Persephone and Demeter156 views
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Cupid and Psyche/Awakening with border106 viewsThe myth of Cupid and Psyche is viewed as an allegory representing the emotional awakening of a woman. Psyche’s outstanding beauty won her admiration—as well as the jealousy of Venus. To seek revenge on the mortal girl, the goddess of love instructed her son Cupid to pierce Psyche with his arrow, so she would foolishly love the first creature she stumbled upon. As he stared at her, the god of love’s hands shook, and his arrow fell, grazing his thigh. That moment on, Cupid loved Psyche above all others.
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Cupid and Psyche sleeping77 viewsThe myth of Cupid and Psyche is viewed as an allegory representing the emotional awakening of a woman. Psyche’s outstanding beauty won her admiration—as well as the jealousy of Venus. To seek revenge on the mortal girl, the goddess of love instructed her son Cupid to pierce Psyche with his arrow, so she would foolishly love the first creature she stumbled upon. As he stared at her, the god of love’s hands shook, and his arrow fell, grazing his thigh. That moment on, Cupid loved Psyche above all others.
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Diana76 views
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Tristan and Isolde73 viewsThe story of Tristan and Isolde shows how desire drags everything along its unyielding path, creating unstoppable movement where there was once stagnation. Tristan had known loss—triste, sad; tristan, sad one. He pledged his loyalty to King Mark of Cornwall, who cared for Tristan as his own son. One day a dove flew into Mark’s window, carrying a strand of gold hair. He asked Tristan to find the hair’s owner, for only she would be his wife. The hair belonged to Isolde, daughter of King Mark’s fiercest enemy.
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Hera72 views
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Aditi66 views
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Brigit63 views
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Benzai Ten62 views
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Dragonfly Goddess62 views
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Danae and Zeus/Fortune with border61 viewsThe story of Danae offers a parable of fortune’s triumphs and travails. In ancient Rome, a King Acrisius had a daughter named Danae—a princess with a curse that one of the her offspring would kill the king. Acrisius walled her within a tower, never to marry nor to have children. One day a brilliant shower of gold poured through the tower’s windows and a tall and regal man appeared. He was Zeus, god of all gods. Zeus transformed her gloomy prison into a magnificent palace and swore his love for her.
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Demeter awakens59 views
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Athena58 views
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Brunnhilde and Siegfried57 viewsThe legend of Brunnhilde and Siegfried illustrates how love can strengthen us to do deeds far beyond our normal capacities. The valkyrie Brunnhilde was the favorite child of her father Wotan, ruler of the gods and goddesses. An immortal warrior, she followed her father’s will by bringing the bodies of fallen warriors to Valhalla. Wotan had purchased Valhalla with a magical gold ring, which gave the power of all the world to any who wore it. Fallen into the wrong hands, the end of the world would arrive.
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The Reunion with gold border57 views
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Changing Woman56 views
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