Goddessseasons 

4 creative works found

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  Horai: Autumn
  by Ivy Izzard

  The Horai (Ώραι) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. Another collaboration with Chiaki and Ona. T-shirt here / Sold 1 Medium Framed Print in January 2009 /

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  Charites: Spring
  by Ivy Izzard

  Charites (Χάριτες; Greek: “Graces”), goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea (“Beauty”), Euphrosyne (“Mirth”), and Thalia (“Good Cheer”). Photo references by Chiaki and Ona

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  Erinyes: Winter
  by Ivy Izzard

  (Ἐρινύες-the angry ones) The Furies, in Greek Erinyes, or euphemistically Eumenides, were avenging spirits of retributive justice. Their names, when in course of time their number had come to be fixed as three, were Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone. Their task was to punish crimes not within the reach of human justice. - from Bulfinch’s Mythology They are not usually associated with winter although they have been known to cause violent snow-storms. Photo reference by Iardacil-stock / and cobweb-stock.

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  Moirai: Summer
  by Ivy Izzard

  Μοῖραι – the apportioners The Moirai, or Fates were: Klotho (Κλωθώ – spinner) spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. / Lachesis (Λάχεσις – allotter) measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. / Atropos (Ἄτροπος – inexorable) was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner and timing of each person’s death. When she cut the thread with “her abhorrèd shears”, someone on Earth died. Photo reference by mare-wrath-stock / link / link / link