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Blog 2022, Miniature Magick Project (In lieu of Halloween 2019)

Hi All!

Hope this finds you in good spirits, and that life’s being kind!

I rarely look at posts once they’ve gone out for pertinent reasons, as some ought to’ve had a disclaimer: MAY DIFFER TO DESCRIPTION ON BOX. I refer to ‘Michael Angelo’ (Haven’t got round to ‘is sister Angelona Jolie yet… Squirm!),

‘The Devine Comedy’ ( Madre Mia!), etc.

Because it’s somewhat long, I have divided the storyline for ‘The Druidess’ into three parts.

Part One (The Temple) Part Two (The Dwelling) Part Three (The Haunting)

The imagery in the first part (following this note) is illustration only, whilst the penultimate and final part consist of shots of Coven Cottage.

In my comfort zone of mythology and theology (on a good day anyways), incorporating a witchcraft angle one’s concededly less au fait with, this has been a decidedly more enjoyable doddle to write, than to shoot,

(which yeah, I’m struggling with).

So all that’s left to say on the subject, is:

 ‘HOY! Phidias have you seen my Lego bricks? There be temples of Long Wind t’be builded.’

Hope you enjoy!  

The Druidess Part One: The Temple

On a promontory high upon the cliff top of a seaside town, dwells the witch popularly known as ‘Mystic Myfanwy’. Foregoing the less than popular adjectives, her cottage can be reached by climbing up a labyrinth of crazy-paved steps, crooked pathways, and dead-end caves, that almost circumnavigate the cliff face. On approach of the zenith the air shall fill with the pungent stench of wild garlic, and you’ll be confronted by a gnarled lightening perished tree, whose roots shall undulate and rear in the manner of a nest of vipers, and branches descend like a portcullis. It’s appearance may startle and disconcert you, but be you no foe, enter unhindered onto a pathway lined with the remains of marble mermaids, their heads lamentably faced down into the earth, tails and torsos in smithereens amongst the foliage. The long shadow of a cross shall direct you towards a Gothic stone arch on which two giant sturgeon are bowed and riveted. And between the arch is the lofty driftwood crucifix in whose shadow you have walked, the body of Christ represented by three fishes, the largest the torso and two smaller the arms. Large crudely hammered in nails stud the form like poppet doll pins, and carved equally crudely across the sign that would have read INRI, ‘BURN THE WICH’ sheds light on the defiler of the Fisher of Man.  

Go through the archway, and ship bells hanging from the stoutest branches of a grove of trees shall swing into action, uproariously ringing and reverberating inside your head causing you to fear for your eardrums. Be you no foe though, the ringing shall soon abate and be replaced with the calls of curlews and heron gulls, and of sea breezes whistling through the leafy carpets of Autumn. Recovered of your senses you will find yourself in a churchyard garden, where alongside a hint of salt the air is redolent with the heady scent of roses. In tandem with bindweed they climb and wind about anything and everything as far as the eye can see. The tendril conquest is replicated on an elevated platform whose sign reads ELYSIUM, where amidst broken, disfigured, and graffiti covered angels, strands of ivy hang like clootie tree ribbons on the wings of those still in possession of them, and by nature or design entwine around severed and in situ heads as garlands, lending what is a piteous site an air of joie de vivre.

Straight ahead, mossy stone steps scattered with leaves and apples, lead up to the ruins of the OSSUARY OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. The tree bearing the apples stands before the façade, its branches pouring into every arch and orifice through which the moon now risen glows. The Gothic Revival pastiche is superfluous on a structure that appears to be Medieval, William Morris meets the Bayeux tapestry on the cracked and broken windows. At the side of the bone-yard there’s a mezzanine, or folly as popularised in Victorian times. Reminiscent of the Porch Of The Maidens, on closer inspection one can see thus impression is deceptive. The filigree fretwork is unapologetically asymmetrical, and whilst the snake fits with Erichthonius the half man-half snake son of Athena whom the Erechtheion was named after, the six columns are not in Grecian tunics but tree trunks. Maybe after the sacred Temples of Trees that were chopped down by Hezekiah and the followers of Yahweh, an apotheosis of Hellenic meets Canaanite? Albeit that beneath acanthus volutes on the Corinthian capitals (another deviation), the faces on the columns are indisputably those of the Caryatids.

Two eerie legends surround said maidens: The first, (the finer details of which elude one) is that the Ionic columns were once real people, whom around 421 B.C. lived and breathed and being young girls probably danced around the olive groves of their father’s Karyes kingdom. The king somehow affronting the gods, the penance was accordingly met on his children who were taken away and tasked to stand sentry still in a temple of the Olympians. A task that stretching from minute to hour, morn to noon, day to night, week to month, so on and so forth, proved insurmountable. And a disgruntled goddess, likely Athena or Hera, (for their human failings) turned them all to stone. There is a later retelling that attempts to paint the gods in a godlier light, but implausibly.

Of the second legend: Together for 2,300 years until 1802. It is said that when a Caryatid was chiselled loose and removed from her awning, the remaining five sisters were heard to cry so inconsolably their wailing echoed all around the Acropolis and down to the streets of Athens. And when screams erupted from the crate containing what would come to be known as one of the ‘Elgin Marbles’, the men carrying it along the dock en route to the ship awaiting thus cargo, were so terrified they dropped it and ran, and only nerves of steel got the sixth screaming sister to embark and sail on that fateful journey, in a vessel that almost sank.

However, the only wailing you shall hear around these garden centre pasticcios shall be that of the wind.

Veils billow and sway amorphously in the breeze between each column. And now in the twilight, illumination from within lends the site a shimmering Bedouin tent look. Or Cleopatra’s barge quietly sailing down the Nile, far away from the here and now.

A glimpse of a Lapis Lazuli mosaic floor can be discerned fleetingly beneath sequinned hems, and whilst sheer to the outpouring light, to the inward observer the veils appear opaque.  

Reached by another stone staircase, on drawing aside the drapes and entering the temple…. if unassailed by ‘th’bells, th’bells!’ it is the cymbals, booms and Gregorian chants of ‘ELEGIA’  streaming through a piped music system that instantly invades the senses, confirming that the priestess of this order is in touch with their inner theatre, notwithstanding dark humour. The chamber is deceptively spacious via a recess eked into the next door structure, and belying that arachne have carte blanch to weave the silken gossamer webs that float like buntings everywhere, (albeit so long as their labour is aesthetic), it is pristine clean and the fixtures and floor are shining; evidential in the scent of beeswax polish mixed with lotus blossom incense.

An altar stands at the epicentre of the floor, on which an imposing candelabra dominates the surface, shared only by a wand and a small volume of poetry. The poem in the book that’s bookmarked is ‘The Huluppu Tree’, which is apt’ as the solid silver candelabra has a female form whose branches ensconce eleven lit candles. Long before they were stylised, the temple of Solomon is said to have housed such a menorah in gold. And should one have any questions left regarding the mismatch temple’s purpose, the wand holds the clue. For it is a miniature Asherah Pole, and this is indeed a temple of trees in whose object of worship is neither Athena or Poseidon, but She of a thousand names. The sacred Tree Of Life.

Amidst the sombre melodic dirge and an altar that could be the reclaimed tomb of Nosferatu, unprecious scatterings of bright coloured rugs in leaf and tree designs lend the space an incongruously cosy feel. Frescos of Druantia Queen of the Druids,  and Adonis in the arms of his mother Myrrha (pagan Christ Child) with the cross of Tammuz in the horizon, adorn the walls on either side of the recess.

At the end of the recess is a fireplace, styled from two interwoven driftwood trees, the hue of bleached bone. A motto is carved across its bow ‘SAPIENS DOMINABITUR

ASTRIS’ that from Latin reads: ‘The axe forgets what the tree remembers.’ Scrying

mirrors are inserted into each trunk, out of which the faces of the God and Goddess peer through as if from another dimension. And from ditto dimension, on a raised hearth a blazing fire shooting sparks up the funebre chimney burns; generating heat across the chamber that the collective windpower of Aeolus and the Anemoi may not cool nor extinguish.

The eyes in the mirrors however, are not the only ones peering into one’s core. Jolly Tar, the rescue pet crow can be heard fluttering watchfully overhead, whilst Blodeuwedd the owl watches one’s every move eye-to-direct-eye, from her perch amongst the branches.

Bookending either side of the fireplace two huge floor-to-ceiling shelves stand. Modelled on the symbols of fire and air and shelved with reinforced glass, they house potion bottles, goblets, incense, candles, crystals, runes, journals, spell jotters and inks. And rows upon rows of books housing a plethora of secular and non secular, ancient and modern tomes, on all aspects of magic, the occult, astronomy, and paleo’ paganism; as well as books on monotheistic and polytheistic religions, inclusive of the Bible, Quran, Torah, Kabbalah, Sefer Harazim, and Book of Enoch.

Carl Jung said: ‘Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.’ And between the tomes, accoutrements, and ephemera, a collection of etchings portray thus point. There is a dyptic of Odin hanging from the Nine Twigs of Glory, a metaphor for the ash Yggdrasil tree, with his ravens Huginn and Muninn on each shoulder. And the druid god Esus, crucified on a tree cross. An opposing hypothesis on thus scene, is that figurative strange fruit hung on tree crosses in sacrificial offerings to the vegetation tree-god. He is said to have been born of a virgin mother, part of the trinity of Taranis (of reputed wicker man sacrifice) and Teutates , and his name is seen as an epithet for Jesus, irrespective that Esus long predated Christianity.

There is a tryptic of Daphne, Dryope, and Lotis, morphing into laurel, poplar and lotus trees, subsequent to rape and pursuit by Apollo and Priapus. From Irish folklore, the creation of man from the alder tree, and woman from the rowan. A dyptic of the Norse Yggdrasil, and Brythonic pantheon World Tree. An enchanted forest populated by dryads and hamadryads. Another dyptic of Herne the wildman of the woods, and Ghillie Dhu the tree man of Scottish folklore. Tolkien’s Ents and Entwives, with Treebeard’s Song..

‘When spring unfolds the beechen leaf And sap is in the bough, When light is on the wyldwood stream, And wind is on the brow, When stride is long and breath is deep, And keen the mountain air! Come back to me… Come back to me… And see my land is fair!’

.. Lovely. Also a fruitful tree and barren tree on a hilltop, with W.B. Yeats’ poem ‘The Two Trees’. And beside the schematic of the 10 Sephiroth & Tree of Life, is God standing alongside the Tree of Knowledge. That if a tad overt, speaks volumes.

In Genesis 1:27 of the first unabridged version of the Bible, prior to its sanitisation by piety (the euphemism for misogyny). God was described as an androgynous (dual sex) angel named Jehovah Elohim. Thus, that God the Father & God the Son was one and the same with Goddess the Mother & Goddess the Daughter, is gospel. Not that that helped the first translator of the gospels into English, who was unceremoniously strangled then burned at the stake as a heretic. Alas were that only the fate of King James IV-I the later Bible translator, for his penning of ‘Daemonologie’, to preclude the witch hunts of 1645 A.D. onwards.

And lying opened on the floor, on top of ‘The Raphael de Mercatelli Compilation’ is a volume of ‘The Secret Teachings of All Ages’ by Manly P. Hall, as if the reader has paused from their perusing on the fireside rug, and momentarily slipped away.

On stepping back out of the temple, ‘Elegia’ ceases as instantly as it began. And casting one’s eye to the periphery of the farther ruins, lighted windows can now be seen shining through the trees like flickering stars. Through an opened casement, the notes of a piano being played carries forth on the wind, and in perfect French the hauntingly lovely strains of a siren voice peels out. The song Myfanwy sings is ‘Dans le Silence’, that in English is: In the Silence.

 Sometimes when the wind breathes,

Among the hemlock and the fir,

Let the day heave a great sigh.

The sun is low,

And it seems to me,

That a shadow hangs,

In the silence.

In the silence of oblivion.

And the silence proclaims,

That you will not

Toujours,

You will not always be there.

Hist!…. It almost sounds as if another voice has joined that of the siren’s, in discordant duet. From somewhere far faraway in the netherworlds it seems, so heartbreakingly sweet it could hail from the empyrean. However, in a place   reputedly where angels fear to tread, amidst catacombs of the nameless sea dead, and bell knells of the oak groves, the imagination can play tricks. Moreover when heightened by the rising wind, and an impromptu drum-roll of thunder.

I was blind but now I see

What I’ve got is not for me

And I know

It’s time to go..

I DEFEAT THE PAIN

I’M ALIVE AGAIN

The past is gone for good, it’s time to say

Amen!

 In the silence

Of my nights

I can hear a distant voice

Someone out there

Is calling my name

 I’M BEYOND THE DREAD

I’M NOT AFRAID

It’s time to turn the page

And love again

Amen!

    Amen!

        AMEN!

 And the roses in the witch’s garden, close their petals tight, beneath the shroud of moonlight, and indigo of night.

                                       ******

 The Druidess Part Two: The Dwelling

 Traversing the rose thorns through a maze of bramble is time consuming. ‘Dans le Silence’ now silent, the fairground in the seaside town below lights up in flashing neon that strobes the sky, and a cacophony of drumbeats, trumpets, and wailing vocals erupt across the airwaves. It is All Hallows Eve, hence the summoning ‘From The Underworld’ of ‘Severina’, ‘Livia’ and ‘Rhiannon’. And the spectre in the ghost train howling at the ‘Prisoner’ in chains, ‘That Tears SHALL DROWN THE WIIIIIIIIII-IND!’

 (TO BE CONTINUED)

 Song Credits:

‘Elegia (Full Version)’ by New Order

‘Dans le Silence’ by Martha Wainwright

‘Amen’ by Enigma

‘From The Underworld’ by The Herd

‘Severina’ by The Mission

‘Livia’ by Drugstore

‘Rhiannon’ by Fleetwood Mac

‘Prisoner’ by The Jezebels

‘That Tears Shall Drown The Wind’ by The Mission

                                       ******

 Wonder if student architects of the HOW NOT TO school clocked the euphemism for dodgy perspective? ‘Unapologetically asymmetrical’ (Ho Ho, if yer cannit hack it, wing it.)

No pictorial copyright has been breached, nor either etching descriptions, as I don’t refer to the works of others for illustrations. However, I admit I have never seen a tree holding a baby in my life, or an image of Druantia. Re’ the latter, had a mindset of Scota-Meritatin the princess of Egypt, aka Mrs of the first Celt on these shores. And whilst it’s questionable that Egyptians had red hair in the days of the Exodus, the sacred white stag was a no brainer, as it’s white. So if the effect’s as hotchpotch as Myfanwy’s temple, druids, ovates, and forest witches (should you pass this way), be forgiving.

Depending if one’s head’s in or out of the primordial soup, hope to fly by again around Samhain 2022 with full second chapter. And in the interim herewith’s a shot of one of the Coven Cottage sets, and retouch of a painting into, Myfanwy.

Ciao!

TOAD x

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The fairiest of all 1/2

Note: Based on this ask, I basically wrote this...I don't even know what this is, but I like it. A lot. I'm currently jumping between this and four other wips. It's like my brain won't rest and just keeps on spitting out AUs. Anyway, my main source is Celtic mythology with some Fey Wanderer and Feylost from dnd. The reader is technically not a changeling, because they are actually the original human taken by the fairies. Also, this Dante is dmc anime Dante, because I think he does not get enough love. I'll be posting part two cause this is already too long and it expanded WAY above my expectations.

Enjoy this helter-skelter of magical worlds.

Rainbow Dragon

The existence of demons and the infernal lands they inhabit is widely accepted in Redgrave and the rest of the world. However, the other world almost mirrors ours. A place that is always changing, always shifting. A place up is down, light is dark and nothing is as it seems. Unlike the underworld, it's so deeply intertwined with ours that it's sometimes impossible to tell it apart. But if you look closer you just may catch fleeting sight of it.

You grew up in the World of the Fae after disappearing from your home plane as a child. Your parents made a pact with a Fairy that they'll get whatever they wish for in exchange for their firstborn. Only when they held a wailing infant in their arms they realized what they got themselves into. Faefolk is too whimsical and fleeting to take on the responsibility of raising a human child, but they did their best.

Living in this world shaped you, whether physically or psychologically. You're a bit too easy in your step, almost as if you were floating. When you're happy, you smell sweetly like nectar or honey. Your hair grows unnaturally fast. Flowers bloom in your presence. You have little to no concept of time and space. You can't keep still even when sitting down. You almost always space out, as if your consciousness was split between two worlds.

All good things come to an end. Your Fae parent realized that there's no place for a human in the Otherworld, and because they cared about you, they knew you have to go back. Being figuratively spat out of your only home after reaching what your Fae patron considered mature age was like a slap in the face. The beginnings were...rough. You quickly realized that the human world is completely different from the Fae world. To this day, there are still many things you don't understand, but you've grown to accept that.

As much as you wished to leave your old life behind, once you touch the veil, you cannot stay away from it. What about the family of Brownies that lives in your old apartment building? Or that Dryad whose tree did not get cut down because you almost turned the city upside down to get signatures for the petition? Do the locals feel safer after those disappearances caused by the Redcapes residing on one of the roads leading out of the city? And that Merfolk, about to be sold by the local mafia to be a pet of some rich asshole? Time and time again, you found yourself being pushed between two sides of the conflict of two worlds.

You realized the potential of a human acclimated into the world of the fae. And so, you became a mediator between the Otherworld and the human world. The fey warden guards the place where the veil unravels and takes care of unwanted visitors that step over it in one direction or another. Luckily, you have your fairy friends to help you with this task. Also the wide variety of skills and abilities at your disposal.

A fey mystique surrounds you. Now as a fey wanderer, you represent both the mortal and the fey realms. As you wander the multiverse, your joyful laughter brightens the hearts of the downtrodden, and your martial prowess strikes terror in your foes, for great is the mirth of the fey and dreadful is their fury. You are able to augment your weapons with mind-scarring magic, drawn from the gloomy hollows of the Unseelie fey. Your experience with the fey guarded your mind and sharpened your tongue. You are not easily charmed or frightened and your mouth can get you out of any sticky situation. The Seelie court has blessed you with the assistance of the fey. You can call forth fey spirits. You can slip in and out of Fey world to move in a blink of an eye.

With the life you have, you were sure that there's nothing in this world that could surprise you. You were about to be proven wrong.

You met at a fair. So inconspicuous, like you were just average people or people at all. Your senses were alerted of the otherworldy presence. You started scouting immediately, but after half an hour you gave up, hoping the perpetrator will reveal themselves eventually. To distract yourself, you headed to one of the stands to buy ice cream. Just as you were about to dig into your cone, you caught sight of a handsome man in the crowd. He was easy to spot, towering over everyone, tails of bright red coats fluttering dramatically around him, snow-white hair sticking out like a sore thumb. When his eyes met yours for a brief moment, you completely forgot your surroundings, causing you to walk into one of the striped poles that held the string lights. The ice cream ended on shoes. Drat.

The incident successfully got rid of any cravings for snacks, so you took your chance at the Ferris wheel instead. When it was finally your turn, you couldn't believe who they paired you up with. The ride was a little awkward at first. The man in red did not seem to want to strike up a conversation and you yourself were finding yourself at a loss for words. You noticed the big guitar case he was holding.

"Are you a musician? Will you be performing tonight?" You offered him your best charming smile.

The man looked at you in surprise. "Um, no...my performances are for...different crowd."

"Ooooh," you nodded in understanding. "So, you're some rock star who tries to go low profile, got it." You grinned. "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." and you finished it with a cheeky wink.

He laughed. Finally, he laughed, and it was the sexiest sound ever. His blue eyes filled with mirth, few white strands fell to his face. "You seem to be more of a Funk person yourself." He looked you up and down and you felt yourself shiver like his gaze was a physical touch.

You lifted your arms in defeat, "Hey, everybody needs a little Groove in their life."

Dante opened his mouth, probably to say something charming, funny, or flirty, or that he's madly in love with you, hopefully. You never found out, because at that moment, right when you were at the top of the Ferris wheel, the machine jerked to a halt. If Dante hasn't caught you in his strong arms, you would've probably fallen off.

"Whew! That was close. Looks we're gonna be stuck here for a while-" You turned to him with a flirtatious grin, but Dante had the same serious glare with which he stepped into the booth.

Before he had any chance to react he jumped over the railing and down onto one support beam holding the wheel. That's when you noticed it. As vast as your knowledge of the various fey is, you've never seen a creature like this before. Something between a big lizard and a centipede, with a terrible grin filled with rows of razor-sharp teeth, was gnawing at the center of the Ferris wheel. That thing wants the entire thing to collapse, you realized.

As if it sensed your gaze, the monster had turned to you, a disgusting grin widening even more as if it knew about your realization. Your silent exchange was pierced by a gunshot and the lights of the attraction fizzled out, followed by several terrified screams.

What will you do? What can you do? You asked yourself as you watched the mysterious man in red discard his guitar case and pull out a huge claymore. You only gaped as he lifted it over his head like it weighed nothing and slashed at the monster.

The slippery bastard dodged, curling its slimy body away, and slinked away on one of the support beams towards another unsuspect person in the nearest booth, but not before disappearing out of sight with a few ripples over its scaly skin. Camouflage. It seems the hunter realized it too, because he stood frozen at the center point of the Ferris wheel, trying to locate the creature.

From the corner of your eye, you saw a ripple in the air. You wanted to yell at the man to warn him, but that would alert the creature as well. It seems a little bit of magic is needed here.

Dante was alerted by a bright colorful sheen right above him. When he lifted his head, instead of the demon he saw its silhouette outlined in the mysterious light. Without hesitating, he jumped up and slashed vertically. He was rewarded by a howling screech and one severed leg falling down. The monster decided to retreat into safety, now that its location was revealed. Unfortunately, it decided your booth is the best choice. When the beast noticed the tiny human hunched in the corner of the booth, it snarled menacingly. Fangs baring in the victory at the easy prey. Any normal human would shit themselves at this moment. If you were normal, that is.

You wasted no time in showering the beast in a cordon of incorporeal violet needles. With a hiss of pain, the monster leaped at you with renewed rage. At that point, the booth could not hold your combined weights any longer and collapsed. Dante watched helplessly as the booth dislocated from its position on the wheel’s rim. He tried to get to you with all the inhuman speed he possessed. Desperate to save you, a strange person with a bright sparkle in their eyes and a sweet scent tickling his nose. He can’t stand the thought of your eyes losing that bright sheen, to be just another voice to haunt him in his dreams. That’s when he saw it. Instead of erratic descent on the concrete, you were…floating down. As if you were riding on pixie dust, you were surrounded by golden sparkles, legs poised, ready for the descent, arms perched above you. He only extended his arms in silent shock as you gently settled into his arms.

You locked eyes for a moment and Dante desperately scrambled for the things to say. THE Dante Sparda was at a loss for words, and you didn’t seem to be doing much better.

“That was…uh…”

“Yeah…” You couldn’t help but laugh at the bizarreness of the situation. Your laugh sounded like the tinkling of the bells, and Dante felt a smile stretching his lips as if of their own volition. As if he couldn’t help but be happy around you. Who are you?

The small world you two were in was disturbed by a loud crash of the booth hitting the ground. “Let’s get out of here,” Dante exclaimed sternly as he carried you away from the situation. Your eyes were still trained on the broken booth, still wondering what kind of creature you just saw.

“It’s better if you forget what just transpired here,” Dante told you as you stood several feet away from the ruckus as the police and firemen secured the area around ferries wheel. He spoke to you while you were both looking at the scene, not once looking at you.

“What was that thing that attacked us?” You ignored his question and bite into a cookie you pulled out of the sack filled with baked goods. The monster attack seemed to reawaken your craving for snacks.

“You don’t wanna know.”

“You don’t know what I don’t want to know.” You parried between the munching. If there’s something that stayed with you since leaving the Otherworld it’s your love for wordplay.

All he did was shoot you an annoyed look. You realized that this is not the way to go and asked him instead, “All right, what type of creature are you then?”

He finally looked at you, and he was met with those bright, sharp eyes again. They made the knot in his stomach tighter, his throat a bit too dry. He’s attracted to you, and that really won’t do. Especially since you seem to see straight through him.

He turned away and started walking away. He was acting like a jackass, and you were so nice to him. Even offered him one of your cookies. Hopefully, it’ll be enough for you to be put off by him. But then he felt a small hand tug on his with surprising strength.

“I said wait! Where do you think you’re going? It’s rude to walk away when someone’s asking you a question, you know?” You put your hands on your hips and waddled a finger in front of his face.

You were putting his silent brooding tough guy persona under strain.

“Dante.”

“Huh?”

“Name’s Dante.” He blurted out. Damn, he wasn’t supposed to say that. You really making him lose his hard-earned control.

Well, at least you were getting somewhere. “Nice to meet you, Dante.” You extended your hand,and without a second thought, Dante grabbed it.

“So, ferris wheel may be closed, but other attractions are still open. What do say we tried shooting game?” “I…” “Awesome! Let’s go.” Without letting go of his hand, you pulled him after you. You knew you were pushy, but being carried by this guy princess-style gave you a new boost of serotonin and new hope to try again.

Dante watched the small palm resting in his hand and pondered how he got himself into this again. You’re just so…maddening, bubbly, and intoxicating, and the syrupy-sweet scent that clung to you was driving him mad. Just as he was about to excuse himself again you turned to him and gave him a dazzling smile that completely disarmed him.

“Oh, by the way, my name is…”

#dmc dante #devil may cry #dante sparda #dante devil may cry #dante x reader #devil may cry dante #devil may cry anime #dmc #dmc fairy au

[pixelsandpapers]

Due to trickling submissions and the time it takes for production:

We are setting THIS saturday (December 22, 2023) as the cut-off date for the comics submissions for the January edition.

You can still submit comics after that date, but they will not apply to the January comic and instead go to the next issue, which will (hopefully) be uploaded in March.

The theme for the next issue will be Celtic (or similar) mythos, fae, and Magic.

For more details refer to the text under the cut:

Fae, in the context of Celtic culture, refers to magic entities that are non-human. This includes more typical sidhe, ghosts, elves, dryads, etc. Since the Celts, fae have made an abundant appearance in storytelling from classical literature, such as Shakespeare, to more modern works such as Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. It is because of Celtic mythology that we have many of the fantasy races we have today, such as pixies, elves, dwarves, etc!

But the Celts aren't the only ones with their own stories of magic. Almost every culture has its own version of "Fae-like" creatures, and we would like to specify that ALL CULTURES ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED.

From classic mythos to contemporary magic, we aim to cover all kinds of magic and tales of grandeur from all over the world and highlight the importance of a little mysticism and magic escapism in human society across the world.

#announcement #oc #comic aid #comic #comics #indie comics #webcomics #webtoons #tapas #webtoon canvas #tapas comic #comic support #comic submission #january cut-off #march submissions #important

[7serendipities]

Dryads and Wood-Wives: A Question of Categorization

I got an interesting question on tumblr last week, and while I’m not going to copy the entire thing over here, nor my entire rambling response, I thought it brought up two important worldview questions that might illuminate my practice a bit for ya’ll, and may help out others who are new to walking the path of a fairy witch.

The first question was, basically: is a Germanic wood-wife the same thing as a Greek dryad? Are these just two names for the same exact thing? On the surface, it does sort of seem that way; they’re described in very similar terms. But one of the trickiest things about the realms of Fairy (and one that I think is the hardest for people to wrap their heads around) is that we can’t cleanly separate fairies into specific species. There’s a lot of evidence in the Scottish Witch Trial manuscripts that the difference between a devil and an imp and a fairy and an elf was pretty much a difference of attitude, and that the same being might be called two or more of these terms even by the same person.(1) And there’s plenty of folkloric evidence that these beings can change their appearance, or at least deceive our senses. So we just can’t quantify and identify them as we do with animals and plants, and just because they seem similar doesn’t necessarily mean they are the same.

On top of that, we have to add the complexities of culture - both ours and theirs. I think it’s reasonable to say that some of the Fair Folk seem to have a sort of symbiotic relationship with nearby humans, to the point that there’s some cultural bleed between the two groups.(2) So it would make sense to me that the dryads would have more Greek sensibilities and prefer offerings of common Greek foodstuffs, whereas wood-wives would have more Germanic sensibilities and prefer more common Germanic foodstuffs - and that seems to be born out in the folklore about what to offer and how to give it. So it doesn’t make sense to me to try and force a pattern on that - there’s no way to reduce them all, to the point where you can say “all feminine forest spirits should be offered [some kind of food]”. I think it’s better to just not worry about whether wood-wives and dryads are the same “species” and instead of highlighting the similarities, learn about the differences, so that you don’t accidentally offend anyone.(3) When I encounter new beings in the landscape, either Over Here, or Over There, as I’m going about my business, one of the things I ask is what they call themselves - not their Name or even name, but what type of a being they want me to know them as. They are usually willing to either show or tell me enough that I can at least figure out what paradigm will work best in my interactions with them, and I then move forward treating them as the folklore surrounding that being suggests that I should.(4)

That brings me to the second question: do fairy beings travel to places other than where their original folklore is from? I think they do. I think it would be strange to think that only humans travel across our world, when plants and animals have done their best to migrate (with and without our help) as well. I also think that the symbiosis I spoke about in the last section plays a roll, but this time on a more macro scale. I’ve heard stories of brownies and nisser traveling with their families on boats to the Americas, and there are stories of fairy beings being “chased out” of certain areas (often by Christian priests). I don’t think it’s a stretch to think that some of them might’ve come that way to the Americas or Australia or wherever. Personally, I’ve met a lot of fairy beings who, when I ask them what type of being they are, identify themselves as something from European folklore. Near where I live, it’s been mainly beings known from Celtic or British or Germanic cultural folklore, and I think that makes sense given the colonial history of this area. (I’ve met some indigenous otherworldly beings as well, but they’re usually fairly shy, and so far none of them are specifically symbiotic to the indigenous cultures of that side of my family, but I’m nowhere near the traditional homelands, either.) I wouldn’t be super surprised, either, to find beings from Central American or Islamic or Korean folklore nearby, either, considering the current demographics of the area, but I also can’t say that I would necessarily recognize them if I did, as I’m not as well versed in those. Generally though, I think it’s not impossible to find beings from any culture that is currently represented in your area or has ever lived there, because these beings are usually believed to be both powerful and long-lived, and it’s therefore a good idea to just learn as much as you can about anyone you might encounter.

When I ask fairy-like otherworldly beings(5) what kind of a being they are, I’m not looking to categorize them, to check them off in a field guide, or to decide what “species” they belong to - I’m trying to gain context. How they present themselves tells me a little about their expectations, their likes and dislikes, and their sensibilities. And then I’ll use that information, and offer Dryads clean water, diluted wine, and olive oil, and offer wood-wives bread or other things made of grain, and perhaps a bit of milk. I’m a witch looking to create relationships, not a scientist trying to answer questions that might just be unanswerable.

See Emma Wilby’s Cunningfolk and Familiar Spirits (Sussex Academic Press, 2005), and Seo Helrune (www.seohelrune.com) has talked about the same in the Nordic sphere, with alfe vs jotnar, in some of their classes.

“Symbiotic” here not necessarily meaning “mutualistic” (benefitting both parties) on a micro scale. I think it’s likely that it’s mutualistic on a macro scale of our two populations, but on a micro scale yeah some humans definitely get fucked over, more along the lines of commensalism or straight-up predation.

Really, learning as much as you can in order to avoid giving accidental offence is probably my #1 Fairy Witchcraft rule.

To an extent: there’s plenty of folklore that says “don’t ever fucking talk to these omg just leave quickly and pretend you didn’t see them”. That’s fairly wise for those wishing not to end up in deep water with the Fair Folk but as I’m already fully submerged, I don’t always look away - I trust that my bargains and roles and allies will keep me safe in most normal situations, and I don’t try to mess around with things above my pay grade. A lot of my discernment has been just figuring out what is and is not within my pay grade, and while I might not rush inside and barricade the door if I see a kelpie, I’m not likely to touch it or try to banish it, either. To quote Morgan Daimler, “I like my liver on the inside.”

There’s some disagreement about whether “fairy” includes non-European folkloric otherworldly beings, and more about whether it should, so just to be clear, when I use “fairy” I do mean it in the more general “folkloric otherworldly being” sense. But I try to use “fairy-like” when I’m explicitly talking about non-European folkloric otherworldly beings, out of respect for people in their source cultures who might not feel like the word “fairy” is appropriate. Some of that, I find, is because of a misunderstanding of what a “fairy” is, based on popculture, though - I had a long discussion with a Persian friend about fairies and djinn where at the end we basically decided both terms covered the same basic category, but she originally had thought all fairies were small Tinkerbell types which did not seem at all like her understanding of djinn!

#fairy witchcraft #witchcraft #fair folk #fae #spiritwork

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Masterpost: Green Spring (1)

I haven’t been able to work much on this season’s theme, but here is what I did for spring! Who knows, maybe I’ll continue it next year

Mythical beasts: The wolpertinger - The Easter Bunny - The Big Bad Wolf

Fae beings of the Isles: Oberon, Titania and Puck (part 1 - part 2) - Pixies - Seelie and Unseelie

Celtic myths: Ceridwen - Cernunnos -

Greek mythology: Pan - Dryads

Various occult beings: The Green Man - The Wiccan deities -

#seasonal theme #masterpost #green spring #fae #fairies #celtic mythology #greek mythology #neo paganism #legendary animals

[our-lord-satanas]

TYPES OF DEITIES

GREEK, ROMAN, AND SOME CELTIC DEITIES:

• Aphodite: Goddess of love.

• Ares: God of war.

• Artemis: Goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.

• Athena: the warrior Goddess.

• Adonis: a God associated with the cycle of life, death and rebirth; beautiful lover of Venus who dies but is reborn every spring.

• Aesculapius: God of healing.

• Anna Perenna: personification of the year (annus), whose festival on 15 March involved drinking and singing of licentious songs by women.

• Annona: numen / spirit / personification of the food supply.

• Antinous: deified 19 year old (probable) lover of Hadrian; associated with young, masculine beauty, love and homosexuality.

• Apollo: God of light and the sun, healing (and disease), music (especially stringed instruments), poetry, archery and prophecy.

• Attis: Cybele’s consort.

• Aurora: Goddess of dawn.

• Bacchus: God of the vine, grapes, fruitfulness, vegetation, wine, ecstasy and madness.

• Bellona: Goddess of war and belligerence.

• Bona Dea (also Damia): the “good Goddess”; fertility Goddess mostly worshipped by women; see also Fauna.

• Camenae: healing Goddesses identified with the Greek Muses, thus music.

• Cardea: Goddess of door hinges and handles.

• Castor and Pollux: Gods of camaraderie and strong friendship; associated with sailors and men of the cavalry who travel far and wide.

• Ceres: Goddess of agriculture, plant growth and crop fertility.

• Clementia: Goddess of mercy and clemency.

• Concordia: Goddess of Concord.

• Consus: God of the granary/grain storage.

• Cupid: God of love and desire.

• Cybele: see Magna Mater.

• Dea Dia: agricultural Goddess of growth.

• Demeter: Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

• Diana: chaste Goddess of the hunt, animals (esp. wild), woodlands, childbirth, light and the moon.

• Dii Familares: collective term for all household Gods; guardians of home and family; includes the Lares, the Penates, Janus, Vesta, etc.

• Dionsus: God of wine and pleasure.

• Dis Pater (also Orcus or Pluto): God of the underworld and mineral wealth.

• Discordia: Goddess of discord and strife.

• Dius Fidius: God of oaths; though Jupiter is also strongly associated with oaths.

• Dryad: general term borrowed from Hellenism denoting a tree Deity.

• Egeria: protectress of pregnant women and childbirth; a water spirit worshipped in connection with Diana and the Camenae.

• Epona: Celtic Goddess of horse riding whose cult was adopted by the Roman cavalry and spread throughout much of Europe.

• Eros: God of passion and lust.

• Fama: numen / spirit /personification of rumour, fame and infamy.

• Fauna: Goddess of the fertility of woodlands, fields, and flocks; counterpart to Faunus; possibly another name for Bona Dea.

• Faunus: God of the earth who brings fertility to fields and flocks; associated with sexuality and pleasure.

• Fides: numen/spirit/personification of good faith, trust and honesty.

• Flora: Goddess of flowering plants; associated with spring, fertility and sexual licentiousness.

• Forculus: God of doors.

• Fortuna: Goddess of increasing prosperity, good fortune, ill fortune, chance and luck. 

• Gaia: the Earth Mother.

• Genius: protecting male spirit; the feminine counterpart is a “juno”.

• Graces: Goddesses of charm, grace and beauty; hence associated with Venus.

• Hades: Ruler of the Underworld.

• Hecate / Hekate: Goddess of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery.

• Hebe: Goddess of youth or of the prime of life.

• Hestia: Goddess of the hearth, home, and hospitality.

• Hera: Goddess of marriage.

• Hestia: guardian of hearth and home.

• Hercules: God of heroism, strength and perseverance.

• Honos: numen/spirit/personification of honour and virtus. 

• Janus: God of beginnings, transitions, openings, closings and entrance-ways.

• Juno: Goddess of women, marriage and motherhood. 

• Jupiter: protecting God of the sky and weather, especially thunder, lightning, rain and storms; also associated with the swearing of oaths.

• Juturna: Goddess of fountains.

• Juventas: Goddess of youth.

• Lar (Plural Lares): protecting spirit/s of the household.

• Larvae (also Lemures): malevolent spirits of the dead.

• Latona: mother of Apollo and Diana (twin deities of light).

• Liber: see Bacchus.

• Libera: consort of Liber / Bachhus; identified with the Greek Ariadne.

• Libertas: numen/spirit/personification of liberty and personal freedom.

• Libitina: Goddess of the dead, funerals and burial.

• Limentinus: God of the threshold.

• Lucifer: the Morning Star; literally “bringer of light”.

• Luna: Goddess of the moon, may be considered an aspect of Diana.

• Lymphae: general term for Deities of springs, streams and similar water divinities; similar to Greek Naiads.

• Magna Mater: Phrygian earth Goddess of nature; great mother of all.

• Manes: spirits of the dead, generally friendly. 

• Maia: Goddess of nursing mothers.

• Mars: God of violence, war, valour and virility.

• Matuta: Goddess worshipped mostly by young women; associated with growth, Aurora and the Greek Leucothea.

• Mercury: God of financial gain, trade, travel, writing, language, communication, cunning, trickery and psychopomp.

• Minerva: Goddess of skilled thought leading to skilled action, thus wisdom, workmanship and strategy.

• Miseria: numen / spirit / personification of misery and wretchedness, Cicero refers to her as kin to other spirits of unhappiness, including Dolus (deceit), Metus (anxiety), Invidentia (envy), Mors (death), Tenebrae (darkness), Querella (lamentation), Fraus (fraud / delusion) and Pertinacia (obstinacy). We may add to this list Melancholia (alternately, Melancholica); note that mania and psychosis almost certainly belong to the domain of Bacchus. See also Discordia. 

• Mithras: Persian God of light.

• Nemesis: Goddess of retribution.

• Neptune: God of water, the sea and horses.

• Nox: Goddess of night.

• Nundina: Goddess associated with the purification and naming of children (for girls on the 8th day; for boys on the 9th).

• Ops: Goddess of the wealth of the harvest, consort to Saturn.

• Osiris: consort to Isis.

• Ouranos (also known as Uranus): God of the sky.

• Pales: Deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock.

• Pan: the goat-legged fertility God.

• Parcae: Goddesses of childbirth and destiny (Nona, Decuma and Morta); determining the length of a person’s life and their allotment of suffering. 

• Pax: Goddess of peace.

• Penates: spirits of the household provisions / food stores / pantry.

• Pluto: God of the Underworld (in Roman mythology).

• Plutus: God of abundance or wealth.

• Picus: agricultural Deity associated particularly with the fertilisation of the soil with manure; associated with Faunus.

• Pietas: personification of a respectful and faithful attachment to Gods, country and family.

• Picymnus and Pilumnus: agricultural Gods associated with childbirth.

• Pomona: Goddess of fruit.

• Portunus: God of harbours.

• Poseidon: God of the the sea (and of water generally), earthquakes, and horses.

• Priapus: God of animal and vegetable sexuality and fertility; protector of gardens, and lust.

• Prosepina (also known as Persephone): Goddess and Queen of the Underworld, wife of the God Haides (Hades). She was also the Goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother, Demeter, in the Eleusinian Mysteries.

• Quirinus: deified Romulus, the founder of Rome.

• Rhea: Goddess of motherhood, fertility, childbirth, and comfort and good living.

• Robigo: God of mildew and wheat rust, a fungal disease affecting grain. Robigo can therefore protect crops from wheat rust.

• Roma: numen / spirit / personification of Rome.

• Rumina: Goddess of breastmilk.

• Sabazius: Phrygian God of vegetation.

• Salus: Goddess of safety, good health and well-being.

• Serapis (also Sarapis): Greco-Egyptian God of the sky; associated with healing and fertility.

• Selene: Goddess of the Moon; or, the personified divine being of the Moon.

• Saturn: God of agricultural abundance, sowing, seeds and mythological ruler of a past golden age. 

• Silvanus: God of the woods and fields.

• Somnus: God of sleep.

• Sol: God of the sun, may be considered as another name for Apollo.

• Spes: numen / spirit / personification of hope.

• Tellus: Goddess of the earth; Ovid states she is one and the same as Vesta.

• Terminus: God of property boundaries; may be associated with steadfastness.

• Trivia: (also Hekate / Hecate), Goddess of crossroads (usually three-way), ghosts, the undead and witchcraft. 

• Venus: Goddess of love, relationships, passion, pleasure, beauty, charm and fertility.

• Veryumnus: God of orchards.

• Vesta: Goddess of ritual-fire, hearth-fire, and home; associated with purity and virginity. 

• Victoria: Goddess of victory, especially military victory.

• Vulcan: God of destructive and fertile (creative) fire.

• Zeus: Ruler of Olympus.

PAGAN GODS AND GODDESSES:

CELTIC DEITIES:

• Brighid: Goddess of spring, fertility, and life.

• Cailleach: Goddess of the cold and the winds.

• Cernunnos: God of animals, fertility, and wild places.

• Cerridwen: Goddess of change and rebirth and transformation and her cauldron symbolizes knowledge and inspiration.

• The Dagda: God of fertility, agriculture, manliness, strength, magic, druidry, and wisdom.

• Herne: God associated with the Wild Hunt.

• Lugh: God of the sun and light.

• The Morrighan: Goddess of war and sovereignty

• Rhiannon: Goddess of horses, forgiveness, rebirth, the moon, and fertility.

• Taliesin: Chief of Bards.

EGYPTIAN DEITIES:

• Anubis: God of funerals and embalming.

• Bast (also Bastet): Goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health.

• Geb: God of Earth

• Hathor: Goddess of love, beauty, music, dancing, fertility, and pleasure.

• Isis: Goddess of healing and magic, worshipped as an ideal mother and wife, as well as being a patroness of magic and the downtrodden.

• Ma’at: Goddess of truth and balance.

• Osiris: King of Egyptian Gods.

• Ra: God of the sun, order, kings, and the sky.

• Taweret: Guardian of fertility.

• Thoth: God of magic and wisdom.

NORSE DEITIES:

• Aegir: hosts the Gods in his halls and is associated with brewing ale.

• Baldur: God of light and radiance, joy and purity, peace and forgiveness.

• Baldur: God of light and radiance, joy and purity, peace and forgiveness.

• Bragi: God of poetry.

• Heimdall: Protector of Asgard.

• Frigga: Goddess of marriage and prophecy.

• Freyr: God of fertility, peace, and good weather.

• Freya/Freyja: Goddess of abundance, love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future).

• Hel: Goddess of death and the Underworld.

• Hodur: God of winter and darkness.

• Idun: Goddess of youth, fertility, and death.

• Loki: God of mischief, trickery, and deception.

• Njǫrd: God of the wind and of the sea and its riches.

• Odin: God of all Gods, wisdom, and war.

• Sif: Goddess of grain and fertility, and one of the Asynjur.

• Thor: God of thunder and lightning.

• Tyr: God of warfare and battle.

• Váli: one of the God’s on vengeance.

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAGAN DEITIES:

DEITIES OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE:

• Aphrodite (Greek)

• Cupid (Roman)

• Eros (Greek)

• Frigga (Norse)

• Hathor (Egyptian)

• Hera (Greek)

• Juno (Roman)

• Parvati (Hindu)

• Venus (Roman)

• Vesta (Roman)

DEITIES OF HEALING:

• Asclepius (Greek)

• Airmed (Celtic)

• Aja (Yoruba)

• Apollo (Greek)

• Artemis (Greek)

• Babalu Aye (Yoruba)

• Bona Dea (Roman)

• Brighid (Celtic)

• Eir (Norse)

• Febris (Roman)

• Heka (Egyptian)

• Hygieia (Greek)

• Isis (Egyptian)

• Maponus (Celtic)

• Panacaea (Greek)

• Sirona (Celtic)

• Vejovis (Roman)

LUNAR DEITIES:

• Alignak (Inuit)

• Artemis (Greek)

• Cerridween (Celtic)

• Chang’e (Chinese)

• Coyolxauhqui (Aztec)

• Diana (Roman)

• Hecate (Greek)

• Selene (Greek)

• Sina (Polynesian)

• Thoth (Egyptian)

DEITIES OF DEATH AND THE UNDERWORLD:

• Anubis (Egyptian)

• Demeter (Greek)

• Freya/Freyja (Norse)

• Hades (Greek)

• Hecate/Hekate (Greek)

• Hel (Norse)

• Meng Po (Chinese)

• Morringhan (Celtic)

• Osiris (Egyptian)

• The Keres (Greek)

• Whiro (Maori)

• Yama (Hindu)

DEITIES OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE:

• Alcyone (Greek)

• Ameratasu (Japan)

• Baldur (Norse)

• Bona Dea (Roman)

• Cailleach Bheur (Celtic)

• Demeter (Greek)

• Dionysus (Greek)

• Frau Holle (Norse)

• Frigga (Norse)

• Hodr (Norse)

• Holly King (British/Celtic)

• Horus (Egyptian)

• La Befana (Italian)

• Lord of Misrule (British)

• Mithras (Roman)

• Odin (Norse)

• Saturn (Roman)

• Spider Woman (Hopi)

DEITIES OF IMBOLC:

• Aradia (Italian)

• Aenghus Og (Celtic)

• Aphrodite (Greek)

• Bast (Egyptian)

• Ceres (Roman)

• Cerridwen (Celtic)

• Eros (Greek)

• Faunus (Roman)

• Gaia (Greek)

• Hestia (Greek)

• Pan (Greek)

• Venus (Roman)

• Vesta (Roman)

DEITIES OF SPRING:

• Asase Yaa (Ashanti)

• Cybele (Roman)

• Eostre (Western Germanic)

• Freya/Freyja (Norse)

• Osiris (Egyptian)

• Saraswati (Hindu)

FERTILITY DEITIES:

• Artemis (Greek)

• Bes (Egyptian)

• Bacchus (Roman)

• Cernunnos (Celtic)

• Hera (Greek)

• Kokopelli (Hopi)

• Mbaba Mwana Waresa (Zulu)

• Pan (Greek)

• Priapus (Greek)

• Sheela-na-Gig (Celtic)

• Xochiquetzal (Aztec)

DEITIES OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE:

• Amaterasu (Shinto)

• Aten (Egypt)

• Apollo (Greek)

• Hestia (Greek)

• Horus (Egyptian)

• Huitzilopochtli (Aztec)

• Juno (Roman)

• Lugh (Celtic)

• Sulis Minerva (Celtic and Roman)

• Sunna or Sol (Germanic)

DEITIES OF THE FIELDS:

• Adonis (Assyrian)

• Attis (Phrygean)

• Ceres (Roman)

• Dagon (Semitic)

• Demeter (Greek)

• Lugh (Celtic)

• Mercury (Roman)

• Osiris (Egyptian)

• Parvati (Hindu)

• Pomona (Roman)

• Tammuz (Sumerian)

DEITIES OF THE HUNT:

• Artemis (Greek)

• Cernunnos (Celtic)

• Diana (Roman)

• Herne (British and Regional)

• Mixcoatl (Aztec)

• Odin (Norse)

• Ogun (Yoruba)

• Orion (Greek)

• Pakhet (Egyptian)

DEITIES OF WAR AND BATTLE:

• Ares (Greek)

• Athena (Greek)

• Bast (Egyptian)

• Huitzilopochtli (Aztec)

• Mars (Roman)

• The Morrighan (Celtic)

• Thor (Norse)

• Tyr (Norse)

MOTHER GODDESSES:

• Asasa Ya (Ashanti)

• Bast (Egyptian)

• Bona Dea (Roman)

• Brighid (Celtic)

• Cybele (Roman)

• Demeter (Greek)

• Freya/Freyja (Norse)

• Frigga (Norse)

• Gaia (Greek)

• Isis (Egyptian)

• Juno (Roman)

• Yemaya (West African/Yoruban)

#fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #fypage #fyppage #tumblr fyp #satanism #satanist #deity #deity work #deity worship

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.5

Holidays

Act Goofy Day

Alimony Equality Day

Anthass Day (Kerala, Fans of Indian actor Mukesh)

Arivee de l’Evangile (Gospel Day; French Polynesia)

Babysitter Safety Day

Boston Massacre Day (Massachusetts)

Brain Injury Awareness Day

Charity Day (Iran)

Children’s Day (New Zealand)

Cinco de Marcho

Cincomarzada

Crispus Attucks Day

Custom Chief’s Day (Vanuatu)

Day of Physical Culture and Women in Engineering & Technology begins

Dr. Doolittle Day

Erotic World Book Day

Excited Insects (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Goat Day (French Republic)

Green Hellebore Day

Hula Hoop Day

International CVS Awareness Day

International Day for Disarmament & Non-Proliferation Awareness (UN)

International Day of Energy Efficiency

International Day of the Seal

Judiciary Employee Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Katyn Massacre Day

Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)

Madison Beer Day

Mother-in-Law's Day

Multiple Personalities Day

National Dissociative Identity Disorder Day

National Emetophobia Awareness Day (UK)

National Industrial Design Day

National Journalist Day (Thailand)

National Kalpak Day (a.k.a. Hat Day; Kyrgyzstan)

National MAR5 Day

National Potty Dance Day

National R&B Music Day

National Scott Day

National Tree Planting Day (Iran)

Panchayati Raj Divas (Odisha, India)

Reel Film Day

Running of the Reindeer (Alaska)

Say Hi to Mom Day

Scouts’ Day (Taiwan)

Spread the Word to End the Word Day

Stapler Day

Stop the Clocks Day

Temperance Day

305 Day

World Sustainable Energy Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Absinthe Day

National Cheese Doodle Day

National Mobile Food Vendors Day

National Pasty Day (UK)

National Poutine Day

Ramen Noodles Day

1st Tuesday in March

Cotton Carnival (Memphis, Tennessee) [1st Tuesday, Lasts 5 Days]

Football Day (England) [1st Tuesday]

National Sportsmanship Day [1st Tuesday]

Peace Corps Day [1st Tuesday]

Peace Day (Jamaica) [1st Tuesday]

Town Meeting Day (Vermont) [1st Tuesday]

Unique Names Day [Tuesday of Name Week]

Independence & Related Days

Rebellion Anniversary Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Trujillo Anniversary Day (Peru)

Festivals Beginning March 5, 2024

CinemAsia Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [thru 3.10]

Heritage Miami: Wine and Food Experience (Miami, Florida)

Research Chefs Association Culinary Expo (Quincy, Massachusetts) [thru 3.7]

World Championship Cheese Contest (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 3.7]

Feast Days

Adrian and Eubulus of Palestine (Christian; Martyrs)

Blessing of the Fleet by Isis (Ancient Egypt)

Ciarán of Saigir (a.k.a. Kiaran of Ireland; Celtic & Christian; Saint)

Clive Cahuenga (Muppetism)

Diasia (Festival of Zeus Meilikhios; Ancient Greece)

Eusebius of Cremona (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Orthodoxy (Greek Orthodox) [1st Sunday in Great Lent; 2023]

Feast of Saint Piran (Cornwall)

George Carlin Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Gerasimus (Christian; Saint)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Artology)

Howard Pyle (Artology)

John Joseph of the Cross (Christian; Saint)

Momfuku Ando Day (Pastafarian)

Navigum Isidis (Blessing of the Vessel of Isis; Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Navigum Isis (a.k.a. Ploiaphaesia; Poseidon’s Day; The Festival of Navigation; Ancient Rome)

Orthodox Sunday (Orthodox Christian) [1st Sunday in Great Lent; 2021]

Phocas of Antioch (Christian; Martyr)

Piran (Christian; Saint) [Cornwall]

Roger (Christian; Saint)

Serpent Mother Day (Ancient Minoa; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Solon (Positivist; Saint)

Symphony No. 7, The “Leningrad Symphony,” in C Major, by Dmitri Shostakovich (Symphony; 1942)

Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (Christian; Saint)

Thietmar of Minden (Christian; Saint)

Virgil of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Wedding of the March Dryads (Shamanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Stalin's birthday.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [17 of 57]

Premieres

Airport (Film; 1970)

Alice in Wonderland (Film; 2010)

Amos & Andrew (Film; 1993)

Analyze This (Film; 1999)

The Ant and the Aardvark (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1969)

The Ballad of Nessie (Disney Cartoon; 2011)

Barnyard Blackout (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Big-Hearted Bosko (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Bongo Boris or The Hep Rat (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 103; 1961)

Coming 2 America (Film; 2021)

Cruel Intentions (Film; 1999)

Diner (Film; 1982)

Donald’s Diary (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Down pin the Levee (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Drip Dippy Donald (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Evil Under the Sun (Film; 1982)

Fire! Fire! (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1932)

For Your Love, by The Yardbirds (Song; 1965)

Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco (Novel; 1988)

Human’s Lib, by Howard Jones (Album; 1984)

Kindly Scram (Phantasies Cartoon; 1943)

The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel; 1969)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Film; 1999)

The Mad Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Mad Dog and Glory (Film; 1993)

Neon Bible, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2007)

The Railway Children, by Edith Nesbit (Novel; 1905)

Raya and the Last Dragon (Animated Film; 2021)

Red Hot Music (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Rival Romeos (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The Road to Serfdom, by Friedrich A. Hayek (Political Theory; 1944)

Room and Bored (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1962)

Run Baby Run, by Nicky Cruz (Novel; 1969)

The Saint to the Rescue, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories 1959) [Saint #35]

The Secret of Kells (Animated Film; 2010)

Shaun the Sheep (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Songs For Swinging’ Lovers!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1956)

The Spies of Life or When a Fella Needs a Fiend (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 104; 1961)

Stairway to Heaven, 1st performed live by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1971)

Swing Kids (Film; 1993)

Us Again (Disney Cartoon; 2021)

Where Do Teenagers Come From? (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Dietmar, Jeremia, Olivia (Austria)

Hadrijan, Lucije, Teofil, Vedran (Croatia)

Kazimír (Czech Republic)

Theophillus (Denmark)

Laila, Laili, Leila, Leili (Estonia)

Laila, Leila (Finland)

Olive, Olivia (France)

Gerda, Dietmar, Olivia, Tim (Germany)

Arhelaos, Evlogios, Konon (Greece)

Adorján, Adrián (Hungary)

Adriano, Foca, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Virgilio (Italy)

Aurēlija, Aurora, Austra (Latvia)

Giedrė, Klemensas, Virgilijus, Vydotas (Lithuania)

Patricia, Patrick (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Fryderyk, Jan, Pakosław, Pakosz, Wacław, Wacława (Poland)

Conon (Romania)

Fridrich (Slovakia)

Adrián, Adriano, Eusebio (Spain)

Tora, Tove (Sweden)

Ciara, Ciera, Cierra, Keren Keri, Kerri, Kerrie, Kerry, Kiara, Kiera, Kieran, Kierra, Sierra (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 65 of 2024; 301 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 10 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 25 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 25 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 24 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 5 Green; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 21 February 2024

Moon: 29%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 9 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Xenophanes]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 76 of 89)

Week: 1st Week of March

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 16 of 30)

#Holidays

[vowcomic]

#The Vale of Wales #VOW #Chapter 13 #Page 38 #Freda #Efa #Willow dryad #Celtic mythology #Welsh mythology #Princess Freda

[aarcanegrimm]

DISCONTINUED:

Reticent

Thought this story worked better as an original idea so I’m messing around with it instead but Arcadia may appear again as an OC in other work

Name: Arcadia

AKA: Dia

Age: 25-26 (canon) D.O.B: August 9th

Magic: Take Over

Allows mage to take over any creatures body and use their magic. Some permanent and some only temporary. Mage cannot take over a human but can control them from the inside.

Spells: Soul Jump, Queen of Elphame, Meliae, Kelpie, Mare, Valkyrie, Banshee, Wulver, Angrboda

Mostly- Norse and Celtic Myth inspiration - Meliae is a Dryad

Squad: Grey Deer (former), Violet Fox

Emblem: Link - Cloak is this colour

Looks: Link

Hair: Black (purplish tinge)

Eyes: Reddish-brown

Style: One | Two | Three | Four | Five

Information:

Arcadia is from an island called Yggdrid but had lived in the Clover Kingdom since she was eighteen.

Arcadia is extremely quiet- she doesn’t make a sound at all, no talking, no shuffling, no grunts or huffs etc

^^ This is how the captains see her at least (outside of using Banshee)

When Arcadia does speak she has an accent- rolled r’s, hard g’s etc

The only spells the other Captains have seen her use are Soul Jump, Meliae and Banshee though she does clearly have more

Soul Jump allows her to enter the body of anything living and control it from the inside out and can use Take Over on many creatures this way - but she cannot use Take Over this way on a human

She gained ‘Queen of Elphame’ when she was dying- having been betrayed by her own people- she gave Arcadia permission to use Take Over on her, making her a permanent fixture on the Mage

Arcadia gained ‘Meliae’ in a deal. She could use the Ash Tree nymph however need be but only if ‘Meliae’ was able to witness how Humans worked- she wanted to understand them, who they are, what their dreams are

Arcadia gained the ‘Kelpie’ through force, having been pulled beneath the water by the wretched creature after pulling a child to safety. She had to do a forceful Take Over, pulling at its mind until it gave up and she resurfaced

She gained the ‘Mare’ on accident. Having been awoken as a child by the creature it was the first thing she’d caught in her Take Over magic. She’d grasped it and pulled it in… now she can cause Nightmares too.

Arcadia gained a ‘Valkyrie’ with an evolution of her magic, it is less of her having Taken Over one than her magic shifting so that she could use the type- as though she’d been chosen by the Yggdrasil

Arcadia gained the ‘Banshee’ also by striking a deal. The woman wouldn’t have to be alone, giving wailing warnings to those and instead could be used for better purposes- the ‘Banshee’ was more than glad to comply

She gained the ‘Wulver’ similarly to the ‘Queen of Elphame’ it had been hurt, though by humans not by its own kind and all it wanted was to be good, useful so the ‘Wulver’ agreed to being Taken Over instead, quite happily at that.

She gained ‘Angrboda’ early into her magic use as well. In Yggdrid it was common for beasts and creatures such as the Jotun to appear but unlike the others ‘Angrboda’ offered herself to Arcadia- saying that she was “the strongest yet”

Julius found Arcadia wandering the forest she’d made her deal with Meliae in. He’d noticed her not carrying a grimoire but sensed her high mana levels and was immediately intrigued

He invited her to the Grey Deer after finding out she’d been sleeping in trees for the last few months and gifted her a fake grimoire “so she wouldn’t be asked questions” was his words.

Granted she never actually said a thing other than her name and only stared blankly at him the whole time

Arcadia was partnered with Yami for her first few missions with him beginning to call her Dia instead

Julius also introduced her to William who later also started calling her Dia - she gave permission with a slip of paper saying that he and Yami could call her so before walking away

She became a captain a few months before Yami and William did

In this fic William was 20 and Yami 22 when they became captains because I may or may not have zero clue how old he was when lol so…

Violet Fox was named because she likes Foxglove

Arcadia is a good Captain, often taking in those down on their luck or kids with difficult magic or hard home lives

She gives her people a place to stay- though as small as Yami’s squad she’d become a home

But when we reach the canon time line she meets three unlucky Elflings… who take to calling her Mamma

#black clover #black clover angst #black clover fluff #black clover crack #black clover smut #black clover oc #Black Clover Arcadia

[silverthornwitchery]

My Druantia Syncretizations (UPG)

When worshipping and/or working with Druantia, one needs to take into account that she did not exist under the name Druantia in antiquity. This name was given to her by Robert Graves, a controversial figure who’s works have been discredited in terms of a historical sense. Even though he said she was a Celtic goddess, her ties to Dryads also give her a Greco-Roman link as well.  This however doesn’t mean she doesn’t exist. Simply that the name Druantia is a modern invention. To me, Druantia is a goddess of many names and faces, and can often be a blend of many pre-existing goddesses from antiquity. I’ve listed below some goddesses/spirits that I PERSONALLY feel can be syncretized with Druantia.  This is all UPG so nobody get angry at me, and if you’re a staunchly hard polytheist, this is NOT the post or blog for you.  1) Flidais - Irish Goddess of The Hunt + Fertility, Gaulish equivalent is Arduinna. 2) Nemetona - Gaulish Goddess of Sacred Spaces 3) Danu - Irish Earth-Mother Goddess, also called Anu, Anand, or Dana 4) Elen of the Ways - Alleged British Goddess of Liminal Spaces + Nature 5) Nicnevin - Scottish Faerie Queen/Witch Mother figure, dubbed the Bonemother, which is an Epithet that Druantia shares within my practice.  6) Gaia - Primordial Earth Mother Goddess of the Hellenic Pantheon 7) Diana - Roman and Italic Goddess of the Hunt, Moon, and Witches This certainly is NOT all of the goddesses that Druantia can be syncretized with, simply some of the primary ones within my own faith. 

#Druantia #Goddess #Pagan #Paganism #Deity #Deity Work #Soft Polytheism #Polytheism

[skydinzeal]

❄️🌿Friday receives its name from Freyja, (Frigg) wife to Odin. She is of the nature Gods of the West (Vanaheimr), some sources say was the Americas! Her brother is Freyr. 🔥⚡👽🌟🦋👑🌷 These nature gods and goddesses of Elves may very well have been the gods and goddesses of the Native Americans then who as we know the Norsemen met and ultimately had understanding for each other. 💜🗽💜🎿💜❄️💜🦌 🌷🔥🌟💥⚡☀️✨ I have been trying to rebuild all my jewelry & art that was stolen when I was assaulted & robbed (many times). I am looking for a quality SPIRITUAL STORE or ART GALLERY to TRULY help with sales/marketing their work & mine! I am a rare, tireless entertainer, salesperson and psychic. I have huge internet reach and can work day and night continuously! I don't even need to eat. I have got by on hard work & skill alone, not cheating & it shows! If you would like to make a connection happen contact me. If it works out I will pay you! 🌟 A very modest GoFundMe here! Please spread the word! https://gofund.me/82ac1c5b Thank you!🌟💜🗽💜🎿💜❄️💜🦌 . . . . . #elves #fairies #freyja #freyr #frigg #elven #dryad #treespirits #pagan #ingwaz . . . . . . . . . . . #elves #fairies #naturespirits #greenman #earthgoddess #spiritualart #runes #paganism #magick #pagansofinstagram #spells #pagan #wicca #ingwaz #celtic #wizard  #germanic #mythology #norse http://dlvr.it/T57bZw

[jargonautical]

The Curate's Torc

ALFRISCOMBE VICARAGE, 1795

REVEREND MERRETT WAS always delighted to receive a visit from his friend Elias. Goodness only knows where the man came from but every so often he would appear with a cheery ‘Just passing!’ and stay for several hours drinking endless cups of tea and sharing tall tales of his travels. Who knows, some of it may even have been true?

Certainly the housekeeper didn’t believe a word of it, depositing a fresh pot of tea and a plate of macaroons on the table with a disapproving sniff. The curate resolved to have a private word with her later; it wouldn’t do for his guests to feel unwelcome. And this guest in particular too! the only decently educated man for miles around, someone with whom he could discuss the Germanic folklore translation he’d been working on and the antiquities he acquired last month. This new piece, a Celtic standing stone, he had shipped up from Cornwall and immediately placed in the corner of his sheltered garden in hopes it might attract some visitors from what he delicately called ‘the other realm’.

That’s the other reason he liked Elias. The man didn't sneer or dismiss his wish as childish, as so many of his peers might. He nodded sagely, steepling his fingers and touching them to his lips, and agreed that such a splendid object was sure to catch the eye of the Shining Ones. He went further, saying that if it were to be placed near still water, and perhaps some other treasures added to the lure, he might find himself playing proud host to a water spirit or two. Like the magpie, he said, they adore to line their nests with treasures that shine. Certain metals that keep their lustre were held to be the greatest draw.

An intriguing idea; but the curate secretly wondered if that might be taking the notion too far. A curate’s income didn’t stretch to treasures in silver and gold, not to the extent that he could afford to leave them lying around in the garden. He turned the conversation back to his progress with the translation and accepted with delight several suggestions on the precise meaning of a passage he’d been finding troublesome.

In the weeks following the visit however, he found himself distracted from his research by a new project; directing the small brook at the foot of his garden into a pond. Framed by two trees on the border with the lane, an elder and a rowan that predated the vicarage itself, the tiny brook filled in the hollow dug out by the gardener in less than a day.

With his treasured face stone sunk into a deep hole at the far corner, only the very top visible through the irises and rushes planted around the edge to give the shy spirit some privacy, before too long he had as handsome a dryad’s abode as he could wish for. As a final flourish he gently lowered a small bronze torc to the dark water, guiltily mumbling a few words of welcome to whomever might find them and be pleased enough to stay.

#somewhere to be #fantasy #fiction #a chapter at a time #books #booklr #reading #faerie #storygraph #goodreads

[brookston]

Holidays 3.5

Holidays

Act Goofy Day

Alimony Equality Day

Anthass Day (Kerala, Fans of Indian actor Mukesh)

Arivee de l’Evangile (Gospel Day; French Polynesia)

Babysitter Safety Day

Boston Massacre Day (Massachusetts)

Brain Injury Awareness Day

Charity Day (Iran)

Children’s Day (New Zealand)

Cinco de Marcho

Cincomarzada

Crispus Attucks Day

Custom Chief’s Day (Vanuatu)

Day of Physical Culture and Women in Engineering & Technology begins

Dr. Doolittle Day

Erotic World Book Day

Excited Insects (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Goat Day (French Republic)

Green Hellebore Day

Hula Hoop Day

International CVS Awareness Day

International Day for Disarmament & Non-Proliferation Awareness (UN)

International Day of Energy Efficiency

International Day of the Seal

Judiciary Employee Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Katyn Massacre Day

Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)

Madison Beer Day

Mother-in-Law's Day

Multiple Personalities Day

National Dissociative Identity Disorder Day

National Emetophobia Awareness Day (UK)

National Industrial Design Day

National Journalist Day (Thailand)

National Kalpak Day (a.k.a. Hat Day; Kyrgyzstan)

National MAR5 Day

National Potty Dance Day

National R&B Music Day

National Scott Day

National Tree Planting Day (Iran)

Panchayati Raj Divas (Odisha, India)

Reel Film Day

Running of the Reindeer (Alaska)

Say Hi to Mom Day

Scouts’ Day (Taiwan)

Spread the Word to End the Word Day

Stapler Day

Stop the Clocks Day

Temperance Day

305 Day

World Sustainable Energy Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Absinthe Day

National Cheese Doodle Day

National Mobile Food Vendors Day

National Pasty Day (UK)

National Poutine Day

Ramen Noodles Day

1st Tuesday in March

Cotton Carnival (Memphis, Tennessee) [1st Tuesday, Lasts 5 Days]

Football Day (England) [1st Tuesday]

National Sportsmanship Day [1st Tuesday]

Peace Corps Day [1st Tuesday]

Peace Day (Jamaica) [1st Tuesday]

Town Meeting Day (Vermont) [1st Tuesday]

Unique Names Day [Tuesday of Name Week]

Independence & Related Days

Rebellion Anniversary Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Trujillo Anniversary Day (Peru)

Festivals Beginning March 5, 2024

CinemAsia Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [thru 3.10]

Heritage Miami: Wine and Food Experience (Miami, Florida)

Research Chefs Association Culinary Expo (Quincy, Massachusetts) [thru 3.7]

World Championship Cheese Contest (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 3.7]

Feast Days

Adrian and Eubulus of Palestine (Christian; Martyrs)

Blessing of the Fleet by Isis (Ancient Egypt)

Ciarán of Saigir (a.k.a. Kiaran of Ireland; Celtic & Christian; Saint)

Clive Cahuenga (Muppetism)

Diasia (Festival of Zeus Meilikhios; Ancient Greece)

Eusebius of Cremona (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Orthodoxy (Greek Orthodox) [1st Sunday in Great Lent; 2023]

Feast of Saint Piran (Cornwall)

George Carlin Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Gerasimus (Christian; Saint)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Artology)

Howard Pyle (Artology)

John Joseph of the Cross (Christian; Saint)

Momfuku Ando Day (Pastafarian)

Navigum Isidis (Blessing of the Vessel of Isis; Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Navigum Isis (a.k.a. Ploiaphaesia; Poseidon’s Day; The Festival of Navigation; Ancient Rome)

Orthodox Sunday (Orthodox Christian) [1st Sunday in Great Lent; 2021]

Phocas of Antioch (Christian; Martyr)

Piran (Christian; Saint) [Cornwall]

Roger (Christian; Saint)

Serpent Mother Day (Ancient Minoa; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Solon (Positivist; Saint)

Symphony No. 7, The “Leningrad Symphony,” in C Major, by Dmitri Shostakovich (Symphony; 1942)

Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (Christian; Saint)

Thietmar of Minden (Christian; Saint)

Virgil of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Wedding of the March Dryads (Shamanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Stalin's birthday.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [17 of 57]

Premieres

Airport (Film; 1970)

Alice in Wonderland (Film; 2010)

Amos & Andrew (Film; 1993)

Analyze This (Film; 1999)

The Ant and the Aardvark (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1969)

The Ballad of Nessie (Disney Cartoon; 2011)

Barnyard Blackout (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Big-Hearted Bosko (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Bongo Boris or The Hep Rat (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 103; 1961)

Coming 2 America (Film; 2021)

Cruel Intentions (Film; 1999)

Diner (Film; 1982)

Donald’s Diary (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Down pin the Levee (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Drip Dippy Donald (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Evil Under the Sun (Film; 1982)

Fire! Fire! (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1932)

For Your Love, by The Yardbirds (Song; 1965)

Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco (Novel; 1988)

Human’s Lib, by Howard Jones (Album; 1984)

Kindly Scram (Phantasies Cartoon; 1943)

The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel; 1969)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Film; 1999)

The Mad Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Mad Dog and Glory (Film; 1993)

Neon Bible, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2007)

The Railway Children, by Edith Nesbit (Novel; 1905)

Raya and the Last Dragon (Animated Film; 2021)

Red Hot Music (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Rival Romeos (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The Road to Serfdom, by Friedrich A. Hayek (Political Theory; 1944)

Room and Bored (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1962)

Run Baby Run, by Nicky Cruz (Novel; 1969)

The Saint to the Rescue, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories 1959) [Saint #35]

The Secret of Kells (Animated Film; 2010)

Shaun the Sheep (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Songs For Swinging’ Lovers!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1956)

The Spies of Life or When a Fella Needs a Fiend (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 104; 1961)

Stairway to Heaven, 1st performed live by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1971)

Swing Kids (Film; 1993)

Us Again (Disney Cartoon; 2021)

Where Do Teenagers Come From? (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Dietmar, Jeremia, Olivia (Austria)

Hadrijan, Lucije, Teofil, Vedran (Croatia)

Kazimír (Czech Republic)

Theophillus (Denmark)

Laila, Laili, Leila, Leili (Estonia)

Laila, Leila (Finland)

Olive, Olivia (France)

Gerda, Dietmar, Olivia, Tim (Germany)

Arhelaos, Evlogios, Konon (Greece)

Adorján, Adrián (Hungary)

Adriano, Foca, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Virgilio (Italy)

Aurēlija, Aurora, Austra (Latvia)

Giedrė, Klemensas, Virgilijus, Vydotas (Lithuania)

Patricia, Patrick (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Fryderyk, Jan, Pakosław, Pakosz, Wacław, Wacława (Poland)

Conon (Romania)

Fridrich (Slovakia)

Adrián, Adriano, Eusebio (Spain)

Tora, Tove (Sweden)

Ciara, Ciera, Cierra, Keren Keri, Kerri, Kerrie, Kerry, Kiara, Kiera, Kieran, Kierra, Sierra (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 65 of 2024; 301 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 10 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 25 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 25 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 24 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 5 Green; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 21 February 2024

Moon: 29%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 9 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Xenophanes]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 76 of 89)

Week: 1st Week of March

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 16 of 30)

#calendar #Holidays