myths

Andrea Mantegna - Bacchanal with a wine vat.

Public domain photo of Italian art prints, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Andrea Mantegna - Battle of the sea gods

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Antonio da Trento - [Man seated, seen from behind]

Print shows a man, possibly Narcissus, seated on a rock in a glade, turned away from a woman, possibly Echo. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington ... More

Dies, 16th century - Engraving, Public domain image

Print portrays the mythological story of Icarus showing him falling from the sky over a large river. Includes four lines of verse.

Jason returning with the golden fleece / AA [monogram of Andrea Andrea...

Print showing Jason wearing armor and holding sword in right hand, returning to his ship on the left with right arm raised and carrying the golden fleece over his left arm. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled... More

[Paris receiving the golden apple from Hermes]

The subject of this drawing is Hermes handing the golden apple of the Hesperides to Paris, who is to judge the greatest beauty among the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. In return for judging Aphrodite t... More

[Paris and Oenone]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Inscribed in ink on the tree: "ENONE." Van Dijsel (or Van Duyselen) Collection. Title, date, subject, and physical description devised by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Acquisition source unknown. Jacob de Wit's art wa... More

Salomon Gessner - Leda and the swan S. Gessner inv. et f

Print shows scene from Greek myth of Leda with Zeus in the form of a swan.

Vienna. Temple of Theseus. Architecture of 1860s Europe

Statue of soldier slaying centaur. In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 141. No. 275.

Julia Margaret Cameron - Vivian and Merlin / Julia Margaret Cameron.

Photo shows woman touching beard of man with long white hair. Illustration for Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." Title written in ink on mount. Signed on mount: From life, registered photograph copyright, Julia ... More

The Christ-child and Hans Trapp

Print showing a young woman, dressed in white and wearing a crown of lighted candles, entering a house through a window, ringing a bell and carrying treats for a mother and her children but behind her is a man ... More

Thor - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print showing Thor, in the sky, weilding an iron hammer while riding in a chariot being pulled by rams. Illus. in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1873 Jan. Article title: Christmas Throughout Christendom.

The picture gallery - Print, Library of Congress collection

13280 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Blanchard, Aug[us]te,... More

K of P. record certificate - Public domain dedication image

38613 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Vickroy, J. M., copyr... More

Kayuzue / kōshohei, Shigenobu Yanagawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Kotobuki goban no uchi : Five legendary tales. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. ... More

Brosius and Bell - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,3236 ( tradecards,3236 ) .. Subject (TGM): Animal teams; Birds; Pigeons; Doves; Angels; Cupids; Shoes; Chariots; Carts & wagons; Myths;

Ama no iwato - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, possibly Countess Kami dancing on an overturned washtub with a group of gods facing her and a large fire behind her; in the background a warrior (Tajikara-o(?)) moves the stone gate to the ... More

Lyric poetry; Ganymede / H.O. Walker, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting Ganymede being carried off by Jupiter in the form of an eagle. Copyley print copyright 1899 by Curtis & Cameron.

Lyric poetry; Adonis / H.O. Walker, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting the dead body of Adonis lying naked on a rock in the forest. Painting copyright 1899 by H.O. Walker, artist. Copley print copyright 1899 by... More

Lyric poetry; Uriel / H.O. Walker, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting the angel Uriel, seated on rock. Copley print copyright 1899 by Curits & Cameron.

Lyric poetry; Endymion / H.O. Walker, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting Endymion asleep on a mountain. Copley print copyright 1899 by Curtis & Cameron.

[The flight of night] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Orestes pursued by the Furies, 1862]

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[A vision of antiquity]. Public domain reproduction.

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Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena - Venus and Cupid

Title and date from Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "N. Diaz, 1847." "Duplicate" and "McC 52 [...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048034. Gift; State Historical S... More

Auguste Rodin - Orpheus and Eurydice

Photograph of a sculpture by Auguste Rodin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M563. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

William Morris Hunt - The flight of night

Title based on transparency D415-50299. "M 271" on transparency. Photograph of a painting. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050299. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Venus and Cupid] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - A vision of antiquity

Title based on negative D416-807. Photograph of a painting signed "P.C. Puvis de Chavannes." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050395. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[A vision of antiquity]. Public domain reproduction.

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Danae - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of painting at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M433. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Orpheus and Eurydice - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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The flight of night - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Danae - Drawing. Public domain image.

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William Morris Hunt - The flight of night

"McC 1041" on transparency. Photograph of a painting. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050299. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - A vision of antiquity

Title from jacket. Photograph of a painting signed P. Puvis de Chavannes. "From 050395" on transparency. Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 807. Gift; State Historical ... More

At Nero's feast (Ursus rescuing Lygia from Vinicius)

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Mantegazza, G., artist. Tuck (Raphael) & Sons Co.,... More

George Romney - Lady Hamilton as Daphne

Photograph of a painting by George Romney at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. M 432 and 22286. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Lady Hamilton as Daphne - Public domain engraving

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The judgment of Paris - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Title from jacket. Paris offering golden apple to goddess with bulls in background. "M 837" on transparency. Photograph of painting signed "E.R. Menard, 1909." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 48250. Gift; State Hist... More

[The judgment of Paris]. Public domain reproduction.

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Our emblematic pythian knighthood

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Adams, Joseph, copyright claimant. Adams (J.) Co.,... More

"Now will you believe me?" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a young boy showing his younger siblings a Santa Claus suit in a wardrobe to convince them that Santa Claus does not exist.

Edward S. Curtis - Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert

Totem pole commemorating a Tsimshian family towers over the village of Tsahes, Vancouver Island. J197483 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3576. Forms part of: Edward S. C... More

[Reproduction of print showing Cosmic ash tree]

Photograph of 19th century engraving of the Yggdrasil from Finn Magnusen, Eddalaren. On slide : Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date information provided by Sam W... More

Title Page of "Horseshoe Crab's Crown"

The title page shows the Great Turtle, the creation myth of the Lenape people; the indigenous tribe to New York. These myths inspired Horseshoe Crab’s journey as she lends her back to the “re”creation of the ... More

[Leopards and bacchantes in torch procession to water with Pan in back...

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as border for: "Bacchus is Gone" by Harvey Allen, Li... More

Trials of the hero - Public domain dedication image

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Human sacrifice before Tohil - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from Kislak Collection guide. Watercolor painted by Diego Rivera in San Francisco, Calif. during the summer of 1931, originally commissioned to illustrate a never-published English translation of the Popo... More

Creation (1931) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from Kislak Collection guide. Watercolor painted by Diego Rivera in San Francisco, Calif. during the summer of 1931, originally commissioned to illustrate a never-published English translation of the Popo... More

Visitors partaking in the main attraction at the Fountain of Youth in ...

: 245333 ( http://245333 ) ..Local call number: JJS0352..Title: Visitors partaking in the main attraction at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, Florida..Date: ca. 1945..Physical descrip: 1 transparency - c... More

E. Mervyn Taylor - Maui and the fire goddess

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E. Mervyn Taylor - Te kotuku rerenga tahi (The heron of single flight)

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E. Mervyn Taylor - The separation of Heaven and Earth

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E. Mervyn Taylor - Maui and Mahuika

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E. Mervyn Taylor - Hinemoa - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[South corridor, first floor. Mural depicting Prometheus from The Gree...

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Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Order of Myths, Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama

The Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, also remains one of its most secretive. The OOMs (Double-Ohh Mms) was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the ... More

Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Order of Myths, Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama

The Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, also remains one of its most secretive. The OOMs (Double-Ohh Mms) was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the ... More

The Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mard...

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Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Page Cunningham poses pretty at the OOMs (Order of the Myths) Sunday P...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...

One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More

Sailors act out a scene during a production titled Sailors Changing Re...

ATSUGI, Japan (Apr. 24, 2015) Naval Air Crewman (Operator) 2nd Class Glenn Sanchez, assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Atsugi, and Information Systems Technician 1st Class Bridgett Bro... More

A bench in a small field is illuminated during the

A bench in a small field is illuminated during the Marine Corps Community Services Tours Plus Spooky Sites Tour Oct. 22 on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. A children’s playground once lay in the overgrown fiel... More

Mosaic model archeology building. A blue and black tiled floor with he...

Architecture stock photograph: The floor of the house is a mix of hexagons and hexagons / A blue and black tiled floor with hexagons.

A statue of a man wrestling a goat. Minotaur french gardens myths.

The statue of the ram and the ram / A statue of a man and a bull sculpture.

An ankhet on a rock surrounded by pink flowers. Ank cross spiritual.

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Memphis outdoors scenery building. A sidewalk with lights on it next t...

Architecture stock photograph: A concrete path with lights on it and a fence in the background / A sidewalk with lights on it next to a fence.

Stone carving face archeology building. A close up of a statue of a wo...

Architecture stock photograph: A close - up of a head of a man / A close up of a statue of a woman's face.

Archeology yapıbilim ancient building. A statue of a man sitting on a ...

Architecture stock photograph: A statue of a man with a beard and a beard / A statue of a man sitting on a chair.

Statue sculpture baroque building.

A person paragliding in the mountains with mountains in the background...

A person is flying a kite in the sky / A view of a mountain from a mountain public domain stock photo.

Archeology yapıbilim antique building. A statue of a woman laying on a...

Architecture stock photograph: The marble statue of in the national archaeological museum of athens / A statue of a woman laying on a marble block.

Archeology yapıbilim ancient building. A statue of a woman with a shaw...

Architecture stock photograph: A statue of a woman in a white robe / A statue of a woman with a shaw around her neck.

Archeology yapıbilim ancient building. A close up of a statue of a wom...

Architecture stock photograph: A close up of a marble sculpture of a woman's hand / A close up of a statue of a woman's hands.

Archeology yapıbilim ancient building. A close up of a statue of a wom...

Architecture stock photograph: Marble statue of a woman in a dress / A close up of a statue of a woman.

A statue of a dragon laying on the ground. Dragon myths say.

Dragon. Free images of dragons. Use free photos of fantasy creatures without any copyright restrictions.

A picture of a desert with a sky full of stars. Flat earth myth.

A view of the surface of the earth / A picture of a desert with a sky full of stars / Public domain stock illustration.

Archeology yapıbilim antique building. A group of statues on display i...

Architecture stock photograph: A relief depicting the life of neptune / A group of statues on display in a museum.

A mountain covered in snow next to a forest. Mountain snow alpine.

A mountain in the snow with a blue sky / A mountain covered in snow in the mountains public domain stock photo.

A person paragliding over a mountain with mountains in the background....

A mountain peak with a blue sky and clouds / A mountain peak with a view of the valley below public domain stock photo.

Memphis outdoors scenery building. A walkway next to a lake with light...

Architecture stock photograph: A fenced area with a tree and a river / A walkway next to a lake with lights on it.

Memphis outdoors scenery building. A monument in a park with a bridge ...

Architecture stock photograph: A monument in the middle of a park / A monument in a park with a bridge in the background.

A view of the mountains and clouds from the top of a mountain. Mountai...

A view of the mountains above the clouds / Mountain range above the clouds public domain stock photo.

Memphis outdoors scenery building. A monument in the middle of a grass...

Architecture stock photograph: A monument in the middle of a park / A monument in the middle of a grassy field next to a body of water.

A statue of a troll sitting on the ground. The figurine guy character.

A statue of a gnome standing on the ground / A statue of a troll sitting on top of a dirt field sculpture.

A wooden ankhet on a piece of wood. Ank cross spiritual.

The Cross: Free images of the cross and christianity available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required. A wooden ankhet on a piece of wood

Public domain stock image. Sunlight myths snow.

Archeology yapıbilim ancient building. A close up of a statue of a cat

Architecture stock photograph: A close up of a marble sculpture / A close up of a statue of a cat.

A wooden cross with an egyptian symbol on it. Ank cross spiritual.

The Cross: Free images of the cross and christianity available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required. A wooden cross with an egyptian symbol on it

A helicopter flying over a lush green hillside. Schwyz fronalpstock my...

Stock photo: A person riding a ski lift over a mountain / A helicopter flying over a lush green hillside.

Public domain stock image. Breakthrough myths self-hatred, backgrounds...

Jordan McIntyre, archaeologist with the U.S. Army Corps

Jordan McIntyre, archaeologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, explains how to protect cultural resources at the ArchaeoMyth Busters table for Tennessee Archaeology Day at Bells Bend P... More

Lt. Col. Alicia L. Pruitt, 30th Adjutant General Reception

Lt. Col. Alicia L. Pruitt, 30th Adjutant General Reception Battalion commander, explains how civilian volunteers are prepared for their transformation into competent, disciplined, professional and well-trained ... More