Personal illustration project.

Search for analogies between images of saints, symbols linked to ancient deities and meaning behind their representation.

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Anubis is an Egyptian God, associated to afterlife, depicted as a man with a jackal head. He's the guardian and protector of the dead and a guide to the underworld.

Vishnu is the second God in the Hindu triumvirate responsible for the creation, upkeep and destruction oh the world.

He's the preserver and protector of the Universe.

St. Lucy's name, Santa Lucia in italian, is believe to be derived from the latin word Lux, a term for light.

She is the patron saint of Ortigia (Sicily) in which, before the advent of Catholicism, the Greek goddess Artemis was venerated. Artemis was often associated with the "new moon".

Both the Saint and the Goddess were symbol of light, chastity and pride.

Demogorgon is a mithological figure depicted by Platon as the father of all Gods, but also sharing similarities with a prince of darkness.

Kronos was the leader and youngest of the forst generation of Titans. He overthrew his father Uranus and ruled during the Golden age, until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus. Kronos ate his children to prevent his depose, and beacause of that he represented the destructive ravage of time which devasted all things.

Circe is a goddess of magic in the Greek mythology, daughter of the titan Helios.

Ishtar was the ancient Akkadian, Babylonians and Assyrians goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire.

Circe resembles the equally ambitious Ishtar, a fearsome, accomplished seductress who threatens to transform her lovers into animals.

Both have attributes connecting them to the Great Mother, goddess of sexuality, death and rebirth.