Superstition Collection (page 3)

Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513 (engraving)
883704 Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513 (engraving) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: The Christian knight)

Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513 (engraving)
877268 Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513 (engraving) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 24.9 x 19.2 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Out hunting for teeth, plate 12 of Los caprichos, late 18th century (coloured etching) (see also 81631)
CHT175021 Out hunting for teeth, plate 12 of Los caprichos, late 18th century (coloured etching) (see also 81631) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

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Trees with good luck ribbons, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine Date: 06/02/2008

Stories from Lucian: The footsteps of Hercules and Bacchus (colour litho)
7180974 Stories from Lucian: The footsteps of Hercules and Bacchus (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: The footsteps of Hercules and Bacchus)

Stories from Lucian: The great fish (colour litho)
7180971 Stories from Lucian: The great fish (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: The great fish)

Stories from Lucian: The battle of the giants (colour litho)
7180968 Stories from Lucian: The battle of the giants (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: The battle of the giants)

Stories from Lucian: The Cork-Foot Folk (colour litho)
7180967 Stories from Lucian: The Cork-Foot Folk (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cork-Foot Folk)

Stories from Lucian: Lantern City (colour litho)
7180972 Stories from Lucian: Lantern City (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lantern City)

Amulet with the figure of the god Bes of Karalis, god of home and fertility. 3rd century BC
LRI4640315 Amulet with the figure of the god Bes of Karalis, god of home and fertility. 3rd century BC by Carthaginian (7th-3rd century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari, Sardinia

Stories from Lucian: The Moon Folk surprised by the Cloud Centaurs (colour litho)
7180973 Stories from Lucian: The Moon Folk surprised by the Cloud Centaurs (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info)

Stories from Lucian: Approaching the City of Dreams (colour litho)
7180965 Stories from Lucian: Approaching the City of Dreams (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Approaching the City of Dreams)

Auto immolation (Self Immolation). Episode du raskol (ou schisme) de l eglise orthodoxe en 1666-1667
FIA5338157 Auto immolation (Self Immolation). Episode du raskol (ou schisme) de l eglise orthodoxe en 1666-1667, lorsqu en signe de protestation contre les reformes du patriarche de Moscou

Bushmen making poison from their arrows. Engraving by Y. Pranishnikoff to illustrate the story Huit mois au Kalahari
LSE4334373 Bushmen making poison from their arrows. Engraving by Y.Pranishnikoff to illustrate the story Huit mois au Kalahari, by M.Farini, in le tour du monde 1886

La Petite Lune, number 2, 1878_6_21 - Illustration by Louis Alexandre Gosset de Guines dit Gill (1840-1885)
ICA4936028 La Petite Lune, number 2, 1878_6_21 - Illustration by Louis Alexandre Gosset de Guines dit Gill (1840-1885): Paquerettes - Anticlericalism - Failure of the Church - Veuillot Louis

Stories from Lucian: Strange folk riding on fish (colour litho)
7180962 Stories from Lucian: Strange folk riding on fish (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Strange folk riding on fish)

Bon presage - Good Omen - Shunkyo, Yamamoto (1871-1933) - 1931 - Watercolour on silk - Adachi Museum of Art
FIA5396869 Bon presage - Good Omen - Shunkyo, Yamamoto (1871-1933) - 1931 - Watercolour on silk - Adachi Museum of Art by Shunkyo, Yamamoto (1871-1933); Museum of Art, Adachi

Inside an Indian house, with a sorcerer in consultation near a sick person. Engraving by A
LSE4335516 Inside an Indian house, with a sorcerer in consultation near a sick person. Engraving by A.Paris, to illustrate the story " the Transcanadien et l Alaska" by E.Cotteau, in 1890

Amulets in the shape of human heads, forming the necklace elements. 4th or 3rd century BC (glass paste)
LRI4640334 Amulets in the shape of human heads, forming the necklace elements. 4th or 3rd century BC (glass paste) by Carthaginian (7th-3rd century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari

Book of hours, c. 1420-30 (tempera, gold and silver paint and gold leaf on parchment)
5242299 Book of hours, c.1420-30 (tempera, gold and silver paint and gold leaf on parchment) by French School, (15th century); 17.9x13 cm; J

Stories from Lucian: A talk with Homer in the Isles of the Blessed (colour litho)
7180970 Stories from Lucian: A talk with Homer in the Isles of the Blessed (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info)

Stories from Lucian: Fight with the fish folk (colour litho)
7180969 Stories from Lucian: Fight with the fish folk (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fight with the fish folk)

Stories from Lucian: The kingfishers nest (colour litho)
7180963 Stories from Lucian: The kingfishers nest (colour litho) by Murray, Charles Oliver (1842-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: The kingfishers nest)

Punic art: ring decorating a Phenician amulet. 7th-5th century BC. Cagliari, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
LRI4640544 Punic art: ring decorating a Phenician amulet. 7th-5th century BC. Cagliari, Museo Archeologico Nazionale by Carthaginian (7th-3rd century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari

Witches moving in the air. Illustration by Angelo Jank (1868-1940) for Jugend, 1899 DR
GIA4794797 Witches moving in the air. Illustration by Angelo Jank (1868-1940) for Jugend, 1899 DR by Jank, Angelo (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Witches moving in the air)

Queen Catherine de Medicis (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589) Queen of France with her astrologer to find out what press
XEE4177321 Queen Catherine de Medicis (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589) Queen of France with her astrologer to find out what press is carrying on Thursday, November 7, 1577

Amulet of the Egyptian god Bes (fertility), 7th or 6th century BC (Glass paste sculpture)
LRI4640454 Amulet of the Egyptian god Bes (fertility), 7th or 6th century BC (Glass paste sculpture) by Carthaginian (7th-3rd century BC); Musee du Bardo, Tunis

The Hanged Man, tarot card from the Charles VI or Gringonneur deck (painted card)
XZL151596 The Hanged Man, tarot card from the Charles VI or Gringonneur deck (painted card) by Italian School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Justice, tarot card from the Charles VI or Gringonneur deck (hand painted card)
CHT166656 Justice, tarot card from the Charles VI or Gringonneur deck (hand painted card) by Italian School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Valkyrie, 1860
7231828 The Valkyrie, 1860 by Arbo, Peter Nicolai (1831-92); 100x85 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Artist: Arbo, Peter Nicolai (1831-92)); Photo © O. Vaering

Pixie standing and laughing
7231836 Pixie standing and laughing by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: The pixie stands and laughs malicious of the cat that standing on a barrel)

Creepy, Crawly, Rustling, Bustling, 1902
5671625 Creepy, Crawly, Rustling, Bustling, 1902 by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 44x58 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Det rusler og tusler rasler og tasler); Photo © O. Vaering

The mermaid
6340576 The mermaid by Sohlberg, Harald Oscar (1869-1935); 46x29 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Nokken, 1887 (w / c & ink on paper)
OVR358727 Nokken, 1887 (w/c & ink on paper) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

L administration de la justice dans la Russie Kievenne (Ukraine) (Administering Justice in the Kievan Rus)
FIA5375824 L administration de la justice dans la Russie Kievenne (Ukraine) (Administering Justice in the Kievan Rus). Sur la place publique, au temps du prince Iaroslav Vladimirovich

Nokken Fishing, 1907 (coloured pencil on paper)
OVR358721 Nokken Fishing, 1907 (coloured pencil on paper) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 61x48 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

The Witch Thurid cuts a charm on the log (litho)
7160322 The Witch Thurid cuts a charm on the log (litho) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Witch Thurid cuts a charm on the log)

WANDERING TRADES - THE CIARLATANO, 17th-18th century
7206381 WANDERING TRADES - THE CIARLATANO, 17th-18th century by Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria (1634-1718); (add.info.: Ciarlatano TRADES vendor of pozioni and antidotes against the poison of the snakes)

Trial of a witch (engraving)
7147978 Trial of a witch (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trial of a witch. Illustration for Bildersaal Deutscher Geschichte)

The mermaid, 1896
6340577 The mermaid, 1896 by Sohlberg, Harald Oscar (1869-1935); 46.5x54.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Mans observation on a woman he admires (colour litho)
7150208 Mans observation on a woman he admires (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mans observation on a woman he admires, humorous card)

Water sprite fishing (Nokken), 1912
7176992 Water sprite fishing (Nokken), 1912 by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 67x50 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Urinating on a broom to protect against future misfortune (engraving)
7186108 Urinating on a broom to protect against future misfortune (engraving) by European School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Talisman. Peinture de Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), huile sur toile, vers 1890. Art polonais, 19e siecle, academisme
FIA5330075 Talisman. Peinture de Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), huile sur toile, vers 1890. Art polonais, 19e siecle, academisme. State Art Museum, Nijni Novgorod (Russie)

Macheski (Bielorussie). Les gens de la lune. Oeuvre de Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), tempera et huile sur carton, 1915
FIA5341820 Macheski (Bielorussie). Les gens de la lune. Oeuvre de Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), tempera et huile sur carton, 1915. Art russe, 20e siecle, symbolisme

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"Unraveling the Threads of Superstition: From Wicker Man to Divine Amulets" Superstition, a captivating realm where belief and folklore intertwine, has long fascinated humanity. Like pieces of a puzzle scattered across time and cultures, various hints shed light on this enigmatic subject. The iconic UK One Sheet poster of "The Wicker Man (1973)" beckons us into a world where ancient rituals and pagan beliefs collide with modern sensibilities. A chilling reminder that they can still hold sway over our lives. In France, the notion that good wine brings luck takes center stage as the rugby team prepares to face their Irish rivals. With glasses raised high, they hope for fortune's favor on the field. Across borders in Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape, we glimpse an intricate tapestry woven with hidden meanings. Each proverb carries its own superstitious weight, reminding us that wisdom often hides behind seemingly ordinary words. A 4-Leaf Clover by Barde captures nature's lucky charm; its rarity symbolizing hope against all odds. As we stumble upon it amidst life's chaos, we dare to dream of serendipitous moments yet to come. Francisco de Goya's haunting masterpiece "Witches Sabbath" transports us deep into the heart of darkness where superstitions thrive unchecked. The artist invites us to confront our fears and question what lies beyond reason's grasp. Amidst Edinburgh's bustling Royal Mile stands St Giles Cathedral adorned with Heart of Midlothian paving stones mosaic – an emblematic tribute rooted in local lore. Stepping carefully upon these stones is said to bring good fortune or ward off ill fate for those who believe. Men-an-tol standing stones whisper secrets from ancient times when mystical energies were harnessed through sacred rituals. These silent sentinels remind us how deeply ingrained they are within human history.