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Showing posts with label turtle mythology. Show all posts
Saturday, 21 January 2023

Resurrection of the Maize god

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Codex-style plate depicting the rebirth of the Maize god. Maya, Late Classic Period. 680–740AD...Currently kept in the Museum of Fine Arts B...

Turtles all the way

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In Hindu mythology, the earth is supported by four elephants standing on the back of a turtle.  It's Diskworld by Terry Pratchett. He st...
Friday, 14 October 2022

Lyre of Apollo

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Seated Apollo with laurel wreath, holding a lyre and pouring a libation. Attic white-ground kylix. Found in Delphi and dated c. 460BC. Archa...
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Thursday, 3 June 2021

Enki's little boat

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The boat journey of the god Enki (cylinder seal impression, ca. 2300–2150 BCE). Source: W. H. Ward, The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia... Th...
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