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eidolon
A slightly modified version of the image-meme seen floating around LJ lately. Apparently I cannot resist a meme that focuses on pictures.
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Old Woman Plague and the Black Death
I have done a post about some of these images before, but the whole Death-theme over at told_tales gave it new relevance. So I've added lots more images, and some text which ended up expanding the post quite a bit.
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Alfred Rethel and his Dance of Death
The excellent community told_tales is currently discussing Death and stories and legends concerning the death motif. I made this post there, and I'm now I'm pestering the rest of you with it. (and sorry for the cross-posting some of you experience)
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Trolls
Troll kalla mik
tungl sjötrungnis,
auðsug jötuns,
élsólar böl,
vilsinn völu,
vörð náfjarðar,
hvélsvelg himins -
hvat's troll nema þat?
They call me Troll;
Gnawer of the Moon,
Giant of the Gale-blasts,
Curse of the rain-hall,
Companion of the Sibyl,
Nightroaming hag,
Swallower of the loaf of heaven.
What is a Troll but that?
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