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The Irish hero Cu Chulainn with a spear, a round shield and a hound stands guard at a river ford beside a standing stone in a golden misty valley at sunset.

Celtic Hero Cu Chulainn Guarding a River Ford

The Greek hero Perseus with winged sandals, a curved blade and a shield holds up the head of Medusa with serpent hair against a deep blue tile field with a meander border.

Greek Hero Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa

A tiny robed weaver works before a colossal half-carved stone giant under a swirling cream-and-gold sky, an orange cloth band bridging them.

Weaver Before the Unfinished Colossus

The Greek god Zeus, a bearded figure in a white robe with an eagle beside him, raises a golden thunderbolt above the storm clouds of Mount Olympus in jagged painted wedges.

Greek God Zeus Holding Thunderbolt Above Olympus Clouds

The Mesopotamian wild man Enkidu with long hair crouches at a waterhole among gazelles and a lion at dusk under a low golden moon in nested cut lacquer layers.

Mesopotamian Wild Man Enkidu With Gazelles at a Waterhole

The Chinese Eight Immortals, robed figures with a gourd, a fan, a flute, a lotus, a sword, a flower basket, castanets and a staff, cross a wide misty sea on a lotus, a fish, a raft and a boat toward distant peaks.

Chinese Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea Toward Misty Peaks

The eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent Yamata no Orochi rears with swaying heads and coiling bodies from a misty river valley between steep pine-covered mountains in ink dabs.

Japanese Eight Headed Serpent Orochi in Misty Valley

A serene woman’s dark hair unfurls into flowering branches around a gold-leaf moon, with delicate skin glazes and thick ivory-and-charcoal paint.

Woman’s Dark Hair Becomes Gilded Blossom Branches

The Irish father god the Dagda, a bearded figure in a hooded cloak, carries an enormous club over his shoulder beside a great cauldron on a hilltop of standing stones in hammered bronze and gold.

Celtic Father God Dagda With Club and Cauldron

The Greek god Poseidon rises from a stormy sea with a raised trident, his hair and the waves echoing each other in sweeping bands of teal, cobalt and pearl beside rearing sea horses.

Greek God Poseidon Rising From Stormy Sea With Trident

The Japanese dragon god Ryujin with a whiskered head and curved horns coils out of enormous waves holding a glowing tide jewel under a pale moon in sweeping indigo and teal bands.

Japanese Dragon God Ryujin Rising From the Sea

The Shinto thunder god Raijin with wild hair and curved horns crouches on storm clouds beating a ring of drums with lightning cracking below in nested black, red and gold lacquer layers.

Japanese Thunder God Raijin Beating Drums on Storm Clouds

The Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu in layered ceremonial robes holds up a bronze mirror as she emerges from a rocky cave in a vast halo of gold and red rays in woodblock print style.

Japanese Sun Goddess Amaterasu Emerging From Her Cave

The Yoruba orisha Oya, in a deep maroon wrap and flowing scarf, holds a machete and a horsetail whisk on a hilltop in a whirlwind beside a water buffalo in layered wax paint.

Yoruba Storm Orisha Oya Commanding the Whirlwind

The antlered Celtic god Cernunnos sits cross-legged holding a torc and a ram-headed serpent with a stag and a wolf at his feet beneath an enormous oak in white line woodcut.

Celtic Antlered God Cernunnos Seated Beneath an Oak

A Norse Valkyrie in a winged helmet and mail with a long spear and round shield rides a winged horse above clouds and a distant battlefield in hammered silver and bronze.

Norse Valkyrie in Winged Helmet Above Battlefield Clouds

The Yoruba orisha Oshun, a regal woman in an amber wrap with brass bangles and a crown, holds a mirror and a fan standing in a golden river at dawn in cut lacquer.

Yoruba River Orisha Oshun in Amber Wrap at Dawn

The Greek hero Heracles in a short tunic wrestles the Nemean lion in a headlock on rocky ground with a club at their feet and olive trees behind in bold contours and hatching.

Greek Hero Heracles Wrestling the Nemean Lion

The Mesopotamian lion-headed eagle Anzu with spread wings and a hooked beak grips a horned serpent in battle above a ring of jagged mountains in inlaid wood.

Mesopotamian Bird Anzu Fighting a Serpent in Wood Inlay

A lone person drifts through a spiraling tunnel formed of glowing clouds as sunlight ribbons twist around them, framed in a tall 9:16 vertical crop to emphasize motion and scale.

Person drifting through glowing cloud tunnel

Stylized illustration of a robed kite seller beside a rearing white horse, ribbon kites streaming under a large cream moon disc.

Kite Seller Beneath the Cream Moon

The Celtic goddess Brigid with a flame crown and a woven cloak holds a torch and a harp at a sacred well beside a forge fire with a cow in inlaid wood within a knotwork border.

Celtic Goddess Brigid With Flame Crown at Sacred Well

A bust portrait of a Mongolian archer in ornate lamellar armour with a horned helmet and a drawn composite bow in faceted planes and fiery flat colour.

Fauve Portrait of a Mongolian Archer

The Shinto storm god Susanoo, a bearded warrior in a belted robe with wind-whipped hair, raises a long sword on a rocky shore under storm cloud and a single red lightning bolt in brush ink.

Japanese Storm God Susanoo Raising a Sword Under Lightning

A Celtic selkie, a seal woman with long wet hair wrapped in a grey seal skin, stands among waves on a rocky shore with a seal beside her under a rising full moon in engraved lines.

Celtic Selkie Seal Woman Rising From the Sea

Shiva sits cross legged playing a small hourglass drum with a trident at his side, a crescent moon, a third eye and a snake around his neck in earthy folk patchwork panels.

Shiva Playing a Small Hourglass Drum in Patchwork

Two houses stand in a storm in a quilled paper relief, a small stone house on a high rock standing firm in streaming rain while a house on sand slumps into quilled flood waves beneath layered clouds.

Two Houses in a Storm, One on Rock

The Chinese protector god Nezha in lacquered armour with a streaming silk ribbon, a fire-tipped spear and a gold ring rises on two spinning wind-fire wheels in hammered gilded bronze.

Chinese God Nezha on Wind Fire Wheels With Spear

The Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar in a layered flounced robe and horned crown with shoulder wings and arrow quivers stands on a lion below an eight-pointed star in hammered gold.

Mesopotamian Goddess Ishtar Standing on a Lion in Gold

The Yoruba orisha Yemoja, a dignified woman in a blue and white wrap with a beaded crown and cowrie strings, rises from the sea with fish and a crescent moon in watercolor.

Yoruba Mother of Waters Yemoja Rising From the Sea

A cloud dragon twists through a tall pastel sky while a lone warrior balances on its head amid drifting fog, with sunlight piercing the haze to gild contours and cast long, soft shadows.

Cloud dragon with warrior standing atop

The Aztec god Tezcatlipoca, striped in black and yellow with an obsidian mirror and a jaguar cloak, stands beside a prowling jaguar under a starry night sky in polished cut lacquer.

Aztec Night God Tezcatlipoca With Obsidian Mirror and Jaguar

The Hindu god Krishna, a blue-skinned figure in a yellow dhoti with a peacock feather crown, plays a flute beneath a flowering tree by the Yamuna river with resting cows at dusk.

Hindu God Krishna Playing Flute Beneath a Tree

The Chinese bodhisattva Guanyin stands in white robes on a lotus on the sea holding a slender vase and a willow branch under a soft halo with misty cliffs and a low moon in ink dabs.

Chinese Guanyin on a Lotus With Willow and Vase

The Norse god Thor, a red-bearded warrior in a cloak, raises his hammer Mjolnir on a mountain summit beneath black thunderclouds and a splitting lightning bolt in layered wax paint.

Norse God Thor Raising Hammer Mjolnir Above Storm Mountains

The Greek god Hades sits crowned and cloaked on a tall throne in the underworld with a bident and the three-headed hound Cerberus at his feet in nested black, red and amber lacquer layers.

Greek God Hades Enthroned With Cerberus in the Underworld

The Norse world serpent Jormungandr coils in a great ring through a stormy ocean around a small green island with its head raised and waves echoing its scales in painted bands.

Norse Serpent Jormungandr Encircling the Ocean Around Midgard

The Egyptian goddess Hathor with cow ears and a golden sun disc between horns, a beaded collar and a sistrum stands before a papyrus thicket in nested cut lacquer layers.

Egyptian Goddess Hathor With Sun Disc and Horns

The Chinese Jade Emperor sits enthroned in a heavenly palace in a jade-bead crown and embroidered robe with two attendants above a flight of cloud-wreathed stairs in red and gold lacquer.

Chinese Jade Emperor Enthroned in the Heavenly Palace

The Hindu goddess Durga sits upright on a great lion with eight arms each holding a traditional emblem and a golden halo behind her head in nested red and gold lacquer layers.

Hindu Goddess Durga on Her Lion With Eight Arms

The Celtic goddess the Morrigan, as a great black raven with spread wings, wheels over a misty moor with standing stones and abandoned shields under a stormy dusk in layered wax paint.

Celtic Goddess Morrigan as a Raven Over Battlefield

The Great Sphinx of Giza lies couched in the desert at dawn with the pyramids rising behind it and raking golden light across its face in layered wax paint.

Great Sphinx and Pyramids at Dawn in Wax Paint

A huge stepped mud-brick ziggurat of seven terraces with a ramped stair and a summit temple rises above a plain with date palms under a sunset sky in layered wax paint.

Mesopotamian Ziggurat Tower Rising Above the Plain at Dusk

The Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque, two young athletes in jade belts and feathered headdresses, stand on a stone ballcourt with a ball and a blowgun before a golden pyramid.

Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque on the Ballcourt

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