Latest posts tagged with #TempleThursday on Bluesky
The daily hashtags that get used across the social media platforms are #MythologyMonday #FairytaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #TempleThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday at least that I use. There are others, too, but I'm less regular on them or don't do them.
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..his thundering voice, that voice which was heard so seldom, and which he never heard at all, thrice repeated with frantic vehemence, even in the very clouds, "Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!"
Victor Hugo - Notre Dame de Paris
The cover of the Red Palace by June Hur, showing a young Korean woman in a surreal blood red palace inside of a puddle of blood; the text above reads "To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood."
Superstition, omens, and the spirits of the dead stain The Red Palace by June Hur, a stand-alone historical mystery novel set in 1758 Korea, where a palace nurse becomes intwined with not just court intrigue but with a brutal mass murder which may claim her life. #TempleThursday
Derek Jacobi, who played Brother Cadfael in the BBC adaptation; I've started reading the series and he does not fit my reckoning of Cadfael at all, but the series still rocks
Having spent the first four decades of his life in the world as a Crusader and warrior, Brother Cadfael became a monk at Shrewsberry Abbey as its herbalist; his unique background make him ideal to solve obscure and obscene crimes at the height of England's Anarchy #TempleThursday
The cover of the first Sister Fidelma mystery, Absolution by Murder, by Peter Tremayne, showing a young red-headed religious woman holding a candle in what is a Celtic-style window.
The year is 664 and the religious of Britain and Ireland gather in Whitby to determine whether the rule of Rome or Columba will reign: and it is here Irish Sister Fidelma finds she must put her skills as an Irish dalaigh (law advocate) to solve her mentor's murder #TempleThursday
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Mayan & Aztec Priests wore headdresses made from beautiful, rare feathers of birds such as Quetzal, Cotinga & Kingfisher of the Central American rainforests as the birds were believed to be able to soar up towards the gods ...
📷St Louis Art Museum & WeltMuseum Vienna
The "Qilin" as recorded by Ming artist Shen Du, a very well made portrait showing that this is clearly a giraffe. As my 15th century Chinese is not good, I cannot translate the text.
In 1419 a Ming treasure voyage returned to China with a qilin (or Kirin), a symbol of prosperity and Heaven's blessings. The Yongle Emperor downplayed this for two reasons: he did not want an excess of gifts, and because he likely knew it was a giraffe. #TempleThursday
🖼️ S. Du
Nat Turner's Rebellion, by Bernarda Bryson Shahn, showing a barefoot Nat Turner in lithotype pointing to a partial solar eclipse.
A solar eclipse on February 12, 1831 turned into a vision for Nat Turner, who saw it as a black man's hand overtaking the sun, reaching for freedom. Inspired by this holy vision, on August 21 of that year he launched a spiritually-inspired rebellion. #TempleThursday
🖼️ BB Shahn
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Religious works by Marc Chagall - The Crucifixion - Abraham and the Three Angels - Dream of Jacob ...
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Maybe not Religious, but definitely Spiritual - and a piece of art that I personally love and find incredibly beautiful - Antony Gormley's Angel of the North ♥️
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Originally something enjoyed only by the wealthy, the festival of Hanami ["Flower Viewing"] is now widespread in Japan when the spring blossom appears, especially cherry blossom [Sakura].
🎨Utagawa Hiroshige - Goten-Yama Hanami [1] Asukayama Hanami [2]
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Amongst the overgrown gardens of Fureai Sekibutsu no Sato in Japan lurk over 800 statues of human figures - a mixture of Buddhist deities & friends of entrepreneur Mutsuo Furukawa who commissioned them ...
📷Ken Ohki
Statue of a fox holding a scroll outside Fushimi Inari-taisha, a Shinto shrine in the Japanese city of Kyoto
Revered by both the Shinto and Buddhist religions, Inari is the Japanese goddess of agriculture and fertility. According to myth, she first arrived in Japan riding on the back of a white fox, and benevolent foxes known as zenko continue to be her messengers. #TempleThursday
📷: Levi Meir Clancy
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The Roman Empire appeared to be fairly tolerant of "Pagan" religions, and simply absorbed them into their own - several places in Britain show evidence of gods in groups of 3 [reflecting Celtic beliefs].
Genii Cucullati - Housesteads Roman Fort
The Matres - Cirencester
Statue of Mars from Rome's Forum of Nerva
Though the Romans equated their war god Mars with the Greek god Ares, they portrayed him as very different. Mars was also a god of agriculture and a father to the Romans, who used war to create lasting peace, while Ares was only interested in slaughter and chaos.
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According to the Red Book of Hergest, while engaged on a quest Arthurian knights Cai & Bedwyr consult various animal "Ancients of the World" before being assisted by the oldest and wisest of them all - the one-eyed Salmon of Knowledge of Llyn Llyw ...
🎨Margaret Jones & Judith Shaw
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Living on a remote island of darkness, the Graeae sisters were guardians of their sisters the Gorgons. The Graeae shared between them just one tooth and one eye - which gave them preternatural knowledge ...
🎨Christian Schwager & Ki-Sta [www.DeviantArt.com]
A statue of St. Carannog in Llangrannog, Wales
In one Welsh legend, King Arthur discovered an altar floating in the ocean, and unsuccessfully tried to use it as a table. When Arthur realized the altar belonged to St. Carannog, he returned it in exchange for the saint ridding the land of a troublesome dragon.
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Image of a comet streaking across the sky
In British legend, when Merlin saw a comet that resembled a dragon in the sky, he knew it meant his king, Ambrosius, had died, and Ambrosius' brother Uther was now king. In honor of this comet, Merlin dubbed the new king Uther Pendragon (Uther "Dragon's Head").
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"Should twenty thousand dragons rise,
I'd fight them all before your eyes!
And now I'll slay the Dragon,
My wonders to begin,
A fell and fiery Dragon he, But I will clip his wing."
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📷Plaque found in the grounds of @NorwichCastle
Photo of a white marble statue of St. Theodore holding a spear and standing on the body of a dragon as seen from behind. Th statue is a recreation of a one in Venice's Piazzetta San Marco and is part of the Italy Pavilion at Walt Disney World's EPCOT.
According to legend, St. Theodore was said to have slayed a dragon that was terrorizing Amasea. A statue depicting this tale can be seen on top of one of the pillar in Venice's Piazzetta San Marco (although this photo is one I took of a replica at EPCOT's Italy Pavilion). #TempleThursday
A painting by Roger Garland of white hounds from the Welsh Otherworld attacking a stag.
White (and, to a lesser extent, gold) is the colour of the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Thus, Welsh fairies are generally pale and wear white clothes inlaid with gold, while various fairy animals (especially hounds and stags) and magical items are white.
🎨 Roger Garland
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Gustave Dore's depiction of Dante and St. Bernard staring at Heaven's White Rose, from Dore's illustrations of Dante's "Divine Comedy: Paradiso"
In the "Divine Comedy: Paradiso," Dante sees the blessed souls in Heaven arranged in the shape of an immense white rose that shines with God's light. The queen of the rose is the Virgin Mary, who in Catholic symbolism is often represented by a rose herself.
🎨 Gustave Dore
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An illustration of Sir Percival on his horse, by Newell Convers Wyeth
In the Welsh Arthurian legend of Peredur (Sir Percival), he falls in love with Angharad Golden-Hand, and swears he will never speak to another Christian until he has proven his love. Ironically, Peredur is the most devotedly Christian of all King Arthur's Welsh knights.
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Statue of St. Cadog as represented at Belz in Brittany
The 6th-century British saint Cadog supposedly performed a miracle on the collar bone of the dead Pictish king Caw to bring him back to life. Caw claimed to have been suffering the fires of Hell, and so converted to Christianity. He later fathered St. Gildas.
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A painting by El Greco of the three Wise Men adoring the Baby Jesus
The Three Wise Men who appear to Jesus are often named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. Their ages are sometimes retrospectively 60, 40, and 20 (to represent the Three Ages of Man) and their places of origin respectively Asia, Europe, and Africa (to represent the known continents).
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A photo of Glastonbury Tor
The ruins of various buildings from many time periods have been found on Glastonbury Tor, England. Famously, two coffins were allegedly uncovered in the 12th-century that claimed to be those of King Arthur and Guinevere. Some people claim that the Tor inspired legends of Avalon.
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Statue of Saint Carannog in Llangrannog, Wales
In one Welsh legend, King Arthur discovered an altar floating in the ocean, and unsuccessfully tried to use it as a table. When Arthur realized the altar belonged to St. Carannog, he returned it in exchange for the saint ridding the land of a troublesome dragon.
#TempleThursday #FolkloreThursday
Image of Lamashtu on an ancient Mesopotamian amulet
In Mesopotamian myths, Lamashtu was a demonic daughter of the sky god Anu. She menaced women during childbirth, and kidnapped their children to gnaw their bones and drink their blood. Lamashtu had a lioness' head with donkey teeth and ears, and the feet of a bird.
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