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ropesbypatricia · 3 months

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Ropecabulary:

My understanding and usage of some common words and phrases found in rope bondage:

*These are not the only definitions for these words within and without the world of shibari and other people may have different understandings and experiences of these words - the world is a vast and rich place!*

Rope bondage: a type of bondage which utilizes rope in wrapping, binding, restraining, suspending a person, often but not exclusively, as an act of bdsm

BDSM: an acronym standing for Bondage Dominance (or Discipline) Sadism (or Submission) Masochism

Shibari: to bind or tie

Kinbaku: the act of binding a body tightly

*Both shibari and kinbaku are colloquially used to describe rope bondage and often interchangeably - I use shibari as a synonym for 'rope tying' and kinbaku to describe the act of exchanging energy with another by way of binding them or being bound by them - as this is my understanding and experience of the application of these words*

Tension: as a verb and a noun - the act of applying force to stretch (v) the state of being stretched (n)

Examples: "If you tension your harness too much, your partner won't be comfortable"

"There was not enough tension in the harness and the rope slipped down her shoulder"

Friction: the resistance to motion that occurs when two objects touch - in rope bondage it is a series of movements that captures tension where two or more ropes meet. So what that looks like in rope bondage is varied and numerous as friction may occur any place where two rope paths interact - a munter hitch is a friction, a half hitch is a type of friction, a simple twist is a type of friction, an x friction is a friction, etc...

Examples of frictions:

Bight: A loop of rope, as distinct from the rope's ends

When you fold your rope in half, the middle curve or loop created is called the "middle bight"

Rope ends/tails/working end: the ends of a length of rope, as distinct from its middle bight.

The ends of the rope describe the two ends of a length of rope which has been folded in half for shibari practice - these may be knotted at the end of finished in another manner

The physical ends of the rope also guide the ''working end'' of your rope which is another term for the length of rope continuing out from the bight or initial anchor point

Examples: "I secured my single column tie around their ankle and continued wrapping my working end up their leg"

"I like to make sure my rope ends are tucked away when I've finished building a harness."

Column: the body part or thing you are tying around

Examples: an arm, a torso, a chair leg, a pillow, etc..

Single column tie: a secured cuff of rope encircling one column or encircling more than one column together as one column without any cross-axis cinch

Double column tie: a single column tie which has been divided or cinched by a cross-axis rope, a secured cuff of rope which encircles 2 or more columns distinctly from each other by way of a cinch rope or kunuki

Rope burn/mark/bite: an impact impression left on the skin after contact with rope, either for an extended period of time or by way of a shearing force of rope against flesh. Rope marks differ in degree of presence and severity and take many visual forms such as depressed areas of the skin, red marks, purplura, and bruising. These marks should resolve in reasonable time after the responsible ropes are removed.

Examples:

Forward tension: a directional wrapping or tying movement in rope bondage which assembles each subsequent wrap by moving in the same direction as distinct from reversing tension at a friction point

Reverse tension: a directional wrapping or tying movement in rope bondage which assembles each subsequent wrap by reversing direction on a friction point

Bukashi/Rope Top/Rigger: one who gives or applies rope distinct from one who receives or is bound by rope aka the bunny

Ukete/Rope Bottom/Bunny: one who receives rope, one who is bound in rope in kinbaku distinct from the one who is tying or giving the rope aka the top

#shibari #kink education #learning the ropes #ropecabulary #glossary

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lailoken · 1 year

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"The Swedish language contains many words specific to the practice of folk magic, for which there are no precise English equivalents. These terms can be literally rendered into conventional English, but a great deal of the cultural basis of the tradition is lost by doing so. Just as African American hoodoo practitioners speak in their own culturally-mediated dialect when they use words like fixed, dressed, goofered, jinxed, and tricked, so do Swedish trolldom practitioners have a culture-specific context for words like förgjord, tyda, gnidträd, tomte, and makt. Because literal translations do not convey these magical meanings, Swedish words are retained throughout this book, resulting in an intentionally "Swede-lish" text similar to the spoken English of old-time Swedish-Americans.

• Älvaeld (elf-fire): Skin diseases and rashes said to be caused by älvor burning a person. See also Älvablåst.

• Älvablåst (wind from the elves): Skin rashes and diseases said to be caused by älvor blowing on a person. See also Älvaeld.

• Älvakvarn, älvkvarnar (elven quern, elven mills): Huge blocks of stone into which small pits have been carved. These have been in use as sacrificial spots from the Stone Age up until modern days. The most common sacrifice is a doll. The small pits are usually anointed with butter before anything is placed in them. In Sweden prior to the mid-1800s it was recorded that when times were hard and the crops failed people used to have sex on these stones and leave the semen in the pits as a sacrifice.

• Alver, alv, älvor (elf): A spiritual ancestor; also a species of small nature spirit almost identical to the fairies of the British Isles, if those were also considered to be ancestral spirits. Alver make their homes in ancient Scandinavian burial mounds. The smallest of them are amused by playing with young children and are reputed to suck their blood.

• Ångerstål (steel of regret): A murder weapon or a sharp metal tool that has accidentally broken. It is generally used to make magical tools but also occurs in spells for protection.

• Aning (hunches, suspicions): Vague feelings of spiritual distress, often associated with worry or nervousness. A tyda of the inner senses.

• Återställa (recovering, restoring): Bringing an item that has been förgjord (destroyed) back to normal. See also Bota.

• Besvärja (to speak about something): The recitation of troll formulas, also the process of conjuring spirits.

• Besvärjelseformen, maning (the incantation formula; exhortation, command, conjuration): An adjuration at the end of a troll formula.

• Bjära, bese (carrier spirit): A spirit in the form of a ball or a doll.

• Bot, bota (cure, healing or curing): The process of restoring something that has been förgjord (destroyed). See also Återställa.

• Brännvin (burnt wine): Clear, strong grain or potato vodka; it is used as a scrying medium in some forms of spådom.

• Cyprianus (Saint Cyprian book): See Svartkonstbok.

• Djävulen (the Devil): Other names for him are Den Onde, Fan, Pocker, Skam, Hin Håle, Gamle Erik, and Hornpelle.

• Döva (to deafen, to make still): A method used to render weapons harmless, to quell love, to make something numb and still.

• Drömsyner (dream visions): Dreaming true does not only refer to sleeping visions; in trolldom, daydreams or vakendrömmar (waking dreams) are also considered to be tydor of the inner senses.

• Dyfvelsträck (devil's dung): Ferula asafoetida; devil's dung is a common English name given to this foul-smelling plant.

• Fassna (stuck): A condition in which something is magically fastened to a person; usually considered a harmful situation.

• Fegljus (death light): A very small light appearing close to a person who is about to die. A tyda of the inner senses.

• Femudd, femhörning (pentagram star drawn in one stroke): A sign of protection used to bind spirits; symbol of the Virgin Mary.

• Flygrönn (flying rowan): A rowan tree that has grown in another tree and never touched ground.

• Förgjord (un-made, destroyed): Unable to function; bewitched; rendered useless due to curses, hostile trolldom, the evil eye, or spiritual attack. Restoration is via Återställa or Bota. See also Skämma.

• Förtrollad (enchanted, en-trolled): Often used as a synonym to Förgjord (destroyed), it can also mean enchanted in general.

• Fylgia (monitors): Personal guardian spirits. See also Vard.

• Gand (airborne spell): A spell cast into air and sent a great distance.

• Gast (ghost): A visible spirit of the dead; it may occur as a prefix in the names of negative conditions like gastkramad (squeezed by a ghost).

• Gnideld (rubbing fire): See Vrideld.

• Gnidträd (rubbing tree): A tree with two branches or trunks that rub against one another. Such a tree makes a squeaking sound when the wind blows, and is therefore also known as a knarrträd (creaking tree).

• Göra före (to do before): To place something in another's future.

• Hambel, hamn (one's appearance): This refers to the physical appearance as a shroud around the spirit or vålne.

• Hård (hard): The result of a spell to make oneself invulnerable.

• Håg (hag): In English, a hag is a witch who rides people or animals at night, but in trolldom, the håg of a person consists of their desire and mind. To change someone's mind is called hågvända (turning the håg).

• Hågvända (turning the håg): See Håg.

• Ingivelse (spirit-sent impulse): An impulse to act that has been sent by a person's vard or fylgia (guardian spirits) or by other benevolent spirits. As tydor of the inner senses, ingivelser can occur suddenly, without conscious thought or action.

• Jätta (threaten) - Jätta för ont (threaten for evil): To threaten with a curse, which is regarded as a method of cursing a person in itself.

• Jordfast sten (earthbound rock): A rock too large to lift from the soil.

• Kasta ut (cast out): To remove evil by throwing it out, usually at a crossroads or cemetery. Other than speaking a troll formula, the work is silent, and it is not mentioned to others until one night's sleep has passed.

• Klok, kloke (clever): Wise and intelligent; in a magical context it also means well-versed in trolldom.

• Knarrträd, knarrtall, knarrgran (creaking tree, creaking pine, creaking fir): See Gnidträd.

• Kusad (quelled): This dialect term derives from a synonym for trolldom - kuschleri - and means quelled or quenched by trolldom.

• Likfassna (corpse stuck): A negative condition in which the spirit of a dead person is afflicting a living person. See also Likkrosa.

• Likkrosa (corpse crushed): The negative condition of being held down by a spirit of the dead. See also Likfassna.

• Lövjeri (leaf-craft): The use of herbs to cure and remove evil.

• Makt (power): Might, power, and force, in a magical sense.

• Maktstjäla (to steal power) - Maktstulen (robbed of power): The act of stealing another's magical power and the condition of one whose power has been stolen. See also Modstjäla.

• Maning (exhortation): See Besvärjelseformen.

• Mara (night-gaunt): A spirit who torments people at night or in their dreams. The same root appears as "mare" in the English word nightmare.

• Mäta, mätning (measure, measuring): A category of spells using measured strings and tied knots. Magical measuring can be traced back

• Modstjäla (to steal courage) - Modstulen (robbed of courage): Stealing one's courage is a sorcerous act. The term also describes one who suffers from depression or feels low in spirits. See also Maktstjäla.

• Motskott (countershot): A counter-remedy against trollskott.

• Näcken (Nix): A naked spiritual being who resides in streams, rivers, or lakes. He is a shape-shifter and he drowns people, but he also teaches magic and music. In Scandinavia there is only one Nix, who can appear in any body of water, but among the Germans and English, there are many nixes, and the females are called nixies.

• Namnlösa fingret (the nameless finger): The ring finger on the left hand; it is believed to have a direct link to the heart and therefore to a person's power, might, courage, and håg, which reside in the heart.

• Natur (nature): A person's sexuality and capability for procreation.

• Nedsätta (to reduce, to set down) - sätta ned (to put down): The magical destruction of a person's love life or chances to get married. The term may also refer to the destruction of other areas of a person's life.

• Nisse (brownie): See Tomte.

• Ofärdsspådom (oppressive divination): The act of predicting or foretelling harmful events in the future. See Spå.

• Offring (sacrifice, offering): To cure problems through sacrifice, to appease elves, or to offer a spirit something and get something in return.

• Rå, rådare (spiritual ruler): Spirits who act as caretakers and guardians. of a place. They are named after the locations where they reside, such as skogsrå (forest rå), sjörå (lake rå), havsrå (sea rå), bergrå (mountain rå) gruvrå (mining rå), skatters rå (treasure rå), vägrå (road rå), kyrkogårdsrå (cemetery rå), and kyrkrå (church rå). See also Tomte.

• Runa, runor, runkafle (rune, runes, a stick carved with runes): The letters of the Old Norse alphabet are called runes. The same word also refers to charms written in runes or other alphabetic or non-alphabetic characters. To rune can also mean to cast a spell. See also Trollformel.

• Sänningar (sendings): This refers to things by magic or cast upon someone from a distance.

• Sedel (ticket): A slip of paper used for written runes and talismans.

• Sejd, seiðr (sorcery): Used in the Nordic sagas to signify trolldom, this obsolete word has recently been revived by adherents of Asatru.

• Signeri (signs, symbols, marks): To read or speak troll formulas aloud or silently, or to sign or mark something with the cross. The latter may be done "in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" or silently. See also Välsigna.

• Skämma (shame, taint), skämd (having been shamed): A magical method to render someone powerless and cursed. See also Förgjord.

• Skärsel (garden riddle, flour sifter): A divinatory method using a sieve, sifter, or riddle.

• Smörjning (anointing): The use of ointments to cure and remove evil.

• Solv (string heddle eyes of a loom): There is a very old belief that the world and all the events in it were created by weavers. Therefore, string healds or heddle eyes that are cut off the heddle frame of a loom are magically dangerous because they are outside the world of the weavers. It should be noted that to cut these from the loom can be regarded as a transgressive act.

• Söm (horseshoe nail): a square iron horseshoe nail.

• Sortebog (black arts book): See Svartkonstbok.

• Spå (to predict, to foretell), spådom (divination): The art of foretelling the future, also used as a general synonym for trolldom. The word spå survives in the Scottish term spaewife, meaning a fortune-telling woman. See also Ofärdsspådom and Tyda.

• Spiritus, spertus (spirit): A spirit, often kept in a box, bottle, or pouch.

• Ställa (to stall, to stand still): The method of making a thief or anyone else stand still and be unable to move from a location. It can also be used to stop game animals from moving, when hunting.

• Stämma (to staunch, to summon, to command): This word meansvto staunch, as in staunching blood, but also to summon people or animals to a place. In the old days, the stämning was announced in the powerful trinity of bedpost, threshold, and ting or court. When someone was stämd to the ting, the messenger first read the summons by the bedpost of the person being called, then a second time at his threshold, and finally at the ting.

• Skogsfru (female forest guardian spirit): Rådare means caretaker or guardian spirit. In the case of the forests, the guardians are usually described as female and may go by names such as the Skogsfru (Forest. Lady) or Skogsrå (Rå of the forest).

• Stöpa (steeping, melting, reshaping): The method of pouring melted lead, tin, wax, or a similar melted liquid into a container of water while holding the water over a person, to cure and remove evil. Stöpa is used for divinatory purposes as well, in which case the various forms and shapes made by the coagulated material are read as signs.

• Svartebog (black book): See Svartkonstbok.

• Svartkonstbok (black arts book): A grimoire or book of sorcery. Other names for this type of book are svartebog (black book), sortebog (black book in Danish), and Cyprianus (a book attributed to Saint Cyprian, the patron saint of occultists and necromancers).

• Svärdsbrev (sword-letter): A written talisman carried on the person for protection from harm. See also Trollbrev.

• Syn (vision), synsk (a visionary): A person who has the ability to see visions (syn) is said to be a synsk or visionary. The word synsk is synonymous with clairvoyant or second-sighted, but in casual conversation, the work synsk is often used to describe those with related abilities who would be known in English as clairsentient, clairaudient, claircognizant, or just plain psychic. An inherited ability, it is a tyda of the inner senses.

• Ting (legislative assembly, court): The word ting is used in this book to describe these assemblies as they were constituted in the old days in Sweden, before Christianity arrived, circa the 9th century. The tings were often held at crossroads or where three borders crossed.These meeting places were commonly the locations of old burial sites and grave mounds. The spirits of the ancestors took part in the procedures of the ting by determining the outcome of various ordeals set before two opponents in a court proceeding.

• Tomte, nisse, gårdsrå, bol-vatte (brownie, land-spirit, house-elf, house-wight): Tomte is the title for, or position given to, a spirit who takes care of a household. The tomte is responsible for the luck in the house and the work done around the home. Originally a spirit of the dead, in modern times the tomte has been popularized as a cute kind of nature spirit. Other names for this spirit are gårdsrå (rå of a farm), nisse (brownie), or bol-vätte (land-wight).

• Torvigg (the lightning bolt of Thor): This name refers to a flint axe of the kind that was made in the Stone Age and was used for cutting and hunting. In Swedish folklore it was said that these ancient axes appeared when lightning bolts from the Norse thunder god Thor struck the ground and that they were his weapons against evil. The torvigg is highly valued in trolldom. It is used to protect oneself from harm and from sorcery and to prevent one from being overpowered by other people or spirits.

• Tránsjuka (obsessive love-sickness): This condition renders one unable to let go of a lover, either due to mental obsession or because one has been förgjord (destroyed through sorcery).

• Troll (troll, goblin, ogre): A class of ancient magical spirits, their sorcery, and the magic performed with their aid. As a prefix, it may be roughly translated as "magical" but in this book the Swedish word is retained in terms like troll-bundle, troll-letter, and troll formula.

• Trolldom (trolldom): folk magic, the Scandinavian equivalent to the folk magic of other nations, such as sorcery, hexerei, braucherei, brujeria, stregoneria, hechicería, hoodoo, conjure, witchcraft, or rootwork.

• Trollaktig (troll-like): A person who behaves as if he or she is wise or knowledgeable in trolldom; a practitioner; someone who is trollkunnig.

• Trollbrev (troll-letter): The generic name for a written talisman for any purpose. A trollbrev may be rolled up and worn in a cylinder hanging around the neck, sewn into clothes so that the symbol is facing outwards, or carried in the inner pocket of a jacket. In modern times it may be worn in a woman's bra. Sewing a trollbrev not meant for curing into your clothes is pointless unless it is for a single occasion, since the paper disintegrates during laundering. See also Svärdsbrev and Värnebrev.

• Trollformel (troll formula): A spoken spell or incantation, either rhyming or in free verse. The wording of each troll formula is kept as a closely guarded secret that is transmitted only to those who inherit an elder practitioner's power and craft. Teaching a troll formula to a student has traditionally meant that the teacher loses the power to use the formula successfully. This is still true today, although, due to the publication of so many troll formulas in books during the past hundred years, contemporary teachers never need give away the specific incantations that they themselves use; instead they can teach their students alternative versions. This is not difficult, as there are more than 50,000 collected troll formulas in Swedish folklore archives alone, and many thousands more in the archives of Norway, Denmark, and the Swedish-speaking part of Finland. The word runa (rune), meaning a written spell, may be used as a synonym for trollformel.

• Trollhare (troll hare): A hare-spirit that is used to draw material goods to a specific place or to steal milk or butter. See also Trollkatt.

• Trollkatt (troll cat): A cat-spirit that is used to draw material goods to a specific place or to steal milk or butter. See also Trollhare.

• Trollknyte (troll bundle): A magical bundle wrapped in cloth and tied shut; knyte is cognate to the English word knotted. See also Trollpåse.

• Trollkunnig (troll-skilled): A person who is skilled in magic; one who is knowledgeable, well-versed, or cunning in trolldom.

• Trollpåse (troll pouch, troll bag): A small pouch made of cloth or chamois skin in which magical articles are contained. See also Trollknyte.

• Trollskott (troll shot): A magical shot to cause harm. It can be done by humans, various spirits, or even forces of nature.

• Tyda, tydor (omen, meanings): Magical indications, decipherments, readings, interpretations, or visions. The word is cognate to the English tidings, meaning messages. Tydor are messages from the world of spirit.

• Utesittning, utiseita (sitting outside): A vision-quest to awaken trolls.

• Våd-eld (accidental fire): A fire resulting from human carelessness.

• Vålne, vålnad (wraith): The spiritual part of a person that survives the death of the physical body.

• Välsigna (signs or marks for well-being): Blessings. See also Signeri.

• Vard (ward): Personal guardian spirit.

• Värnebrev (shielding letter, guardian letter): A written talisman used to protect the wearer from harm. See also Trollbrev.

• Varsel (warning spirits), varsla (forewarning): Tydor that predict evil or tell of evil at another location are called varsel. A dying person's vard or vålnad may carry the forewarning or a tomte may tell of it.

• Vättar (gnomes): An old word meaning spirits in general or spirits who reside in and are a part of nature and the elements.

• Vigt silver (dedicated silver): A piece of jewelry or a coin that has been worn at a wedding.

• Vite (penalty) - Vita (trolldom): Vite, a court-ordered punishment, gave rise to the words vita (a term describing trolldom as a way to magically mete out justice) and han vitar (he casts a justified curse).

• Vrideld (twisted fire): Fire-drilling with a twisting motion. A wooden pole is held horizontally against a vertical wooden surface such as a door, and twisted until the heat of friction produces fire. This fire is used to drive off evil spirits and to remove curses and the evil eye. Also called Gnideld.

• Wittenberg: A German town in which Scandinavian priests studied theology. It is associated with magic, the Jewish kabbalah, and folkloric legends connected to trolldom, magical words, and black arts books."

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Trolldom:

Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition

'GLOSSARY

by Johannes Gårdbäck

#trolldom #troll magic #Johannes Gårdbäck #glossary

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felinefractious · 4 months

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Glossary

Agouti: Ticked Tabby without residual markings, lacks banding on legs and tail.

BCR: Burmese Color Restriction, Sepia.

Blue Cream: Blue Tortoiseshell, Dilute Tortoiseshell.

Braided: Mackerel tabby affected by the bengal modifier gene, causes stripes to split vertically with a hollow center. May also be referred to as “candle flame.” Applicable to Toyger.

Bronze: Black Spotted Tabby. Applicable to Egyptian Mau.

Brown: Black-based Tabby. Followed by description of pattern type, i.e. Brown Classic Tabby. Synonymous with “Sable” in Burmese, referring to Black Sepia.

Buff: Cream.

Calico: Tortoiseshell and White, ratio is loosely defined. Typically characterized by large patches of distinct color without brindling.

Cameo: Red Silver, Red Smoke. Followed by description of tabby type if known, i.e. Cameo Mackerel Tabby.

Champagne: Chocolate Mink.

Chestnut: Chocolate. May be stated on it’s own if self or followed by a description of pattern, i.e Chestnut Tortoiseshell. Applicable to Oriental breeds.

Chinchilla: Shell. Applicable to British breeds.

Cream Cameo: Cream Silver. Followed by description of tabby type if known, i.e. Cream Cameo Mackerel Tabby.

Ebony: Black. May be stated on it’s own if self or followed by a description of pattern, i.e Ebony Spotted Tabby. Applicable to Oriental breeds.

FEX: Full Expression, no color restriction gene.

Flame: Red-based color restriction. Applicable to the colorpoint, mink and sepia patterns.

Gray: Blue.

Lavender: Lilac. May be stated on it’s own if self or followed by a description of pattern, i.e Lavender Classic Tabby. Applicable to Oriental breeds.

Lynx: Tabby with color restriction. Applicable to the colorpoint, mink and sepia patterns but most often used alongside colorpoint.

Marbled: Classic tabby affected by the bengal modifier gene, results in dark-outlined blotches with paler colors in the center. Pattern is oftentimes more chaotic than the typical classic tabby. May refer to the standard, typical classic tabby pattern in breeds unrelated to Bengals.

McTabby: Mackerel Tabby.

Melanistic: Black Solid. Applicable to Bengal.

Natural: Black Mink, Seal Mink.

Orange: Red.

Patched: Tortoiseshell Tabby, Torbie. Followed by description of tabby type if known, i.e. Patched Classic.

Platinum: Lilac Mink or Lilac Sepia.

Rosetted: Spotted tabby affected by the bengal modifier gene, results in larger spots with hollow centers of color distinct from the base coat. Applicable to Bengal.

Ruddy: Black-based Agouti with high rufousing giving an auburn appearance. Synonymous with “Usual.” Applicable to Abyssinian and Somali.

Sable: Black Sepia, Seal Sepia. May be followed by description of pattern, i.e. Sable Tortoiseshell.

Seal: Black-based color restriction. Applicable to the colorpoint, mink and sepia patterns.

Sorrel: Cinnamon-based Agouti with high-rufousing giving a warm orange appearance. Also known as “Red” in applicable breeds. Applicable to Abyssinian and Somali.

Snow: Colorpoint, mink or sepia color restriction. Applicable to Bengals.

Tipped: Shaded. Applicable to British breeds.

Usual: Black-based Agouti with high rufousing giving an auburn appearance. Traditional color of applicable breeds. Synonymous with “Ruddy.” Applicable to Abyssinian and Somali.

#not colors #glossary

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garadinervi · 29 days

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Jayne Cortez, (1984), Glossary, in Coagulations. New and Selected Poems, Drawings by Melvin Edwards, Designed by Linda Lake, Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, NY, 1988, pp. 111-112

#graphic design #poetry #glossary #book #jayne cortez #melvin edwards #linda lake #thunder's mouth press #1980s

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antimony-ore · 8 months

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I thought maybe you guys would find this interesting too.

It's easy to forget that this was what science was before we knew about protons, neutrons, and electrons, and that alchemists did make important discoveries.

I didn't realize how much it was like a shorthand/instructions for how to recreate actual reactions and not like magical summoning wheels... well 😅

#antimony #alchemy #glossary #alchemical symbols #alchemical

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crater-clan · 7 months

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Ⓒⓡⓐⓣⓔⓡⓒⓛⓐⓝ Ⓖⓛⓞⓢⓢⓐⓡⓨ

The Outcrater - the land beyond the crater, ex. Outcrater Cat

The Mooncore - place where the clan meets with their ancestors, the radiated core of the bomb that went off hundreds of years ago, ONLY leaders and medicine cats approach this stone, over time cats gain mutations with every visit.

The Radiated - any creature that comes from beyond the crater and is visibily radiated, it is part of the code to avoid these creatures as they can cause a horrible death.

The Atom Pack - A pack of mutated dogs that test their luck within CraterClan's territory. They are viscious and are keen to remember the scent of any animal that crosses them.

The Split River - The river that runs all the way across the crater, this is where CavernClan collects water and moss. They also hunt from this river whenever it's not frozen over.

The Rock Tumble - The only safe exit from the crater, all other attempts to leave the crater usually ends in death due to all the sharp rocks and items from a long ago time.

The Edge - The cliff that the leaders of Craterclan use to call meetings.

#warrior cats #clangen #clangen blog #glossary

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greenflamedwriter · 6 months

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Pronounciation Guide:

Since I keep getting yelled at [kindly, people are actually really nice about it] That I keep getting stuff wrong [Since I keep forgetting] I'm gonna type it all here.

DEMONS: Many demons go by titles instead of personal names, titles styled like XX-Jun are for high ranking demons and some titles are hereditory.

Courtesy Names: A courtesy name is given to an individual when they come of age, usually at the coming age of twenty for their first crowning ceremony, but it can also be presented when an elder or teacher deems the recipitent worthy. Generally a male only tradition. Women adopt a courtesy name after marriage. Courtesy names reserved for the upper class.

Diminitive Nicknames and name tags: Xiao- : A diminitive meaning "Little." always a prefix. [i.e Xiao Jiu, Xiao Yuan]

-ER : A word for 'son' or 'child' added to a name, it expresses affection similair to calling someone 'little' or 'sonny' always a suffix [I.e, Yuan-er, Jiu-er] A- : Friendly diminitive, always a prefix, usually for monosyllabic names, or one syllable out of the two-syllable name. [I.e, A-Yuan, A-Jiu, A-Lou] If the name is longer like Qui JianLOU that last part is the same nickname as Binghe [hence the truama for Shen Qingqiu as he heard that name]

Family: Di : Younger brother or younger male friend, can be used alone or as a honourific.

Didi : younger brother, or male friend. Casual

Xiao-Di : does not mean 'little brother' instead refers to ones lackey or subordinate, someone a leader took under their wing.

Ge : Familair way to refer to an older brother or older male friend, used by someone younger- or lower rank in status.

Gege: Same as Ge, has a cutsier feel than "Ge."

Jie : Older sister, or older female friend.

JieJie :Older sister, or older female friend.

JiuJiu : Uncle (maternal, biological)

Mei : younger sister, or younger female friend,

MeiMei : younger sister or an unrelated younger female friend, casual.

Shufu : Uncle (Paternal, biological) Formal address for one's fathers younger brother.

Shushu : An affectionate version of 'Shufu'

XiaoShu : Little uncle.

Cultivation And Martial Arts:

-Jun : a suffix meaning 'lord' Zhangmen : Leader of a cultivation/martial arts sect. Shizun : teacher/master gender nuetral, meaning "Honoured/venerable master." And is a more respectful name of address Shifu : teacher/master for ones master in ones own sect Shiniang : the wife of a Shifu/ Shizun [Luo Binghe to everyone around "Refer to me as Luo-Shiniang! yes! Good little ducklings!] Shixiong : Older Male disciple ShiJie : Older female disciple Shidi : Younger martial brother, for juniour male disciples Shimei : Younger Martial Sister, for junior female disciples Shishu : The younger martial sibling of ones marital master [Such as Shang Qinghua and Liu Qingge a disciple would refer to them as Shishu as they are lower rank than their Shizun.] Shibo : [As Yue Qingyuan is sect head and his title makes him the older martial sibling would make him Shibo. And so a disciple would refer to him as Shibo, or Yue-Shibo- idk about Zhangmen-Shibo if thats a thing? - Or if disciples of An ding would call Shen Qingqiu Shibo as he's second rank of the sect. Shizhi : [If Shen Yuan was a disciple Yue Qingyuan would call he Shen-Shizhi, or Luo-Shizhi, or just plain call him Shizhi]

Gongzhi : Master/Senior Daozhang : Xiong :

Terms: Manhua: Danmei: XianXia : Qi : Gong : Shou : Chrysanthemum : A flower that is a symbol of health and vitiliaty. In sex scenes it was a metaphor for a mans backdoor entrance.

Chinese Calender: Year dates/era for a story> The Chinese calender uses Tian Gan Di Zhi [Heavenly stems, Earthly Branches] system to mark the year. [Meaning lost] There are ten heavenly stems, and twelve earthly branches [Zodiac adjacent] Each Stem and Branch is associated with either Ying | Yang and one of the elemental properties, wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The Stems are and branches are combined in cyclical patterns to create a calender where every unit of time is associated with certain attributes: Analysing such a calender for the stem, branch characters and their elemental associations was considered essential information in divination, fortune telling, wedding dates, and even buiness deals.

Confucianism:

Is a philosophy based on the teaching of confucius, it placed heavily importance on respect for ones elders and family, a concept broadly known as Xiao "Filial piety," the family structure is used in others that have similair behaviours, such as respect of a student to a teacher, or people of a country towards their ruler.

Cores/Golden Core: A good Cultivation base/Core/Foundation: Means learning from the right age, good training and keeping consistent and percevere. A bad Cultivation Base/foundation: Means you were half-assed it/ sabotaged with an improper manual, learned too late/early, can be prone to Qi deviations.

Meridians: Qi travels through the body, like a magical bloodstream, or map/rivers of the body. redirecting, manipulating, or halting qi circulation focus on targeting the meridians at speicific points of the body, known as acupoints. Technqiues that can block qi prevent a cutlivator from using qi until the block is lifted.

Qi Circulation: The metabolic cycle of qi in the body, where it flows from the dantian to the meridians and back. This cycle purifies and refines qi, and good circulation is essential to cultivation. In Xianxia, Qi can be transferred from one person to another through physical contact and can heal someone who is wounded if the donar is trained in the art Qi Deviation:

"To catch fire, and enter demonhood." occurs when ones cultivation becomes unstable. Common causes include: Unstable emotional state, or strong negative emotions, practicing cultivation methods incorrectly. Reckless use of forbidden or high-level arts. or succumbing to the influence, of demons and evil spirits. When qi deviation arises from mental or emotional causes, the person is often said to have succumbed to their inner demons or "Heart demons." Symptoms: Panic, paranoia, sensory halluciantion, and death. Fixes [not cures] : Forced relaxation, voluntary or forced by external party, massage, meditation, or qi transfer, from another individual.

The golden core forms and replaces the lower dantian, becoming an internal source of power for the cultivator. Cultivators who detonate their golden core, almost always die in the end. The destruction/removal of a core is permanent and cannot be recultivated as there is no longer a lower dantian o form it, its destruction stops an individual from ever performing to cultivate qi normally ever again.

Tradtionally cultivating a golden core is in nine stages, but is often simplified in fiction; Qi Condensation/ Qi Refining Foundation establishment Core foundation/Golden Core Nascent Soul. [A cultivation technique where a soul can project it's soul outside its body and travenl indipendently, this can allow them to survive the death of their physical body and advance to a higher state. Deity Transformations Great Ascension Heavenly tribulations

Dantian: Refers to three regions in the body, Navel, Chest, forehead. The lower is three finger widthds below and two finger widths behind the navel. This is where the golden core is formed and is where Qi metabolsim process begins and progresses upward.

Pilles and Elixers: Magic medicines that can heal wounds, improve cultivation, extend life, etc. These are usuallly delivered in pill form and created in speical kilns.

Spirit Stones: Small gems filled with Qi that can be exchanged between cultivations as a form of currency. If so desired the Qi can be axtracted for an extra energy boost.

Currency: In most dynasties was based on the exchange of Silver and Gold, weight was also used to measure the denoniminations of money. i.e: One Liang of Silver."

Daoism: Daoism is a philosophy, of Dao. Involves coming into harmony with the natural order of the universe, which makes someone a "true human." safe from external harm and who can affect the world without intentional action.

Disciples/sect:

Clan and sect members are known as disciples. Disciples live on Sect grounds and have a strict hierchy based on skill and seniority. They are divided into Core, inner and outer. With core being the highest, Higher ranked disciples get better logdgings and other resources. A sect is like a family, hence the name for martial sibling, and teachers are parents.

Incense time: A common way to tell time. One incense time: is roughly 30 minutes.

The Three Realms:

Split into three realms, the heavenly realm, the mortal realm, the Ghost realm. Heavenly realm: Heavens, heavenly officials. A Celestial court where gods reside and rule. Mortal Realm: Realm of humans. Ghost Realm: Refers to realm of the dead or in scum villain/demon realm.

Edit: more to be added later -_- this is a cheat sheet to look back on when I have to use these terms [ps I write fanfics for fun, and I'm more focused on my art etc, so I am half assing this stuff but I'm only making this sheet to be polite, I'll still try to incoporate this stuff and be respectful but I'm not writing an actual properally researched novel here its just for fanfictions]

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Links for meridians/aacipunctures:

We pass qi by this paths, cultivation = qi gong, you can see qi praticioners in youtube^^

Here, qi spinning a paper in real life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqHm7qs2Fg

I also asked someone online [Cryptidpatriarch] about what would happen if Luo Binghe was given a courtesy name I mean, Shen Yuan would or would've thought of one so this was one suggestion.

when you join a clan, you assume the clan name, because it is your new family and you abandon the original name to be a new person, with a new family, in which case he should take the name of the peak. Cang Qiong = firmament, reach the sky peak... Bing Hé Qiong= ice river through the firmament. 竹河 = bamboo river Hé = river Bing = ice

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Transalpha Headcanon Glossary

This post is subject to update and change if a term has not been posted yet!

Main Dynamics:

α Alpha - Trinary 🡥

β Beta - Trinary 🡥

ω Omega - Trinary 🡥

ι Iota - Dynamic Intersex 🡥

ρ Rho - Non-Trinary 🡥

Rho Umbrella 1 (Trinary-Related):

σ Sigma - "Alphanine" / Alpha equivalent to Masculine,etc.

ζ Zeta - "Betanine"

κ Kappa - "Omeganine"

δ Delta - Any Alpha/Beta Combination 🡥

γ Gamma - Any Beta/Omega Combination 🡥

θ Theta - Any Alpha/Omega Combination

ϝ Digamma - Any Alpha/Beta/Omega Combination

λ Lambda - Fourth Dynamic / Outherine 🡥

ϻ San - Adynamic/Dynamicvoid/Dynamicless 🡥

Rho Umbrella 2:

η Eta - Any Neutral Dynamic

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First Empress Glossary

Since The First Empress uses a lot of Classical Greek terms (or at least the English spelling of them), it seemed prudent to include a glossary of terminology on top of the footnotes that define them in the text. I like the Greek flavor that the terms add to the setting and world-building, but I don't know if I'll decide (or even be allowed) to keep all of these terms in the final published draft. Regardless, here's the current glossary that will be included in an appendix at the end of Book I (listed under the cut for length reasons):

Apeleutheros/apeleutheroi: singular and plural for freedmen, former slaves.

Archon: title for an aristos who holds a government office, such as a magistrate or councilman. Duties and organization varied considerably from polis to polis.

Aristos/aristoi: singular and plural for aristocrat. Common title for Tollesian nobles, may also be used as an honorific, similarly to my lord or my lady.

Aspis/aspides: singular and plural terms for a concave Tollesian round-shield, popular with hoplites and other infantry across the Vestic Sea. Typically around three feet in diameter, aspides may be made from solid bronze but are more often thin bronze with a wooden backing or leather over a wooden backing. Aspides strap to the forearm and are frequently painted with designs or devices on the front.

Barbaros/barbaroi: singular and plural often derogative term for any person who’s native language isn’t Tollesian.

Bireme: originally developed by the Venarri, biremes are mid-sized warships with two tiers of around thirty rowers on each side. Typically around 80 feet long. Though somewhat obsolete compared to modern hemiolia and trihemiolia warships, biremes remain popular as support ships in navies across the Vestic, Tornis, and Istartus Seas. Slangily called twos by sailors or deuces by dice-players.

Chiton: popular unisex garment among Tollesian cultures. Similar to a robe or a dress and consisting of one to three sheets of linen or silk held together by belts and pins. Comes in many styles, cuts, and colors.

Democracy: a relatively new and fairly unpopular form of government where landowning citizens elect public leaders and vote on major issues.

Doulos/douloi: singular and plural for chattel slaves. Typically indentured for life, they made up by far the largest percentage of classical-era slaves, typically employed in grain-fields, lumber camps, mines, kilns, barges, brothels, and other places that involved back-breaking manual labor.

Eleutheros/eleutheroi: commoners, freemen.

Êrus/êras: male and female form of address from slave to master or mistress.

Exomis: a type of tunic pinned at one shoulder, rather than sleeved.

Geomoros/geomoroi: singular and plural for small-time landowners, typically farmers, who frequently made up the largest percentage of Tollesian soldiers.

Hetaira/hetairai: singular and plural for high-end courtesans who provided sex, music, dancing, and other entertainments for their clients.

Hegemony: a coalition of Tollesian and/or Venarri poleis, usually led by the polis with the strongest army.

Hemiolia: light, fast war-galley with one-and-a-half tiers of oars to the bireme’s two. Sleeker and swifter but less durable than the bireme. Slangily called hems or one-and-a-halves, hemiolia are popular as privateers, patrol craft, and scout vessels.

Hoplite: heavy spear-infantry soldier that makes up the bulk of Tollesian armies across the Vestic Sea. Depending on context, the term may also refer to any Tollesian infantry soldier or to Tollesian soldiers in general.

Hypocras: a heated, spiced wine, popular as a breakfast beverage.

Kopis: Tollesian name for a single-edged slashing sword with a forward curve and bulging taper toward the end. Popular sidearm among infantry and cavalry in many cultures and kingdoms.

Lembus: originally designed by the seafaring tribes and kingdoms that would later become the Illaran League, these are light, swift galleys with a single tier of oars. Popular among Tollesian and Venarri commerce- and coastal-raiders, they also see use as patrol-, scout-, and skirmish-craft in many navies.

Linothorax/linen cuirass: a hardened linen or linen-and-leather composite armor popular among Tollesian and Venarri soldiers but also not uncommon in armies from other cultures. May include thin, stamped bronze scales adhered to the spaulders, midriff, or chest.

Lochagos/lochagoi: singular and plural for an officer who leads individual detachments (lochoi) of soldiers or carries out the strategos’ orders in the land army. In the navy, lochagoi are shipboard officers who command an individual warship’s marines—separate from the ship’s captain who commands the sailors and rowers (see: trierarchos). Seniority may be based on merit or length of service.

Lochagos hippeis: Master of Horses. Senior officer in charge of the army’s cavalry.

Lochagos hoplitai: Master of Hoplites. Senior officer in charge of the army’s heavy infantry.

Lochagos psoloi: Master of Skirmishers. Senior officer who coordinates the army’s ranged infantry, including javelins, archers, and slingers.

Lochos/lochoi: singular and plural for a band of soldiers who are either a part of a larger army or who have been detached from the main army, whether as a patrol, garrison, or other mission.

Metoikos/metoikoi: singular and plural for foreign resident living in a Tollesian polis. Could refer to non-Tollesians or Tollesians originally from another polis.

Oiketes/oiketoi: household slaves or indentured servants. Typically these included cleaners, scullery maids, cooks, tutors, bed-warmers, stable hands, groomers, seamstresses, barbers, or anyone else employed by aristoi or geomoroi for help around their households or businesses.

Oligarchy: system of government where rule rests with a small number of people (oligarchs). Oligarchs may be military, familial, political, elected, religious, or even mercantile leaders, particularly in Venarri poleis in the latter case.

Pankration: a mixed martial art popular in many poleis, combining punches, kicks, holds, and chokes found in boxing and wrestling.

Pelta/peltai: singular and plural for a small or medium crescent-shaped shield, popular with Tollesian javelin-skirmishers (peltasts).

Peltast: Tollesian name for ranged, light-infantry soldiers with shields and javelins. Specifically refers to javelin-throwers with linothorax armor and pelta or thureos shields, but depending on context may refer to any javelin-soldier.

Penteconter: an older class of warship with a ram on the prow and a single tier of 25 rowers on each side. Largely obsolete, but still popular among pirates and smaller poleis. An archaic design that led to the development of later biremes and triremes.

Phalanx: formation of hoplites or similar spear-units, arranged in a solid line with spears and shields facing forward.

Polemarchos/polemarchoi: singular and plural for a Tollesian warlord. May refer to a warrior-monarch or to a polis’s highest military commander.

Polis/poleis: singular and plural for “city-and-state.” Rather than kingdoms, many Venarri and almost all Tollesian nations are organized around city-states and their neighboring townships. Regardless of individual government type, the polis forms the nucleus of Tollesian cultural and political identity.

Quadrireme: a new, heavy class of warship, featuring two tiers of oars with two rowers per oar. Found exclusively in the navies of the Empire of Pellastor, their use in combat is still under experimentation. Though most poleis are aware of their existence, their exact construction is a closely guarded secret. Slangily called fours.

Quinquereme: a new class of heavy warship, recently designed by the Empire of Pellastor. Features three tiers of oars, the top two tiers requiring two rowers per oar. Larger than a trireme in all respects, their construction is a closely regarded secret, but their performance so far suggests they may replace triremes as mainstay ships-of-the-line for most major poleis. Slangily called fives.

Rhyton: horn-shaped drinking vessel, often sculpted with fish, bulls, or other animal motifs. Typically made from glass, tin, or brass.

Strategos/strategoi: singular and plural for highest ranking officer in charge of an army or fleet. Size of army or fleet and number of strategoi per army depends on individual polis’s organization. Seniority is often based on length of service.

Tetrarchy: system of government where a polis is ruled by four individuals (tetrarchs), commonly either elected leaders, military leaders, or heads of the four most powerful families.

Thureos: Tollesian name for a tall, oblong shield, generally around three feet wide and over four feet tall. Gripped behind a bronze boss instead of strapped to the arm, they’re typically made from leather stretched over a wooden backing, often painted. Originally adapted from Gannic warriors, thureos are becoming popular among heavy peltasts and slingers as well as non-traditional hoplites.

Trierarchos/trierarchoi: singular and plural for the captain of a warship. Often appointed by either the warship’s owner or by the military.

Trihemiolia: a swift medium warship featuring two and a half tiers of oars to the trireme’s three. Faster but less durable than the trireme, trihemiolia see use as support ships in battle, but are better deployed as commerce-raiders, pirate-chasers, or patrol craft. Slangily called two-and-a-halves.

Trireme: mainstay man-of-war on the Vestic, Istartus, and Tornis Seas, originally invented by Venarri shipwrights. Usually around 100-120 feet long, triremes are propelled by sails and by three tiers of 25-30 rowers on each side. Slangily called threes by sailors and marines.

Tyrant: an illegitimate ruler—frequently either a conqueror or usurper, though the term may also be used as an insult toward unpopular leaders who are legitimate.

Xenos/xenoi: singular and plural for stranger or outsider. May just as easily refer to a non-Tollesian or to a Tollesian from another polis.

Xiphos: a short stabbing sword with a leaf-shaped taper. Popular sidearm with Tollesian infantry.

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Selected list of key terms in pro wrestling

I meant this to be short and compact but it actually ended up being rather long. Anyway, hopefully I didn't forget something important!

angle - a fictional storyline which usually begins when one wrestler attacks another

(baby)face - the good guy in the ring, that wrestler who is booked to be cheered by fans

beat down - an angle in which someone is the recipient of a one-sided beating usually by a group of wrestlers

blading - a wrestler intentionally cutting themselves to sell their opponent's offense

blow up - to become exhausted during a match

book - to determine and schedule the events of a wrestling card

booker (also screenwriter) - a person who is setting up matches and writing angles

break character - to not follow one's gimmick (usually only for a moment, for example laughing when one shouldn't laugh, or a heel being nice to a fan or a fellow wrestler)

bump - to fall on the mat or on the ground; moves in witch a wrestler lands on a given surface

burial - the lowering of a wrestler's status in the eyes of the fans

bust open - to start to bleed

call out - to ask someone to come in the ring

call spots - to instruct the other wrestler of what is going to happen in the match

card - the order of matches in a given event

finisher - a wrestler's signature move that usually leads to pinfall or submission

gimmick - a wrestler's in-ring persona, character, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits they have while performing

Gorilla position - the staging area just behind the curtain where wrestlers come out to the ring

heat - negative reactions from the fans

heel - the bad guy in the ring, that wrestler who is booked to be booed by the fans

high-flying moves - moves that are using the ring's posts and ropes as aids. A wrestler who often uses such moves is said to have a high-flying wrestling style or called a high-flying wrestler

house show - untelevised event

jobber - a wrestler who routinely loses in order to build the credibility of other wrestlers

kayfabe - the portrayal of staged events as real; the presentation of professional wrestling as being entirely legitimate or unscripted

kick-out - to use the legs to kick or power out of a pin by using the force made to lift the shoulders off the mat

mark - a fan who believes (or behaves as though they believe) professional wrestling to be unscripted. Can also refer to people who don't know much about the business

near-fall - a wrestler's shoulders are pinned to the mat for a count of two, but the wrestler manages to escape before third count

over-sell - to show too much of reaction to an opponent's offense

pinfall - holding a wrestler's shoulders to the mat for a three count by which one (usually) wins the match

pop - positive reactions from the fans

promo - an in-character interview or monologue to advance a storyline (the act of doing this is known as cutting a promo)

push - an attempt by the booker to make a wrestler win more matches and become more popular in the eyes of the fans

rest hold - a loose hold during which wrestlers catch their breath or plan the next series of spots

rope break - a break of the pin count or submission when a wrestler has their hands or feet on the rope or under the rope

sell - to react to something in a way which makes it appear believable and legitimate to the audience

signature move - a move a wrestler regularly performs and is known of

smark - smart mark; a fan who has inside knowledge of the wrestling business but isn't speaking from their personal experience

spot - any planned action or series of actions in a match

storyline - the plot of events

tap out - a wrestler tapping the mat (three times) to end the match by submission

technical wrestling - a style of wrestling focused more on holds, takedowns, submissions, and grappling

turn - a switch from being a face to being a heel or vice versa

#pro wrestling #wrestling #jargon #glossary #wwe #wcw #ewc #tna #impact wrestling #aew

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