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  • Comments Off on Boudhanath stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Boudhanath stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal

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    Boudhanath stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal. This stupa concentrates many of the features that a huge polar […]

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present Architecture South Asia
    10 years ago
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    Astana, Kazakhstan

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    Bayterek. Astana, Kazakhstan. Photo by Michael Bleyzer. The monument is meant to embody a folktale […]

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    Categories: Architecture Central Asia Modern
    10 years ago
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    Comets 彗星 -Chinese Astronomy -中国天文学

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    Comets – 彗星 Comets (彗星 Huìxīng) have been observed and recorded in China since the […]

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    Categories: China Diagram Modern
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    Cymatics vs unicursal maze in Cornwall

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    Cymatics vs unicursal maze in Cornwall. The rock carving is from here, and the video […]

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    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE British Isles Petroglyph
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    Panel with Dragon Period: Ming dynasty

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      Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Date: 17th century Culture: China Medium: Silk, feather, and metallic ..

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    Categories: 1 CE to Present China Textile
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    “Kankali-devi” by Rajendra Shyam

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    “Kankali-devi”  by Rajendra Shyam. Acrylic on paper. She is called Kansa-kali or Kankali-devi, because ..

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    Categories: Illustration India Modern
    10 years ago
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    “The Dragon and the Woman clothed with the Sun”. Beato de Liébana.

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    The MS. 11695 kept at the British Library and so-called Silos Apocalypse belongs to one […]

    Tags: dragon manuscript medieval multiplicity mythical creatures
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Iberia Illustration Writing
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    “Man in the Maze”, Hopi Silver Dish

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    Hopi Silver Dish c.1940. Via aarinrichardtribal.com. Silver dish with “Man in the Maze” design. ..

    Tags: circle concentric maze native american spider wearable
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Jewelery Southwestern US
    10 years ago
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    Scandinavian bronze figure with horns on his head

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    Figure with horns on his head, a sword in his right hand, two crossed sticks […]

    Tags: bronze holding weapons horns norse ouroboros pointed weapons serpent
    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE 2000 - 1000 BCE Jewelery Scandinavia Sculpture
    10 years ago
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    Djed Pillar. Fragment of an Antropoid Inner Coffin

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    Djed Pillar. Fragment of an Antropoid Inner Coffin. Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM ..

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    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Egypt Illustration
    10 years ago
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    The Caduceus

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    The caduceus as a symbol represents Hermes or the Roman Mercury. It is a short […]

    Tags: blazing apex serpent swirl winged
    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE Aegean Illustration Mesopotamia Sculpture
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Chemical Purification through Sunlight and Moonlight

    Chemical Purification through Sunlight and Moonlight

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    Chemical purification through sunlight and moonlight, 1606. From Claudio de Dominico Celentano di Valle ..

    Tags: crescent multiplicity
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Historical Italia
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Art Deco door

    Art Deco door

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    Madison Belmont Building – Art Deco door by Edgar Brandt. decopix.com

    Tags: fountain stepped Tree of Life
    Categories: Architecture Modern
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Ex Libris Maria” by Albín Brunovský

    “Ex Libris Maria” by Albín Brunovský

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    “Ex Libris Maria”. etching by Albín Brunovský. 1985. galileogst.tumblr.com

    Tags: crescent holding weapons orb rays topped orb
    Categories: Germania Illustration Modern
    10 years ago
    3211 Views
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  • Comments Off on “Thor in Hymir’s boat battling the Midgard Serpent” by Johann Heinrich Füssli

    “Thor in Hymir’s boat battling the Midgard Serpent” by Johann Heinrich Füssli

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    “Thor in Hymir’s boat battling the Midgard Serpent” by Henry Fuseli. 1788. Oil on Canvas, ..

    Tags: mythical creatures norse sea creatures serpent
    Categories: Germania Modern Painting
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Prométhée” by Jean Delville

    “Prométhée” by Jean Delville

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    “Prométhée” by Jean Delville. 1907. oil on canvas, 500 × 250 cm. Brussels: Université ..

    Tags: blazing apex fire greek Jean Delville rays wrath
    Categories: Majesty at The End Modern Painting
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “The Wild Hunt” by Yoann-Lossel

    “The Wild Hunt” by Yoann-Lossel

    Written by Hermes

    “The Wild Hunt” by Yoann-Lossel. Oil and Gold leaf on canvas, 73 × 54 cm […]

    Tags: horns norse pointed weapons rays sacred mount wrath
    Categories: Majesty at The End Modern Painting
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Aphrodite” by Gustave Moreau

    “Aphrodite” by Gustave Moreau

    Written by Hermes

    “Aphrodite” by Gustave Moreau. 1871. Watercolor with white gouache, 24.4 × 14.7 cm. Fogg ..

    Tags: beauty greek hair
    Categories: Modern Painting
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “She Who Watches” (“Tsagaglalal”) Native American petroglyph near Horsethief Lake

    “She Who Watches” (“Tsagaglalal”) Native American petroglyph near Horsethief Lake

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    “She Who Watches” (“Tsagaglalal”) Native American pictograph overlooking the Columbia ..

    Tags: big eyes native american
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Pacific Northwest US Petroglyph
    10 years ago
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    Swedish kurbits folk pattern

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    Swedish kurbits folk pattern. Winter Carl Hansson’s painting from 1797 in the Zorn Museum in […]

    Tags: Tree of Life
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Illustration Scandinavia
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on “Jupiter et Sémélé” by Gustave Moreau

    “Jupiter et Sémélé” by Gustave Moreau

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    “Jupiter et Sémélé” by Gustave Moreau. 1894-95, oil on canvas, 213 cm × 118 cm. Public Domain. ..

    Tags: greek pointed weapons rays winged
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Painting
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Cylinder seal, Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian
    Cylinder seal

    Cylinder seal, Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian

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    Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian. 883–612 B.C. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The Assyrian ..

    Tags: Mesopotamian near eastern Seal Tree of Life
    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Mesopotamia
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Ninurta slays Anzu

    Ninurta slays Anzu

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    Relief of a god killing a fiery cyclops. Terracotta relief from Khafaje. Isin-Larsa period, 1800 […]

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    Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE Mesopotamia Sculpture
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  • Comments Off on Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr, 3100–2900 B.C.

    Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr, 3100–2900 B.C.

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    Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr, 3100–2900 B.C.E. Museum of Fine Arts ..

    Tags: geometric Mesopotamian near eastern Seal
    Categories: 3000 - 2000 BCE Mesopotamia Sculpture
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  • Comments Off on Coiled snake. Ange Vergèce “De animalium proprietate”
    Coiled Snake

    Coiled snake. Ange Vergèce “De animalium proprietate”

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    Coiled snake. Manuscript by Ange Vergèce (1505–1569) of De animalium proprietate by the Byzantine ..

    Tags: bestiary dragon griffin manuscript medieval mythical creatures serpent
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Gaul Illustration
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Naga Kanya, Indian goddess, half woman half serpent.

    Naga Kanya, Indian goddess, half woman half serpent.

    Written by Hermes

    Brass Sculpture 17.0″ × 12″ × 13.5″ 10 kg From its source: This brass-statue represents […]

    Tags: dragon feathers hindu India multiplicity mythology serpent
    Categories: India Modern Sculpture
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Hippocamp and other sea monsters, from a medieval Bestiary.

    Hippocamp and other sea monsters, from a medieval Bestiary.

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    Hippocamp and other sea monsters, from flickr.com

    Tags: bestiary medieval mythical creatures sea creatures
    Categories: 1 CE to Present British Isles Illustration
    10 years ago
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  • Comments Off on Python (Mercurius as three-headed dragon), from the Alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium, vol.1, ca.1760

    Python (Mercurius as three-headed dragon), from the Alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium, vol.1, ca.1760

    Written by Hermes

    Python (Mercurius as three-headed dragon), from Other images from this book: tentaclegarden.tumblr.com

    Tags: alchemy manuscript medieval mercurius python symbols
    Categories: 1 CE to Present Germania Illustration Writing
    10 years ago
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    Running Gorgon

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    Running Gorgon. Photo Credit:  Yale University Art Gallery. Public Domain. Year: ca. 540 B.C. Bronze ..

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    Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Aegean Greece Sculpture
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