#Birds in Mythology

[nymse]

✦ Harpy ✦

#artists on tumblr #small artist #digital art #art #drawing #illustration #original character #harpy #greek mythology #monster girl #bird girl #wings

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Vegvisir Raven by Emilio A.

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#art #illustration #dark art #mythology #birds #corvus #raven #black and white

[nemfrog]

Carried through the sky by a team of doves. A manual of cheirosophy. 1885.

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#mythology #chariot in the sky #goddess #doves #bird #birds #travel #nemfrog #1885 #19th century #1k

[kelogsloops]

'The Surrender' releases as a print tomorrow, Thursday Nov 23rd, 12PM (PT) on my store!

This piece was from my solo exhibition a few years back titled, ’Sanctuary’. The theme of the show was centred around states of mental rest and respite. This piece was about envisioning the waves of thoughts that run through your mind: sometimes gentle, but sometimes crashing swells that leave you with no room to breathe or gasp for air. But in knowing that the waves are cyclical and eventually ease, she finds herself surrendering to the motions and trusting that it will be okay. 

NOTE: This gold-foil edition of this print will only be available for 72-hours & will not be available again thereafter.

#brbchasingdreams

#brbchasingdreams #art print #artist #prints #artists on tumblr #watercolor #art style #mixed media #gouache #gold leaf #sparrow #bird #red thread of fate #fable #legends #asian mythology #asian art #traditional art #illustration #drawing #painting #artstyle #manga #anime #waves #koi fish #tattoo

[shinonart]

It's my birthday again so here are a few of my favourite pieces from the past year! These are all traditional, ranging from watercolors to inks to acrylics.

I hope I get to make more works like these in the coming year!

Find me and my art elsewhere!    

#art #artists on tumblr #finnish mythology #mythology #folklore #bee #bumblebee #eagle #bear #pokemon #pokemon fanart #shadow lugia #lugia #latios #latias #reshiram #zekrom #horse #skulls #space #magpie #birds #traditional art

[photophoros]

Bird-taur

#my art #harpy #mythology #digital art #bird

[yellydany]

Had been struggling to design my version of a cockatrice but I think this result works! Meet Zeta🐣🐓 He goes through different stages: fledgling, juvenile and adult 

Inspired by the infamous Ridley from metroid (ferocity included) 

#digital art #digital illustration #creature #aesthetic #art #creature design #concept art #fantasy creature #fantasy #artwork #art commisions #art commissions open #art comms open #demon oc #monster #speculative biology #speculative evolution #ecosystem #concept design #animal #bird #birds #avian #ribcage #original art #OC #cockatrice #mythology #folklore #chicken

[lowpolyanimals]

Chicken from Age of Mythology

#chicken #bird #Age of Mythology #thank you for your submission! #im making some chicken socks rn and they look just like this gal

[junkmixart]

The Ancient Egyptians believed the soul had three parts, the Ka, the Ba, and the Akh. The Ba was essentially a person’s double, a life force, and at death it was separated from the body. I thought it would be cool if the Ba birds were dead members of the EN9 (Khenti's archeology agency) who work as messenger birds or eyes from the skies! 🐦

LINKTREE

#Leo #Anubis #egyptology #egyptian mythology #Khenti #popi #fish #ba birds #my art #Orginal character

[the-evil-clergyman]

Nymphs in a Forest by Henri Adrien Tanoux (1898)

#henri adrien tanoux #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #academism #academicism #academic art #painting #french art #french artist #mythology #greek mythology #forest nymph #dryad #birds #classic art

[mythosblogging]

Corvids, a genus of birds ranging across the world whose number include crows, ravens, and magpies, play significant roles in a variety of global religions. In Chinese Folklore, once a year flocks of magpies form a bridge to allow tragically separate lovers, Chang’e and Houyi to meet again for just one night. In some legends of the Russian Koryaks, the Raven-God Kutkh is responsible for creating the lands and rivers and lakes. Tales of the Lenape people say the Rainbow Crow once made an arduous journey into the heavens to beg fire from the gods in order to see his friends through a harsh winter. During the journey back, the soot of the fire stained the crows beautiful multicoloured feathers a stark black.

While these particular legends paint these birds as the heroic, selfless creatures completing arduous tasks for the wellbeing of others, or at least morally ambiguous (as was the case of Kutkh, who either willingly gave the world the sun and the moon or had to be tricked into releasing them depending on which version of the legend you read) there are many other legends that paint them in a far darker light.

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#Mythos #Mythology #Myths and Legends #Folklore #Superstition #Mythos Articles #Birds #Crows #Ravens #Corvids #Magpies #Misfortune #Luck #Unlucky #Bad Luck #Birds in Mythology

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Stolas, Great Prince of Hell Andras, Great Marquis of Hell Duke Agares, Commander of 31 Demon Legions Abraxas, Ruler of Heretical Basilidians Caim, Commander of Over 30 Demon Legions

Works by Thiago Lehmann

#art #illustration #digital art #dark art #occult #horror #macabre #mythology #demon #demonology #stolas #andras #agares #abraxas #caim #snake #alligator #wolf #birds #owl

[illustratus]

The Minotaur by George Frederic Watts

#minotaur #art #george frederic watts #asterion #greek mythology #labyrinth #mythical creatures #mythology #ancient greek #ancient greece #classical antiquity #crete #cretan #cretan bull #bull #mediterranean #symbolism #symbolist #sea #monster #monsters #beasts #bird #europe #european

[pazzesco]

The Great Pavement of Woodchester - The Orpheus - Roman Mosaic Floor

A 20th century reconstruction of the Great Roman Pavement of Woodchester. Especially noteworthy for its opulent design comprising approximately 1.6 million individually fired clay tesserae. Researched and made by Robert and John Woodward in the 1970’s.

The original Roman Great Pavement of Woodchester is believed to have been laid in around 325 A.D. It is by far the most elaborate of the several hundred Roman Mosaic Floor s known in Britain and the largest in Europe, north of the Alps.

The Story of Orpheus The Great Pavement depicts the story of Orpheus, the quasi-divine musician and singer of Greek mythology whose music had the power to move trees and subdue wild creatures. Orpheus is seated in the open side of the central octagon on the North/South axis of the floor. He wears a Phrygian cap, a striped tunic and breeches and a flowing cloak which billows from his shoulders. Immediately outside the octagon is a circle of birds including pheasants, peacocks and doves. Outside the bird zone is a band of laurel leaves encircled by a guilloche. The most dramatic feature of the mosaic is the animal circle. This contains eleven beasts stalking around the floor: a Lion, Lioness, Wild Boar, Horse, Elephant, Tiger, Gryphon, Bear, Leopard, Stag and Tigress, then follows the mask of Neptune with lobster claws sprouting from his head. On either side of him are the beautiful acanthus scrolls said to symbolize the waves of the sea. The circles are enclosed within a square border and four pairs of water nymphs are placed in the spandrels. At each corner of this central square is a stone pillar base. Outside the central square are twenty four geometric panels. Almost all the standard patterns used by the Roman mosaicists are to be found in this floor. The Great Pavement of Woodchester is one of some fifty Roman mosaics depicting Orpheus charming wild creatures. These have been found in all parts of the Roman Empire and range in date from the second century to the fifth.

#art #mosaic #mosaic tile floor #woodchester #orpheus #roman #roman empire #pavement #2nd century #greek #greek mythology #birds #peacocks #doves #bear #leopard #stag

[nemfrog]

Air travel. A manual of cheirosophy. 1885.

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#mythology #eagles #riding a bird #birds #fantasy illustration #nemfrog #1885 #19th century

[ratatoskryggdrasil]

Martin Stommel, Prometheus and the Eagle, 2017

#Martin Stommel #painting #eagles #birds #Prometheus #mythology