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Post by Heron on Jan 16, 2016 13:28:42 GMT -1
Maybe this one? : There are plenty of photos of Epona figures from the Ancient World and of Rhiannon from modern artists (copyright?). This drawing was given to me by the artist Penni (-?) back in the 1970's for a newsletter illustration so I guess I have the right to use it.
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Post by Lee on Jan 17, 2016 20:38:36 GMT -1
The images for the top of the pages need to be roughly rectangular in shape otherwise it gets automatically expanded to fit the width and so it blurry as hell.
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Post by lorna on Jan 18, 2016 11:38:23 GMT -1
I'd be happy to go with the picture for Rigantona if others are. Looks like the only things missing now are: *Epona sketch *Rosmerta sketch Thanks for adding Matrona, Lee Nearly there!
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Post by Heron on Jan 18, 2016 13:26:31 GMT -1
The images for the top of the pages need to be roughly rectangular in shape otherwise it gets automatically expanded to fit the width and so it blurry as hell. Lee, not sure if this refers to the Rigantona pic or the one on the Coventina sketch - probably both Here's an alternative for Coventina:
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Post by Heron on Jan 18, 2016 13:28:22 GMT -1
I'd be happy to go with the picture for Rigantona if others are. Looks like the only things missing now are: *Epona sketch *Rosmerta sketch Thanks for adding Matrona, Lee Nearly there! Looks like the Rigantona pic is the wrong shape. So need to think again on this. I'll do the Epona sketch later today.
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Post by Heron on Jan 18, 2016 16:25:07 GMT -1
EPONA (Bronze statute of Epona from Britain now in The British Museum) Short Sketch: Epona is a goddess associated with horses. The centre of her worship was in Gaul, but devotional inscriptions and representations of her, in a number of different contexts, occur across Europe including at least one from Britain where it is likely she was also known as Rigantona. Longer Sketch: Epona (‘Divine Horse’) was principally worshipped in Gaul where it is known that roses were offered to her in stables. There are records of dedications to her across Europe, including a bronze statuette which features her sitting and holding a yoke to identify her connection with horses and also some ears of wheat which is the other common feature of her depiction. On either side of her are ponies, a mare on her left and a stallion on her right, each facing the wheatsheaf. Here her equine nature goes with her depiction as a goddess of fertility and plenty. Depictions of her in stone, bronze and terracotta for the most part date from between the First and the Third centuries. We know she was one of the array of deities acknowledged in the Roman Empire with a feast day of 18th December assigned to her. Although the main area in which these depictions are found is in Gaul, they are also found as far south as Spain, eastwards across Germany and as far as south-east as Bulgaria as well as in Britain. The most common are those where she is mounted side-saddle and are mainly found in central and northern Gaul and in Germany. There is a sub-group among this type where she is accompanied by a foal found around the French town of Autun (Roman Augustodunum, Gaulish Bibracte) and also a few from this area where she sits astride rather than side-saddle. The other main aspect of her depiction is where she is shown with a horse on either side of her, either facing away from her (mainly along the Rhine) or towards her (examples from along the Danube, Italy, Spain and Britain). In images of her on funeral stele she is shown leading the way into the Otherworld. Here she also functions as a psychopomp holding the key to the gateway to the lands of the dead. (Epona from a Funeral Stele) Resources: C. M Johns British Museum Quarterly 36 (1971)  Katheryn M Linduff ‘EPONA : A Celt Among the Romans’ Latomus 38 (1979)  Apuleius The Golden Ass Trans. Robert Graves (Penguin ,1950) p.92  Laura S Oaks ‘Epona’ in Pagan Gods and Shrines of the Roman Empire ed. M Henning & A King (1986) Miranda Green Celtic Goddesses British Museum p. 185 (1995) 
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Post by Heron on Jan 18, 2016 16:40:42 GMT -1
Here's an alternative Epona pic in case this above is not rectangular enough: (The same one from the BM)
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Post by Heron on Jan 18, 2016 17:23:35 GMT -1
Lee I presume you want to put these on yourself to achieve consistency.
I have been on the site to add my link to the the Shrine for Rigantona as well as Heather's. You are welcome to change the way this is presented.
If you want me to put Deity Sketches on myself, let me know,
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Post by Lee on Jan 18, 2016 23:06:02 GMT -1
Hiya heron, Sorry but I had missed the Coventina one on the end of the last page. I will add Her page tomorrow night along with the Epona one too.
I have also made a 'button' for your online shrine that matches the one for heather's site - consistency and all that.
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Post by Lee on Jan 18, 2016 23:32:02 GMT -1
5 minutes is all it took to do Coventina and Epona the pics are too small sorry, also a bit too square to go at the top. they come out all pixelated as it automatically resizes to the 'banner' width. I will get around to doing the one for Rosmerta. In order to keep the gods pages unique, i was thinking that all non-god pages should have the same banner (home, rituals, polytheism and library etc). The current one of a beach is quite nice - but not particulalry catching. maybe one that has a picture/photo but with the brython logo and name on it for those?
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Post by Heron on Jan 19, 2016 15:53:25 GMT -1
Hiya heron, Sorry but I had missed the Coventina one on the end of the last page. I will add Her page tomorrow night along with the Epona one too. I have also made a 'button' for your online shrine that matches the one for heather's site - consistency and all that. Thanks Lee, that's great. As mine also has a dedicatory thread for Epona it would be a good idea to put the button there too.
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Post by Heron on Jan 19, 2016 15:57:08 GMT -1
... In order to keep the gods pages unique, i was thinking that all non-god pages should have the same banner (home, rituals, polytheism and library etc). The current one of a beach is quite nice - but not particulalry catching. maybe one that has a picture/photo but with the brython logo and name on it for those? Yes that's a good idea, it gives the site an overall consistency but also, as you say, makes the god pages unique. Providing we can find a suitable pic for each that is the right shape.
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Post by Lee on Jan 19, 2016 16:41:05 GMT -1
For now i have used one of RR's lovely pics of stone faces in scotland.
I will add the Epona button/link when i get in
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Post by Heron on Jan 20, 2016 16:20:29 GMT -1
For now i have used one of RR's lovely pics of stone faces in scotland. I will add the Epona button/link when i get in Yes RRs pics look good and fit the banner nicely. I think there are two banner sizes on Weebly, but both rectangular, as well as the option not to have a banner so a pic could just go into a defined space instead?
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Post by redraven on Jan 20, 2016 19:37:32 GMT -1
Lee, if you want anymore photos, have a look at my face book page Awen photos to see if there is anything you'd like to use , (thought not all are in portrait)
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Post by lorna on Jan 22, 2016 10:03:53 GMT -1
@ RR - Glad there's a way of involving you through your pics
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