Offspring Of Tiamat - The Fomorii Union

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Offspring Of Tiamat - The Fomorii Union

Artist

Otto Rapp

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Painting - Acrylic Glazes And Egg Tempera On Canvas

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Credit should be given to my friend Helena Nelson-Reid, this was her comment about the work, and I think likely the best interpretion:
"Tiamat's children: Born to the sea, they drift upon undulating waves of shimmering, phosphorescent krill mirroring the starry night skies above, while others resemble the bizarre creatures dwelling deep beneath the surface".

I like to add some basic information for the names in the title -
Fomorii:
In Irish legend, a race of (one-eyed) demonic beings who lived in Ireland and fought off successive waves of settlers. They were finally expelled by the Tuatha D�anann (people of the goddess Danu) in the second Battle of Muighe Tuireadh (Moytirra). Their most prominent leader was Balar of the Evil Eye, killed by Lugh.

Tiamat:
In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is a goddess who personifies the sea. Tiamat is considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos. Although there are no early precedents for it, some sources identify her with images of a sea serpent or dragon. In the En�lish, the Babylonian epic of creation, she gives birth to the first generation of deities; she later makes war upon them and is killed by the storm-god Marduk. The heavens and the earth are formed from her divided body.

As you can see, I am all over the landscape with my references, frome Irish to Mesopotamian myth.

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September 14th, 2009

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