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| Beautiful image by Tei Iku, Bran Stark from Game of Thrones TV series flying with the three-eyes raven. His pet wolf, Summer, howl in background (Tei Iku) |
giovedì 12 aprile 2012
Game of Thrones - Bran Stark (Tei Iku)
giovedì 5 aprile 2012
Monster - Guardian Minotaur (el-grimlock)
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| A guardian minotaur by el-grimlock. Great pic for an I-phone card game |
lunedì 12 marzo 2012
Monster - Female centaur archer (perzo)
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| Centaur she-archer |
In Greek mythology, a centaur (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι – Kéntauroi) or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse. In early Attic and Boeotian vase-paintings, they are depicted with the hindquarters of a horse attached to them; in later renderings centaurs are given the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.
This half-human and half-animal composition has led many writers to treat them as liminal beings, caught between the two natures, embodied in contrasted myths, both as the embodiment of untamed nature, as in their battle with the Lapiths, or conversely as teachers, like Chiron.
The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera). Another version, however, makes them children of a certain Centaurus, who mated with the Magnesian mares. This Centaurus was either himself the son of Ixion and Nephele (inserting an additional generation) or of Apollo and Stilbe, daughter of the river god Peneus. In the later version of the story his twin brother was Lapithus, ancestor of the Lapiths, thus making the two warring peoples cousins. (more on Wikipedia)
This half-human and half-animal composition has led many writers to treat them as liminal beings, caught between the two natures, embodied in contrasted myths, both as the embodiment of untamed nature, as in their battle with the Lapiths, or conversely as teachers, like Chiron.
The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera). Another version, however, makes them children of a certain Centaurus, who mated with the Magnesian mares. This Centaurus was either himself the son of Ixion and Nephele (inserting an additional generation) or of Apollo and Stilbe, daughter of the river god Peneus. In the later version of the story his twin brother was Lapithus, ancestor of the Lapiths, thus making the two warring peoples cousins. (more on Wikipedia)
mercoledì 29 febbraio 2012
martedì 31 gennaio 2012
Monster - The phoenix (sandara)
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| The phoenix (sandara) |
Beautiful version of the Phoenix, the flame bird of legends.
[sandara]
mercoledì 25 gennaio 2012
Howl the wizard (Sakimichan)
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| Howl, the wizerd of Howl's moving castle great anime (sakimichan) |
venerdì 20 gennaio 2012
Character - Fantasy martial artist with fire fists (phoenixlu)
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| Young martial artist using fire fists power (phoenixlu) |
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