Your welcome RJ...
Death is a fascinating topic on many levels and I hope to bring some insight to the group and we all have questions.
Thank you for joining us!
In medieval art and iconography, the Dance of Death is depicted as a carnival in which skeletons and corpses revel along with the living. Grinning skeletons lead people off to the afterlife, often with an air of joviality and humor.
The Dance of Death was a popular festival with origins in the plague-ridden medieval period. Like most rowdy gatherings, the Death Dance was mainly an opportunity for common people to dispense with the usual social constraints and enjoy some licentiousness. Not surprisingly, this unusual festival inspired imagery and themes which were central to the popular mythology surrounding death.
In a related artistic tradition, armies of conquering skeletons sweep through villages riding carts piled high with the dead. Such apocalyptic images represented what many thought was the end of the world.
The Killaghtee Cross - A most important antiquity, this cross dated at about 650AD is thought to mark the grave of Aedh, an early monk. The Maltese cross marks the transition between inscribed slab and sculpted high cross and therefore the Killaghtee Cross holds an important place in the development of Celtic art.
In Poland, death was know as Smeieric,. in this version Death was seen as wearing a white robe and is female This version of death is mostly seen as old skeletal woman. in Nordic she know as Pesta meaning plague hag due to the black plague. She always worn a black hood.She would go into a town with either a broom or a rake. if she had a rake it means some would survive the plague . If she had the broom all would die.
Each culture h as a different way of looking and seeing this being. here are just 2 examples i will be adding a few more as time goes by. In The Hellenic viewpoint.Death was seen as inevitable and not evil at all.Death was seen as a bearded and winged man.Death can also be seen as a young boy as well.Death s counterpart was life. death was seen as kind , gentle and Justice .He would escort the dead to Hades .Which in turn he would hand them over to Charon .Who would ferry them across the river Acheron .If Charon did not get paid the soul would remain on the other side of the river for a hundred years. his sisters were the Keres which were know as the spirits of the violent death. In The Celtic culture death was seen as a spectral figure know as the Ankou.The Ankou was said to be the spirit of the last person who died in the community. He would appear as a a tall haggard figure with a wide hat.Sometimes has a skeleton head that can see every one and every where at all times.AnKou drives a deathly cart that has a pile of corpses and makes a creaking sound.
SunKat
Death is a fascinating topic on many levels and I hope to bring some insight to the group and we all have questions.
Thank you for joining us!
Mar 24, 2010
ekim flow
and for the invite.Apr 10, 2010
SunKat
Hi Dena, Ekim and Vampiress! Excited you all are here... Lots more to post and learn about. Thanks for joining.
Apr 12, 2010
Crooked Sky
Apr 13, 2010
SunKat
Jul 24, 2010
SunKat
Aug 28, 2010
Dept of PMM Artists & things
In medieval art and iconography, the Dance of Death is depicted as a carnival in which skeletons and corpses revel along with the living. Grinning skeletons lead people off to the afterlife, often with an air of joviality and humor.
The Dance of Death was a popular festival with origins in the plague-ridden medieval period. Like most rowdy gatherings, the Death Dance was mainly an opportunity for common people to dispense with the usual social constraints and enjoy some licentiousness. Not surprisingly, this unusual festival inspired imagery and themes which were central to the popular mythology surrounding death.
In a related artistic tradition, armies of conquering skeletons sweep through villages riding carts piled high with the dead. Such apocalyptic images represented what many thought was the end of the world.
Jan 31, 2011
miyoko canter
the japanese beleive that white butterflies carry the souls of their dead loved ones on their wings.
Nov 7, 2011
Fae Oonagh
Nov 26, 2011
Fae Oonagh
Nov 26, 2011
SunKat
The Killaghtee Cross -
A most important antiquity, this cross dated at about 650AD is thought to mark the grave of Aedh, an early monk. The Maltese cross marks the transition between inscribed slab and sculpted high cross and therefore the Killaghtee Cross holds an important place in the development of Celtic art.
Nov 28, 2011
miyoko canter
i had never heard of that cross before.
Nov 28, 2011
Arianrhod
Greetings,
This is a great group, I would be honored to join.
blessings,
Arianrhod
Nov 28, 2011
SunKat
Neither have I so I thought it would be interesting. Cemetery markers of old are not only artful but tell stories of times past.
Nov 28, 2011
SunKat
Welcome Arianrhod ~
Enjoy and feel free to add any historical discussions.
Nov 28, 2011
Dept of PMM Artists & things
In Poland, death was know as Smeieric,. in this version Death was seen as wearing a white robe and is female This version of death is mostly seen as old skeletal woman. in Nordic she know as Pesta meaning plague hag due to the black plague. She always worn a black hood.She would go into a town with either a broom or a rake. if she had a rake it means some would survive the plague . If she had the broom all would die.
Apr 3, 2012
Dept of PMM Artists & things
Each culture h as a different way of looking and seeing this being. here are just 2 examples i will be adding a few more as time goes by. In The Hellenic viewpoint.Death was seen as inevitable and not evil at all.Death was seen as a bearded and winged man.Death can also be seen as a young boy as well.Death s counterpart was life. death was seen as kind , gentle and Justice .He would escort the dead to Hades .Which in turn he would hand them over to Charon .Who would ferry them across the river Acheron .If Charon did not get paid the soul would remain on the other side of the river for a hundred years. his sisters were the Keres which were know as the spirits of the violent death. In The Celtic culture death was seen as a spectral figure know as the Ankou.The Ankou was said to be the spirit of the last person who died in the community. He would appear as a a tall haggard figure with a wide hat.Sometimes has a skeleton head that can see every one and every where at all times.AnKou drives a deathly cart that has a pile of corpses and makes a creaking sound.
Apr 3, 2012