Eostra Holds the Moon
by Trudi Doyle
Original - Sold
Price
$1,500
Dimensions
20.000 x 20.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Eostra Holds the Moon
Artist
Trudi Doyle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas Painting
Description
"Eostra Holds the Moon" ( subtitle " Transmigration" )
An Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostra was reputed to change into a hare on nights of a full moon.Eostra also had hares as attendants she was the goddess of Dawn.
It was this capacity to wink in and out of corporeal existence that allowed the celtic Moon Goddess Cerridwen who represented seasonal and human cycles of birth, life, death and rebirth to also adopt the shape of a hare.
In Celtic lore the hare was associated with transfiguration and transmigration - In one story the warrior Ossian hunted a hare and wounded it in the leg, forcing it to find sanctuary in a thicket. When Ossian followed, he found a door leading into the ground. He passed through into a vast hall finding himself in the presence of a beautiful young woman on a throne, bleeding from a wound in her leg.
In several cultures the hare was said to disappear when hunted..
More about this and the origins of Easter read my March 2016 blogpost with images www.trudidoyle.blogspot.ie
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April 30th, 2014
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Comments (31)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!" Sharing on Pinterest Board - Images That Excite You!
Carolyn LeGrand
Congratulations Trudi on your feature in Our World Gallery!! This painting, among others, is exceptional. So beautiful and takes me away to a wonderland of fantasy and magic. Your gallery is so wonderful to browse through.
Anne Gifford
This is mysterious, enchanting, and oh-so-creative. Congratulations on your special feature in the Our World Gallery! like/f
Lenore Senior
CONGRATULATIONS, Trudi! You are the Featured Artist for three weeks in the fine art group, Our World Gallery. Your mystical, mythical works have long been favorites of mine. v/f/feature, pin, tw promotion!
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, on FEATURED ARTIST FOR THREE WEEKS, in Our World Gallery, group!
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Congrats Trudi on your 1st place win in the "The Crone" contest with this fabulous artwork! f/ltw
VIVA Anderson
What a wonderful, imaginative image and response to Eostra, whose fable is also Germanic in origin, and she is related to Easter too.....a vivid creature of folk lore...I love yourbeautiful painting..........fv.........VIVA
Trudi Doyle replied:
Many thanks VIVA for your lovely comment - if you are interested check out my blog piece -28 March 2016 on Eostra with more images www.trudidoyle.blogspot.ie
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations your creative and unique art work is featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary" group!
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