Nude Vampire With Gloves By Tanja Jeremić

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Matrons Gabiae, the Giving Ones

Happy Thorsday! - Here’s another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, Celtic) mythological characters. This week it’s the Matrons Gabiae / Matronus Gabiabus / Lunonibus Gabiabus.

Three guardian ancestral protective Matron (Mothers) and Goddesses, found mentioned around Rovenich near Euskirchen. And are thought to be possible counterparts to the Goddess Gefjon.

Their name has generally been understood to translate to "The Giving Ones". Which is thought to mean both 'those who give, and 'those who take'.

08–12–23

Artist: Theodor Kittelsen

Title: Nøkken som hvit hest

Description: The Nix as a brook horse by Theodor Kittelsen, a depiction of the Nix as a white horse

Filling my tumbler with old woks

Kraft brown toned paper, office markers, pencils, liners, gouache.

Murstensdalen nature reserve in Västmanland, Sweden (November 6, 2020).

Tired of all who come with words, words but no language I went to the snow-covered island. The wild does not have words. The unwritten pages spread themselves out in all directions. I come across the marks of roe-deer's hooves in the snow. Language, but no words. -Tomas Transtromer

Exquisite 19th-century seashell herbarium from the sold archive of my antique shop, GHOST ERA ANTIQUES