Myth Gallery

Bigfoot film, 1967

Bigfoot film. Still photograph from the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film made in North Carolina, USA, on 20 October 1967. The film was shot by Roger Patterson who was in the woods of North Carolina with Bob Gimlin. The film shows an unidentified bipedal humanoid walking away into the trees. Patterson and Gimlin claimed this was a film of Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch), a legendary ape-like creature, but some experts have declared that the film shows a human in an ape suit

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The Peacock Skirt

The Peacock Skirt - Aubrey Beardsley s illustration for Salome by Oscar Wilde first performed in England on 10 May 1905. Richard Strauss s opera based on this this book premiered 9 December 1905 Dresden

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Art, Artist Visual, Early 20th Century, English, Illustration, Literary Arts, Literature, Myth, Peacock, Skirt

Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants. Athena taking the young Alcyoneus by the hair while his mother, Gaia, leaves the ground due to the death of his son. Next, the winged Nike. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans