Nuestro amor no fue espléndido pero si muy memorable.
Fragmento de la novela ligera "Amor Profundo Destino Desgarrador".
—Complacencia
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Hello, here I share other of my drawings of Nordic Loki.
(Yes, he added details with gold paint to the second drawing, I loved it. I loved painting his hair, I love thinking that his hair is like the flames of the fire. This painting has a special place above my work desk in my room.)
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Ahuitzotl from Aztec/Mayan mythology.
In one rendition, the Ahuitzotl emerges as the guardian of lakes, tasked with safeguarding the resident fish. Alternatively, other versions depict it as an envoy sent by the deities Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue to gather the souls of favored mortals. The close association with water gods meant that those claimed by the Ahuitzotl were believed to be destined for the paradise of the god Tlaloc.
Legend has it that the Ahuitzotl would immerse itself in a lake or stream, emitting cries resembling those of a distressed child or frightened woman. A compassionate passerby, drawn to the sounds, would approach the water only to fall prey to the creature's lethal tail-hand. The Ahuitzotl would proceed to extract the victim's eyes, nails, and teeth, consuming them before discarding the lifeless body on the riverbank, where it would resume its eerie wailing.
In cases where a person was suspected of falling victim to an Ahuitzotl, only priests were permitted to handle the body. The prescribed burial involved placing the deceased in a house surrounded by water, known as "ayauhcalco." Legend warned that if a layman touched the body, they would either become the next target of the Ahuitzotl or face the affliction of gout.
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Pic credit: FICTIONRULEZFOREVER WIKI
Source: Wikipedia & cryptidwiki
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Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi (🇮🇹 Italia, 1481 - 1536)
“Crouching Figure of Atlas”
Inchiostro bruno e grafite su carta, 28 x 21 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
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Atlante è uno dei personaggi della mitologia greca definiti “titani”. Essi erano le forze primordiali del cosmo, che imperversavano sul mondo prima che gli dèi dell’Olimpo lo regolassero. Dopo l’intervento di questi dèi, Atlante, insieme a Crono, guidò la ribellione di tutti i titani contro l’Olimpo, ma furono sconfitti. Come punizione, Zeus lo costrinse a tenere sulle spalle l'intera volta celeste.
Una leggenda narra che il titano fu pietrificato per aver guardato la testa di Medusa, mostrata da Perseo per punirlo di non averlo ospitato. Così Atlante si trasformò nell'omonima catena montuosa del Nord Africa.
Oggi il suo nome viene portato anche dalla prima vertebra della colonna vertebrale, Atlante appunto, che sostiene il cranio proprio come il titano regge la sfera celeste.
Nella cultura popolare attualmente questo personaggio rappresenta il peso di portare il mondo sulle spalle, facendo riferimento alla fatica di sostenere tutti i propri problemi, responsabilità e condanne eterne.
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(via @galleria-artistica)
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Les ànimes de l'Aqueront, per Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl. Oli en tela, 215 x 340 cm; 1898.
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