Legend Collection (page 32)

Tintagel Head and Castle, Cornwall, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Tintagel Head and Castle, Cornwall, UK, 20th century. Medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall

St. Magnus Church, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
St. Magnus Church, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, 20th century. A 12th century Irish style round tower, rare in Scotland, and unique in Orkney

The Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Also known as Dawns Men, a late neolithic stone circle located in Cornwall, United Kingdom

Willy Howe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Willy Howe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 20th century. A large round barrow or tumulus which has been excavated several times by Lord Londesborough in 1857 and Rev. Greenwell in 1887

Church of St. Magnus, 12th century, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Church of St. Magnus, 12th century, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, 20th century. A 12th century Irish style round tower, rare in Scotland, and unique in Orkney. Built in 1117, where St

Tibetan mask used in ritual dance, c9th century
This Tibetan mask is used in the ritual Black Hat dance, which is of pre-Buddhist origin, c9th century

Proleek Dolmen, 21st century BC
Proleek Dolmen. Legend has it that if you throw a stone onto the roof and it stays there, you will be married within a year, 21st century BC

Spinsters Rock, a Neolithic chamber-tomb. Note the large crystals in the granite rock. It collapsed in 1858, and was reconstructed in a slightly different form

Merry Maidens stone circle
Merry Maidens bronze age stone circle, also known as Dawns Men. Traditionally these are maidens supposedly turned to stone for dancing on a sunday

The Hurlers, Stone Circles in Cornwall. Legend tells that they are men changed into stones for playing Cornish Hurling on a Sunday

Detail of an altar-piece from the Carmelite Church, 15th century. Artist: Master of the Barbara Legend
Detail of an altar-piece from the Carmelite Church, Frankfurt, Germany from the Flemish School, 15th century

The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod, 1455-1460. Artist: Giovanni di Paolo (ca 1403-1482)
The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod, 1455-1460. Found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

Salome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1455-1460. Artist: Giovanni di Paolo (ca 1403-1482)
Salome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1455-1460. Found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Catherine, 1670. Artist: Dolci, Carlo (1616-1686)
Saint Catherine, 1670. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Apollo killing the Cyclops (Fresco from Villa Aldobrandini), 1617-1618. Artist: Domenichino (1581-1641)
Apollo killing the Cyclops (Fresco from Villa Aldobrandini), 1617-1618. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1530-1540. Artist: Bugiardini, Giuliano (1475-1554)
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1530-1540. Found in the collection of the Santa Maria Novella, Florence

The Goddess Calypso rescues Ulysses, 1630. Artist: Poelenburgh, Cornelis, van (1594 / 95-1667)
The Goddess Calypso rescues Ulysses, 1630. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

Philoctetes aiming the bow of Hercules at Odysseus, 1790. Artist: Carstens, Asmus Jacob (1754-1798)
Philoctetes aiming the bow of Hercules at Odysseus, 1790. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The death of Achilles, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
The death of Achilles, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Achilles recognized among the daughters of Lycomedes, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Achilles recognized among the daughters of Lycomedes, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Mars and Rhea Silvia, c. 1616-1617. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Mars and Rhea Silvia, c. 1616-1617. Found in the collection of the Liechtenstein Museum

Triptych with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist, ca 1530. Artist: Master of the Gent Adultress (active c)
Triptych with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist, ca 1530. From a private collection

King Candaules, after 1859. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
King Candaules, after 1859. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Candaules was a king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 735 until 718 BC

Etruscan grave-slab showing a man being suckled by a beast, 5th century
Detail of an Etruscan grave-slab showing a man being suckled by a beast, a predecessor to the Romulus and Remus legends, 5th century

Haida Native American tobacco-pipe, 19th century
Haida Native American tobacco-pipe, carved from Argillite, showing the legend of the Fisherman and his Wife. Currently in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 19th century

Akkadian cylinder-seal and impression of the flood epic, showing Uta-Napaishtim in a boat, and Gilgamesh with a bull

Tablet telling the legend of Etana, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. The story told on this tablet centres on Etana

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression of a hero fighting a lion
Akkadian cylinder-seal impression of a hero (possibly Gilgamesh) fighting a lion

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression showing the flood-epic. Utanapishtim is in the ark, and Gilgamesh is fighting the Bull. From the British Museums collection

Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Artist: Antonio Verico
Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Roland (by tradition d778) the semi-legendary French knight and hero of the 11th century Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland)

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

The Dead Drummer, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Dead Drummer, 1840. A legend of Salisbury Plain. From The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Barham). (London, 1840)

Robin Hood, legendary English folk hero and outlaw and champion of the poor, early 19th century. Robin (c1250-c1350)), an expert with the longbow and the quarter-staff, drawing his bow

The Wolf-Charmer, 1881. Artist: John Le Farge
The Wolf-Charmer, 1881. Belief in wolf charmers widespread in France in the first half of 19th century and was the last vestige of the werewolf legend

Arthur, 6th century semi-legendary Christian king of the Britons, late 14th century. According to legend, Arthur united the Britons against the Saxons whom he defeated in c516 at the Battle of Badon

Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. Artist: Gautier
Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. The Count des Broches in combat with King Nabor and Sir Gawain. In the centre mounted knights in armour are fighting with lances and swords

Page from Le Livre de Lancelot du Lac (The Book of Sir Lancelot of the Lake), 15th century. At top right Lancelot holds the decapitated head of Sir Agravain, Knight of the round table

Scene from Mort d Arthur, 14th century. Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere seen embracing by King Arthur

The Pied Piper leading away the children of Hamelin, c1899. Illustration from a childrens book. The story of the Pied Piper is best known in the English-speaking world from Robert Brownings poem

Excalibur being reclaimed by the Lady of the Lake, 1893. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley
Excalibur being reclaimed by the Lady of the Lake, 1893. A hand emerging from the lake to reclaim Excalibur, the sword which, according to legend

Croesus, last king of Lydia from c560 BC. Croesus was defeated and imprisoned by Cyrus the Great of Persia in 546 BC. Legend has it that Croesus was condemned to be burned alive

Constellations of Andromeda and Triangula, c1820. Artist: Sidney Hall
Constellation of Andromeda and Triangula, c1820. Andromeda shown chained to the rock as told in the Greek legend. From Uranias Mirror. (London, c1820)

Cassandra, legendary Trojan princess and prophetess, delivering a prophecy. The daughter of Priam and Hecuba, Cassandra was given the gift of seeing into the future by the god Apollo

Legendary island of Atlantis. Atlantis was first described by Plato and was said to lie just beyond the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar and Mount Hacho)

King Arthur fighting a giant, 1514. Arthur, under the protection of the Virgin Mary, engages a giant in single combat, watched by the men of two armies. From Chroniques de Bretagne. (Paris, 1514)

Cephalus and Procris, c1574-1627. Artist: Giovanni Battista Paggi
Cephalus and Procris, c1574-1627

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