It depicts a story in chapter 3 of the Book of Daniel. Three Hebrew men are thrown into a fiery furnace. However, they not only walk out unscathed – they are accompanied by Jesus! Read more about this on Wikipedia.
Is it me or do the ‘flames’ look like red snakes?🐍
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Otters are usually cute, but this guy is rabid looking!! I’m sure that water baby can easily out swim the beast. Just wish the baby didn’t have to worry at all.
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This is a decorative skull with a lovely frame. At the bottom of the image is the text “Mundanae foelicitatis glia”, which is Latin. It translates as “Worldly happiness glia”.
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Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son.
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle
Exodus 12:29
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The title “Guri med suppetrynet” has no known meaning. The date of this image’s creation is unknown as well. Although, it would have to be between 1857 to 1914, Theodor’s life span.
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Death comes in his three ages, to remind a youthful women of her impending doom. One day she will grow old and wrinkled – then to dust.
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“Death looms above a group of people inflicted with various physical and mental diseases – a lazar house.” – Image Description.
“Immediately a place, before his eyes appear’d, sad, noisome, dark, a lazar house it seem’d, wherein were laid numbers of all diseas’d, all maladies. Demoniac phrenzy, moping melancholy, and moon struck madness, pining atrophy, marasmus, dire was the tossing, deep the groans; and over them triumphant death his dart shook, but delayd to strike, though oft invok’d. Milton’s P.L. Book XI. Verse 477.” – Caption on image.
The piece is associated with three artist: John Milton; Moses Haughton; and Johann Heinrich Fussil.
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The kitchen interior complete with a goat’s bloody head. Cross contamination! Not even sure why they kept the head. Unless they consume that as well. 😨 Best not to be wasteful, some say.
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This depicts husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill to be transformed into beautiful ones. Wait..what?!
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Sometimes the Sphinx asks riddles. Other times she shows her tits in return for a make out session. Three Legs indeed.
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