Ares god of war and rage was once chained and trapped in a bronze urn by two young giants who wished to steal power from the gods. They accidentally speared each other when intending to kill Artemis. And Ares festered in that urn for over a year until rescued by Hermes... #MorbidMarch 🎨Velázquez

Goddess Jūratė lived in a golden palace under the sea until she fell in love with a mortal. Jealous god Perkūnas killed her lover, destroyed her palace and chained the goddess to the ruins. And yet to this day, golden debris from the palace floats ashore and is known as amber... #MorbidMarch 🎨Turner

Can't hear that last album untinged by the knowledge of his tragic death, but there would be something haunting about this regardless. Saw it written and I saw it say A pink moon is on its way And none of you stand so tall Pink moon gonna get you all #MorbidMarch www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnf...

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Nick Drake - Pink Moon

And until Easter comes in the middle of yellow autumn, And the feast day of Patrick a day or two after, Until the white blossom grows through the middle of my narrow coffin, A share of love I never will give to a woman! from "Siúil A Rúin" #MorbidMarch 🎨Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz

A contagious epidemic of dancing swept 14th century Europe. The so-called St. Vitus Dance mania followed the Black Plague and was later blamed on fear, persecution and unrest. Dancers moved with zeal and fury, unable to stop until their bodies were broken and exhausted... #MorbidMarch 🎨Von Dardel

Cemeteries were often surrounded by iron fences as this was believed to prevent the souls of the dead from leaving and wandering abroad... #MorbidMarch 🎨Franz Skarbina

When its umbellifers were in full bloom, the tree saw the red stain on those white petals. Not long after that, it felt the heat of the nearby fire on its branches. The elder's bark is furrowed. Memories nestle there. And also an inscription - a name hatefully scrawled out. #MorbidMarch

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Perhaps a bit basic as choices... but I do love The Others and The Shining. I love how the decor of the interiors is such an integral part of each story. #MorbidMarch

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In Danish folklore, Hyldemoer - the Elder Mother would punish those who took her branches without permission... #MorbidMarch 🎨Arthur Rackham

Happy ghosts have nothing to mourn, no moment they wish they could go back to or change. Instead, they are immersing themselves in pleasures of the flesh and senses that should long have become defunct for them. Joie de vivre is something they can only have by seizing it. From whom? #MorbidMarch

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