Weird Tales Dec 1927 – The Infidel's Daughter, Winged Bull & Dancing Figure
A vivid palette of crimson, cerulean blue, golden yellow, and slate grey sets an exotic, occult-tinged atmosphere on this December 1927 Weird Tales cover. A sinuously posed, near-nude dancer writhes atop an enormous orb of swirling violet smoke, her body adorned with bangles and scarves. Beneath her crouches a massive Assyrian-style lamassu — a winged bull with a bearded human face — rendered in cool grey-green tones, anchoring the supernatural energy in ancient mystery.
This one is a gloriously lurid slice of late-1920s orientalist fantasy — a writhing dancer perched on a mystical orb above an ancient Assyrian monster-god is peak Weird Tales energy. Recommended wholeheartedly to anyone who loves their pulp occult, exotic, and unapologetically theatrical.
“Weird Tales The Unique Magazine The Infidel's Daughter by E. Hoffmann Price DECEMBER · 1927 25¢ 30¢ IN CANADA R. Anthony — Arthur J. Burks — Edmond Hamilton Bassett Morgan — Maurice Rothman — Everil Worrell”
