Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 14

akaiiros:more emotionally vulnerable pomegranate art

akaiiros:

more emotionally vulnerable pomegranate art

alltheprettyancientthings:Gold bracelet in the form of a...

alltheprettyancientthings:

Gold bracelet in the form of a snake with inscription.

Pompeii.

ron-weasley:underworld fruits ✨

ron-weasley:

underworld fruits ✨

kore-eleusis:Evidence from both the Orphic Hymns and the ...

kore-eleusis:

Evidence from both the Orphic Hymns and the Orphic Gold Leaves demonstrate that Persephone was one of the most important deities worshiped in Orphism. In the Orphic religion, gold leaves with verses intended to help the deceased enter into an optimal afterlife were often buried with the dead. Persephone is mentioned frequently in these tablets, along with Demeter and Euklês, which may be another name for Plouton. The ideal afterlife destination believers strive for is described on some leaves as the “sacred meadows and groves of Persephone”. Other gold leaves describe Persephone’s role in receiving and sheltering the dead, in such lines as “I dived under the kolpos [portion of a Peplos folded over the belt] of the Lady, the Chthonian Queen”, an image evocative of a child hiding under its mother’s apron. (source)

sosuperawesome:Raide’s Art on Instagram / Tumblr / Patreon

sosuperawesome:

Raide’s Art on Instagram / Tumblr / Patreon

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endii:harper’s bazaar 1890 by charles louis hinton.

endii:

harper’s bazaar 1890 by charles louis hinton.

theia-mania-comics:Queen of the Dead 088

theia-mania-comics:

Queen of the Dead 088

pinktofuart:🍁Lady Autumn🍁

pinktofuart:

🍁Lady Autumn🍁

aqua-regia009:Dancing Fairies (1866) - August Malmström

aqua-regia009:

Dancing Fairies (1866) - August Malmström