Lithuanions named death Giltine was seen as old woman with a long blue noiseand a poisonus tonuge. legend goes she was young and pretty but she was trapped in a coffin. for 7 years.The Goddess of death was a sister to The Goddess of life the relation ship between them was called beginning and end.
"Death and the Miser" by Hieronymus Bosch (1490). This painting was inspired by a 15th century book of prayers entitled: Ars Moriendi (the art of dying): a handbook on the proper way of dying.
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Lithuanions named death Giltine was seen as old woman with a long blue noiseand a poisonus tonuge. legend goes she was young and pretty but she was trapped in a coffin. for 7 years.The Goddess of death was a sister to The Goddess of life the relation ship between them was called beginning and end.
Apr 13, 2012
Charles Knutson
Just a little something I wrote a while ago about various Celtic versions of Escorts to the Afterlife http://lists.topica.com/lists/celtic_history/read/message.html?mid=...
Jul 21, 2012
SunKat
"Death and the Miser" by Hieronymus Bosch (1490). This painting was inspired by a 15th century book of prayers entitled: Ars Moriendi (the art of dying): a handbook on the proper way of dying.
Oct 12, 2012