Folktale
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Pen, markers, Photoshop. / This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License
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Acrylic On Canvas What if you woke up one day and to your amazement found a tree with all your favourite things growing on your head? It did happen to one girl whose name was Christabel…some said she became a tree eventually….and if you ever see a tree growing with teacups and music notes, that’s her :D / / I have also uploaded another image of this
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The Goddess of the wind is a flighty thing at the best of times.
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Kaguyahime (known as “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter” in english) is a 10th / Century Japanese Folktale about a mysterious girl, Kaguyahime (Princess / Kaguya). Discovered inside a bamboo stalk as a tiny baby she grows up to / become a young women of exceptional beauty. However, the princess is at / times overcome with an unexplained sadness and it soon becomes clear that / she is hiding a secret. “Kaguyahime” is considered to be the oldest known Japanese narrative. The complete synopsis of the story is available on request and can also be / found online at : www.otoshimono.org
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This was a cover I made for the traditional Japanese Folk Tale “The Grateful Statues.”
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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 Taken at Royal National Park just south of Sydney. Collaboration with Sonia and Rose: Model: Sonia / Art direction: Rose / Photography: Geoff / Post-processing: Geoff
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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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Boy with a magic lamp / Photomanipulation
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Photo taken in the summer of 2007 in France in the region of Burgundy where there is a Buddhist temple: Temple des 1000 Bouddhas. Just after this shot was a big big thunderstorm broke loose… wonderful.
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the fourth watercolor painting in the crane wife series
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This image came into my head whilst i was drawing the young redwitch image that is also among these images. And in many ways it has links with many of the celtic myths and tales that i have produced images of. The bangshee is one of the many fairys or fay of celtic legend. It is the spirit of inpending doom or death, its crys a lement for the sole about to depart this world. The bangshee is also linked to many of the historic mounds that are scattered across eire, and those of you with a keen eye and celtic roots may spot the holy sight of newgrange in the background of this image
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This image is one of a number of mermaid images, but i wanted the shirans to besom what darker. / Eluring but at the same time hiding a deep dark secret, hence the clawed and webbed hands that each of these maidens of the sea. / Like many of the images i have produced this started with the central idea, based loosely on the work of Chris Achilleos, But and then developed in its own way, until the colour was added then i wanted the central figure to be the focus for the eye, As if you are being drawn to her gaze, this i achived by useing brighter colours, whilst muted colours where used on her sisters making there pressence secondery, like wolves i wanted it not to be the one your draw to that is the danger, but the one who goes unseen.
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the third watercolor painting in the series.
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A bit of success. Needed that! Wishes and magic fishes.
by OzcloggieTransitions – listed! Good one! !http://members.op…
Transitions – listed! Good one! Added some of my own rhyme to the page of the book which I brought with me, from Gouda, the Netherlands, in April/May, 1956. The book was sold by the van Nelle coffee people. The pictures, to paste in, came with the coffee. All you had to do was buy that. Piggelmee was based on the Russian folktale about the woman who was too greedy and kept wishing for more, until she wanted to be God and took it too far. Piggelmee’s wife had the same problem but when it all fell apart, was content to drink the van Nelle coffee.
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Neil Armstrong was not the first.
by OzcloggieNeil was not the first to take that giant leap. Once in a blue moon others had arrived. Like this couple!! / !http://img124.imageshack.u…
Neil was not the first to take that giant leap. Once in a blue moon others had arrived. Like this couple!! / / They found it very cold there. They longed for their cup of (van Nelle) coffee! It was always winter, on the moon. / / But even they were not the first! They turned a corner and there they met up with The Man in the Moon! / / He was not very content. He’d been minding the place for a hundred years and, he too, was so longing for that cup of coffee! / / This book, (a little worse for wear) about the magic sea shell, found, on the beach, that took them to the moon, was one of four well-loved books that migrated with me, to Australia, from the Netherlands, in 1956. / It was the second in a series, put out by a coffee producing company. You bought the book, without the pictures. As your parents bought the coffee, they received the pictures, for pasting in. / Recently, two Dutch, regular visitors were here, in Sydney. As we walked back to our cars, from the beach, we broke into the first few verses from the first edition. (In het land der blonde duinen en niet heel ver van de zee.....) / I guarantee that very many dutch people, my age will be able to recite that – from memory! / (Based on a Russian folktale about a greedy wife, who wanted more and more – eventually, to be God.)
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the second watercolor painting in the crane wife series. (three decemberist songs / a chinese folk tale)
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Numen Pumila Et Nymphae Sunt Non Mortui
by AbidaThe fruitless trees bear the names / Of the ones who’ve long since passed / The battle lost / And I, reduced to a fable / Soon to be lost…
As mythical beings lose their place in our minds and hearts, so do the indigenous ones whose livelihoods have been claimed by what we call society.
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