William Blake’s illuminated mythology in America: A Prophecy
Boston’s Angel in America
A guardian figure rejects obedience, tears away his robe and sceptre, and draws the other thirteen Angels into a collective refusal.
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Names and descriptions of beings change across texts and traditions. Begin with a particular account, then follow the recorded relationships, images and stories that help explain its role.
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William Blake’s illuminated mythology in America: A Prophecy
A guardian figure rejects obedience, tears away his robe and sceptre, and draws the other thirteen Angels into a collective refusal.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The creative aspect of the divine, distinct in the collection from the absolute Brahman.
Celtic fairy traditions
A Cornish power that the survey distinguishes from ordinary fairies.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
A household goblin who helps with work but can torment an unwelcome guest.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Two great eagles guarding an iron chest beneath the castle in a treasure legend.
Dante, Inferno
The three-throated guardian among the gluttonous souls beneath ceaseless cold rain.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
The ruler of the unformed abyss who welcomes ruin as a recovery of lost territory.
Dante, Inferno
The fiery-eyed boatman who gathers the dead at Acheron and objects to Dante’s living presence.
Dante, Inferno
The centaur who notices the physical evidence that Dante is alive.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Mine fairies whose knocking is said to reveal rich veins of ore.
Celtic fairy traditions
Fairy people whose presence is negotiated around Cornish homes and moors.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Otherworld hounds whose cries can foretell a funeral route.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
An unseen groaning spirit whose threefold cry is heard before death.
Celtic fairy traditions
Divine king who assigns the Sidhe palaces and negotiates with conquerors.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The wealth-bringing figure with a mallet, rice bales and a precious bag.
Celtic fairy traditions
The goddess whose name defines the Tuatha Dé Danann in Evans-Wentz’s survey.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
The crowned shadow guarding Hell, whose appetite turns towards the human world.
Divine and celestial beings in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
Understand devas across Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions, with Indra, celestial rebirth, liberation and the differences behind a shared religious vocabulary.
Theosophical astral cosmology
A higher evolutionary kingdom whose forms extend beyond the astral plane.
The Goddess, divine power and the forms of the Mother
Explore Devi as divine power and Mother through Shakta teaching, the Devi Mahatmya, Durga’s sacred imagery, darshan and living festival practice.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The earlier Buddha who recognises Sumedha’s resolve and foretells his awakening.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retelling
The ruler beneath Lake Biwa who seeks Hidesato's protection against a centipede in Davis's tale.
Buddhist legend, Davis retelling
The formidable speaker who exchanges wisdom with the Buddha in Davis's Golden Lotus legend.
Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (1618)
The globe-bodied nursing figure in Maier’s second emblem personifies earth as a source of nourishment.