Myth Collection (page 8)

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
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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

THE TOMB OF PHAETON
After his fatal drive, Phaeton's tomb is flanked by his sisters, changed into poplars, while his friend Cygnus, bitterly mourning his death, becomes a swan. Date:

STORY OF THE FISHERMAN
I am only going to grant you one favour, and that is to choose the manner of your death ! - the fisherman is alarmed by the djinn he has released from the jar

NACHIKETAS & YAMA
Nachiketas goes to Yama (death) & is granted three boons. He aquires wisdom & is free from death

Departure Siddhartha Myth India Buddha Leaves
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P'AN KUAN, the guardian of the living & the dead in the otherworld

The legend of Edward the Confessor's ring, the stone of which is in the state crown

DEAD FIANCE DANCES
The spirit of an engaged girl who died before marriage dances at night until her fiance dies

RED RIDER AT BRAMHALL
On a stormy knight a sinister Red Rider appears at Bramhall Hall, Cheshire & is made welcome. In the morning he has disappeared & the Knight of Bramhall Hall is found dead

The people of Coed-y-Moch, Wales, found the wyvern a terrible nuisance, eating their flocks and so on : but the valiant youth Meredydd beheaded it with one stroke

Bowman Findhaven Myth Scotland Enraged Losing
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ART & DELVCAEM
The mother of Delvcaem will die when her daughter weds & so she keeps Delvcaem imprisoned & slays her suitors. Here she sends poisonous toads to hinder Art

Guinevere Dead
Sir Lancelot with Guinevere's body at Almesbury

Sir Lamorack is Slain
Sir Lamorak de Galis is attacked by Sir Gawaine & his kin Sir Agravaine, Sir Gaheris & Sir Mordred. Lamorak, being a mighty knight, fights for 3 hours before he is slain

Lancelot and Tarquin
Sir Lancelot challenges Sir Tarquin (Tarquine) who has imprisoned 64 of King Arthur's knights. Sir Tarquin is slain

Lancelot Driven Mad
Lancelot is driven mad by Guinevere's anger (the result of an enchantment to make her believe that he was a traitor) & lives in a wild wood surviving on fruit

Lady Lyonesse and Dwarf
The Lady Lyonesse questions Sir Beaumains's dwarf & finds out that the knight is the son of a king & that his true identity is Sir Gareth of Orkney

BERTHOLD
Berthold, Graf von Rhein, narrowly avoids death from the Demon of Blasphemy by uttering a timely prayer

A ride in the magic Sleigh. Date: 1879

Per Gynt. Date: 1879

EGERIA MOURNS
Egeria, wife of Numa, second king of Rome, is so sad when he dies that she turns into a fountain, the Egerian Spring

RESTORED BY AESCULAPIUS
Poseidon's sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death ; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life

POLYXENA SACRIFICED
Priam's daughter was loved by Achilles, though an enemy : after his death, Troy fallen, his ghost demands that she be sacrificed so that he may have her in death if not in life

ARMOUR OF ACHILLES
After the death of Achilles, Odysseus & Ajax argue over who should have his armour: finally it is decided that Odysseus should have it

ORPHEUS AND BACCHANTES
After the death of Eurydice, he goes off women, and they off him : when he meets a group of Maenads celebrating Dionysos, they tear him to pieces like wild animals

HYACINTH FATAL ACCIDENT
Hyacinth is playing a game with his lover Apollo, when Zephyr, jealous, directs Apollo's arrow at him : he dies, and from his blood springs a hyacinth flower

THE SIRENS
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

NARCISSUS INTO FLOWER
Enchanted by his own reflection, he dies of love for himself, and is changed into a flower

THE FIREFLY GHOST
The spirit of Jimpachi avenges his wrongful death by manifesting as a swarm of fireflies who settle on the evil-doer and gradually smother him to death

HAUNTED TEMPLE
Jogen approaches the haunted temple in Inaba province, where no one can pass a night. He survives the night but is found paralysed, and dies of shock from seeing the ghosts Date: 1908

DEATH OF HERAKLES
Herakles dies in agony, poisoned by the shirt of Nessus which he has ill- advisedly put on

Elaine Dies Love Myth England Arthurian Legend
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DANAE (VAN DYCK)
Warned that his daughter's son would be the death of him, Acrisius king of Argos locks her in a tower : but Zeus, disguised as a shower of gold, fathers Perseus on her

ARISTAEUS & EURYDICE
Aristaeus takes a fancy to Eurydice : fleeing his unwelcome attentions, she treads on a snake which bites her fatally : she dies, and Aristaeus is punished Date:

ORPHEUS POSTCARD 2 OF 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 2 - she dies : he is sad Date: 1914

RHADAMANTHYS
The son of Europa and Zeus, after his death he and his brothers found posthumous employment as JUDGES OF THE UNDERWORLD : they are shown Date:

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