A Compendium of Demons
Added 7 months ago
No anthology of the gods and goddesses of humanity would be complete without a compendium of the major demons and fallen angels of the modern Christian Era. And just in time for Halloween too!
Thangka
Added about 1 year ago
A thangka is a classical form of Nepalese and Tibetan scroll painting, depicting important Buddhist motifs and images. Popular since medieval times, thangka paintings are usually very intricate, with images inter-woven in a stylised geometric series of overlapping grids, and fulfil many important functions to the practicing Buddhist.
Pictured is a thangka painting of a Kalachakra (time wheel), painted in Sera Monastery, Tibet. Private collection. Photo courtesy of Kosi Gramatikoff, 2005.
Yao Heavens
Added about 1 year ago
The Yao are a Hill Tribe success story. More affluent and outgoing than any of the other upland peoples, the roots of their cultural confidence and commercial ability are founded in a long tradition of literacy and close association with things Chinese. The Yao have a very clear idea of who and what they are - aristocratic nomads of the hills, subject to none, but deeply committed to the traditional Sinitic world-view of which they form part...
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