LoreCat(alog)
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A myth geek/living cat(alog) of all manner of lore, from religion and legends to esoteric and occult topics. Also have a blog! https://lore-cat.com
#folkyfriday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Not everyone sews seed. For example, Cadmus sewed a dragon's teeth and got a set of warriors that he used to found Thebes.
Art: Peter Paul Rubens
Not everyone sews seed. For example, Cadmus sewed a dragon's teeth and got a set of warriors that he used to found Thebes.
Art: Peter Paul Rubens
March 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#folkyfriday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Not everyone sews seed. For example, Cadmus sewed a dragon's teeth and got a set of warriors that he used to found Thebes.
Art: Peter Paul Rubens
Not everyone sews seed. For example, Cadmus sewed a dragon's teeth and got a set of warriors that he used to found Thebes.
Art: Peter Paul Rubens
March 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
March 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
March 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
In a rather literal version of a comeback, Sisyphus tricked Persephone in letting him return to the world of the living to punish his wife for neglecting his burial, a *grave* offense... Didn't last. Hermes dragged him back to the underworld.
art: Titian
In a rather literal version of a comeback, Sisyphus tricked Persephone in letting him return to the world of the living to punish his wife for neglecting his burial, a *grave* offense... Didn't last. Hermes dragged him back to the underworld.
art: Titian
March 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
In a rather literal version of a comeback, Sisyphus tricked Persephone in letting him return to the world of the living to punish his wife for neglecting his burial, a *grave* offense... Didn't last. Hermes dragged him back to the underworld.
art: Titian
In a rather literal version of a comeback, Sisyphus tricked Persephone in letting him return to the world of the living to punish his wife for neglecting his burial, a *grave* offense... Didn't last. Hermes dragged him back to the underworld.
art: Titian
#Mythology #Classics #GreekMythology #LegendaryWednesday
Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Abandoned as a baby, unaware of his origins, he later killed the king and married his widow. You can guess the identities of those involved...
art: Gustave Moreau
Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Abandoned as a baby, unaware of his origins, he later killed the king and married his widow. You can guess the identities of those involved...
art: Gustave Moreau
March 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Mythology #Classics #GreekMythology #LegendaryWednesday
Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Abandoned as a baby, unaware of his origins, he later killed the king and married his widow. You can guess the identities of those involved...
art: Gustave Moreau
Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Abandoned as a baby, unaware of his origins, he later killed the king and married his widow. You can guess the identities of those involved...
art: Gustave Moreau
#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Everything about the hydra was dangerous, including it's blood. After killing it, Heracles soaked his arrows in the blood and gained a very potent new weapon.
art: Gustave Moreau
Everything about the hydra was dangerous, including it's blood. After killing it, Heracles soaked his arrows in the blood and gained a very potent new weapon.
art: Gustave Moreau
February 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Everything about the hydra was dangerous, including it's blood. After killing it, Heracles soaked his arrows in the blood and gained a very potent new weapon.
art: Gustave Moreau
Everything about the hydra was dangerous, including it's blood. After killing it, Heracles soaked his arrows in the blood and gained a very potent new weapon.
art: Gustave Moreau
#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
The final challenge before Zeus truly became the cosmic king was against Typhon. In some versions of the myth, he was imprisoned beneath Mount Etna in Sicily, which explains the volcanic activity. In others he was imprisoned in Tartarus.
The final challenge before Zeus truly became the cosmic king was against Typhon. In some versions of the myth, he was imprisoned beneath Mount Etna in Sicily, which explains the volcanic activity. In others he was imprisoned in Tartarus.
February 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
The final challenge before Zeus truly became the cosmic king was against Typhon. In some versions of the myth, he was imprisoned beneath Mount Etna in Sicily, which explains the volcanic activity. In others he was imprisoned in Tartarus.
The final challenge before Zeus truly became the cosmic king was against Typhon. In some versions of the myth, he was imprisoned beneath Mount Etna in Sicily, which explains the volcanic activity. In others he was imprisoned in Tartarus.
#WyrdWednesday
in #folklore and #mythology, blood turning into a flower is almost a trope. In #GreekMythology, we see this with Adonis, the mortal lover of Aphrodite. He was gored to death by a boar and his blood mixed with her tears and turned into the anemone.
in #folklore and #mythology, blood turning into a flower is almost a trope. In #GreekMythology, we see this with Adonis, the mortal lover of Aphrodite. He was gored to death by a boar and his blood mixed with her tears and turned into the anemone.
February 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#WyrdWednesday
in #folklore and #mythology, blood turning into a flower is almost a trope. In #GreekMythology, we see this with Adonis, the mortal lover of Aphrodite. He was gored to death by a boar and his blood mixed with her tears and turned into the anemone.
in #folklore and #mythology, blood turning into a flower is almost a trope. In #GreekMythology, we see this with Adonis, the mortal lover of Aphrodite. He was gored to death by a boar and his blood mixed with her tears and turned into the anemone.
#mythology #GreekMythology #classics #infographic
We like to try and box the deities in to simple categories and classifications. That doesn't always work. Aphrodite is a great example. She was the goddess of love, yes, but she had other aspects, many of them related to war.
We like to try and box the deities in to simple categories and classifications. That doesn't always work. Aphrodite is a great example. She was the goddess of love, yes, but she had other aspects, many of them related to war.
February 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#mythology #GreekMythology #classics #infographic
We like to try and box the deities in to simple categories and classifications. That doesn't always work. Aphrodite is a great example. She was the goddess of love, yes, but she had other aspects, many of them related to war.
We like to try and box the deities in to simple categories and classifications. That doesn't always work. Aphrodite is a great example. She was the goddess of love, yes, but she had other aspects, many of them related to war.
#procreate #animation #art
Am I an animator? No.
But do I understand the basics? Also no.
BUT there was an attempt!
Am I an animator? No.
But do I understand the basics? Also no.
BUT there was an attempt!
February 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
#procreate #animation #art
Am I an animator? No.
But do I understand the basics? Also no.
BUT there was an attempt!
Am I an animator? No.
But do I understand the basics? Also no.
BUT there was an attempt!
#folklore #art #digitalart #procreate
During the Middle Ages sapphires were believed to be preferred by necromancers because they aided in controlling spirits
Art: me!
During the Middle Ages sapphires were believed to be preferred by necromancers because they aided in controlling spirits
Art: me!
February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#folklore #art #digitalart #procreate
During the Middle Ages sapphires were believed to be preferred by necromancers because they aided in controlling spirits
Art: me!
During the Middle Ages sapphires were believed to be preferred by necromancers because they aided in controlling spirits
Art: me!
#Mythology #GreekMythology #Classics
Aphrodite was the goddess of love, we all know that, but she had a LOT of other titles, descriptors and epithets. I am certain I missed some.
Aphrodite was the goddess of love, we all know that, but she had a LOT of other titles, descriptors and epithets. I am certain I missed some.
February 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#Mythology #GreekMythology #Classics
Aphrodite was the goddess of love, we all know that, but she had a LOT of other titles, descriptors and epithets. I am certain I missed some.
Aphrodite was the goddess of love, we all know that, but she had a LOT of other titles, descriptors and epithets. I am certain I missed some.
#Mythology #GreekMythology #LegendaryWednesday
It wasn't his theft of fire that got Prometheus chained to a rock, but it might be his most famous act. A second-generation titan, Prometheus was the one who sculpted humans and then stole fire from Olympus to give to humanity.
art: Peter Paul Ruebens
It wasn't his theft of fire that got Prometheus chained to a rock, but it might be his most famous act. A second-generation titan, Prometheus was the one who sculpted humans and then stole fire from Olympus to give to humanity.
art: Peter Paul Ruebens
February 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#Mythology #GreekMythology #LegendaryWednesday
It wasn't his theft of fire that got Prometheus chained to a rock, but it might be his most famous act. A second-generation titan, Prometheus was the one who sculpted humans and then stole fire from Olympus to give to humanity.
art: Peter Paul Ruebens
It wasn't his theft of fire that got Prometheus chained to a rock, but it might be his most famous act. A second-generation titan, Prometheus was the one who sculpted humans and then stole fire from Olympus to give to humanity.
art: Peter Paul Ruebens
#WyrdWednesday #art #DigitalArt #Folklore
'water horse' is basically a category of creature in various folklores. Often malevolent and...horse-shaped (though they sometimes shapeshift in different stories), it tries to drown people. A kelpie is a good example.
art: me!
'water horse' is basically a category of creature in various folklores. Often malevolent and...horse-shaped (though they sometimes shapeshift in different stories), it tries to drown people. A kelpie is a good example.
art: me!
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#WyrdWednesday #art #DigitalArt #Folklore
'water horse' is basically a category of creature in various folklores. Often malevolent and...horse-shaped (though they sometimes shapeshift in different stories), it tries to drown people. A kelpie is a good example.
art: me!
'water horse' is basically a category of creature in various folklores. Often malevolent and...horse-shaped (though they sometimes shapeshift in different stories), it tries to drown people. A kelpie is a good example.
art: me!
#Mythology #GreekMythology #Infographic #Classics Aphrodite and Eros are the main love deities, but Greek gods could get very specific, so there was an entourage of sorts known as the Erotes who personified different aspects, like Hedylogos for sweet words or Anteros for requited love.
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#Mythology #GreekMythology #Infographic #Classics Aphrodite and Eros are the main love deities, but Greek gods could get very specific, so there was an entourage of sorts known as the Erotes who personified different aspects, like Hedylogos for sweet words or Anteros for requited love.
#MythologyMonday #GreekMythology
Orpheus loved his wife Eurydice deeply, to the point where he went to the underworld to get her back. He was allowed to take her out on the condition that he not look back until they were out. He looked too soon and she vanished forever.
🎨: Riamondi, Francia
Orpheus loved his wife Eurydice deeply, to the point where he went to the underworld to get her back. He was allowed to take her out on the condition that he not look back until they were out. He looked too soon and she vanished forever.
🎨: Riamondi, Francia
February 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#MythologyMonday #GreekMythology
Orpheus loved his wife Eurydice deeply, to the point where he went to the underworld to get her back. He was allowed to take her out on the condition that he not look back until they were out. He looked too soon and she vanished forever.
🎨: Riamondi, Francia
Orpheus loved his wife Eurydice deeply, to the point where he went to the underworld to get her back. He was allowed to take her out on the condition that he not look back until they were out. He looked too soon and she vanished forever.
🎨: Riamondi, Francia
#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Boreas, god of the the north wind, is the most fearsome wind god, bring snow and storms.
🎨:Stuart James & Revett Nicholas
Boreas, god of the the north wind, is the most fearsome wind god, bring snow and storms.
🎨:Stuart James & Revett Nicholas
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Boreas, god of the the north wind, is the most fearsome wind god, bring snow and storms.
🎨:Stuart James & Revett Nicholas
Boreas, god of the the north wind, is the most fearsome wind god, bring snow and storms.
🎨:Stuart James & Revett Nicholas
#LegendaryWednesday #mythology #GreekMythology
One of the original titans, Mnemosyne was worshipped as the goddess of memory and played a role in some healing rituals.
🎨: wood engraving from 'Der Olymp oder die Mythologie der Griechen und Römer' by August Heinrich Petiscus
One of the original titans, Mnemosyne was worshipped as the goddess of memory and played a role in some healing rituals.
🎨: wood engraving from 'Der Olymp oder die Mythologie der Griechen und Römer' by August Heinrich Petiscus
February 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#LegendaryWednesday #mythology #GreekMythology
One of the original titans, Mnemosyne was worshipped as the goddess of memory and played a role in some healing rituals.
🎨: wood engraving from 'Der Olymp oder die Mythologie der Griechen und Römer' by August Heinrich Petiscus
One of the original titans, Mnemosyne was worshipped as the goddess of memory and played a role in some healing rituals.
🎨: wood engraving from 'Der Olymp oder die Mythologie der Griechen und Römer' by August Heinrich Petiscus
#mythology #GreekMythology
This is one of my favorite paintings. There's something about the blues that just really stand out to me.
Adolf Hirémy Hirschl-Die Seelen am Acheron -1898
This is one of my favorite paintings. There's something about the blues that just really stand out to me.
Adolf Hirémy Hirschl-Die Seelen am Acheron -1898
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#mythology #GreekMythology
This is one of my favorite paintings. There's something about the blues that just really stand out to me.
Adolf Hirémy Hirschl-Die Seelen am Acheron -1898
This is one of my favorite paintings. There's something about the blues that just really stand out to me.
Adolf Hirémy Hirschl-Die Seelen am Acheron -1898
#MythologyMonday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Asclepius, son of Apollo, was very good at healing. SO good, in fact, that he could resurrect the dead. In some myths he was taught by snakes, who licked his ears clean (this is almost a recurring element).
Asclepius, son of Apollo, was very good at healing. SO good, in fact, that he could resurrect the dead. In some myths he was taught by snakes, who licked his ears clean (this is almost a recurring element).
February 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#MythologyMonday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Asclepius, son of Apollo, was very good at healing. SO good, in fact, that he could resurrect the dead. In some myths he was taught by snakes, who licked his ears clean (this is almost a recurring element).
Asclepius, son of Apollo, was very good at healing. SO good, in fact, that he could resurrect the dead. In some myths he was taught by snakes, who licked his ears clean (this is almost a recurring element).
#Mythology #GreekMythology #classics
The Danaides were the 50-or-so daughters of Danaus who collectively (except for 1) decided to kill their husbands on their wedding night. They were sentenced to fill a sieve for eternity.
art: John William Waterhouse(1904)
The Danaides were the 50-or-so daughters of Danaus who collectively (except for 1) decided to kill their husbands on their wedding night. They were sentenced to fill a sieve for eternity.
art: John William Waterhouse(1904)
January 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Mythology #GreekMythology #classics
The Danaides were the 50-or-so daughters of Danaus who collectively (except for 1) decided to kill their husbands on their wedding night. They were sentenced to fill a sieve for eternity.
art: John William Waterhouse(1904)
The Danaides were the 50-or-so daughters of Danaus who collectively (except for 1) decided to kill their husbands on their wedding night. They were sentenced to fill a sieve for eternity.
art: John William Waterhouse(1904)
#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Talos was basically a bronze, possibly sentient, boulder-throwing robot. His origins and his death vary by author, but he protected the island of Crete.
image: Talos on a coin
source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Di...
Talos was basically a bronze, possibly sentient, boulder-throwing robot. His origins and his death vary by author, but he protected the island of Crete.
image: Talos on a coin
source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Di...
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #GreekMythology
Talos was basically a bronze, possibly sentient, boulder-throwing robot. His origins and his death vary by author, but he protected the island of Crete.
image: Talos on a coin
source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Di...
Talos was basically a bronze, possibly sentient, boulder-throwing robot. His origins and his death vary by author, but he protected the island of Crete.
image: Talos on a coin
source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Di...