Author. Represented by Kevin Pocklington @ The North Literary Agency. 'With a host of Furious Fancies, Whereof I am commander.
With a burning spear & a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander.' (Tom O' Bedlam) L.A.M.F
Nina Antonia
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#OwlishMonday Winner of the Owlscar for Best Supporting Owl goes to the orb eyed witness to Herne The Hunter who haunts Windsor Great Park. Herne's antler's identify him with Cernunnos, Celtic god of the underworld, whilst Owls are considered psychopomps, guiding souls from this world to the next.
Nina Antonia
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Art before Sleep: 'The essence of mystery is to remain perpetually ambiguous'. Art & Quote - Odilon Redon (1840-1916)
#FairyTaleTuesday Its a long held belief that twins have a strong bond of empathy. If one is in danger, the other will know whilst happiness can be shared between them. If one twin dies, the survivor inherits the others vitality which can be used for healing. (art Boleslaw Biegas 1877-1954)
#WyrdWednesday Those delicious little custard pastries now widely available originated from 15th Century Convents in Portugal. As the Nuns used egg whites to starch their habits, they had a surplus of yokes & began making 'Conventual Doces' with them. Eventually the recipe was passed on to bakeries.
#StainedGlassSunday A raven bringing food to Elijah. Harris Manchester College, Oxford, by Burne-Jones, 1897. Once considered helpful, Poe has much to answer for in casting the Raven as a grim visitor from 'Night's Plutonium Shore' writing the regal bird into horror, evermore. 🐦⬛
Art before Sleep: 'Silenzio' (Luis Bussiaert 1919) holds a poppy, the flower whose creation was attributed by the ancient Greeks to Ceres. After Ceres daughter, Prosperine, was carried away to the underworld, she invented the poppy to obtain sleep & forget her grief. #mythologymonday
#OwlishMonday Barely surviving book cover artwork for 'The Three Owls' by Anne Carole Moore, 1925. Would it be reasonable to say that people who love 🐈⬛ also love 🦇 & 🦉?
Fear of the number 666 is derived from a Greek term and is known as 'Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia'.
