Myth Collection (page 6)

Yeti. This mythical primate is said to live in the impenetrable thickets of the highest Himalayan forests. The earliest British report of a yeti was made in 1832 by the naturalist B. H. Hobson

Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness monster. Computer artwork of the Loch Ness Monster swimming in Loch Ness, Scotland. Sightings of the monster have occurred at least since the 15th century

Glowing ball UFO over Stonehenge
Glowing ball UFO at Stonehenge, computer artwork. Glowing ball UFO reports are common. While such a report may not be satisfactorily explained, there are several possible explanations

Puss-in-Boots. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Advertising card for Izmir (Smyrna) Figs
A delightful advertising card for Djanik Elmassians Diana Brand Genuine Smyrna Figs from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - showing the Roman Aqueduct

Fable / Old Man & Death
THE OLD MAN & DEATH An old man, exhausted gathering sticks, calls for Death to take him; immediately Death appears, and the man regrets what he wished for

Theseus and Minotaur
He fights - and slays - the Minotaur in the labyrinth of king Minos at his royal palace in Crete

Ocyrrhoe - Mare
The daughter of the centaur Chiron tells Aesculapius that he will be a famous physician, but she is turned into a mare for her presumption

Achelous and Naiads
The powerful river-god Achelous, indignant when five Maiaids fail to pay him proper respect, changes them into islands

Trojan Horse
After the death of Hector the Greeks made a huge wooden horse. The Trojans dragged it into Troy, but it was full of Greek soldiers who sacked Troy

ENDYMION
Endymion, beloved by the Moon- goddess Selene, sleeps - eternally young - on Mount Laetmus, where she visits him nightly, eventually bearing him fifty daughters

Kronos and Uroboros
Kronos floats above the Earth, holding a uroborus

Odysseus Slays Suitors
Throwing off his disguise and stringing his bow, which none of the men could string, Odysseus (Ulysses) kills the Suitors of his wife Penelope, at Ithaca

Penelope Brings the Bow
At Ithaca, Odysseus despondent wife Penelope and her maids bring Odysseus bow to the Suitors. If any of them are strong enough to string it, they win her hand

Cuchulain to Emain Macha
Cuchulain (Cu Chulainn) sets out for Emain Macha

Myth / Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva rides through Coventry, keeping her promise to Leofric the Earl of Mercia. The Earl had agreed to lift exactions on his tenants, in return for her breezy ride

The Death of Faust
When it is time for Faust to die, Mephistopheles hurls him down to Hell from the highest mountain in Saxony, to make his fall as fearful as possible

Journey to the West
The master is rowed away by a disguised demon. From the legend of the Journey to the West

King Oswalds Arm
St Aidan prayed that the arm of King Oswald, which had given freely to beggars, would never decay. A story told in Bedes History. The arm remained uncorrupted for 9 centuries

Odyssey / Cyclops & Pipes
Polyphemus the Cyclops at the opening of his cave, staff in one hand and pipes in the other. Three sea nymphs and a dolphin are in the background

Myth / Tibet / Country / Mice
THE COUNTRY OF THE MICE The mice cross the river on cakes of dried yaks dung

Eros & Psyche - 1
Psyche is carried to Heaven

Herne / Cruikshank
HERNE THE HUNTER Herne the Hunter plunges into the lake

Odins Wild Hunt
ODIN Odins wild hunt

Medea in her Chariot
The sorceress Medea flies through the Greek airspace in her serpent-powered chariot

THE ARGO
The Argo sails up the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, heading for Colchis where the Golden Fleece is kept

Circe does Magic
doing magic with spirits and serpents

Grendels Arm Ripped
Beowulf, who has the strength of thirty men, rips off the arm of Grendel the monster

Jason & Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts sail through the Symplegades, a pair of clashing rocks, but they lose their helmsman Tiphys in the process

CYBELE
Mother-Goddess of Phrygia, goddess of fertility and the mountains : her priests were called corybantes

Cerberus & Herakles
The last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog

Temple of Janus
The Temple of Janus at Rome, with a bust of the deity looking in three different directions - past, present and future

Fisherman and Djinn
The fisherman inadvertently rubs the lamp he has found, and is amazed by the apparition of the djinn (genie)

Loki and Sigyn
The gods seek to punish Loki the trickster with the poisonous venom of Gemheil, but his loving wife Sigyn saves his life by catching the venom in a bowl

FREYR
Freyr is the brother of Freja, and the Scandinavian god of fruitfulness, crops, sun and rain

Thor
God of the sky and of thunder, red of beard and fiery of temper, particularly on Thursdays. He will die killing the World Serpent at the battle of Ragnarok

Wotan and Frea look out from the windows of the Heavens

Ghost of Patroclus
Achilles tries - in vain - to seize hold of the ghost of Patroclus

Morgan Le Fay / Tristram
Morgan le Fay gives a shield to Sir Tristram

Pied Piper / Greenaway / Kid
The Pied Piper leads the children away from the town

Cuchulain / Ill-Omen Raven
The raven of ill-omen comes to Cuchulain (Cu Chulainn)

Menelaus Fights Paris
Paris and Menelaus fight in single combat for the love of Helen, watched by soldiers and by Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, whose help Paris begs

Trojan Horse / The Iliad
Trojan Horse/The Iliad

Arthur with Owain
Owain, son of Morgan Le Fay, appeals to his uncle, King Arthur

Excalibur Restored
Sir Bedivere, with considerable reluctance, restores the magic sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake

Death of Romulus, founder of Rome
The death of Romulus, founder of Rome

Crop Circles 1990

Judith Jafar UFO oligist at home in Ealing

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