eagle: so what do you think about stigmata
prometheus: you know we're in a pre-christian myth, right? like that word doesn't exist yet. your dumb joke is anachronistic.
eagle: stigma talons in your flesh
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『 Istrski poljub - Istrian kiss 』
Croatian and Slovenian Istrian girls kissing in an old coastal town
The Croatian girl (left) is wearing folk clothes from southern Istria. The Slovenian girl (right) is wearing folk clothes from the Trieste region. The town I used as a reference was a photo I took in Piran a couple of months ago - I guess they met halfway between eachother!
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In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.
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Evgeniy Rachev’s illustration for the fairy tale ‘Kolobok’.
Here you can watch the cartoon ‘Kolobok’ with english subs.
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Jarylo, 2016 - oil on canvas.
— Andrey Alekseyevich Shishkin (Russia, 1960).
Jarylo is a East and South Slavic god of vegetation, fertility and springtime.
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A Continental Art Nouveau Ceramic Butterfly Statue
.c. 1900
Marks : P. Feffer
Source: Heritage Auctions
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What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince. (via. luciferifilia).
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A sphinx inspired by a terracotta oil jar from the Taman Peninsula, 4th century BC
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Queer history fact: Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) performed the first successful modern gender confirmation surgery, pioneering the surgeries used today. He was nicknamed "the Einstein of sex" for his work.
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