Phil's photos with the keyword: Statue

One of the sculptures situated along the Pendle Sculpture Trail in Aitken Wood near the village of Barley in Lancashire, England (link below). Photographed with a Nikon D500 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software. www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g3555319-d7134467-Reviews-Pendle_Sculpture_Trail-Barley_Lancashire_England.html

In European folklore the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace which could be captured only by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times the tusk of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn. The unicorn continues to hold a place in popular culture. It is often used as a symbol of fantasy or rarity. (Wikipedia). Camera: NIkon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2 Photographed at the Pendle Sculpture Trail: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g3555319-d7134467-Reviews-Pendle_Sculpture_Trail-Barley_Lancashire_England.html

The recorded folklore of Boggarts is remarkably varied as to their appearance and size. Many are described as relatively human-like in form, though usually uncouth, very ugly and often with bestial attributes. One such boggart was "a squat hairy man, strong as a six year old horse with arms almost as long as tacklepoles". Other accounts give a more completely beast-like form. The "Boggart of Longar Hede" from Yorkshire was said to be a fearsome creature the size of a calf, with long shaggy hair and eyes like saucers. It trailed a long chain after itself, which made a noise like the baying of hounds. The "Boggart of Hackensall Hall" in Lancashire had the appearance of a huge horse. At least one Lancashire boggart could take the form of various animals, or indeed more fearful creatures. (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D500 Software: Nikon Capture NX2 Photographed at the Pendle Sculpture Trail: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g3555319-d7134467-Reviews-Pendle_Sculpture_Trail-Barley_Lancashire_England.html

A wooden sculpture of an owl in the woods at Hardcastle Crags (near Hebden Bridge), West Yorkshire, England. Photographed with a Nikon D300s camera and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

In Norse mythology a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live. Selecting half of those who die in battle, the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin whilst the other half go to the goddess Freyja's afterlife field, Fólkvangr. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens and sometimes connected to swans or horses. (Wikipedia). Camera Sony RX100. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England. Born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining & engineering from an early age. The son of a mining captain, he performed poorly in school but went on to be an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport. His most significant contribution was the development of the first high-pressure steam engine. He also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. On 21 February 1804 the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. (Wikipedia) Camera: Sony RX100. Processing: Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. This carved wooden dragon is one of a series of sculptures along the children's "Witches Trail" which runs through the park. Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. This wooden figure is one of a series of sculptures along the children's "Witches Trail" which runs through the park. Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. This carved wooden figure is one of a series of sculptures along the children's "Witches Trail" which runs through the park. Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A wooden sculpture of a witch and her cauldron photographed at the entrance to the children's "Witches activity trail" in Victoria park between Barrowford and Nelson in the North-West of England. Camera Nikon D300s with a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

This giant-sized replica of a weaver's shuttle (known locally as "The Rusty Rocket") was erected in the centre of the town of Nelson in Lancashire, North-West England, during the recent town-centre re-developments. Nelson and the surrounding area was, until the mid-20th Century, at the centre of the textile industry in Britain but this has now virtually disappeared. Most local textile manufacturers have re-located to other parts of the world where labour is cheap and profits are high. Photographed with a HTC "Desire" smartphone and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A metal sculpture of a young Lancashire Mill-worker entitled "Millie", situated outside the railway station in Colne, North-West England. During the 18th, 19th and early-20th Centuries the textile industry (mostly weaving) provided employment for the majority of people in this part of the country but the industry has been steadily declining for many years and is now almost extinct. Most of the larger textile companies have relocated to the developing countries of the far-East where labour is cheap, profits are high and health & safety at work is "less of an issue". Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software.

A life-size witch model / manikin photographed outside the "Witches Galore" souvenir & gift shop in the village of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire, in the North-West of England. This village and the surrounding areas were the setting for Britain's most famous (or "infamous") witch trials, The Pendle Witches, in 1612 which resulted in the hanging of ten people at Lancaster. Most of the so-called "evidence" was based on the testimony of a 9-year-old child, Jennet Device, whose mother, brother and grandmother were among the victims. In those days, just to be accused of witchcraft usually meant you were automatically considered guilty unless you could prove (without any legal help) otherwise. www.witchesgalore.co.uk

In Norse mythology Freyja (Old Norse "Lady") is a Goddess associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, war and death. Freyja is the owner of the fabled necklace Brísingamen. She rides a chariot pulled by two cats or, when not using her chariot, rides the boar Hildisvíni (which is also said to be Freyja's human lover Otta in disguise and is the reason why the God Loki consistently accuses her of being "wanton" by "riding her lover in public"). She possesses a cloak of falcon feathers and, by her husband Óðr, is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother, father and mother, she is a member of the Vanir. Modern forms of the name include Freya, Freija, Frejya, Freyia, Frøya, Frøjya, Freia, and Freja. Freyja rules over her heavenly afterlife field Fólkvangr and there receives half of those that die in battle.........the other half go to the God Odin's hall, Valhalla. Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak, is invoked in matters of fertility and love and is frequently sought after by powerful Jötnar who wish to make her their wife. Freyja's husband, the God Óðr, is frequently absent. She cries tears of amber (or "red gold") for him and constantly searches for him under assumed names. Amber is plentiful in the Scandinavian / Baltic regions and is often referred to as "The Tears of The Goddess". Scholars have theorized about whether Freyja and the Scandinavian Goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single Goddess common among the Germanic peoples and about her connection to the Valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain. Freyja's name appears in numerous place names in Scandinavia with a high concentration in Southern Sweden. Various plants in Scandinavia once bore her name (before they were, apparently, "converted" to Christianity) and rural Scandinavians continued to acknowledge Freyja into the 19th century and beyond. (Wikipedia....edited & shortened). Camera Sony RX100. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2. Cold-cast figurine from Nemesis Now ("Willow Hall" collection).

Morrígan (meaning "Phantom Queen" or "Great Queen") is usually regarded as a Celtic / Irish war Goddess and she has been compared with the Valkyrie / Walkuere of Germanic and Scandinavian origin. Her role often involves premonitions and predictions of a particular warrior's violent death, suggesting a link with the Banshee of later Irish folklore. In certain areas of Ireland this supernatural being is, in addition to the name Banshee, also called Badb (in some versions, Badb and Morrigan are sisters). Her role was not only as a symbol of imminent death but also to influence the outcome of wars and battles. She did this by appearing as a crow or raven flying over the battlefield and would inspire either fear or courage in the hearts of the warriors. She could be heard as a voice among the corpses on a battlefield and, according to some accounts, she would often join in the battle itself as a warrior and show her favouritism in a more direct manner. (Wikipedia...edited & shortened). Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2. Figurine of Morrigan by Pagan artist & sculptor Neil Sims from South Shields, U.K.

Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; 274 – 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer and his consort Helena. His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west in 293. Constantine was sent East where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under the emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius was raised to the rank of Augustus, senior western emperor, and recalled West to campaign under his father in Britannia. Acclaimed as emperor by the army after his father's death in 306, Constantine emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against the emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324. The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan, which decreed religious tolerance throughout the empire. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325, at which the Nicene Creed was professed by Christians. In military matters, the Roman army was reorganised to consist of mobile field units and garrison soldiers capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions. Constantine pursued successful campaigns against the tribes on the Roman frontiers—the Franks, the Alamanni, the Goths, and the Sarmatians—even resettling territories abandoned by his predecessors during the turmoil of the previous century. The age of Constantine marked a distinct epoch in the history of the Roman Empire. (Wikipedia).

The “Conversation Piece” consists of 22 life-sized copper-bronze statues near The Groyne lighthouse at Littlehaven Beach, South Shields. Designed by the Spanish artist Juan Munoz they have been a talking point for the last few years. Locals refer to the figures by various names such as "The Weebles", "The wobbly men" or "The Fisher Folk". Photographed with an Olympus SP55OUZ bridge camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

This sculpture of a wooden bear was seen by the side of a track during a walk through the woods at Barrowford, Lancashire, UK. Photographed with a Sony RX100 and processed using Nikon Capture NX2. www.ipernity.com/group/sony.rx100/doc