#women in mythology

[ambisun]

The Opening night for my solo art exhibition is happening in in 7 days!

Come say hi 👋 and checkout the illustrations of women from Tales and Oracles of Eleven at @qvwc_melbourne . You can also find the books and Oracle deck available at @qvwc_shop.

Exhibition Info:

Opening Night:

15th August 2024, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Gallery Showing:

15th August- 6 September,

Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

Location:

210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Tales of Eleven aims to shed light on the lesser-known stories of women in the mythology of South East Asia, allowing those unfamiliar with our culture to gain a new perspective and offering diaspora women and immigrants a bridge to their cultural heritage.

This exhibition hopes to illuminate the often overlooked, yet formidable, women who shape the mythologies of South East Asia. From the enchanting tales of goddesses, and dark witches, to the heroic exploits of warrior queens, each illustration invites contemplation of the intrinsic connection between mythology and societal ideals.

[thetudorslovers]

"The legend of Scylla was more extensive. She was the daughter of Phorcys and Crataeis, or of Typhon and Echidna, or of Poseidon. According to others, her mother was Lamia, that queen of Libya who was loved by Zeus and saw her children perish as a result of Hera's jealousy. In her misery she went out of her mind and devoured babies whom she tore from their mothers' arms. Scylla was at first a nymph of rare beauty. Whether it was because she repelled the advances of Glaucus and Glaucus punished her for disdain, or whether, on the contrary, she had given herself to Poseidon and thus excited Amphitrite's jealousy, Scylla was changed by Circe into a monster. While she was bathing in a pool into which Circe had thrown certain magic herbs, six necks suddenly sprang from her shoulders, necks of monstrous length, surmounted by six frightful heads, each supplied with a triple row of teeth.

She lurked in a dark cavern hollowed in the middle of a reef from which emerged only her heads, which snapped up passing dolphins, the dogs of the sea, and those of 'the enormous monsters nurtured by the noisy Amphitrite whom she was able to seize'. When a ship passed within her reach each of her heads would carry off a man from the bench of rowers, and no vessel could boast of escaping Scylla without loss. When Hercules brought Geryon's herd through the straits of Sicily, Scylla seized and devoured one of the oxen. Hercules killed her, but she was resuscitated by her father Phorcys, and mariners passing the straits of Sicily continued to dread the twin perils of Charybdis and Scylla."

[womeninfictionandirl]

Mulan by Kat Nicole Berkley

[shamster]

Yayy I finished my centauress! I'm not very experienced in drawing animals and this task helped me learn. Looks kinda bare because I couldn’t be arsed to draw a background.

[venicepearl]

Deianira, Deïanira, or Deianeira also known as Dejanira, is a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translates as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband". She was the wife of Heracles and, in late Classical accounts, his unwitting murderer, killing him with the poisoned Shirt of Nessus. She is the main character in Sophocles' play Women of Trachis.

[celticfroglore]

BCU MA Fine Art Degree Show

Finally finished art school! This is my painting installation 'Women in Mythology' which is inspired by 4 female characters from The Mabinogion in Welsh Mythology. These are women who have been shamed, punished or wronged - written in a time of misogyny as the norm.

This work highlights the intricacies, the meanings of these women and what they represent.

[atheist-mumblings]

[mythosblogging]

Once there was a poor girl who was, despite her circumstances, very kind. One day as she was cooking an ugly toad jumped into the kitchen. At first, the girl was horrified by the hideous creature and meant to drive it away, but when she saw that it was storming outside, she felt pity for the poor toad. She gave it some food and it ate as though it was starving, gobbling up everything she gave it. If the girl had thought the toad would leave once its hunger was sated, she was wrong. Once fed, the toad took shelter in a corner of the kitchen and hunkered down to rest. The next day, the girl awoke to find the toad still there.

The girl soon grew used to the toad’s presence and began to think of it as something like a friend. She would feed the creature every day, and every day her friend grew bigger. The companions were happy together for some time, until tragedy struck.

The village the girl lived in had long been besieged by a terrible monster.

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[2mysticmoons]

Mary Magdalene

[dreaming-notsleeping]

My buddy has just opened a Redbubble shop; their work is mainly concerned with the depiction of women in relation to astrology, mythology, or nature. Please check it out, see if you like it.

[blvvdk3ep]

I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive

[pocket-goose]

she gets me she just does

[womeninfictionandirl]

Hua Mulan by Mike Hartigan

[sloanslone]

My FINAL Artemis x Aeolus fa...(My EPIC designs-Y'all really made me do this...)

(you'll see Artemis's antlers if you get pumba off her head ig 😭, I just didn't wanna draw a dead dog or fox on her....)

[venicepearl]

In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena was the wife of Amphitryon by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome. She is best known as the mother of Heracles, whose father was the god Zeus. Alcmene was also referred to as Electryone, a patronymic name as a daughter of Electryon.

[onesockartist]

Birth of Venus 🩵✨

One of the rare instances a school assignment actually turns out good