Rape of Europa (1667) by Claude Gellée, called "Le Lorrain"Royal Collection Trust, UK
The Golden Horn
The Jezersko Valley and the vast Komna plateau were once a mountain paradise. There lived white women, sweet, kind-hearted creatures.
They did not want thanks for their good deeds.
The Aldobrandini Madonna (about 1532) by TitianThe National Gallery, London
The child who came into the world in their presence was protected for life.
The Shipwreck (1772) by Claude-Joseph VernetNational Gallery of Art, Washington DC
If anyone approached their dwellings by mistake or out of arrogance...
... they were forced to return to the Valley by landslides, storms and hail.
A bush idyll ((1896)) by George W LambertArt Gallery of New South Wales
White women grazed their herds in the mountains, led by a large white goat with golden horns - the Golden Horn.
His horns were the key to the immense hidden treasure.
The Nurture of Jupiter (Mid-1630s) by Poussin, NicolasDulwich Picture Gallery
A young hunter from the Trenta Valley grew up in the care of white women. He was allowed to climb the highest mountains without having to fear anything.
He carried bouquets of mountain flowers to a beautiful girl from the Valley and won her love.
Gold coins and ingots from the ship-burial at Sutton HooBritish Museum
One day, however, a rich Venetian merchant betrothed the girl, gave her gold jewelry, and said that her hunter would have to bring her the Golden Horn treasure if he loved her enough.
The Duel After the Masquerade (1857-1859) by Jean-Léon GérômeThe Walters Art Museum
The girl no longer cared about the poor hunter.
The Calydonian Boar Hunt (about 1611–1612) by Peter Paul RubensThe J. Paul Getty Museum
Desperate and offended, he set out the same night to find the Golden Horn. In the morning he saw him on a high rock, shot at him, but forgot about his miraculous power.
The Flower Girl (1665-70) by Murillo, Bartolomé EstébanDulwich Picture Gallery
Miraculous Triglav flowers - plantains - grew from the blood of the mortally wounded animal. The dying Golden Horn consumed one and came to life in an instant.
Gorge near Amalfi (1831) by Carl BlechenAlte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
He rushed towards the hunter, who, frightened and blinded by the glow of his golden horns, staggered into the abyss of the Soča River.
Cineraria (1886) by Vincent van GoghMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The rising Soča carried his corpse deep into the Valley from which he came...
...with a bouquet of Triglav flowers in his hands.
Gold jewellery from the Hoxne hoardBritish Museum
Golden Horn in rage destroyed the mountain paradise and disappeared forever. White women also went with him.
To this day, his treasure has remained hidden in the mountains below Triglav.
