Folklore
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A haunting landscape scene, depicting the old ruins of St. Hilda’s Abbey at Whitby, North Yorkshire, on England’s east coast. Lore has it that this was the final resting place of Dracula, until the cliffs eroded, carrying his coffin off in to the sea below. Imagine you are stood there, actually viewing the Abbey as it is in the painting. The cliffs are literally a few feet behind you! Quite a scary place (esp. at night) for that reason alone! If you ever get a chance to visit this amazing place, I highly recommend it! Walk the 199 steep steps up the hill, to where the Ruins of this once beautiful Abbey resides. Canvas size 76×51x3.8cm (30×20x1.5”), on chunky boxed frame, staple free sides and fully painted edges, make this piece ready to hang. SOLD – However if you like this piece and would like something similar, please contact me at www.mason-contemporary-arts.co.uk with your requirements.
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The second in this series….. A haunting landscape scene, depicting the old ruins of St. Hilda’s Abbey at Whitby, North Yorkshire, on England’s east coast. Lore has it that the graveyard here was the final resting place of Dracula, until the cliffs eroded, carrying his coffin off in to the sea below. If you ever get a chance to visit this amazing place, I highly recommend it! Walk the 199 steep steps up the hill, to where the Ruins of this once beautiful Abbey resides. Canvas Size – 20×16x1.5” on Exhibition Canvas, with two coats of matt varnish to enhance and protect. Original Painting is for sale. Please visit www.mason-contemporary-arts.co.uk. Comes to you complete with a signed CoA, care sheets, and an aftersales service which is second to none.
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Just in time for the transition from summer to autumn, a piece featuring a bountiful harvest and a proud Sunekosuri-sort of fellow taking a rest after a long day reaping the rewards of the year’s earlier work in his fields.
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Acrylic on canvas / I am slowly learning the tarot. / This is my own interpretation on one of the cards from the pack ‘The Star’. / Stars have long been seen as symbols of hope, regeneration, vision and new life. When this card appears, you know somehow that life is just about to become easier and brighter. A positive future is ahead. / A beautiful naked woman pours out water… her emotional release she will be free to turn and see the new wonders that life now offers.
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A Magical Phoenix, from mythology and fantasy. Also known as a Firebird. A symbol of rebirth and new beginings. ... This version looks best on light and white apparel.
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There are few simple natural objects that have such a self – explanatory yet profound meaning..... For Deb & Family A section of the painting produced using enamels, inks and pigment / (A section of the painting which has been enhanced digitally to bring out the colours)
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A Kapre is a spirit or entity that dwells in forests. They love to sit in trees and smoke their own rolled cigars. I bet they do pot as well.
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We took this beautiful vintage dragon black & white print & added color for a bold statement! The dragon is a symbol of auspicious power & magical abilities in Chinese Folklore.
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A powerful image of Merlin in a cosmic landscape.. / I live very close to the mythological birth place of Merlin (Carmarthen), and the whole area is steeped in stories and authurian legend.. I am very inspired and taken with Merlin and the energy he brings into ones life….
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The Rowan tree ( also called the Mountain Ash) is laden with berries at this time of year. Folk lore tells us that if the trees are heavily laden we will have a bad winter – - heavy snow etc – Also if you have a Rowan tree in the garden you should also have a silver birch – keeps the bad spirits away – Believe it or not and I didn’t plant them but I have both trees in my garden!! The black birds love the berries.
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A vejigante is clown-like character in Puerto Rican festival celebrations. Traditional colors of the Vejigantes were black, red, white, and yellow. Today, vejigantes wear brightly colored, ornate masks of all colors and a costume with bat-like wings. The term vejigante derives from the word vejiga (bladder) and gigante (giant), due to custom of blowing up and painting cow bladders. Bystanders are often tapped with the bladders during the processional. The masks are often linked to many festivals that continue today, especially in Loíza and Ponce this mask was at exhibit in the gallery of The Tourism Headquarters of Puerto Rico .
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Not all swans may be what they first seem – some may shed their feathery coats at night and reveal themselves to be beautiful female Fays. If these coats are stolen, then the maidens will become trapped in humanoid form. If the thief is a human male, he may then take the maiden as a (possibly unwilling) bride. Should this occur, it raises the possibility that when the man least expects it a whole flight of swans will come to liberate their sister and her swanskin. Despite their usual serene demeanour, swans should not be underestimated, for should they become displeased they can prove themselves to be considerably powerful and aggressive creatures. Therefore any brigand and boor meddling in the life of a Swan Maiden could very likely come to sorely regret his actions. Other Swan Maidens though may be trapped in avian form as a result of a curse bestowed upon them. In Celtic myth it was customary for someone to embark upon and complete a series of heroic tasks on behalf of the Swan Maidens (and occasionally Swan Men), in order that their human form may again be resumed. The Celtic Goddess / Saint Bridget was also worshipped in some localities as being a Swan-Goddess. – quoted from here Collaboration with Sonia and Rose: Model: Sonia / Art direction: Rose / Photography: Geoff / Post-processing: Geoff
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there is this bridge in aurora, co that people often go to because it’s allegedly haunted. the 3rd bridge. high school students died there and it is also rumored to be the sight of a native-american massacre. anyhow, thought it’d be fun to design a shirt off of it because it’s legendary in a-town… ha. ... =)
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Wall art here /
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Jazz in Swedish folklore tradition here
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“He ( James Dean ) is not our hero because he was perfect”, Warhol said, “but because he perfectly represented the damaged and beautiful soul of our time!” In Ink/Marker 240×310 209 views as of the 16/12/2009
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” Happiness is a warm gun! ”- John Lennon ( 1967 )
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“The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone’s concern and like vampires they suck our life’s blood.” – Bette Davis 1950 In Watercolour/Ink/Pencil
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“All that we see or seem.. Is a dream within a dream. ” -Edgar Allan Poe
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One of my earlier, monochromatic pieces depicting my take on the Native American myth of the thunderbird. In indigenous folklore, the thunderbird was a sacred/supernatural and gigantic eagle, and the beating of its wings caused thunder and wind storms. Original artwork is 19×25” and was created with art pens and paint pens on gray watercolor paper.
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Information courtesy Wikipedia here A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Even though dragonflies possess 6 legs like any other insect, they are not capable of walking. Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as “nymphs”, are aquatic. Nymphs can deliver a painful bite when threatened. 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Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Dragonflies in culture In Europe, dragonflies have often been seen as sinister. Some English vernacular names, such as “devil’s darning needle” and “ear cutter”, link them with evil or injury. / -A Romanian folk tale says that the dragonfly was once a horse possessed by the devil. / -This is also seen in the Maltese culture as the word for dragonfly which is “Debba ta’ l-infern” literally means Hell’s mare. / -Swedish folklore holds that the devil uses dragonflies to weigh people’s souls. Another Swedish legend holds that trolls use the dragonflies as spindles when weaving their clothes (hence the Swedish word for dragonfly trollslända, lit. “troll’s spindle”) as well as sending them to poke out the eyes of their enemies. / -The Norwegian name for dragonflies is “Øyenstikker”, which literally means Eye Poker. / -Portugal they are sometimes called “Tira-olhos” (Eye snatcher). / -They are often associated with snakes, as in the Welsh name gwas-y-neidr, “adder’s servant”. / -The Southern United States term “snake doctor” refers to a folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured. / -The Lithuanian word “Laum žirgis” is a composite word meaning “the Lauma’s horse”. / -In Dutch, Aeshna mixta is called “Paardenbijter” or “horse biter”. / -In some South American countries, dragonflies are also called matacaballo (horse killer), or caballito del diablo (devil’s little horse), since they were perceived as harmful, some species being quite large for an insect. / -In East Asia and among Native Americans, dragonflies have a far better reputation, one that can also be said to have positively influenced modern day views about dragonflies in most countries, in the same vein as the insect’s namesake, the dragon, which has a positive image in the east, but initially had an association with evil in the west. / -For some Native American tribes they represent swiftness and activity, and for the Navajo they symbolize pure water. Dragonflies are a common motif in Zuni pottery; stylized as a double-barred cross, they appear in Hopi rock art and on Pueblo necklaces. It is said in some Native American beliefs that dragonflies are a symbol of renewal after a time of great hardship. / -They also have traditional uses as medicine in Japan and China. In some parts of the world they are a food source, eaten either as adults or larvae. / In Indonesia, for example, they are caught on poles made sticky with birdlime, then fried in oil as a delicacy. / -Vietnamese people have a traditional way to forecast rain by seeing dragonflies: “Chuồn chuồn bay thấp thì mưa, bay cao thì nắng, bay vừa thì râm” (Dragonflies fly at low level, it is rainy; dragonflies fly at high level, it is sunny; dragonflies fly at medium level, it is shadowy). / -In some parts of the world it is considered lucky to have a dragonfly land on you, even to the point of yielding seven years of good luck. / -In the United States dragonflies and damselflies are sought out as a hobby similar to birding and butterflying, known as oding, from the dragonfly’s Latin species name, odonata. Oding is especially popular in Texas, where 225 out of a total of 457 known species of odonates in the world have been observed. With care, dragonflies can be handled and released by Oders, unlike butterflies. The band, Coheed & Cambria, uses a dragonfly as one of their symbols. Images of dragonflies were common in Art Nouveau, especially in jewelry designs.They have also been used as a decorative motif on fabrics and home furnishings. See more of taiche at ZAZZLE / Baby Custom T-Shirts :dress that baby up with a special design on a custom t-shirt, long sleeve or onesize / Kids Custom T-Shirts .from organic t-shirts to long sleeve shirts, boys, girls, and toddlers can fill their fashion needs with a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirts for kids. Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties
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Show off your inner Phoenix with this tee! View original artwork here
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These attractive young people are part of the Lourdes Catholic School’s Folklorico Dancers from Nogales, Arizona. They performed at the 39th annual La Fiesta de Tumacacori at the Tumacacori Mission. Photographed with a Panasonic DMC-FZ28. / “Folklorico Dancers” has been featured in: / LIVE, LOVE, DREAM/December, 2009 / AROUND THE WORLD/December, 2009 / /
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