A huge dose of creativity
The pigeon is a medium—sized wild and domesticated bird,
mostly with grayish-blue or white plumage and a large crop.
According to estimates by ornithologists, there are more than 400 million pigeons in the world.
Pigeons inhabit Eurasia, Africa and Australia. The most common type
From this genus, the blue—eyed pigeon is introduced to all continents.
Man tamed the wild blue pigeon more than 5,000 years ago. Since then, pigeon breeders
More than 800 breeds of domestic pigeons have been bred, varying in color, body shape and purpose.
Baby pigeon
Some symbols related to the pigeon:
1 In Christianity, the dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit, purity,
an inspired thought, peace, Baptism, and Good News. Seven pigeons
denote the seven gifts of the Spirit, a flock of pigeons — believers.
2 In Greco-Roman culture, the dove symbolizes love and renewal
It is an attribute of Zeus, who was suckled by pigeons.
3 In ancient Egypt, pigeons were considered sacred to the goddess Hathor,
which represented love, beauty and motherhood.
4 In Chinese culture, the pigeon symbolizes longevity, loyalty,
orderliness, filial and filial reverence, spring, voluptuousness
and it is also associated with Mother Earth.
5 In Japanese culture, the pigeon symbolizes longevity and reverence.,
It is dedicated to the god of war Hachiman, and a dove carrying a sword announces the end of the war.
6 In Hinduism, pigeons are considered a symbol of love and purity, and Lord Krishna
and his wife Radha are often depicted surrounded by pigeons.
7 The symbol of the peaceful movement during the Cold War is Pablo Picasso's pigeon,
The emblem of the World Congress of Peace Supporters in Paris, held in April 1949.
Huizong (1082-1135)
Roman/Byzantine mosaics
The Holy Spirit
Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Tree of Life (although xs are pigeons)
The earliest depictions of pigeons in Mesopotamia date back to 4500 BC.
These are mosaic or embossed images of birds, terracotta figurines. Also on site
The ancient temple of the Ubaid culture (circa 3000 BC) was found by archaeologists.
an image on a limestone slab with a carved bas-relief of several birds sitting side by side.
In Sumero-Akkadian mythology, the dove symbolized Ishtar, the goddess of love and fertility. —
This is evidenced by the archaeological terracotta figurines of the goddess, on her raised arm.
which often depicted this bird. For example, on the mural of the Marie Palace
(circa 1750 BC) the sanctuary of Ishtar is depicted, a large white dove sits on her palm and soars into the sky
Inanna, the predecessor of Ishtar, was often depicted accompanied not only by a snake, but also by a dove.
Since ancient times, the dove and the snake symbolized the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
The snake and the dove are attributes of the sacred Tree of Life: the dove represents the earthly world, and the snake represents the underworld.
The white dove is a symbol of the life that the Goddess is able to give, as well as her kindness and mercy.
Many ancient peoples believed that a talisman in the form of a pigeon could protect its owner.
from untimely death, fire, and lightning strike. It is possible that the pigeon's ability
The reason for protection is precisely that he is a symbol of Ishtar, who always came to the aid of those who believed in her.
The Ubaid period is an archaeological phase in the development of Mesopotamian material culture.
and a number of adjacent regions of Western Asia (Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Arabia) and Transcaucasia,
mostly corresponding to the Chalcolithic period. In general terms, it dates from the 6th to the beginning of the 4th millennium.
BC, but the duration varied by region.
Ubaid is called the "foundation" of the Mesopotamian civilization: settlements arose at this time.
on the site of the oldest cities of Sumer (Ur, Uruk, Lagash, etc.), the first temples and proto-cities
Conclusion: pigeons are eternal
Humans have been domesticating pigeons for centuries, and feral pigeons mostly remain.
in an urban environment, because we brought them there. They lend themselves well
They will be trained, and if they are fed by humans, they will stay closer.
to the urban environment. Pigeons also naturally prefer
rocky ledges, similar to concrete, marble and stone, are found
in urban environments, unlike forests, shrubs, or grass
Is it good that there are so many of them? - no. Pigeons are classified as an invasive species
(from Latin invasio — "invasion, attack, raid; violence; forcible capture")
— a biological species whose spread threatens biological diversity
Is he smart? - Yes
Do you want to read more about the pigeon? - Here you go
In ancient Egypt, pigeons helped to notify the population about the flooding of the Nile
In ancient Greece, birds transmitted news about the Olympic Games
During the wars, pigeons delivered letters and dispatches to the headquarters, secret
radio messages from the front line and even conducted reconnaissance from the air
with special equipment
In the 19th century, pigeons were often used by journalists to
promptly transmit reports from the scene to the press
In business, pigeons helped, for example, stockbrokers
learn the news before the competition. So, the news of the exodus
The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was won by Nathan Rothschild
through the pigeon two days earlier, which gave him the opportunity to successfully
Run a campaign with French papers and get rich
Pigeons still save lives in Holland.
— they deliver vials of donated blood to hospitals
The tradition of using pigeons at weddings dates back to ancient times.
In ancient Greece and Rome, pigeons were known as the birds of Aphrodite and Venus.,
goddesses of love, and were considered messengers of the love and blessings of the gods
It is believed that the custom of releasing pigeons into the sky on the wedding day came from Italy.
Every young Italian woman gave freedom to a white-winged bird on her wedding day.,
what symbolized the beginning of an independent life, free from parents
That's the end of my pigeon-hunting adventures.
Thanks for your attention
Do you feed pigeons?0
Well, besides creativity, I also really like games
One of which is Skyrim. After playing it once, you can't stop
Before talking about the next adventures in Tamriel, I will tell you my story of getting to know the game
The games in our family came from my father and brother
Dad played the first Call of Duty games, brother played Heroes of Might and Magic and other fantasy games
I tried everything - I watched my brother play; I played shooter games on Dad's laptop; I played fantasy games with my brother alternately (which were on the disc then)
And at some point, a game came into the house - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. For me, as a child then, it was wonderful, but because of my age I couldn't immerse myself in the plot, so what was I doing? - Stealing and running around the fields of the world
My brother installed mods, made his own houses through the sandbox. I think he could appreciate Morrowind
(A few years later, we were playing a Morrowind-type word game. One led the other through the quests of a fictional world)
A game that I called my favorite when I was a kid. She attracted me with views and horses, probably (that's all a girl needs)
My typical way when starting the game is to go through the entire Arena at an easy level, buy or steal a horse and rush to admire the waterfalls
But this is in case I can complete the introductory mission (exit from the sewer). And I was a little old, all these zombies, goblins scared me, and I couldn't complete the mission myself. My brother helped me
And then she appeared...A game that I compared to Oblivion and didn't understand my brother's love for her. That's because I couldn't complete the first mission again (get out of Helgen). Because my brother wanted to play himself as soon as possible, he set a condition for me - you go through the introductory and play. But it didn't work out for me
That was my first introduction to the game
I got my own laptop, but there was an Ubuntu software on it with the only game I played on it - Nexuiz. I played with bots, with people (we even went to chat with one in VK). That was enough for me, but I forgot about the other games.
Except for one) Sims is another game, when listening to the music of which I cried from the realization that I would not play it
These were the times when interests in games shifted a little, for some reason I did not consider the discs, there did not seem to be any downloads (or I did not know). So we just cry and remember
After a while, I started pirating games
I don't remember what I downloaded in the 1st place. But I pumped Sims more than once, after a while the mods also went (a friend suggested)
And then, climbing through the games, it got to me - I can download Oblivion. The game I loved so much. Now I could immerse myself in the plot, and I could easily go through all the introductions...
And you know what? She didn't make me happy. There was nothing in it that attracted me before, and that's it.
Then I remembered the game that should be cooler than Oblivion - Skyrim
Music, character customization, awesome voice acting, choice of actions in the plot, lots of quests and mysteries
How it struck me then...It was a moment of falling in love with the game
The first time was like getting to know the world, its rules and introductory
I was very impressed.
But this game is finite, and I deleted it. And how I missed that world. I tried Oblivion again, Morrowind again (which actually turned out to be a sandbox, not a developed world) and everything is wrong...
(Skyrim also opened the way for me to RPG games in general, I started looking for similar ones and sometimes I found them)
I'm totally hooked on Skyrim. After 1 visit, I returned very soon - now you can choose to fight for the Empire, find what you didn't find before, immerse yourself in the details of the world
At some point, my visits turned into the fact that according to the open "encyclopedia of Skyrim" on your phone, you walk around the world of Skyrim and look for every little thing - and it was damn good
After that, I tried mods, various difficulties, and cheats - everything was tried
It's like a very tasty dish, after which you lick the plate clean
But will a polished "plate" stop you? No, of course not.
The arrival of Autumn is not just a change of season, it is a break in the world of Skyrim. Its weather, mountains, quests and atmosphere in general
Every Autumn or Winter (or even more often) The greybeards are calling me
And what makes me incredibly happy is that it still contains details that you try for the first time
In the middle of this Fall, I downloaded Skyrim again
At first, I went in at once, reached Whiterun and came out, even deleted the game
And then the withdrawal came
What do I want to tell you about this visit to Skyrim?
First of all, before that, I want to ask you, will it be interesting for you at all? This post was written for this purpose
If so, then I want to share my observations on what new things I noticed and how I took a fresh look at the long-known quests
I usually play as an elf or a Nord, a Breton and naturally use a bow out of stealth, and if they find me, then a sword and shield (everything is pretty standard)
This time:
The Dark Magician
Magic with two hands
Enchanted Weapons
Own professional potions
Less stealth, more often through
I also like to come up with a character's backstory:
My dark elf's name is Revolia, she lost her eyesight because of the Imperials in her native Morrowind. I came to Skyrim to study witchcraft and all schools of magic in general. She hates the Imperials, and for this reason chooses the side of the Storm Brothers. She is not very interested in their war, in the 1st place her personal goals are to study dark magic to the absolute. She is not averse to helping people in Skyrim for a decent fee
What can you not find on the Internet)
I'm interested to know what new things I noticed in XXX entering Skyrim?0
Part 1. Becoming a Warrior
It was a harsh winter and no, the weather was mild, there was little snow, the Sun came out of the clouds often, but personally for the young man who lost everything he knew, the season turned out to be difficult. Thanks to working as a child for many peasants in the district, many knew about the plans of the young man and wanted to repay the same for their former help. So he found a place to sleep- a wool merchant's hut. In the morning he trained punches, helped with the housework in the afternoon, and in the late afternoon he walked around the village, hoping to be hired as a warrior. Weeks and months passed in this way. It is difficult to find a decent offer when you are away from cities and the capital. And it was risky to get to them without a horse and guarantees that you would be appreciated there. Then the wool merchant suggested that he go to a tavern on the outskirts of the village, he heard a rumor that soldiers were sometimes recruited there. The next evening, the young man went there when hope had almost left him. The stinking smell was there, the bard was playing the lute, the men were singing along, and the women were sitting on their laps. And at one of the doors stood a menacing-looking man with a heavy and dirty sword on his belt. Although the young man knew with his head that it was better not to meddle with him, but the smell of blood and the sight of someone who had gone through many battles attracted him.
"What do you want, brat?"
"I heard they hire warriors here?"
The man glanced at the guy, grinned and replied: "And what do you mean, you've become a warrior? You don't even hold a fork behind your back, what are you going to kill with?"
The young man's confidence in his intentions disappeared, unconsciously his head dropped down, his eyes darted, and the answer to the question did not come. He understood that if he didn't say it right, he could already say goodbye to any opportunity to get a job in this village. At that moment, two fat laughing men abruptly came out of the door, not noticing the heat, they walked between the guy and the guard. The young man saw this as a chance to get inside and slipped into the room. The guard would have followed him if those two hadn't decided to treat him to mead.
The room was dim, there was a massive wooden table in the center where all the people were sitting, and maces, morgensterns, falchions and ordinary swords were left in the corner. The older man in the center of the table stood out the most, as if everyone was reaching out to him, and he had the largest piece of meat. While the young man was examining everything, he had already been noticed. The one from the center got up and calmly asked the boy a question: "Who are you looking for?". Getting up from the floor, the young man replied: "I want to become a warrior!" - as soon as the last word was uttered, it became clear how childish it sounded, the guy blushed with shame in front of all these people. But no one paid much attention to him, and that man muttered something to himself and continued to ask, "Who are you? Is there a sword to fight with?". The young man answered briefly, already thinking about how he would return to the hut and maybe try his luck another time. But to his surprise, while he was in his thoughts, the man agreed to hire him, for a pittance, but it's better than selling someone else's wool further. And at the end of the conversation, when the young man was already leaving, he finally called out to him: "Hey, kid! What's your name?"
"Ridderk," he replied.
Toxexex - Draw a snake that ate too many cherries
She wanted to show that cherries are not so small for her, and that her whole body is already full of berries
But it seems to me that the cherry turned out more)
Bitterness - draw your most frequent emotion! try to convey it, but using not only a pencil, markers, etc.
It's a pity, poor quality
In addition to the marker, I used a specific lamp light and refraction of the shadow through the container
My frequent emotion over the past week has been anxiety, which is expressed in me through twitching and sharpness, and there seems to be some kind of sharp light in my chest. Besides, then my muscles tightened due to physical activity
Pepezhabo - the Hollow Knight
While I was finishing him, I had a desire to get to know him, to learn the story of this character
He would look good as one of the bosses in Dark Sols, for example)
I just wanted to work on it in more detail
admin - Cosmonaut cat on vacation at the beach
It was fun to draw him)
It is easy to imagine how he took a vacation after his space work
Which drawing did you like the most?2
Once an ordinary peasant's son dreamed of becoming a knight. At home, on the farm, he was looking for sticks that reminded him of a sword. Over the years, he had accumulated a whole collection, which he boasted to his friends. His parents had different attitudes towards his desire to be a hero. The mother supported her son, and proudly watched each new learned technique, the father was stricter. He told his child from an early age: "Do you want to be a hero, to fight? Then earn coins for armor and a sword. Yes, save up more so that you don't get stabbed in the first fight." The boy remembered this instruction every evening before falling asleep.
When he reached the age at which he could be useful, he immediately went to work - to take sheep's wool to the market, plow a field, help in everyday life...He took on everything he could. And it paid off, already as a young man, there was enough money in a wooden box by the bed to buy the first outfit. But there was a fly in the ointment...The father, who by that time was tired of farming and had stopped bringing enough for a favorable life into his house, was well aware of how much was in his son's hiding place. And after another quarrel with his wife, he decided to steal the child's possessions over the years and spend them on himself, on booze. That evening was a defining one for the boy and his mother. After all, the man got into a fight, got out of it almost unscathed, but in an instant he suddenly felt dizzy, his legs did not obey, and eventually fell off a cliff.
The mother couldn't find a place for herself, at first blamed herself and said every word of that quarrel a hundred times a day, but then she found solace in her boy's goal. The sooner he went to war, the sooner she would get back to her old life, she muttered to herself. The son was faithful to his dream, he lived only for it, but he had to save up for armor again. Their cozy farm withered and turned into a training place for a young man, the loving and supportive look of his mother was replaced by the control of a mad woman over every step and the accumulated coin. He was ready to live with it because he loved and understood her grief. But one winter, the woman reached her maximum, and while they were sitting at a meager dinner, she suddenly threw the boy's things and himself out of the hut: "Until you bring gold, this house is closed to you!". It was the second evening in the young man's life, which devastated him and at the same time gave him an incentive to move towards the goal of becoming a knight.
Are you waiting for part 1?2
