Anne-Louis Girodet
"Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of the Fallen French Heroes"


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Os Pinos (Galician pronunciation: [os ˈpinos], "The Pines") is the official anthem of Galicia, in Spain. The lyrics were written by Eduardo Pondal (the two first parts of his poem Queixumes dos pinos, "Lamentations of the Pines") and the music by Pascual Veiga. It was composed in Havana, Cuba, where it was performed for the first time in 1907. It ( Read more... )

Saint Teilo (Latin: Teliarus or Teliavus; Breton: Teliau or Telo; French: Télo or Théleau; c. 500 - 9 February c. 560), also known by his Cornish name Eliud, was a British Christian monk, bishop, and founder of monasteries and churches from Penalun (Penally) near Tenby in Pembrokeshire, south Wales. Teilo, born in Pembrokeshire and a first cousin ( Read more... )

"В Зодиаке Гластонбери знак Водолея изображен, весьма неожиданно, птицей, в которой автор вполне обоснованно опознает Феникса, совершенно очевидно несущего "чашу бессмертия", то есть сам Грааль; и параллель, проводимая с индийской Гаруда, здесь очень справедлива." (Рене Генон, "Символы священной науки", гл.12. "Земля Солнца ( Read more... )

Stained glass window installed in St James Church, Sutton Cheney: The church was held by tradition to be where Richard III (left) had his last Mass before facing Henry VII (right) on the fields of Bosworth in 1485. King Henry raised not only the royal banner of England but the ancient standard of Cadwallader, a red dragon upon a field of white and ( Read more... )

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 интересно, председатель правительства Ирландии, оказывается, совершенно официально называется Вождём. так официально называется его должность ( Read more... )

Selkies (also spelled silkies, selchies; Irish/Scottish Gaelic: selchidh, Scots: selkie fowk) are mythological creatures found in Scottish, Irish, and Faroese folklore. Similar creatures are described in the Icelandic traditions. The word derives from earlier Scots selich, (from Old English seolh meaning seal). Selkies are said to live as seals in ( Read more... )