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Kali, circa 1915. Illustration by Ravi Varma Press (Mumbai).
This striking chromolithograph presents the fierce Hindu goddess in her most fearsome form. Depicted with wild, flowing hair and a garland of severed heads, Kali stands triumphantly on the prostrate body of Shiva, her blood-soaked sword raised high. Her dark... See more
instagram.comUsing material from the Allen Forbes Collection, this exhibit traces the scientific process of observing, measuring, and describing that turned whales from monsters into mammals.
Monsters of the Deep: Between Imagination and Science | MIT Museum
The whale, like all things that are mighty, wears a false brow to the common world.
Herman Melville • Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
This beast is preceded by a reputation that transcends oceans and mountains: it is said to originate from the depths of the forests of Hyrcania, the wild, rugged, evergreen land that borders the Caspian Sea. Its name is at once a curse and an incantation.
It is reputed to be swift as an arrow, wild as the Tigris, the fastest flowing of all rivers,
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