Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Lancelot mused
But Lancelot mused a little space
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."
Labels:
camelot,
lancelot,
loreena Mckennitt,
tennyson,
the lady of shalot
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Aycayia
Among the Neo-Taíno nations of the Caribbean the mermaid is called Aycayia.[15][16] Her attributes relate to the goddess Jagua, and the hibiscus flower of the majagua tree Hibiscus tiliaceus
Labels:
art nouveau,
mary-anne leslie,
mermaid,
Watercolor
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Nereida
The latest of my mermaid series - not a big story here, but the meaning of her name is "sea nymph", and in Greek mythology Nereids are deities of the sea.
Labels:
mary-anne leslie,
mermaid,
Nereid,
Nereida,
Sea nymph,
Watercolor
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Das Rheingold
Ink & Watercolor
Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold") is the first of the four operas that comprise Der ring Des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Wagner. The Rhinemaidens are the three water nymphs (Rheintöchter or Rhine daughters) who appear in Wagner's opera. Their individual names are Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde (Floßhilde), although they are generally considered as a single entity and act together accordingly. The key concepts associated with them in the Ring operas—their flawed guardianship of the Rhine gold, and the condition (renunciation of love) through which the gold could be stolen from them and transformed into a means of world power—are wholly Wagner's own invention, and are the elements that initiate and propel the entire drama.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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