Death on a lion. This sculpture was once a device on a bell in the choir of Heilsbronn Abbey. At the stroke of the hour, the “Grim Reaper” would strike the bell around the lion’s neck with a bone to remind people of the brevity of the human condition. Height approx. 140 cm. c. 1513, Franconia, Germany. Bavarian State Museum
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[T]he past, the future, physical space … and individuals are nothing but names, forms of thought, words of common usage, merely superficial realities.
Madhyamika Sastra
Madhyamika Sastra
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Black Annis the Faery Hag
Black Annis is a faery witch found in the legends. Black Annis is said to have blue skin and iron claws which she would use to snatch children from their houses at night. Black Annis was said to terrorize the countryside of Leicestershire and she once she captured a victim she would skin and tan them and wear the skin around her waist. The people made the windows small so Black Aniis could only get one arm in and when they heard her howl from five miles away they put skins of animals and herbs on their windows to protect themselves.
Black Annis is a faery witch found in the legends. Black Annis is said to have blue skin and iron claws which she would use to snatch children from their houses at night. Black Annis was said to terrorize the countryside of Leicestershire and she once she captured a victim she would skin and tan them and wear the skin around her waist. The people made the windows small so Black Aniis could only get one arm in and when they heard her howl from five miles away they put skins of animals and herbs on their windows to protect themselves.
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