This sculpture called “Death by the Midgard Serpent” by Wolfram Diehl is displayed near the German Dragon Museum in Lindenfels. Jörmungandr or the World Serpent was indeed a lethal creature who would destroy the world simply by letting go of its tail. It could also kill with its fangs and its poison, and would in the end kill Thor during the events of Ragnarök, the end of the world as we know it.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Lethal
I found I have so many elephants on file, I decided to split them up and post them over two weeks.
Pub signs, beer signs. painted pebbles, elephant hats, murals,a classroom poster, an elephant cow bell, playground equipment, an info board, and actual, real elephants. I love them all!
On second thought, it looks more like jodphurs, doesn’t it?
Macro Monday
Portrait of an eagle.
Portrait of a snail.
Monday Portrait
I found this fake window in the vestibule of a restaurant in Teplice in the Czech Republic. Which made me look for other fake windows in my archives.
These are from two playgrounds.
These definitely were windows at one time.
Is this one half fake?
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(Please enlarge and keep clicking on the right arrow.)
The Red Mosque in the palace gardens of Schwetzingen is decorated with translated wisdom from the Arabic, or at least what was considered to be oriental in the 18th century. But regardless of the origin, the saying holds true: Often a well-meant advice is perceived as harsh criticism, as being adverse.
