Image 6 of 26 from gallery of Architectural Photographers: Thomas Mayer. Station Liege by Calatrava 2009 © Thomas Mayer
Get 'em while they're hot! The yokai are all being posted to my Etsy store, http://osarusan.etsy.com. They will be available as high quality, archival fine art prints, matted and mounted on acid-free board, just like my other Etsy prints. There will also be special deals for buying 10 yokai prints, or the entire set. Anyone interested
A Bluecap is a mythical fairy or ghost in English folklore that inhabits mines and appears as a small blue flame. They are mostly associated with the Anglo-Scottish borders. Unlike a Tommyknocker, which is gnome-like in appearance, a Bluecap usually appears as a small blue flame similar to a [hitodama]. Sometimes they appear as a being made out of blue fire or a small fairy that gives off a blue glow. Bluecaps help miners find rich veins of ore. Like Tommyknockers, they warn of cave-ins and mine
Readers of Listverse should be well familiarized with cryptids by now. Unconfirmed by science, cryptids lurk at the fringe of both sight and belief, often growing to mythical proportions through a combination of legend and modern day sightings. From the blood-drinking specters of Indonesia to the timid beast men of Appalachia, nobody's safe from what
Brigit-Celtic Cult Goddess Brigit, or goddesses with similar functions, was regarded by the Celts as an early teacher of civilisation, inspirer of the artistic, poetic, and mechanical faculties, as well as a goddess of fire and fertility. As such she far excelled her sons, gods of knowledge. She must have originated in the period when the Celts worshipped goddesses rather than gods, and when knowledge—leechcraft, agriculture, inspiration—were women's rather than men's. She had a female priesthood, and men were perhaps excluded from her cult, as the tabued shrine at }Kildare suggests. Perhaps her fire was fed from sacred oak wood, for many shrines of S. Brigit were built under oaks, doubtless displacing pagan shrines of the goddess. As a goddess, Brigit is more prominent than Danu, also a goddess of fertility, even though Danu is mother of the gods.
The baby seemed right at home in a cute onesie as she grabbed her toes while lying on her very own miniature Yoga mat.
Ok, so there are a million triangle shawls out there. What makes this one different? Knit from the bottom up, this scarf features a simple, but effective, twisted drop stitch pattern that is easy to memorize. Since it is a one-stitch repeat, you can easily expand the scarf as you go, without worrying about how to add in a wider stitch pattern repeat. Oya was inspired by the African Goddess of Wind, Fire, and Storms. You will first create the triangle to your desired width. Then, you will pick up and knit the border all the way around the shawl. Oya is available for $4.99 on Ravelry.
