Month: December 2014

fat-walda:

MYTHOLOGY MEME: [1/9] greek gods/goddesses

THANATOS – In greek anmythology, Thanatos (Θανατος) was the god and personification of death. His touch was gentle, likened to that of his twin brother Hypnos (the god of sleep). Violent death was the domain of Thanatos’ blood-craving sisters, the Keres, spirits of slaughter and disease. He has been portrayed as a youth carrying a butterfly (symbolising the soul of the dead) or a wreath of poppies (associated to him because of the risk of death by overexposure to them). He is often shown carrying an inverted torch (holding it upside down in his hands), representing a life extinguished. He is usually described as winged and with a sword sheathed at his belt. 

firaja:

creatures of Thedas, part 2

Ave Babalon

strictlygenteel:

 François Boucq

GPOY

fuckyeahmythologicalbeasts:

African Spirits I & II, by Ricardo Chávez-Méndez 

lordfranzia:

lordfranzia:

“In Nomine Saturnus, In Nomine Sol Invictus. Benedictions of Winter and the Tides of Misrule.”

From Three Hands Press

lamus-dworski:

Some of the 2014 artworks by Tomasz Alen Kopera.

antonio-m:

Flying Mercury,
Giovanni da Bologna, 1580
Musée du Louvre, Paris