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#AI whatever #myth #busting. It's a computer program. It's not consciousness. Could it ever be consciousness? I don't know. If you shoved rocks from all the greatest mountains from around the world together could that be consciousness? Maybe. It's morning. We're doing space.

Reading Visual Art: 243 Dryads and Hamadryads

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/02/05/reading-visual-art-243-dryads-and-hamadryads/

<p>Most mythologies have tree spirits, although those in Asia tend to be expressed in sculpture rather than painted images. In European art, these are most usually termed Dryads or Hamadryads, drawing from classical Greek and Roman myth.</p>
<p>Strictly speaking, a <em>Dryad</em> is the spirit of a specific oak tree, although the term is normally used more broadly for the nymph associated with any specific tree, of whatever type, or a <em>wood nymph.</em> A <em>Hamadryad</em> is a Dryad who is irreversibly bonded to and in a tree, such that the death of the tree brings about the death of the Hamadryad. The term also seems to be used for a Dryad associated with a specific species of tree, such as Balanos for the oak. However, I suspect the terms are used interchangeably in the titles of most paintings.</p>
<p>Paintings of classical myths were most frequent and popular during and after the Renaissance, but at that time, few if any depicted tree spirits or Dryads.</p>
<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_27559" style="width: 1536px;"><a href="https://eclecticlight.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/danbywoodnymphshymn.jpg"><img alt="The Wood Nymph's Hymn to the Rising Sun 1845 by Francis Danby 1793-1861" class="size-full wp-image-27559" src="https://eclecticlight.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/danbywoodnymphshymn.jpg?w=940" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-27559">Francis Danby (1793–1861), The Wood Nymph’s Hymn to the Rising Sun (1845), o

What an assortment of #mythological creatures!

I'm not sure if the guy with snake legs is our guy Typhon or what the horse with a finned tail is... anyone know??

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_creature#/media/File:J.F.Bertuch-Fabelwesen2.JPG

#mythology #GreekMythology #creatures #lore #harpy #satyr #myth #myths #art #drawing

A vintage illustration depicting six mythological creatures, including a griffin (top left), harpy (top right), satyr (middle left), a man with snake legs (middle right), a horse in water with a fish tail (bottom left), and a mermaid (bottom left).

Ok, I get a break, so I can go listen to the rest of and keep my hands off the posts!!! No I won't. 3:24. Section 2. Designate. No definition. So, either means can arrest everybody for no reason at all. THAT PART. You get that I pray. Or nobody, which is what is correct of course because it is #MYTH

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hc7tndm7gduompba65aps75k/post/3me2oajoahc2g

Sympathique cette section d'idées reçues sur Wikipedia : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d%27id%C3%A9es_re%C3%A7ues

#myth #wikipedia #data #facts

I have a theory that those folks who are mature (read: old) enough and experienced in the ways of *office politics* aren't nearly so enthralled as most others by the palace intrigue of SOIAF-style #Fantasy novels.

For true escape, we like the heavier presence of the #Magic and #Myth ...

#SFF #Writing
Cross-reference under " #Banal , over-intricate plotting"

Relics that multiply, revelations that arrive pre-believed, clones powered by medieval fan fiction, and a pope who exists only because the narrator says so. When plausibility dies, faith doesn’t rise; it just fills the vacuum with overconfident nonsense.
#FilmCriticism #Relics #Documentary #History #CriticalThinking #Religion #Myth #Skepticism #Faith #Cinema #MovieReview
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/the-architecture-of-credulity-narratological-laziness-and-pseudohistory-in-religious-media/

#BlackHole #Myth busted: they don’t suck anything in : Medium

Your #Voice Gives Away #Valuable #PersonalInformation : Misc

Why #Failure is a necessary #Ingredient for #Success – especially in the #Era of #AI : Misc

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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'Perseus and Andromeda' by Charles-André van Loo (1740)

#art #arts #artgallery #artgalleries #myth #myths #mythology #arthistory #artlover #artlovers #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums

a painting of a sea serpent, its head and jaws rising out of the water, its teeth sharp, a hero leaping at it, a maiden in loose robes is startled, leaning against rocks on the ocean, a blue sky and trees behind them

Okkult is complete.
This cycle is birth, death and rebirth.
It took me many years to shape it into this form.
Many of my works grew from its soil.
Now the doors are open.
†

https://cicadacult.substack.com/p/coda
#poetry #darkpoetry #ritual #myth #fables

The kelpie! It's a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting water bodies in Scottish and Irish folklore, and, although it can occasionally take human form, it's usually shaped like an horse.

#Kelpie #TraditionalArt #Myth #Chibi #Fantasy #Art #MastoArt

Black and white chibi-style illustration of a kelpie: a horse-like creature with seaweed in its mane, seemingly emerging from the water of a lake.

#Brigid, the Celtic goddess, is said to have brought bees to Ireland from her apple orchards in the Otherworld, providing a nurturing foodstuff, sweetness & a healing agent through her honey ✨💫 #FolkloreSunday #Imbolc #StBrigid #CelticGoddess #Folklore #Ireland #honey #myth #legend #fire #bees

ENDS TODAY - New Show by Karen Daye-Hutchinson

ArtisAnn Gallery, 70 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AE

Wed – Sat: 11am to 5.30pm

https://artisann.org/collections/a-myth-for-the-last-wolf

#art #print #myth #animals

New coloring page: fairy.

Get it on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/coloring-page-149527134?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#coloring #coloringpage #coloringbook #drawing #illustration #blackandwhite #fairy #fairies #folklore #myth #bee #insect #flower

The Secret Religion of Silicon Valley (Ancient Myths & AI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtEidzV5nNE

"Ever heard of the Enuma Elish? It’s this ancient Babylonian myth where the gods got tired of working, so they created humans to be their slave class. Sound familiar?"

"In this video, I’m exploring how Silicon Valley is basically reenacting this exact same story right now. Except this time, we want to be the gods, and AI is the new slave class."

"I dive into the difference between being made in the "Image of God" vs. the "Image of Man" (Imago Hominis), and why that distinction matters more than ever. We aren't building a god; we are building a mirror—and the reflection isn't always pretty."

#AI #SiliconValley #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #Religion #Myth

“The serpent of Lough Muskry”
Acrylic on canvas
Jan. 2026
18x24

#painting #acrylic #loughmuskry #serpent #dragon #myth #acrylicpainting #figure #figurepainting #tree #hill #redhill #celticmyth #autumnal #green #fog

Myths survive because they do not solve us.

#fantasy #books #literature #story #Myth #readers

A quotation from Douglas Adams

Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 1, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, ch. 16 (1979)

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/37236/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #mystery #beauty #creation #fairytale #faith #meme #myth #religion #spirituality

Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? - Douglas Adams

The Rainbow Serpent!

The Rainbow Serpent is a deity for many different Australian Aboriginal people, known under various names and in several different myths. The Rainbow Serpent is always linked to water or rain, and is seen as a deity of creation.

#TraditionalArt #Myth #BlackAndwhite #RainbowSerpent #Art #MastoArt