Mythical Creature Collection (#65)

Ulysses and the sirens, 2nd century AD. Scene from Homers epic poem the Odyssey. From the Vatican Museum, Rome

Ulysses and the sirens, Roman mosaic, 3rd century AD. From the Odyssey by Homer. Located in the collection of the Bardo Museum, Tunisia

Dryads, 15th Century. Dryads are female tree spirits in Greek mythology

Iris, c1860-1893. Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw
Iris, c1860-1893

Chair of Medee, c1675. Artist: Jean Berain
Chair of Medee, c1675. Costume design by Jean Berain the Elder for the Thesee, (1675), by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Found in the collection of the National Library, Paris

The cynoscephalus, 15th century. Mythical creature with the head of a dog or baboon. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Sagittarius, 13th century. Illustration from a treatise on astrology in Arabic, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Melusine flies away, 1478. A legendary figure from European folklore, Melusine is usually depicted as a a serpent or fish from the waist down

Triton, 16th century. Illustration from a French bestiary of a mythical amphibious creature about to devour a sheep. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

November: feeding pigs, and Sagittarius, c1423. Illustration from the Bedford Hours, in the collection of the British Library

Galahad and Camelot, 1463. Top left: Galahad is dubbed; top right: Galahad extracts the sword; below: tournament at Camelot; bottom: the arms of Jacques d Armagnac

Banquet and riders, c1280-1290. The king in the top part of the image is possibly King Arthur. Below is a messenger of King Rion leaving Camelot

The Fairy Banquet, 1832-1906. Artist: John Anster Fitzgerald
The Fairy Banquet, 1832-1906

Theseus and the Centaur, 1804-1819. Artist: Antonio Canova
Theseus and the Centaur, 1804-1819. Theseus raises his club to strike down on the centaur. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The Return from the Hunt, 1505-1507. Artist: Piero di Cosimo
The Return from the Hunt, 1505-1507

The Devout Profession, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Devout Profession, 1799. Plate 70 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Look how solemn they are!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Look how solemn they are!, 1799. Plate 63 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Hobgoblins, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Hobgoblins, 1799. Plate 49 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

The Education of Achilles: Chariot Racing, mid-late 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
The Education of Achilles: Chariot Racing, mid-late 17th century. Led by a centaur, the young Achilles drives a chariot pulled by four white horses in an arena

The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Achilles riding master is a centaur, a legendary creature with the body of a horse and the torso of a man

Dog-headed men, late 13th century, (early 15th century). Artist: Master of Boucicaut
Dog-headed men, late 13th century, (early 15th century). Mythical dog-headed men from the Isle of Agaman, Gulf of Bengal. Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant

Madonna, 15th century. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna, 15th century. Top left: Madonna with the Stool, c1475-1478, from the collection of the Uffizi, Florence, Italy; top right: Madonna with the Unicorn, c1478

Allegories, 15th century. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Allegories, 15th century. Top left: Allegory of the Lizard, c1495, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A.; top right: Allegory of the Mirror and the Fighting Animals

Perseus Holding up the Head of Medusa, 18th century. Artist: Francesco Solimena
Perseus Holding up the Head of Medusa, 18th century. Perseus, legendary Greek hero who slew Medusa, chief of the Gorgons. From the Department of Drawings, Musee du Louvre, Paris

St Margaret, 15th century. From the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. From a private collection

Costume design for a costume for a dragon, 16th century. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Costume design for a costume for a dragon, 16th century. From the Department of Prints and Drawings, Florence

Queen Mabs Cave, 1846. Artist: JMW Turner
Queen Mabs Cave, 1846. A mythical character referred to in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Nights Dream, Queen Mab was supposed to bring dreams to people by driving her chariot over

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, 1812. Profile portrait surrounded by an Ouroboros, an ancient Egyptian-Greek symbolic serpent with its tail in its mouth devouring itself

Wall-hanging of griffin attacking an elk, from Kurgan, Northern Mongolia, c1st century BC. (The original culture of the Huns)

Saddle-Cover of Eagle-Griffin attacking Ibex, Pazyryk, Altai Region, 5th century BC-4th century BC. Detail in applied felt decoration

Chinese Silk Saddle-Cloth of Phoenixes and Flowers, Pazyryk, Altai, c5th century BC. At Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

Porcelain Dish with Dragons and Phoenixes, c18th century. Painted in underglaze blue and enamels and marked during reign of Kang Hai (1661-1722)

Hittie relief, Tel Halaf, 6100 BC - 5100 BC. Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, it was the first find of a Neolithic culture

Centaurs pulling a cart

Roman wall-painting, Ulysees and the Sirens, Pompeii, 1st century. Depicts scene from Homers Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus)

The Centaur Cheiron teaching Achilles, Roman wall-painting from Herculaneum, c1st century. In Greek mythology, Chiron was held to be the wisest and justest of all the centaurs

Bellerophon and Pegasus, Roman Wallpainting from Pompeii, 1st century. Bellerophon was a great hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles

Etruscan Jar stamped with Centaurs and winged lions, 6th century BC. Louvre

Roman Jewellery Gold Pendant, Head of Gorgon, 2nd century. At British Museum

Orientalising Vase with Harpy, Sphinx and Lion, c6th century BC

Terracotta Flask with moulded medallion, Bellerophon killing the Chimaera, c300BC-c250BC. Made in Apulia

Amphora, Theseus and the Minotaur, 6th century BC

Hercules bring Cerberus to Eurystheus (sheltering in the large jar), c6th century BC. Vase from a Etruscan Tomb, at Villa Giulia, Rome

Theseus and the Minotaur on the lid of a Greek Dish, c5th century BC. Theseus told his father (the king) he was going to Crete to kill the Minotaur and end the terror

Greek Red-figured Kylix, (Drinking Cup), c440-430 BC. Artist: Codrus Painter
Greek Red-figured Kylix, (Drinking Cup), c440-430 BC. Attributed to the Kodros Painter. Found at Vulci, Italy. Centre shows Theseus and Minotaur. Edges show Theseus fighting

Royal arms of King Edward VI, St Marys Church, Westerham, Kent, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Royal arms of King Edward VI, St Marys Church, Westerham, Kent, 20th century. St Marys Church is thought to date from the 13th century, although it was much altered in Victorian times

Hellenistic Gorgon from a Sarcophagus from Asia Minor (Turkey), 20th century. Held at the Archeological Museum, Istanbul. The Gorgons were three monsters in Greek mythology

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