what is this deck?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 Feb 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

EarthLover	11 Feb 2005
I was browsing this site yesterday and i found a deck i liked but i didn't order it then. I went to bed and was going to order it this morning. Unfortunately, I cannot recall its name. The pictures were paintings of monsters and some of the images were bloody. I have looked over this site again i just can't recall what it is. any help would be appreciated.

souljourney	11 Feb 2005
Personally the only one I can think of that has blood in it is The Gothic Tarot of Vampires.

Kissa	11 Feb 2005
EarthLover wrote: The pictures were paintings of monsters and some of the images were bloody. hmmmm.... The "My worst Nightmare" deck? The "Oh please, not this again" deck? The "Do we really need one of those" deck? The "And you guys wonder why you have so many serial killers" deck? The "It´s not my fault, I come from a dysfunctional family" deck? Kissa *trying to help, yes, honest...*

Clau	11 Feb 2005
LOL Kissa! Earthlover: where can we see the deck? what's the web site? Thanks, CLau

Sulis	11 Feb 2005
Clau wrote: Earthlover: where can we see the deck? what's the web site? Clau, Earthlover says in his / her post that the deck was on this site. Earthlover, have you tried using the Browse feature in the Tarot Decks section - you get to see one card from each deck that way. Check out this link: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/tarota.shtml Love Sulis xx

EarthLover	11 Feb 2005
well it wasn't so much monsters and blood as much as it was famous paintings being used on tarot cards. And the one card i remember seeing had a brown monster on it with blood dripping from its mouth. I cannot think who the artist was either. I am going to go use the browse function again. Thanks for the reply.

Myrrha	11 Feb 2005
It is not pictured on Aeclectic but the Knight of Cups in the Gothic Tarot has a brown mask/face with blood coming out of the mouth and a man dabbling his fingers in the blood looking out at you with an intense gaze. You can see it here. http://www.monolithgraphics.com/pages/virtualframe.html?/pages/tarot.html The H.P. Lovecraft tarot has some brown monsters http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/lovecraft/ The Bosch deck uses famous paintings and depicts monstrous beings: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/bosch/ good luck finding your deck! --Myrrha

Cerulean	11 Feb 2005
He used famous paintings. Sometimes there was butterflies; sometimes monsters or other things were added with dripping paint. The Jubilee edition with book that has colored pictures and very good explanations, available through Tarotgarden.com, is much less than the usual one hundred dollar gilded edition. There's also a gothic style tarots with 'vampire' themes, if that is what you mean by monsters? Do you recall if it seemed funny or serious? Regards, Cerulean

EarthLover	11 Feb 2005
hey thanks for all the replies. It was my fault that you all couldn't find the deck i was talking about. It does show monsters but not prominently. this is the link: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/solleone/ looking at it when i am fully awake i kinda don't like it any more. lol. thanks a lot guys. now if i could find someone with the ukiyoe deck that wants to sell.

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