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Anti-piracy ad from 2004

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Detail of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Caravaggio (1598-99). 

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Sirin et Alkonost, une chanson de joie et de chagrin (Sirin and Alkonost, A Song Of Joy And Sorrow) Oiseaux prophetiques a visage de femme du folklore russe - Oeuvre de Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926), aquarelle sur papier by Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov(Undated, watercolour)

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The Alkonost and the Sirin are two sides of the same coin. Both are beautiful women with the bodies of birds and both have magical voices of unimaginable beauty. The Alkonost guards good fortune by day and the Sirin by night. You cannot separate the two, because one is simply the alter ego of the other

ALKONOST

Her voice is supposed to be so beautiful that she can make you forget anything that hurts you. She is said to sing about the beauties of paradise for the saints so that they don’t give in to despair and temptation. Other stories claim that wars have actually ended due to her voice

SIRIN

Birds with black feathers are often attributed as being conduits between this world and the other side, bringing messages from the dead. It is no surprise then that the Sirin has dark plumage like a raven or a crow. Given that she is just the Alkonist’s alter ego, it could be argued that it is her divine duty to punish the wicked and usher the dead to their afterlife. She is, after all, still a guardian of good fortune

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crystal palace madrid

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our lady of sweet decay

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My first entry for this year Drawtober, Overgrown Cemetery 🌿

Instagram Etsy

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The Vision of Saint Hubert (1890)

— by Franz von Stuck

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The Druids’ Temple | GarettPhotography

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Edmund Weiss (Edmund Weiß), Illustration of Leonid Meteor Storm, as seen over North America on the night of November 12-13, 1833.

The Weiss Crater is named after him.

Wikimedia

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The Los Angeles House, 1995

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Sirena LaBurn (American, b. 1986, Nederland, TX, USA) - Rain Dance, 2018, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

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Textile fragment: English, c. 1800-1820 from the Winterthur Museum.