Strange Creatures in a Forest

 

Persian manuscript painting of strange mythological creatures in a forest,
from a book by Qazwīnī (c.1700s) 

 

 

  

Persian Angels

 Painting of Persian Angels in the form of a cat and a bird (c.1500s)

 

Persian Demon

 Antique Persian painting of a demon licking the feet of a sleeping couple.

 

Tibetan Red Demon

 Tibetan red demon with a Tiger's head.
painting c.1800s.

 

Natura

 Natura, or Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts.
Dutch engraving (c.1580s). 

 

Persian Dragon

Persian dragon painting (c.1500s).


  

Mermaids in Alchemy

 German watercolour illustration (circa. 17th - 18th century) of two mermaids inside a flask, representing the union of earth and water, from the alchemical manuscript Clavis Artis by Zoroaster (Zarathustra).  

The Chimera's Despair by Alexandre Seon

The Chimera's Despair
by Alexandre Seon

 

Melusine

 Melusine,
sacred water spirit.
engraving (c.1900). 

 

Ganymede - Pan Magazine

Ganymede cover of Pan Magazine (1895)
by Ludwig von Hofmann.

 

 

Strange Persian Creatures

Antique 17th century Persian painting of two unusual black and white creatures.



  

Medusa

Medusa
original collage by Opium of the Poets


  

Le Lion Amoureux

Le Lion Amoureux (The Amorous Lion).
From the Fables of La Fontaine.
Félix Bracquemond after Gustave Moreau (1886).


  

The Horned God

The Horned God
woodcut by by Albrecht Dürer (c.1517)

 

Medieval Griffin

15th century German engraving of a mythical Griffin.



   

The Bat Woman

La Femme Chauve-Souris (The Bat Woman) by Albert Joseph Pénot
(1890)


'Dream is like a second life. Never have I been able to pass without a shudder through those gates of ivory or horn which divide us from the invisible world... '
Gerard de Nerval (Aurelia) 


  

Arachne

Arachne
Victorian era etching.