Echoing Multiverse

Nuwa is the great mother goddess of Chinese mythology, credited with creating humanity. She molded the first people out of clay by hand. Then she got tired, dipped a rope in the mud, and swung it around her head to make more. Thus were made the nobles and the peasantry. She has the body of a serpent. Nuwa, original painting by Echoing Multiverse.  Available via Saatchi Art .

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...