The Call of Cthulhu

0rient-express: Frozen Land (by Simone Miotto).

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:28:34 -0400

0rient-express:

Frozen Land (by Simone Miotto).

He rocks in the tree tops all day long Hoppin’ and boppin’ and singing his song All the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:00 -0400

He rocks in the tree tops all day long

Hoppin’ and boppin’ and singing his song

All the little birdies on Jaybird Street

Love to hear the robin go skeet skeet skeet

How come so many animals have gone extinct and yet moths are still around

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:58 -0400

How come so many animals have gone extinct and yet moths are still around

bonesarecoralmade: Only-begotten, Pluto’s honor’d wife, O...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:20:29 -0400

bonesarecoralmade:

Only-begotten, Pluto’s honor’d wife,
O venerable Goddess, source of life:
‘Tis thine in earth’s profundities to dwell,
Fast by the wide and dismal gates of hell:
Jove’s holy offspring, of a beauteous mien,
Fatal, with lovely locks, infernal queen

greaterland: Roma Perhaluk

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:05:29 -0400

greaterland:

Roma Perhaluk

bonesarecoralmade: “It was heart-shaking. Glorious. Torches,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:04:56 -0400

bonesarecoralmade:

“It was heart-shaking. Glorious. Torches, dizziness, singing. Wolves howling around us and a bull bellowing in the dark. The river ran white. It was like a film in fast motion, the moon waxing and waning, clouds rushing across the sky. Vines grew from the ground so fast they twined up the trees like snakes; seasons passing in the wink of an eye, entire years for all I know…”

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Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:29 -0400

mydarkenedeyes: Damien Mammoliti - Portrait of a Dead Man

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:42:29 -0400

mydarkenedeyes:

Damien Mammoliti - Portrait of a Dead Man

vurtual: Whale??? (by Muri)

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:55:00 -0400

vurtual:

Whale??? (by Muri)

Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:23:24 -0400

Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace. 2nd century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory).

vintagegal: Couple standing in the rain in Berlin, 1936

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:10:00 -0400

vintagegal:

Couple standing in the rain in Berlin, 1936

senerii: The things you want by henrikj on Flickr.

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:36:09 -0400

senerii:

The things you want by henrikj on Flickr.

theunseeliequeen: The Old Ones → Shub-Niggurath Shub-Niggurath...

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:35:48 -0400

theunseeliequeen:

The Old Ones → Shub-Niggurath

Shub-Niggurath is an Outer God in the pantheon. She is a perverse fertility deity said to appear as an enormous cloudy mass which extrudes black tentacles, slime-dripping mouths, and short, writhing goat legs. Small creatures are spat forth, which are either reconsumed into the miasmatic form or escape to some monstrous life elsewhere. (x)

likeafieldmouse: Choi Xoo Ang, The Wing, 2009 (oil on...

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:02:15 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Choi Xoo Ang, The Wing, 2009 (oil on resin)

Via

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Sat, 11 May 2013 16:22:57 -0400

Plague doctors were individuals in the Middle Ages who were...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:20:23 -0400

Plague doctors were individuals in the Middle Ages who were given the task of tending to people infected with the plague. In most cases, they were either second rate or under-trained physicians, incapable of maintaining their own practice. Many were not doctors at all, but people of various other employments paid by towns to cater to the sick.

Plague doctors were employed in various methods whenever plague set in. The earliest documentation of these individuals being hired go as far back as the mid 500s AD. The plague doctor image that we as a general public are familiar with was not seen until the 1600s. It was then that the “traditional” plague doctor costume was created. The costume consisted of a cloak made of heavy fabric covered in wax to protect the doctor’s body, and a mask to keep out the sick air. The masks had a long cone shaped structure at the nose, to be filled with scents that would protect the doctor from the bad air.

Because of the nature of their work, plague doctors often became victims of the plague themselves, or were quarantined for the protection of the public.

Trigger warning: puns

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:36:52 -0400

Trigger warning: puns

Please stop posting puns or even tagging your posts with puns they are making me cry and ruining my life ok if youre going to be an ass shirt and insist on doing it at least put a trigger warning ya ding dong.

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:35:59 -0400

will do broski

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Sat, 11 May 2013 11:21:35 -0400

vermillons: John Sokol, On the Road to Perilous, 2010.

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:03:43 -0400

vermillons:

John Sokol, On the Road to Perilous, 2010.