Tarasque
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The Tarasque is a creature from French mythology. According to the Golden Legend, the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace, six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's t
Fibreglass Tarasque in Tarascon
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St. Martha and the tarasque, Legenda aurea—BnF ms. français 242, c. 1402
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St. Martha and the Tarasque —Painting by a 15c. Provençal artist. Chapel of St. Eligius/Eloi, Basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume [fr].
Martha
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Martha is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem and w
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…onachus being a creature that retaliated against pursuers by flinging its dung (Latin: stercus) like an arrow, and causing burns. The people besought Saint Martha for help, and she found the creature in the act of devouring a man. Merely by sprinkling holy water and holding up the cross, she caused the creature…
Detail from Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Vermeer, before 1654–1655
Christ in the house of Martha and Mary, by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1886
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Diego Velázquez, 1618
Eastern Orthodox icon depicting the Myrrhbearing Women at the Tomb of Christ