The Creation of Eve
I stared at her warily as in my mind’s eye, a field of muscular bodies writhed overhead. In the center of this panoply of flesh, beautiful Adam reached forth to receive the touch of life. The work was a wonder, no, a miracle of painting, and on a ceiling, no less, but the Maestro has done many more paintings and many other famous statues. Why did she bring up this work again?
An Irish Country Girl
Like all Irish children, she’d grown up surrounded by stories of the supernatural; the Shee, the banshee, and the Thevshee. Then there was the Phouka, a friendly being who might help a farmer at his work. But there was also the evil eye, which was far from benign.
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Ah yes, the evil eye! I thought that was an Italian thing!
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Sandy – I think it might be a Catholic thing? Or in the folklore of any country that went from Paganism to Catholicism? My guess, anyway.
Nice teases from the two books! There’s a banshee in the book I’m reading for my teaser. Hope you’ll stop by.
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Harvee- I’m really looking forward to reading Far From the Land – coming up soon, I hope!
Great teasers! I’m intrigued by the creation of eve; hope you’re enjoying both of these!
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Dana – Creation of Eve is very good so far, but I’m not very far into it.