Here Comes The Sun

Sunburnnt is the home of all things Icarus/Apollo and the future home of the book Isaac and the Sun King, a modern and queer retelling of the Icarus myth. 

[okayodysseus]

mythological posters, featuring icarus

“The unlucky father, not a father, called, “Where are you, Icarus?” and “Where are you? In what place shall I seek you, Icarus?” He called again; and then he saw the wings of his dear Icarus, floating on the waves.”

[wulfhalls]

never regret thy fall

[lesbiannyx]

THE MELTING POINT OF WAX An Icarus playlist; listen: (8tracks) (spotify)

1. the melting point of wax // thrice 2. broken crown // mumford and sons 3. charon // keaton henson 4. make a shadow // meg myers 5. icarus // bastille 6. young and tragic // dead man’s bones 7. house of the rising sun // alt-j 8. explosions // ellie goulding 9. don’t get lost in heaven // gorillaz 10. daedalus // thrice

[spinfastdizzy-deactivated202211]

Icarus should have waited for nightfall,
the Moon would have never let him go.

[qrtemis]

↳ oscar wilde

« icarus flew too close to the sun »

[caravaggista]

Herbert James Draper, The Lament for Icarus (1898), detail. 

[jaimeslanniste]

I AM A FOREST, AND A NIGHT OF DARK TREES  — but he who is not afraid of my d a r k n e s s will find banks full of r o s e s under my cypresses

[janeyrs-deactivated20200401]

Greek Myth:         Goddesses  －  Persephone

↳ In Greek mythology, Persephone, also called Kore (“the maiden”), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is the queen of the underworld. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic princess of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was married to Hades, the god of the underworld.

[dolcevitae]

aesthetic: artemis, goddess of the hunt

[andruwminyrd]

queen of the underworld.

[andromedes]

mythology family ⤞ medusa for @gihevra

and you, you scare people 

because you are whole all by yourself

[renissance]

Gods and Goddesses: Hestia 

Now I tend the fire. I fade slowly into the background. No one will ever write epic poems about the deeds of Hestia.

[trojjan]

hades, god of the underworld

[aredhels]

mythology family ♥︎ ceto for @pukwudgiei

ceto (ancient greek: kητώ, kētō, “sea monster”), is a primordial sea goddess in greek mythology, the daughter of gaia and pontus. as a mythological figure, she is most notable for bearing by phorcys, a primordial sea god, a host of monstrous children.

[annbeth]

queen of the underworld 

@queeenpersephone merry christmas from your @fandomaestheticnet secret santa ♥︎

[mostlyfate]

oh sehun as apollo | god of music, sun and poetry. (requested)

[andruwminyrd]

goddess of witchcraft.