Myth Collection (#73)

The Anger of Achilles
The anger of Achilles

Myth / Achilles (Bartoli)
Achilles drags Hectors corpse around the walls of Troy

Theseus Lifts Stone / Ford
Theseus, watched by his mother, Aethra, lifts the boulder under which his father, Aegeus, had hidden a beautiful sword years before

King Athamas & Nephele
King Athamas falls in love with the beautiful cloud fairy Nephele and steals her clothes so that she cannot float away with her sisters. (Part of the Golden Fleece myth)

Odysseus and Nausicaa
The shipwrecked Odysseus meets Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous, while she is playing ball with her maidens on the shore

Paris & Oenone(Hj Ford)
Paris begs his estranged wife Oenone for forgiveness for having run away with Helen of Troy

Helen Points out Heroes
Helen points out the chief heroes in the Greek host to Priam

Young Odysseus & Boar
Young Odysseus fights a wild boar and gets the wound in his thigh

Racine / Orestes
ORESTES, the son of Agamemnon, king of Thebes, as presented by Jean Racine in his play Andromaque

Bee Pulling a Plough
A bee pulling a plough (from the Serbian myth " The Finest Liar in the World"

Dwarfs / Underground Work
A team of dwarf miners, the " underground workers" in action

Dragon & Empress
A dragon carries off an Empress (From the Serbian myth " Nine Pea-Hens and Golden Apples" )

Calypso & Odysseus
Odysseus, though not unresponsive to Calypsos charms, nevertheless pines for Peneleope and his native land

Myth / Classical Myth / Mars
Myth/Classical Myth/Mars

Herakles & Hydra 1920
Herakles slays the Hydra of Lerna whose heads - originally numbering only nine - doubled when severed : the difficulty was resolved by his nephew

Myth / Orpheus (Gorguet)
Orpheus in a forest, charming nymphs and fauns with the the music from his golden lyre

Odyssey / Penelope (Kuhn)
Odysseus faithful wife Penelope

Odyssey / Nausicaa / Panofka
Nausicaa and her companions

Indian Cosmic System
In Indian myth, our world is supported by four Elephants standing on the back of a giant Turtle who swims with it through the Sea of Infinity

Protective Chinese Dog
Despite its monstrous appearance, this dog is a kindly creature which protects peoples homes from thieves and robbers

Faust / On the Brocken
On the Brocken

The Holy Grail Achieved
The Holy Grail is achieved

Tristram / The Love Potion
Tristram drinks the love potion

Lancelot Asleep
How four queens found Lancelot sleeping

Arthur / Strange Mantle
Arthur and the Strange Mantle

Arthur & Questing Beast
How King Arthur saw the Questing Beast and thereof had great marvel

Gareth & Red Knight
Gareth vanquishes the Red Knight while Lynette watches from the trees

The Chapel Perilous
Lancelot approaches the Chapel Perilous

Lady of the Lake
the Lady of the Lake

Arthur Sleeps Still
King Arthur and his knights sleep beneath Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, until needed to save Britain : Peter Thompson, a potter, found them there one day, to his surprise

Arthur is Found
As a baby, he is found by Merlin lying on the beach

Round Table & Seven
Arthur and seven of his knights dine at the Table Ronde. While they wait to be served, one of them cuts himself a slice of bread

WW1 / 1915 / RUSSIAN TASK
Like Sisyphos, the Russians have an impossible uphill task in the Carpathians

Odyssey / Cyclops (Cesius)
The Cyclops, gigantic one- eyed being of Greek mythology. Cyclops means circle-eyed

Bwca r Trwyn
Modrib Mary puts out a bowl of bread and milk for Bwca r Trwyn, the helpful goblin with a long nose

Death of Herakles
The death of Herakles after absorbing the toxic blood of Nessus which was on his tunic, put there by his wife, Deianira, who thought it would help her regain his favour

Lady Godiva / Allen
Lady Godiva rides through Coventry

Pied Piper / Greenaway
The Pied Piper plays his pipe while the children, having been led away from town, play in a meadow and dance around a tree full of blossom

Pied Piper / Kids / Woodward
The Pied Piper leading the children away from the town

Roman Celebration / Virgil
Dancing in honour of CERES (Demeter), the goddess of agriculture. " On Ceres let him call & Ceres praise, With uncouth dances & with country lays"

Algonquin Deity / Glooskap
Algonquin deity, Glooskap (the Liar), working his magic

Cuchulain Slain by Luga
Cuchulain (Cu Chulainn) slain by Lugas poisoned sword

Cuchulain Courts Emer
Cuchulain (Cu Chulainn) courts Emer

Cuchulain / Maeve Warned
The Druid warns Maeve about Cuchulain (Cu Chulainn)

Faust / Marguerite / Goethe
Faust and Marguerite watched by Mephistopheles

Iliad / Nestor & Tydides
Nestor and Tydides with their chariot and horses and some thunderbolts

Odyssey / Circe (Sterrett)
The voyagers examine Circes embroidery

Dionysos Sea Faring / Vase
Illustration taken from a vase painting of sea-faring Dionysos/Bacchus in his ship

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