had already sent this to a mutual of mine but i thought this might be helpful for anyone else who may need it
it’s a tarot spread on how to know what deities are trying to reach out with you and why, works like a charm i swear
have a good night everyone!
-star <3
hello!! I see you post mostly about norse/hellenistic deities but was wondering if you could do a worship post about The Morrigan/The Dagda for celtic deities? Thanks so much :D
(Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn outside my scope!)
- associated scents for candles and incense: opium, clove, dragons blood, pumpkin, sandalwood, apple, cinnamon, patchouli, cedar,
- herbs/plants/spices: clove, sage, peppercorn, holly, star anise, garlic, rosemary, basil, weeping willows, hawthorn, juniper, blackthorn flowers, sage, jasmine, mugwort, angelica root, maple leaves, celandine, clover, rageweed, snapdragon, nightshade, vervain, belladonna, yew, cedarwood, rowan, dahlias, dandelion, pumpkin spice, orchids, aldar and red or black roses
- black tourmaline, carnelian, smokey quartz, snowflake obsidian, onyx, opal, blood stone, hematite and other dark stones relating to strength, protection or love
- bugs
- red wine and other red alcohols
- strong and red coloured teas
- fireball whiskey and Irish whiskey
- mead
- red beans
- red coloured food
- red meats (such as beef and lamb)
- traditional Irish foods
- knife/dagger
- knife/daggers imagery
- shield and armour imagery
- crow or raven feathers (ethically sourced)
- crow feet (ethically sourced)
- crow or raven skulls (ethically sourced)
- storm water, rain water, spring water or moon water
- coffee
- milk
-honey
- candles of black, red, grey, gold, purple or white
- practice self love and self care
- spend time in a cemetery
- clean up cemeteries
- do your shadow work!!
- attend therapy
- aid and support pregnant folks
- destroy some stuff, go to a rage room, rip apart a pillow, break some old plates etc
- go to the gym/establish a workout routine
- set firm boundaries and stick to them
- study her, read up on her mythology
- study celtic folklore and Irish culture
- leave food out for birds
- practice divination
- draw or paint something for her
- write or read poetry to her
- sing for her
- carry or take care of a child (it doesn't have to be yours but pls don't steal someone's kid)
- dedicate time to your craft
- pumpkins/pumpkin flavoured things
- apples/apples flavoured foods
- @skyewillow has a really awesome list of songs that she has found the Morrigan to like!
- s3ggs and s3ggs magic
- nuts such as almonds, cashews, walnuts (these are the only nuts I know but go crazy if you know more)
- chocolate
- potatoes!!
- cauldrons
- Irish harp
- a version of his club lorg mór
- boar, horse and pig imagery
- pork
- pig ears and pig snouts (can be found at pet stores)
- horse shoes
- oats and porridge
- bread
- the colour red
- red jasper
- study celtic mythology and folklore
- study Irish culture and keep the books on An Dagda's shrine or altar
- create, thrift and commission art work and items for his altar
- just generally be creative with his offerings! Make sculptures and paintings and drawings and poetry
- sing for him
- acorns
- Oak tree bark and leaves
- milk
- cream
- butter
- home baked treats
- beer
- mead
- whiskey
- support other celtic practioners and Irish businesses
- aid pregnant people and animals
- grow your own produce
- symbols of fertility and abundance on his altar or shrine
- fruit
- s3ggs
- honey
-host dinner parties for family or friends
- a token/coin
For usamericans who may not know how to support decolonization and indigenous people in their every-day lives, may I suggest checking this list of native-owned businesses, curated and maintained by indigenous folks. There's food, candles, cbd pre-rolls, clothes, jewelry, hats, baby things, handicrafts, art, and hundreds of other useful and wonderful things. I check this list before I buy non-native owned as often as I can.
Also check out the native-owned (pulitzer-prize winner Louise Erdrich started it!) bookstore and press Milkweed Editions (dot org) for an amazing selection of books by indigenous authors. I recommend Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (a collection of essays that will change your thinking if your mind is open at all) that's great for sitting down to read for bite-sized chunks. For book recommendations, check out this infographic!
Do you own property and want to support landback but still need a place to live? Odds are good that there's established precedence in your area to transfer its jurisduction to a local tribe and pay your land taxes and etc to them instead of the settler government!
Here is a list of charities and fundraisers for indigenous support.
Other ways to educate yourself and learn what indigenous people are working on nationally and locally is to follow indigenous people online! Many Native peoples on various social medias tag with #indigenous, #native, and by looking at those you will find many other tags and people to follow.
If you have extra cash, consider paying indigenous people's bail, donating to some of the causes linked above, or look for local initiatives to support in your own community!
We have confirmation that Linus came from a wealthy family, but put this life aside, donating his money to various charities and organizations to help others, and I like to imagine that he still enjoys working with these charities from time to time, whether this be shelter work, environmental care, or supporting other people!
Willy never had children, but took in Elliot as his own, teaching him everything he would need to know regarding the seas, and quickly takes in Farmer as well, after learning about their love for fishing.
Gus is a trans guy! I don't have any evidence for this, but I just adore Gus so much and need this in my life.
Gunther is a long-time DM, and runs a small group with some of the local teens, and maybe some of the adults! I feel like his fascination of antiques and old treasures has assisted his DMing skills, or possibly the other way around!
Kent has learned how to sew, knit, and garden in order to get closer with Jodi and the kids once he returned to Pelican Town. (He's trying to be a better dad, he already is such a good guy :])
Mr. Qi is quite close with both Sandy and Gus, considering them friends!
Pierre was a college dropout, yet still considers himself a "man of study", I'm sorry, I just can't see this man as anything but an arrogant asshole.
The Wizard is incredibly supportive of the queer folks in the town, and Farmer, and will offer help with anything. Gender change? He's got you. Voice manipulation? He's got the stuff. Just be careful if he invites you to share a pipe!
Marlon and the Wizard are the local salty gay couple, Statler and Waldorf style, and lurk in the back during the flower dance, taking the last dance for themselves.
Pam loves thrifting and going on antiquing sprees with Harvey, and she knows how to absolutely steal a deal, girlie would most definitely punch an old woman over an auction item.
This is all I have atm, but if you want more, please let me know!! I love making stupid little theories for the glorbos. :]
Bealtaine (not Beltane) is pronounced ‘Beeowl-tinna’. It does not originate the neopagan wheel of the year. It is one of the four Irish fire festivals.
If you’re celebrating it this year, regardless of your tradition, please take some time to research the roots of this holiday. Do your part to help reverse some of the damage done by the neopagan appropriation of this holiday by learning and incorporating some authentic Irish tradition into your celebrations.
Good luck with decolonizing your practice!
Hey folks!! I’m a part time dm, and as mentioned in previous posts, i’ve been working on a comprehensive dnd homebrew world with different countries, cities, homebrew races and classes, monsters, languages, and more. I’ve been looking to spread my art more, and I was curious, would folks join a discord server where I could share my work and allow folks to collaborate? Please reblog/comment if so!! I want to widen the nerd circle to others <3
NOMS YOU
NEW MUTUAL !!!
(love your stardew valley headcanons btw)
AAAAAA!!!!!
And thank you so much!!! I’m glad you like them!! I am a court jester for thoust Tumblr audience, I aim to please :3 so grateful for your kindness, genuinely :D
insert jingling of shoe bells off to willy’s
I was listening to The Milk Carton by Madilyn Mei, and I fully realized, this is Sameise Gamgee’s song.
From the entire message of leaving home and being terrified yet enthralled, to the messages about seeing things only heard of in stories and realizing the true intensity of them, and trying your best to stay there for the one you support, and that knowledge that even if you do return home somehow, it will never be the same. Even the lines of “You can still win, just gotta be faster” falls into the reassurance for Frodo. Hell, even the “Something tells me kid never learned to swim, can I do anything when i’m also drowning?” fits Sam’s entire internal conflict SO FUCKING WELL??? I have no idea if this was intentional or if i’m reading WAYYYY too far into this, but please tell me what you all think!!
(Following are the main lyrics that stood out to me as Sam’s song!!)
hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".
I had to go and delete it myself this morning.
I'm thinking about making a bugs and other arthropods iceberg, just for funsies
here are the ideas I have so far!
LEVEL 1: isopod cultures, difference between butterflies and moths, springtails are not insects, true bugs, fireflies are beetles, harvestmen aren't spiders, funky treehoppers, carcinisation
LEVEL 2: importance of mosquitoes, larviform females, venezuelan poodle moth is a hoax, barnacles are upside down crustaceans, fly diversity, horshoe crabs are related to arachnids, mysid shrimps and krill are not related to true shrimp, crustacean zoea, insects are crustaceans, terrestrial amphipods, ant trophobiosis, funny weevils, whip spiders, playful behaviour in bees, assassin bugs that cover themselves in their prey's corpses, honeybees are invasive, 'spider with wings' hoax, hotwheels sisyphus, scorpions are great mothers
LEVEL 3: cockroaches do not spread diseases, gladiators, tongue eating lice aren't that bad, tongue worms, flightless flies and moths, hangingflies, spider that feeds on human blood*, hematophagous moths, polymorphic butterflies, myrmecophil insects, ant mimicking spiders, sawflies, twig spiders, snout mites, rove beetle tongues, kermesidae, parasitic copepods, there's no point in killing spotted lanternflies, buoy barnacles, tar flies, protecting native bees, antarctic midges, butterflies are moths
LEVEL 4: ice crawlers, fleas are actually scorpionflies, mantises are related to cockroaches, ichthyurus, insane isopod diversity, flies are not the only insects with halteres, phytalmia, owlflies, cockroach trophobiosis, termites are cockroaches, ancyra, longhorn beetle that stings with antennae, saltwater skating flies, coatonachthodes, bioluminescent fairy shrimp, mr. arthrobalanus, primarily herbivorous spider, forcepflies, lake baikal giant amphipods, fruit fly covered in eyes, even weirder fly diversity, the other myriapods, spider mimicry in flies and moths
LEVEL 5: terrestrial ostracods, serolidae, ascodipteron
so what do you think? anything I should add or change?? should I just scrap this concept altogether???? I don't know much about bugs when it comes to facts or how well known said facts are so I'd really appreciate some help with this!
*it doesn't exactly feed on human blood like mosquitoes or bed bugs, it just eats blood from mosquitoes that are full of blood