just proud of this one.

[moonvoice]

I've gotten re-obsessed with firebird / phoenix imagery of late. So I present:







The photo didn't pick up the detail very well, or the colours, but I'm really happy with my first foray back into coloured pencil on black background (presentation board for this, not really great for this sort of work, but it will have to do for now).

Comments

Re: Tricksters

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I know Raven & Crow are also considered tricksters (as well as fire-stealers) here in the Americas. It just seems like quite a few of the small wild dogs carry that connotation both here & in Africa, so I wondered if the same went for dingos in Australia.

Haitian Vodou also has the Snake & his Rainbow consort (Damballah & Ayida W'edo) as creation spirits - I've always thought it interesting how that intersected with the Rainbow serpent in Australia. I'm not as well-versed on Australian myths and shamanism as that of here in the southwestern U.S., so its mostly my own curiosity.

Re: Tricksters

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

:D I'm glad I could help.

There's not a 'huge' amount of good information on Indigenous mythology, because - thankfully - very few people are getting away with getting crap information on the tradition published (like Sun Bear, for Native American traditions). So while I think there are one or two authors writing about the totemic meanings of the animals, most of the actual stories - particularly the sacred ones - are kept pretty silent in their traditions.