The Spirits of Dead Cities

The representation of spirits is one of the central themes of Aboriginal painting since, for the Indigenous Australians, natural phenomena are manifestations of the spirits. Some o...

Necklace of green flat, cylindrical porcelain beads.™ The necklace is dedicated to Oxossi, the deity of the forest and the hunt. His color is green or green with red and his sign t...

Bead necklace with black and red flat, cylindrical porcelain beads, alternating seven of each color.‖ The necklace is dedicated to the orixa Exu, the West African deity who mediate...

Function: From kaya, “up towards the mountain”, i.e. the volcano Gunung Agung, the abode of the gods and the heavenly sphere, flows forces of blessing down to the humans. In the op...

This porcelain cup stand consists of a dish-shaped upper part and a cylindrical, hollow pedestal, which is sealed off at the bottom. The everted, wide rim angles down into a deeper...

Mural painting with Crucifixion and Deposition of Christ . The mural has been removed from the church of Saint Anthony at Kellia in Larnaca, Cyprus....

King Sōtei, the third of the ten (judge) kings of the dead kingdom and the other over his own court, can be told by an assistant about the deeds of the dead, who is held by the oni...

King Henjō, the Sixth of the Ten (Judge) kings and the others over their own court, receives information about the dead from a demonic dungeon assistant. In the post-death period, ...