'The Golden Apple of Discord' by Jacob Jordaens, c.1635
'The Golden Apple of Discord' by Jacob Jordaens, c.1635
statue of Thetis with a triton, Roman copy from a Greek original, 2nd century BC
art from 'Wagner's Ring' by Arthur Rackham (1911)
The #myth of #Venus / #Aphrodite says she was born from sea foam & Uranus' genitals. The myth says is that she emerged from the sea fully-grown (that's so you don't ask questions like, how?!)
One of the most famous depictions of Venus's birth has her standing on a giant #scallop #shell. The shell is not really germane to the #myth -- but maybe it still counts for #MythologyMonday?
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus
#GreekMythology #mythology #Myths #GrecoRomanMythology @mythology #Art #MastoArt
RIP, Conference Curator! The fantasy of the conference curator is dead. Instead, let conference attendees choose conference content.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/11/rip-conference-curator
#Mantis was very central to the #cosmology of the Southern San /Xam people, a form of #trickster and guardian of the game /Kaggen. Recently some new rock art from /Xam country is believed to show the Mantis and his friends.
A big grey variety of mantis also figures in #Hadza story...
Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1977, Tim Severin landed on Peckford Island, Newfoundland. Severin had set sail from Ireland on May 17th with a five-man crew in a boat built using only techniques and materials available in sixth-century Ireland. The arduous 7,300km journey was meant to prove that St. Brendon had discovered North America almost 1,000 years before Columbus. I'm sure we were polite and didn't smirk when we welcomed him to Canada.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Myth
https://lookingnorth.blog/2020/07/the-brendan-voyage/
https://youtube.com/shorts/hMsLHEI7_Vw?si=u5qLps6BeD51eOTo
Myth’s Perfect xQc Impression at the Drive-Thru
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Linktr.ee/562AlexD
Anyone who wants to know about the #archaeology and #anthropology of how we became human, follow my colleague @ochrewatts
He's a world expert on our earliest #symbolic record in the #African #MiddleStoneAge -- specifically the red #ochre pigment record -- and has encyclopedic knowledge of #huntergatherer #myth and #ritual practice with pigments
Here are a few of his key contributions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416524000588
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
"All our times have come
Here, but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain"
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
"She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless"
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band ft. Tom Morello - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Now Tom said
"Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or decent job, or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes, momm you'll see me"
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
The Highwaymen -Riders in the Sky
"Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny, and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders coming hard, and he heard their mournful cry"
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Donovan - Atlantis
"Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships
To all corners of the Earth
On board were the twelve
The Poet, the Physician, the Farmer
The Scientist, the Magician
And the other so-called Gods of our legends
Though Gods they were
Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be"
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
"You hear him howling around your kitchen door
You better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again"
Join us for the #Mastodon #Friday #Music #Event:
**Alternate Friday Music!!**
The word is #Myth.
Use the hashtag: #AlternateFridayMusic
Follow the hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
My submission: Icarus
By: #Dgar
Song Link: https://ffm.to/dgaricarus
Context: https://mindly.social/@bborn/114712657048500067
For #Myth themed #AlternateFridayMusic
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
"You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger
I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
Turn into a shining band of gold
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I'll be wrapped around your finger