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Mythic

45-card oracle bringing ancient Greek deities and myths to vivid illustrated life.

by Carisa Mellado, Ravynne Phelan

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Tarot Canon's own assessment, written for this catalog.

The Mythic Oracle stages Greek mythology in forty-five cards, Carisa Mellado's text with paintings by the artist then known as Michele-lee Phelan, later Ravynne Phelan of the Dragonfae decks, each card a deity or figure from the classical stories rendered in Blue Angel's polished illustrative house style. It shares the catalog's Greek shelf with Stacey DeMarco's decks and takes the gentler road: where Gods and Titans keeps the primordial menace, the Mythic Oracle curates toward beauty and counsel. The classical pantheon remains divination's most literate source material, every figure arriving with a story the reader half-knows already, and the deck leans on that fluency: draws work as recognitions. Phelan's luminous figures give the gods their glamour back after centuries of marble. It suits mythology readers who want the stories warm rather than severe, Blue Angel collectors, admirers tracking Phelan's artistic arc, and beginners for whom Greek names are the friendliest doorway into archetype. Readers wanting the myths' full teeth know which sibling deck bites.

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The Mythic Oracle brings the myths and legends of Ancient Greek to life, thanks to the attractive artwork of Michele-lee Phelan, who also contributed to the Oracle of the Dragonfae. The 45 cards each show a Greek deity or character...

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