More strange and fascinating creatures! A Witchy Wednesday article.
A man rides a gigantic white serpent in a river, watched by a woman in an orange shawl. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1850(?). Date: 1850 Licence: Public Domain Mark Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday! This week I thought it would be nice to share with you some more fabulous images I have sourced from the Welcome Collection. The Welcome Collection is a fantastic place to do historical research both in person and online. https://wellcomecollection.org/ All of these images are of different depictions of strange and fascinating creatures across many countries, time periods. Most are in the public domain due to their age. I have put the licence details on each one. Kali trampling Shiva. Chromolithograph by R. Varma. Raja Ravi Varma Licence: Public Domain Mark Vishnu lying on a serpent, with Lakshmi massaging his feet and Brahma in heaven. Chromolithograph. Licence: Public Domain Mark A serpent. Woodcut after C. Gessner. Conrad GessnerDate: 1613 Lic...