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Reading visual art: 40 Minor Norse deities, the Wild Hunt

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Covering the Norns, Dagr, Nótt, Ægir, Gefjon, Bragi, Iðunn, Hervör, and the Wild Hunt or Åsgårdsreien.

March 3, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 39 Major Norse deities

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Covering Thor, Odin, Valhalla, Valkyries, Freyja, Loki, and Baldr in paintings.

March 2, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Hemera (Dies), the Day

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Seldom painted, except in Bouguereau’s pair of paintings showing her mother Nyx and Hemera.

February 1, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Nyx (Night)

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She became quite popular in 19th century paintings, in association with Morpheus and his opium poppies.

April 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Death on the Wing: Crows and ravens in paintings 1

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Escorts of valkyries, the bird of the gibbet, and seeker of carrion: crows and ravens are associated with death, magic, and more.

November 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Intangible: The non-visual cast as a figure

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Greece, France, death, day, night and more painted by Delacroix, Waterhouse, Watts, Gérôme, Malczewski, ER Hughes, and more.

July 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Visions of Asgard: Paintings of Norse Mythology – minor gods and the Wild Hunt

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The Norns, personifications of day and night, minor deities, and the Wild Hunt. Shown in paintings rather than book illustrations.

October 15, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Visions of Asgard: Paintings of Norse Mythology – major gods

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Including Thor, Odin, Valkyries, Freya, Loki, and Baldr, with a selection of fine paintings rather than book illustrations.

October 14, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Painting the Impossible: Music

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Music and musicians have been very popular themes for paintings since before the Renaissance. How successful are they in evoking our auditory imaginations?

April 8, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyries and Mermen

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We now associate Valkyries with Wagner and the Vietnam War. They actually come from Norse myth, which Arbo specialised in.

May 9, 2016 General, Painting
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