Myth Collection (page 7)

Pied Piper / Greenaway / Rat
The Pied Piper leads the rats away from the town

Faust / Marguerite / Clarke
Dearest and best, with my whole heart I love thee

Romance of Arthur Ms
Page from the Romance of Roi Artus (= King Arthur)

M Orr / Aladdin Buys Lamp
New lamps for old

Icarus by Durer 1493
Icarus and Daedalus fly together. Then Icarus falls from the sky as the sun melts his wings

Icarus falls from the sky as the sun melts his wings

YOUNG GIANTESS PLAYS
Travellers in the German countryside suddenly find that they have become the playthings of a young giantess

Medusa, by Leonardo da Vinci
The chief of the Gorgons, her face is so terrible that anyone who sees it is turned to stone, : but Perseus slays her by looking in a mirror as he removes her head

Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard
A Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist

Temple of Zeus or Jupiter at Mount Olympus
Elevation and plan of the Temple of Zeus or Jupiter at Mount Olympus. Pianta ed Elevazione del Tempio di Giove Olimpico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremere de

Eponymous archons or chief magistrates of ancient Greece
Eponymous archon or chief magistrate examining a young man 1, and archon with two deputies 2. From ancient Greek vases. Arconti nelL Esercizio del loro Magistrato

Ancient Germanic gods: Irmensula, Crodo and Prono
Ancient Germanic deities: Irmensula, god of the Saxons and Westphalians depicted in medieval armour 1, Crodo or Cronus (Saturn) with spear and shield 2, and Prono or Brennus

View of the encampment of German and Roman armies
View of the battle formation, encampment and entrenchment of German and Roman armies in ancient Germany. Roman legions with eagles, cavalry and barracks

Whither away? Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, The Sea Fairies Date: c.1920

Japanese depiction of the Great Judge of Hell - Yama
The Great Judge of Hell. In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama (sometimes known as the King of Hell, King Yan or Yanluo) is a dharmapala (wrathful god)

Ulysses at Her Majestys Theatre, London - Constance Collier as Pallas Athene. The play was written by Stephen Phillips. 1902

King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes
One popular legend from the life of Alfred the Great (849-899 AD), originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how after fleeing to the Somerset Levels

Eros and Psyche
A statue showing the love between Psyche and Eros (Cupid)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere
Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere (The Temple Dancer) - An Indian Legend. Date: circa 1925

The Rainbow Twins by Florence Mary Anderson
" The Rainbow Twins by Florence Mary Anderson. " I cant fly, I gasped" from The Rainbow Twins by Florence Mary Anderson" 1919

Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving

Mexico City. Quetzalcoatl Snake
MEXICO. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Teotihuacan Hall. Quetzalcoatl Snake. Aztec art. Sculpture

God Hanuman. Hindu art

Cabinet. Antwerp (?). circa 1650. Detail. The paintings that decore the cabinet offers a Calvinist vision of concept of Love and Beauty, through a moralizing interpretation of Metamorphosis of Ovid

Kissing the RALE Blarney Stone - a window has replaced the stone....!! Date: circa 1909

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - five book covers. Building the Titanic, an illustrated history of the Olympic class ships, Titanic Calling, A Titanic Myth, and The Riddle of the Titanic

The Seven Boys of the Pleiades
A surreal artistic rendering of seven boys from a painting by Francis Floris (1519-1570), a Flemish painter and artist. The painting is an allegory (a common trait in Floris's paintings)

Antilochus takes news to Achilles - Rafael Tegeo
Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Antilochus takes to Achilles the news of the fight on the body of Patroclus. Oil on canvas, 1831. Detail. Private collection. Date: 2019

Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars by Tegeo
Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars, 1831. Museum of Fine Arts. Murcia. Murcia Region. Spain. Date: 2019

Hercules and Omphale by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Hercules and Omphale. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Italy, Pompeii. Pompeian frescoes of the Macellum
Italy, Pompeii. Pompeian frescoes which decorated the northwest wall of the Macellum (Market). 1st century AD. Forum area. Date: 2014

Fantastic Adventures - The living Dead
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1941, featuring the story The living Dead by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A tiger with pincers fights a weird looking red lion while a woman climb up a tree to

Nibelungenlied. Kriemhild requiring the proof of the coffin
Nibelungenlied. Anonymous epic poem. 13th century. Scene depicting Kriemhild requiring the proof of the coffin. Engraving by A. Closs. Germania, 1882. Colored

Defeat of Sennacherib, 1616-1618, by Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Defeat of Sennacherib, 1616-1618. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

2nd Century BC Acropolis Altar Ancient Age Antiquity
2nd, century, BC, Acropolis, altar, ancient, age, antiquity, Aphrodite, Architecture, Art, Asia, Minor, battle, Berlin, death, Detail, Dione, Eros, Eumenes, II, Soter, fate, fight, fighter, Frieze

Pergamon Altar. Telephos Frieze. Detail
Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Battle by the river Kaikos. Two Scythian warriors, sons of river-god Istros, fall in battle. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Meleager and Atalanta by Jacob Jordaens
Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Flemish baroque painter. Meleager and Atalanta. 1620-1650. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Orpheus death. Illustration from the French version of Ovid's Metamorphoses (15th-16th centuries). Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Republican war calendar (1939). SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand
View of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga, at the far northern end of the North Island, New Zealand. The lighthouse was built in 1941

The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187
Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory

THE WILD HUNT
DIE WILDE JAGD - the Wild hunt

Le Morte D'Arthur
A scene from Le Morte D'Arthur, possibly either Igraine (Arthur's mother) or Merlin's mother who both died in childbirth Date: 1498

Fable - the Young Widow
THE YOUNG WIDOW A widow who inconsolably mourns the death of her husband finds in time that she is ready to meet suitors and wed again Date: circa 1870

Daphnis - Alcimadura
DAPHNIS AND ALCIMADURA Daphnis dies of love for the beautiful but haughty Alcimadura, but she stills disdains him Date: circa 1870

Fable English Fox Myth Fables La Fontaine Circa
fable, english, fox, myth, fables, la, fontaine, circa, 1870, cunning, hunted, men, dogs, hides, dead, foxes, birds, gallows, pass, unnoticed, night, death, animals, hunting, %unrestricted, the,

THE FARMER AND HIS SONS
THE FARMER & HIS SONS A farmer on his deathbed tells his sons that a treasure lies hidden on his farm so that they will care for and dig the earth after his death Date: 1761

FABLE / COURT OF DEATH
Death, on his throne, surrounded by his pale courtiers': diseases Date: 1761

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