvertantly wishes that his firewood would carry him home & that all Ireland would be between him & his wife
Faust Sees MargueriteMephistopheles presents Faust with a vision of Marguerite
Eros and FriendshipEros, the God of Love, makes friends with Friendship
Penelope Embroideringat work on her embroidery, which she will unstitch at night to avoid remarriage; Odysseus faithful dog Argus, at her side, awaits, as she does, his masters return
Hippolyta / AmazonHippolyta, the Amazon Queen, in fighting mode
Myth / Tibet / Country / MiceTHE COUNTRY OF THE MICE The mice cross the river on cakes of dried yaks dung
Aladdin and his LampAladdin holds the lamp
Muses - TerpsichoreTerpsichore muse of dance
Eros & Psyche - 2Psyche on the rock
Faust at his StudiesFaust at his studies muses on the power of magic
Mummies DicingThe legend of prince Setna : the mummies of Setna, son of Ramses II, and Ptahneferka, son of Mernebptah, rise from their sarcophagi and dice for the magic book of Thoth
Hsi Wang Mu / Yin / WernerHSI WANG MU The female (yin) principle of the Western Air
Europa (Claude)Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon
Apollo (Tooke)The bow testifies to his status as god of archery, the lyre to his patronage of the arts : his halo identifies him as the Roman equivalent of the Greek Sun-god HELIOS
Romulus & Remus LeftThey are left by a river bank to die
Town & Country MouseLE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS (the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse) - The country mouse alarmed by the sounds of the town house
Loki Chez AegirLoki, the trickster, at the feast of Aegir the sea-god
Mentor & King IdomeneusMentor and King Idomeneus
Pan / Engraving by MellanPan, the Greek god of the pastures
Pied Piper / Greenaway / RatThe Pied Piper leads the rats away from the town