In #JapaneseFolklore kawaguma are hairy bear-like #yokai that live in rivers. They mostly stay deep underwater, hidden from humans. Sometimes they will hold onto the sides of boats and steal things to take to their underwater homes. They are also said to dig up riverbanks...
#LegendaryWednesday
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The Minotaur https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/the-minotaur

I recently was invited onto the Jung and the World podcast with Jon Wilson to discuss Orpheus, Orphism, & the potential resonance (Orphic pun intended!) with the work of Jung & his followers.
For more like this, find me at mysteriamundi (dot) substack (dot) com
youtu.be/ec2-sgSQ5hY?...

"I shall go into a cat, with sorrow and syt and meickle care...": Isobel Gowdie, accused Scottish witch, 1662, second confession.

'The Witch', Jean-Francois Portaels, oil on canvas, 1840-1895

#WitchSky #folkwitch #IsobelGowdie

Something lovely for the weekend!

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman emerald green glass bowl 💚

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

So proud of this hand embroidered bouquet 💐
#embroidery #artist #art

Go follow our friends at the De Morgan Foundation, who have just joined Blue Sky. They have the most amazing collection of Evelyn De Morgan art and William De Morgan ceramics.

Celebrating and commemorating craftswoman, embroiderer, designer, pioneer of artistic dress, model, wife and mother Jane Morris, who died on this day in 1914.

Three depictions of her, first by her husband, William Morris, second her friend, Evelyn De Morgan, and then her lover, Rossetti. …

Woman Leaving the Psychoanalyst https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/saljendodel-woman-psychoanalyst

The Call https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/the-call

Can you name a better duo than black cats and pumpkins? 🎃🐈‍⬛

#halloween #art #pumpkinpatch #blackcat

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