Albert Lynch (1851 - 1912), Jeanne D'Arc

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[F] - Freyja (Old Norse for ‘Lady’, ‘Woman’, or ‘Mistress’).

The baseline of Freyja’s various functions comes from her role as fertility goddess as per her Vanir descent. Specifically, her other name Horn (Hǫrn, or Härn) probably comes from Old Norse horr, which means flax or linen. This was an important product which began being cultivated early on in Scandinavia and was thought to ward off evil and give fertility to humankind. Flax manufacture was a female affair, and as bridal dresses were made of linen, Freyja became a sort of defender of love and weddings, too. Another one of her names, Gefn, is Old Norse for ‘giver’, bringing to mind a role as a goddess of plenty.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[B] - Bia (Βία) was a Titan goddess and the personification of force.

Odysseus: If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous.

Diomedes: What if it bites me and it dies?

Odysseus: That means you're poisonous. For the love of Athena, learn how to read.

Menelaus: What if it bites itself and I die?

Odysseus: That's voodoo.

Helen: What if it bites me and someone else dies?

Odysseus: That's correlation, not causation.

Penelope: What if we bite eachother and neither of us dies?

Agamemnon: That's kinky.

Odysseus: I'm out.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[B] - Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις) was a goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete.

A wild Artemis and Apollo appear. 🌿

I wanted to depict them before their debut on Olympus. If I could go back I would redraw them with more animal skins in their clothing to really add that touch of wildness... but ah well, there's always next time.

Ares trying to parent on the battlefield

Ares: PHOBOS, DEIMOS, STOP TRYING TO ROAST YOUR SANDWICHES VIA THE FIRE BREATHING HORSES. I TOLD YOU TO EAT BEFORE BATTLE OR NOT AT ALL.

Iliad/TSOA characters as weird roblox images

Odysseus, pretending to be insane to avoid going to war:

Helen, all through the whole damned Iliad:

Agamemnon (I don't think we need an explanation for this):

Iphigenia:

Ajax the great, after failing to get the armor of Achilles:

Achilles:

Patroclus:

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Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, detail - c.1478-82

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Ægir was a primeval god, more ancient than many other Norse deities.

He was the god of the sea, the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon and the Roman god Neptune

Aegir and his wife Ran carried a net with which they could trap seafarers and pull them down to their underwater kingdom. Drowned sailors were said to dine at Aegir’s banquet hall. The underwater couple had nine daughters - the ocean waves.

johnny licking omar’s neck as a way of both teasing him and demonstrating trust vs. omar kissing the back of johnny’s neck as a sign of comfort and commitment at the end of the film don’t @ me