Nothing more then your average girl who likes thrillers, books, and the occult. Other blog. https://at.tumblr.com/cephalapodsupport/e5blsbj500rf
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The Red Queen, Chihiro Ogino Sen
Pluto and Proserpine by Edward James Physick (1849)
Ok question? If Magneto has control of electromagnetism....again I am just asking than theoretically could not control gravity? Um...and taking it a step further could he not like make a black hole? That in layman's terms is a gravity well so strong nothing can escape?
Or do them temporary like in Inyuasha with with the attack of Meidō Zangetsuha
I don't know, I do see Erik being very rigid in his approach in regards to his powers as thinking he can only bend metal.
As writer, I just see as Charles's advice for being in a state at the point between rage and serenity as both limiting and empowering for Erik; its good up to a point.
It takes Peter asserting his powers over liquid metal; that Erik can hardly do and he has to do some introspection over his supposed title of Master of Magnetism.
All theses different aspects of electromagnetism like nuclear fission or fusion, lighting, gravity, bloodbending, force fields, hovering, solar flares, electricity, controlling the electromagnetic spectrum (gamma, X-Rays, microwaves etc.) all require different frames of mind and emotions.
I just thought it was a cool concept and wanted to share it with y'all.
Art to nice not to reblog. I find the snake interesting as he seems to be protecting the woman.
Illustrations from Parsifal, or The Legend of the Holy Grail by Willy Pogany (1912)
Spider-Man: No Way Home and Greek Mythology
hardly a spoiler but just in case…
It occurred to me that the three spider-men were the three fates who weave (web) time together. The story was about changing everyone’s fate!
Boredom a Haiku
Silly thoughts
Where do supervillains buy cloths
That is all for now
Adorable art. 💗
@only-mango-welches-fruitsnacks and i are obsessed with doc ock so here’s some otto doodles
It’s no secret that the chimchar evolution line was inspired by Lord Hanuman, the monkey god. But something I found cute was that the island where these monkeys are found in the new Pokémon Legends Arceus game is called Ramanas Island, a clear play on Valmik’s Sanskrit epic Ramayana, which first introduced Hanuman to the Hindu and cultural pantheon.
Hermes my favorite messenger. 💗
The Souls of Acheron (1898) - Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
MIT otto 💗
Yo Catholic stuff had so much magic in it, it's not funny. Hell even lifted stuff straight from the pagans. Light a candle at Mass? That's magic. Christmas? Thank you pagans for the most popular Western holiday.
“You can’t be Catholic and an occultist” is the take of someone with an extremely limited understanding of both the faith and the canons it both established and was formed from
Love this comic and character.
From Doctor Octopus: Year One.
Yule art that put me in the holiday spirit!
Michael Kerbow, Esther Remmington
Renae Taylor art, Margaret Ellis
Renae Taylor arts, L. Helje
Julien Hatswell, Briar
Wendy Andrews, Lynn Bywaters art
Thinking about posting a fan fic but scared at the same time. I'm a first time author, usually just relegated to editor for others. How do people have the fortitude to post stories? 😑
Druidry is based on what we can assume from Ancient Druid traditions. Which includes the religions that were around at the time as well. Now here's a very important thing, we don't know much because the Druids would pass things down through oral tradition, and the Christianization of the Celtic nations caused it to die.
What we know about Ancient Druids: Druid was a job position and status, they did a lot of things like advise, heal, and mediate conflicts.
Modern Druidry is not Ancient Druidry. We literally cannot be like the ancient Druids because we don't know enough about them and we also aren't going to be advising kings that's just- not happening.
Modern Druidry, however, is based in what little we know. No one is claiming it is exact, and if they are, they are wrong.
What we know about the culture where the druids existed: Holidays, clothing, religion (thanks to some Christian priests who wrote myths down during the Christianization of the nations), legends and other mythology not relating directly to religion, the Fair folk (aka Fae).
With what we know about Ancient Druids, and what we know about the culture itself, we have attempted to combine into the religion/spirituality of Modern Druidry. We call ourselves Druids not because we are advisors to kings, but because we are honoring the Ancient Druids that were once spiritual leaders and important members of society. What we follow is hopefully something close to what Ancient Celts would have followed.
Why? For a lot of reasons, but let's just go with the simple answer "because we like it" just like with any damn religion.
Read some excellent MyLaurie fanfics from Slasherslasher and Burningsoftly and now I want to see a story where Laurie is being hunted by a copycat killer, see how she deals with that, and how our favorite stalker would as well. I don't know I'm just bored and staving off Christmas for as long as I can.
SAMHAIN
By far the best known Gaelic festival, Samhain marked the end of summer in Ireland, when assemblies were held and the cattle were brought to winter pastures. The traditional (though contested) date is usually given as November 1st, with festivities beginning at dusk on October 31st. Like with Bealtaine, the festival of Samhain is marked by bonfires and an emphasis on protection from Otherworldly forces. Syncretism with All Hallow's Eve resulted in many traditions involving the dead or the Daoine Sidhe roaming the lands on Samhain, looking to snatch away or otherwise harm those who did not observe the proper rites. As such, the wearing of disguises and the creation of charms were meant to ward away unwanted attention. Divination games were also common on Samhain, primarily concerning matters of love and marriage. Hiding trinkets such as coins or rings in plates of food and loaves of bread was the most popular method, although apples and hazelnuts were also employed. Samhain is also the setting for many of Irish mythology's most famous tales, especially stories of wooings and conceptions. Modern Scottish tradition associates Samhain with the Cailleach, the hag of winter, who rules over the colder months. The Brugh na Boinne was particularly associated with Samhain, and modern folklore describes it as the site of battles, feasts, and games carried out by the Daoine Sidhe on Samhain night. This piece features a deer skull to evoke the deer herd of the Cailleach and the traditions surrounding death, with crossed swords and the Brugh na Boinne for the Daoine Sidhe. Loaves of bannock and barmbrack, along with nuts and apples, encompass the culinary aspects of the holiday, and the quaich cup (a common sight at weddings) and divinatory trinkets hint at its more romantic overtones. Finally, bonfire flames, a carved tumshie lantern, and a parshell cross serve as charms to ward away Otherworldly dangers. Lá Fhéile Shamhna sona daoibh!
Coming from your Neo Griffith who marries Charlotte while keeping his lover close I also could see him arranging for Charlotte to have an "accident" once he ascends to king. It wouldnt be right away because that would be way too obvious and way too suspicious but I can imagine him refusing to settle on anything other than his ideal future. He promised his s/o she would be his queen and even if he has to be married to Charlotte for a few years, I could see him doing the unthinkable to follow thru
Little finch, don't stray from the path--
He supposed he might've felt...guilty even, in another life.
In a life where he cared for her, where he could've loved her.
But unfortunately--his eyes broke from the window, to settle in your sleeping sighs. With pale, rose-tipped fingers he brushed away wayward strands of hair, but it felt as ghastly as he was. It held not your warmth, not the warmth that once left hushed kisses in his cheek, or the warmth of your breath on his eyelids.
He loved you, even in this husk, in this shell of flesh and glass that held only aspirations. In a vessel made for him, the only one that would help him reach where he had once fallen short.
He loved you, even if you feared him. Even if you found his cold, ageless beauty, vile where as other only saw good. Even if his voice, made to be followed, only had you squirming and in tears.
Even if you'd never have him.
Even if he was to suffer by your hand.
--Birdies like you don't last in the wild
If this was a deck I could buy I would.
rococo themed tarot cards. these drove me insane :-)
Honey buzzards are hard as fuck! I did not know they rolled like this. Here we have one indulging in some sweet honey, not giving a single fuck about the swarm of bees attacking it. Apparently it's because they have tightly packed, scale-like feathers that acts as armor. - 🎥Credit to ©Rahul's Wildscape on YouTube.
Connecting to the element of spirit
There plenty of post on the other elements but I noticed there’s little to none for spirit so here’s some information on the 5th element.
The spirit element is the most transcendent of the elements: It in encompasses, animates, interweaves, and invisibly underlies all things including the other elements. It includes things like storms, deities, outer space, and energy. You may have expected ghosts or human spirits but the element of spirit is much more. It’s inside of us all things.
Additionally, it includes what lies outside our atmosphere: space, planets, stars, galaxies, and the unknown.
Symbols:
lightning bolts, spirals, circles, planets, spider webs, stars and sacred geometry
Altar items:
Symbols of deities you believe in, symbols of birds, symbols of our galaxy or solar system, spiral symbolism, sacred geometry symbolsim
Ways to connect:
🌟gaze at the sky, contemplate it’s size and what is beyond it
🌟examine and contemplate the placement of the planet’s and constellations
🌟use an app like Skyveiw
🌟study astrology and current aspects
🌟look at satalite photos of other planets and celestial objects
🌟be conscious of the weather and weather patterns
🌟stay quiet for at least 5 minutes, connect with the silence and open space
🌟meditating or gazing at sacred geometry patterns
🌟make/color mandalas
🌟go star gazing
Source- Holistic Energy Magic by Tess Whitehurst
rhiannon | welsh goddess of horses and dogs
(all images from unsplash)
One of my favorite things in mythology is how a name is created or has a tie to the character in question. So I want to look at the meaning behind some of my favorite characters in literature. Today we'll be looking at the beautifully evil bird himself, Griffith.
So let's start with where the name comes from, and for that we need to look to Wales. The name Griffith is less a name and more a title or last name. It means prince or high lord, and is still in use today.
Now in to the fun part the mythology.Now we can safely say Griffith has more then a touch of the Morning Star influence to his character. The question is what Morning Star archetype would he fit? Lucifer of course springs to mind; the fallen archangel king that started a war with God. I will argue that none of the angels in Beraerk are fallen angels as they do surve their God faithfully. So then what archetypes could Griffith pull from? Well look no further then the homeland of his name. Lleu Llaw Gyffes, which is where we get the name Griffith from.
Lleu Llaw Gyffes was a Welsh god. He is the son of Arianrhod the goddess of fate and the moon. He has a few stories associated with him but for this I think we should look into the story of his birth and his death and resurrection.
Lleu had a very unnatural birth even by god standards. His mother gave birth to his twin brother first. Who became the God of nigh and the ocean. He was born suddenly and miraculously from Arianrhod after she was asked to cross a boundary to prove she was pure. Lleu was not born till his uncle noticed the placenta left on the ground was still moving. In it was the underdeveloped Lleu. His uncle used magic to turn the placenta into an egg and left it in a trunk to hatch. From this egg Lleu emerged as a young boy with pale hair like the moon. He grew much faster then the normal child and was extremely intelligent and magically gifted. Some called him the king of eagles and hawks. Arianrhod hated him deeply, finding him to be an abomination. And cursed him many times. All of which he overcame in time.
Now one the curse placed on him to never marry any woman that was born. So being the very clever and magically gifted man he was, he made a woman from the petals of the meadow sweet, the apple, and the broom. This created Blodeuwedd the goddess of flowers, blooms, and spring. Blodeuwedd did not love Lleu for long, eventually she fell in love with his best friend who happened to be his best and most noble knight. The two entered an affair and plotted to kill Lleu Llaw Gyffes. See he could only be killed in a very specific way. He must be on the threshold of a home and outside, he had to be standing between a pool of water and a mount, and it had to be at dawn or dusk. She using this very method the unfaithful wife and the knight stabbed Lleu with a spear while he entered his home, but he did not die, instead he transformed into a massive hawk and flew away. And for seven years he sat at the top of the world tree and morned the loss of his love and his best friend. Until his mother took pity on him and returned him to human form and he took revenge on his former loved ones. First by shooting his former best friend through a stone creating a gapping hole in a standing stone, and cursing his wife into the form of an owl. Who to this day surves Arianrhod as a messenger and handmaid. Her children, the owls, hate all raptors and will atempt to kill them.
Now you may or may not see the elements that could have influenced Griffith. The noble knight most loyal to him falling in love with his wife and second in command. But think of the storyline. Griffith has Casca his closest supporter and second in command, basically his sudo wife. They both meet Guts the wandering warrior, who quickly becomes Griffith's best friend and favorite knight. Guts and Casca fall in love and 'stab' Griffith in the back. Where he's born from and egg already grown, to becomes the Hawk of Darkness and takes revenge on them. The only thing I hope is that Guts dose not die impaled and Casca is not doomed to fight him for all eternity.
Lastly I'll leave a picture of how Lleu Llaw Gyffes is often depicted. Kinda Femto like humm?
The picture is not mine and I do not claim any characters in this post.