John The Beloved / Mary Magdalene

The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Part II/II

apologize, Geralt.

HOWEVER despite checking out a bunch of books on the internet archive, I was unable to find a reliable source confirming the existence of Fatima as a cultural figure before 600 B.C. If anyone is still in uni and can find something on JSTOR I’d love to check it out.

I still chose to depict her this way, firstly because I think it’s interesting that attributes of the Moon Goddess as an archetype are preserved across cultures and time periods even as her name changes (Ishtar, Astarte, etc.). I also felt drawing Muhammad’s daughter would run counter to the generally aniconic tradition of Islam. Maybe that’s an odd thing to say, since this is a quote by a radical feminist author and the poem itself is explicitly critical of religion and religious traditions. But I think criticizing institutions and treating individuals with respect and courtesy can exist simultaneously.

Anyway, because of my foggy sourcing, the iconography is not obvious, but the figure’s palm is extended in an allusion to the ‘Hand of Fatima’. I’m unsure (I’m this a lot) about when exactly the hamsa symbol and Fatima as a cultural figure became connected… but to be fair to me, I think many historians are also unsure.

yo quick question what mythology is Fatima from in your art

The incarnation I was going for with my depiction was Pre-Islamic Arabian moon goddess

he only ever wanted the flower crown.

insp. by (1) @myadance and (2)  @reactionstobooks

someone said Tommy as Madonna and it haunted me for a month

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sideblogs

@doeeyedingenue: inspiration & reference

@kuratoris: (mostly digital) art i admire

@clytemnestraofficial: graphics/fonts/design

all my art

     original art

        religious art

        illustrated poems

     fanart/commissions

Do you have Instagram? Also have you drawn anything from GoT or LOTR?

no instagram, sorry. i’ve never had even a personal one & i feel like it’s not worth getting an art one until my style is more consistent and/or i have a couple thousand followers here... this blog is still quite wee. never seen GoT but i was big into LOTR/the Silmarillion before uni... maybe I’ll do something from there this month!!

and so it goes, we found our sweet disaster

doodle for stand and face me by @athousandvictories

palm kisses are peak tenderness & I cannot be convinced otherwise