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Eostra Holds the Moon Painting

Trudi Doyle

Ireland

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 20 W x 20 H x 1 D in

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About The Artwork

"Eostra Holds the Moon" ( subtitle " Transmigration" ) An Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostra was reputed to change into a hare on nights of a full moon.Eostra also had hares as attendants, she was the goddess of Dawn, . It was this capacity to wink in and out of corporeal existence that allowed the celtic Moon Goddess Cerridwen who represented seasonal and human cycles of birth, life, death and rebirth to also adopt the shape of a hare In Celtic lore the Hare was associated with transfiguration and transmigration - as in the story of the warrior Ossian, who hunted a hare and wounded it in the leg, forcing it to find sanctuary in a thicket. When Ossian followed through an opening into a vast hall finding himself in the presence of a beautiful young woman sitting on a throne, bleeding from a wound in her leg. In several cultures the hare was said to disappear when hunted..

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 20 H x 1 D in

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I am inspired by beauty in the every day, dreams, sadness, childhood memories, joy ,hope, poetry, songs, mythology music and love.-I live in the mystical island of Ireland. . My work has been published as illustrations, book covers , received prizes, awards & commissions & is in public & private collections in Ireland & throughout the world from New York to Hong Kong ( including Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley's). www.trudi-doyle.artistwebsites.com www.artvitae.com/TrudiDoyle www.etsy.com/shop/ARTbyTRUDI http://pinterest.com/trudiart/ www.trudidoyle.blogspot.ie lists of courses and art holidays

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