Mist messenger

25 x 30 cm
acrylic on canvas
year : 2016

"In Irish folklore, the butterfly represents a person's soul. Its light and airy wings allow the soul to cross into the Otherworld. " The Celts believed in fly-souls and butterfly-souls which, like bird-souls, flew about seeking a new mother. It was thought that women become pregnant by swallowing such creatures. In Irish myth, Etain took the form of a butterfly for seven years...