Echoing Multiverse

According to Wikipedia, " Demogorgon   is a   deity   or   demon   associated with the   underworld . Although often ascribed to   Greek mythology , the name probably arises from an unknown copyist's misreading of a commentary by a fourth-century scholar,   Lactantius Placidus . The concept itself can be traced back to the original misread term   demiurge . An ancient Byzantine source cites the demogorgon is the antecedent of all the gods. Stranger Things stole the demogorgon from D&D, which stole it from mythology. Here, the demogorgons chill out, stop causing chaos for a moment, and dance with a polar bear while an octopus spins some sick beats. Polar Bear Dances with Demogorgons, original painting by Echoing Multiverse.  Available via Saatchi Art .

  In December of 2020, I took part in a Goddess painting challenge.  One Goddess per day to Instagram.  I am grateful to that challenge, for sending me down this rabbit hole of research into the divine feminine.  On Instagram on December 9, 2020, I wrote: Goddess 9, Aphrodite, AKA Venus. Aprodite, original painting by Echoing Multiverse.  Available via Saatchi Art . I was also learning about hashtags.  Here are the ones I added: #goddess #dailypainting   #trump   #cheeto   #melania   #ireallydontcare   #ifshewasntmydaughter   #mace   #ivanka   #aoc   #firstfamily   #dumptrump   #donthecon   #birthofvenus   #venus   #aphrodite   #acrylicpainting   #parody   #birthofvenusparody   #romanmythology   #greekmythology   #eww   #didhereallysaythat   #powersuit   #igotyou   #botticelli   #artchallenge   #farmerstan   #faketan   ...

  The cockatrice. One look at his face, and you will be stone. He also breathes fire. Accor ding to Wikipedia, " A  cockatrice  is a  mythical beast , essentially a two-legged  dragon ,  wyvern , or  serpent -like creature with a  rooster 's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the  Elizabethans ", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. They are created by a chicken egg hatched by a toad or snake." If you have backyard chickens, guard their eggs. Cockatrice original painting by Echoing Multiverse, available via Saatchi Art .

 In December of 2020, I took part in a Goddess painting challenge.  One Goddess per day to Instagram.  I am grateful to that challenge, for sending me down this rabbit hole of research into the divine feminine.  On Instagram on December 8, 2020, I wrote:       "Hel  was today's prompt. In the  Eddas , she is the daughter of  Angrboda  and  Loki .  She is alternately described as half blue, half black, or half skeletal.  I went with blue.     " Here, she is a baby, in a family portrait.  Mother Angrboda with her darling children in the  Ironwood  forest of  Jotunheim .  Baby G oddess  Hel,  Jormungandr  the baby serpent, and cute little  Fenris  wolf puppy.  How would they have grown up if Odin hadn't separated them from their mother and flung them out to the farthest and most desolate corners of the nine worlds?  Would they all still crave...

Chang e or Chang o, the Chinese moon goddess. The details of her story vary, but generally she is married to an archer who shoots 9 of the 10 suns to prevent the Earth from scorching drought.  He is awarded elixir of immortality by the Great Queen Mother Goddess of the West.  To keep the elixir from burglars, Chang e drinks it.  The elixir causes her to float up to the moon, where she is separated from her husband, but at least has a jade rabbit and busy woodcutter for company. China's lunar landers are named after her. Chang E, Moon Goddess original painting by Echoing Multiverse available via Saatchi Art .  Stickers, prints, and other merch available through RedBubble or Fine Art America . In older stories, she also births the 12 moons.  In some versions of the story with the archer, Chang e is reunited with him during the 8th moon of each year.  The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates this reunion, and is one of the largest holidays in China.  According...

 I first saw a version of the feminist protest fist symbol on a t shirt that said, "I'd rather be fighting the man."  I really wanted it, but didn't have the money to buy it at the time.  If I was making a new version, I'd pair the symbol with "I'd rather be fighting the patriarchy."  It's a system, not an individual.   Feminist Protest Fist - I'd Rather Be Fighting the Patriarchy, original painting by Echoing Multiverse available via Saatchi Art .  Stickers, t shirts, and other merch available through RedBubble or Fine Art America . Patriarchy is also not a universal system.  There are many matrilineal cultures still existing in the world, even with the global imperial capitalist missionary patriarchy actively working to squash them into submission.  Patriarchy with patrilineal descent is not the natural state of humanity.  It is one possibility, that is actually pretty rare historically.  Fighting the patriarchy is not futile. Fi...