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Monsters

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Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Viking memorial picture stone showing the saga of God Thor (son of God Odin) dedicated to the brothers Rodvisl. Sanda, Gotland (Sweden); 7th-10th century
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Viking memorial picture stone showing the saga of God Thor (son of God Odin) ded...

Viking picture stone depicting a dead hero riding Odin's eight legged horse Sleipnir to Valhalla where he is welcomed by Valkyre. Tjangvide, Gotland (Sweden); 8-9th century
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Viking picture stone depicting a dead hero riding Odin's eight legged horse Slei...

The Rök rune stone is the most famous of rune stones, featuring the longest known runic inscription in stone. Many also consider it to be the most beautiful of all rune stones. It is placed by the church in Rök, Östergötland, Sweden, and considered the first piece of Swedish literature and thus marks the beginning of the history of Swedish literature. The stone is unique in that it contains a fragment of what is believed to be a lost piece of Norse mythology. It also makes a historical reference to Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. (the centre contains an ode to King Theodoric). Rök, Östergotland, Sweden; 800 CE
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The Rök rune stone is the most famous of rune stones, featuring the longest know...

A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail from a large Meissen plate. The design is no longer Chinese, but strongly influenced by Japanese masters like Kakiemon. Diameter of entire plate 22.5 cm (1730-1735)
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A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail fro...

Hercules (identifiable by his lion-skin) carrying the globe, a scene unknown in Greek mythology. Kaendler, Meissen, mid-18th H: 16,4 cm
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Hercules (identifiable by his lion-skin) carrying the globe, a scene unkno...

Hercules (identifiable by his lion-skin) carrying the globe, a scene unkown in Greek mythology. Kaendler, Meissen, mid-18th H: 16,4 cm
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Hercules (identifiable by his lion-skin) carrying the globe, a scene unkow...

Detail from a Chinese plate with Chi'lin-dragon. The porcelain painters of Meissen copied such dragons from Chinese originals and invented many variations of their own (1680).
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Detail from a Chinese plate with Chi'lin-dragon. The porcelain painters o...

Meissen plate with decor "Flying Dragon". Meissen painters copied Chinese dragons, but invented new variations. 1735
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Meissen plate with decor "Flying Dragon". Meissen painters copied...

The "Flying Dragon". Detail from 30-03-01/31. Meissen (1735)
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The "Flying Dragon". Detail from 30-03-01/31....

Small Meissen dragon, from a table set, called "Fabulous Creatures", painted by Adam Friedrich von Loewenfinck (1735-1736).
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Small Meissen dragon, from a table set, called "Fabulous Creatures", pa...

One of the stranger plates to be produced in Meissen is this one, divided between the "Brocade Design" and the "Flying Squirrel" design, another mythical animal copied from Chinese models. 1732
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One of the stranger plates to be produced in Meissen is this one, divided bet...

Boy in a cart drawn by a unicorn, oriental sorceress with parrot. 1930
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Boy in a cart drawn by a unicorn, oriental sorceress with...