#mythology
Ancient Armenian spirit – Grogh or also known as Tir.
Grogh translates from Armenian as “writer” or “scribe” (sometimes identified with Armenian deity of literature Tir) was a spirit in ancient Armenian mythology. Grogh was the most punctual writer. As soon as a human was born, Grogh would write the newborn into the book of life, and on the forehead he imprinted the newborn’s faith – chakatagir, predetermining the given lifespan. He keenly observed everyone and entered all the sins and good deeds into his special folio, to read them during the final judgment.
If the agony of dying lasted a long time and the soul could not part with the body easily, it was common to take the pillow from beneath the head of the dying person and open wide all the windows and doors, so Grogh could enter freely into the home and take the soul into his bosom and leave.
Just as the Russians curse ‘k chorty’ meaning ‘to the devil’ and English ‘to hell with you’, Armenians curse by sending to Grogh: “Grogh kez tani!” (meaning “scribe take you!”) or “Groghu tsots” (“in embrace of the scribe”). Many centuries past and the word “Grogh” became to simply mean ‘writer’ in Armenian.
Sources:
- Armen Meryzhanyan - http://noev-kovcheg.ru/mag/2011-13/2688.html
- PeopleOfAr. (2013, October 10). Ancient Armenian spirit – Grogh. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/q37pdvd
#Armenia #ancient #deity #history #pagan #God #Tir #Grogh #mythology
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SMOL UPDATE: As promised, the first four months of the mythology pins have now moved into public availability! We mostly have standards and secondaries left (the smallest amounts are of the alicorn in standard, then phoenix, jackalope then alphyn).
Prices have been adjusted for the release, but the discount for Anime NYC does work on these pins through the 20th for 15% off!
>> alchemyartgroup.com/collections/mythology
While these aren’t LE pins necessarily, we most likely won’t be restocking them anytime soon, so if they go out of stock, we won’t have an ETA for a time on when they’ll be back.
Mishipeshu will be joining them next month; Sphinx will be added in January; and Kinko/Ginko in February.
#enamelpins #enamelpin #enamelpinsforsale #mythology #mythart
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In Finnish, Northern lights are called “Lights of the Fox”. It comes from the old beliefs, that says the lights come from the fox tail hitting the snow.
by Linda Piekäinen -> her art page on Facebook
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Mielikki, is the finnish female forest spirit or goddess. She is the wife of Tapio and she takes care of the woods and the animals living in it. Hunters used to beg good hunting luck from Mielikki. Also the ones who want to pick up berries and mushroom should ask for her permission.
180cm x 120cm, Charcoal by Linda Piekäinen
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Film still with stop motion animation
Directed by Don Chaffey (1917 - 1990), animated by Ray Harryhausen (1920 - 2013)
Ray Harryhausen died today, aged 92. RIP.
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“Selene” ring with moonstone or labradorite are available @
Pemanagpo Jewellery Online Store
shipping worldwide
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Historical Roman landscape scenery
Quadriga chariot race with a fantasy twist
Really tired of this particular type of post that is like “[x] should have done [other thing]” than they actually did in the myth.
Most often, it’s just so extremely smugly condescending, or at the very least boring and refusing to engage with the story as is, as if the change would 1. work at all, 2. happen at all, 3. fix anything, 4. at all be interesting
They never basically are! These ~takes~ are not interesting, are not clever. They’re boring, usually stupid, and leans on an ability to act and a genre awareness that simply isn’t possible for the characters involved.
“Orpheus should have…”
“Paris should have…”
“I would have…”
No.
Just. Stop it.
The thing about this kind of drive to fix it is that in a lot of cases it’s just SO NARROWLY but SO THOROUGHLY missing the point
Yes, these figures couldhave done something differently. Something we, as the audience, can pretty easily see - sometimes now more than ever but mostly it’s been something any person can see all along. It’s not modern knowledge that lets us say “well Icarus wouldn’t have crashed if he’d obeyed his father”, that’s literally in the text and people of the past aren’t that stupid.
The point of these stories is that they could have, but they didn’t, because that wasn’t who they were. Their circumstances and personalities combined drove them to make obvious mistakes.
Theycouldhave done something differently, yes. But THEYwouldn’t have. Maybe we can learn from them, or maybe we can look at them making the same very human mistakes we do and feel better about ourselves, but we can’t - and shouldn’t - “fix” them.
⚡️limited print release coming soon!⚡️
Stay tuned in the coming week✨ Plus, I’m very excited to share that “The Selkie” is a finalist in the @beautifulbizarremagazine traditional art prize!
If you haven’t already, head over to their site and take a gander at all the beautiful work entered - so honored to be featured amid such awesome art!
#artistsoninstagram #illustration #beautifulbizarre @inprnt #oilpainting #imaginativerealism #mythology #selkie #fineart #folktale
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMuM17jwn3/?igshid=1b0yl53uk40
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- “The Selkie,” oil on board, 20”x45”
Excited to share this new privately commissioned painting!
Folktales have always fascinated me, and Selkies in particular for their quintessential fairy allure and moral ambiguity…the sea calls us back with promises of creation, power, and destruction in equal measure.
Thank you to the inimitable @pippylongbaby for taking on the guise of this mythic being and modeling for this piece!
#artistsoninstagram #illustration #fineart #selkie #selkies #mermaid #folklore #mythology #imaginativerealism #illustration #oilpainting
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDWve2VDKY9/?igshid=9zyuwqsl2yys
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My brother @eupocalyptus told me a fascinating thing the other day: today is Justice Samuel Sewall’s (the judge from the Salem witch trials) appointed day of humiliation and repentance. After the trials, aided by friends in his community, Sewall underwent a huge change of conscience and wound up begging forgiveness from ‘God and all people’ for what he acknowledged as his crime in the trials. He set up this day, April 29th as a day of personal repentance and apology. He even went on to publish an early and important antislavery paper later in life. I’m not a religious person, but I love that - it’s a powerful thing to apologize. As someone who has made several paintings of complex—and usually monstrous—mythic figures, I was really inspired by this story. Seen here: ‘Icarus,’ ‘Mortal Sister,’ ‘Gifts for Skylla,’ and ‘Tsuru Nyobo’
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#artistsoninstagram #mythology #oilpainting #salem #illustration #fineart #salemwitchtrials
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