Curse Collection

The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot, 1894, (c1930). Creator: John William Waterhouse
The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot, 1894, (c1930). Illustration to Tennysons poem, " The Lady of Shalott" : the Lady sees bold Sir Launcelot in her mirror: she goes to the window

"...The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", illustrated by Gustave Dore, 1876
"And the rain poured down from one black cloud - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", illustrated by Gustave Dore, 1876

Latona and the Lycian Peasants, c.1605. Creator: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Latona and the Lycian Peasants, c.1605. Latona, the mother of Apollo and Diana, halts to quench her thirst at a pond. However some peasants working nearby prevent her from doing so

Cain, 1891. Creator: Julius Paulsen
Cain, 1891. Cain is cursed and receives a mark from God

Edward B. McLean, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B. McLean, between 1909 and 1923
Edward B. McLean, between 1909 and 1923. American newspaperman and racehorse owner Edward Beale McLean, publisher and owner of The Washington Post

Mu: Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable... c1772/73
Mu: Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Mu: Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable... c1772/73
Mu: Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, ca. 1627. Creator: Nicolas Poussin
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, ca. 1627

Snow-White and Rose-Red, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
Snow-White and Rose-Red, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

Greek Vase-Painting, Odysseus crew Turning to Pigs on Circes Isle, c6th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Apollo and Daphne, 1715-96. Creator: Jean-Etienne Liotard
Apollo and Daphne, 1715-96

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox, c. 1745

The Mocking Children Cursed by Elijah and Eaten by the She-Bear, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes and Hunting Scenes, 1584

Miravan Opening the Tomb of His Ancestors, 1772. Creator: Valentine Green
Miravan Opening the Tomb of His Ancestors, 1772

Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices, 1786. Creator: Henry Fuseli
Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices, 1786

Poem by Chunagon Atsutada (Fujiwara no Asatada), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), 1921

Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi), 1765. 1765
Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi), 1765

He glared fiercely at the apparition... 1919. Creator: Unknown
He glared fiercely at the apparition... 1919. Tomosaburo was a brave, strong-minded samurai, to whom the sensation of fear was totally unknown

Her ghastly face and blood-stained garments... 1919. Creator: Unknown
Her ghastly face and blood-stained garments struck terror to the souls of the petrified spectators, 1919....the brides sumptuously lacquered kago appeared, surrounded by a numerous retinue

Curs d wolf ! Thy fury inward on thyself prey, and consume thee!, c1890. Creator
Curs d wolf ! Thy fury inward on thyself prey, and consume thee!, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Siegfrieds death, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Siegfrieds death, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Siegfried, distracted by Wotans ravens, is then stabbed in the back

Siegfried! Siegfried! Our warning is true: flee, oh flee from the curse!, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods

The ring upon thy hand - ah be implored! For Wotan fling it away!, 1924. Artist
The ring upon thy hand -..ah be implored! For Wotan fling it away!, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods

Fafner kills Fasolt, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Fafner kills Fasolt, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Showing Alberichs curse. The giants Fafner and Fasolt begin to fight over the ring of the Nibelungen

The Goose-Girl at the Well, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Goose-Girl at the Well, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

King Williams Malediction on his Son, 1838. William I (c.1028-1087), the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087

Silver disc brooch of AEdwen, Anglo-Scandinavian, first half of the 11th century. The decoration shows the Viking Ringerike style

Statue of Idrimi, Late Bronze Age / Syrian, 16th century BC
Head of a statue of Idrimi, a king of Alalakh, Late Bronze Age/Syrian, 16th century BC. An inscription in Babylonian cuneiform script says that he was one of the sons of the royal house of Aleppo

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