#hyperborea

[hogoflight]

here’s another delusional one for y’all: so we’ve got Apollo hibernates in Hyperborea during the winter right. What if. Considering the fact that Hyperboreans are also said to not age or fall to illnesses. WHAT IF WHEN APOLLO WASN’T SLEEPING THERE THEY FELL INTO A SORT OF CRYOSLEEP AND THE LAND ALMOST FROZE OVER, WHAT IF THEY SET UP A SPECIFIC TEMPLE WITH A SUPER COMFY BED ETC ETC FOR APOLLO WHICH IS ALSO OPEN WALLED AND AT THE VERY TIP OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF HYPERBOREA, AND WHEN HE SLEEPS THERE IT’S LIKE HYPERBOREA’S OWN LITTLE SUN, RAYS PEEKING OUT FROM THE COLUMNS OF HIS TEMPLE. (I’m also imagining that when he sleeps he sort of melts Into matter and intense light. Maybe like a big noodle.) WHAT IF HOUSES HAD MIRRORS OF SORTS POSITIONED TO REFLECT HIS LIGHT FOR VARIOUS USES, ONE OF WHICH BEING TO WAKE THEM UP SO THEY CAN USE HIS LIGHT FOR VARIOUS. LIVING. PURPOSES. LIKE FARMS HAD HUGE MIRRORS WITH BIGGER, ROUGHER SURFACES TO SCATTER THE LIGHT OVER A BROAD AREA ONTO VARIOUS PLANTS PRESUMABLY ON DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OR LEVELS ON DIFFERENT ANGLES, ALSO WITH THE HELP OF PRISMS. WHAT IF THERE WERE SUPER TALL “STREETLIGHTS” THAT WERE THIN (so as to not completely block out much of the light) AND REFLECTED LIGHT ABOVE CITIES IN CONNECTED BEAMS OF LIGHT. WHAT IF AS THANKS THE PEOPLE LAID STONES AND GOLD AND JEWELLERY WITH MANY FACETS AT HIS ALTAR, TO MAKE THE LIGHT HE GIVES OFF SEEM EVEN MORE BRILLIANT. WHAT IF THE RAVENS HERE ARE SACRED TO APOLLO BECAUSE THEY BRING HIM THE SHINY THINGS AND ARE SAID TO BE HIS VOICE WHILE HE SLEEPS (mixture of sleep talking and actual advice). WHAT IF BECAUSE RAVENS ARE GOOFY AS HELL, HYPERBOREAN RAVENS ARE ESPECIALLY GOOFY AS HELL BECAUSE HYPERBOREAN APOLLO IS A MORE OF SILLY GOOFY / YOUNG GUY THAT DOES, IN FACT, SEEM LIKE THE KIND OF GUY THAT THE HYPERBOREANS WOULD SACRIFICE COW BUTTS TO TO MAKE HIM LAUGH (actual source). EDIT: sorry I meant donkeys??? He finds donkeys silly and goofy??? I don’t know why I wrote cow butts??? I got temporarily possessed??? This is what I get for writing something vaguely based off of something in my head I read months ago??? Sorry again??? (however if you want. character wise if he’s more young here then yeah If he laughs at donkeys I think he would laugh at butts too. Look at him (guy in my brain).)

#Apollo #toa #the lack of references to actual texts here makes me disappoint BUT maybe I’ll add more later! I just really like this world building #Hyperborea #light #For Lack Of A Better Word: Eldritch #Miscellaneous worldbuilding

[brantheblessed]

#greta #zionism #hyperborea

[apollosothertwin]

Sometimes you gotta just leave for the winter and go to Hyperborea to chill with your wind god boyfriend, you know?

#trials of apollo #apollo #boreas #Apollo x boreas #hyperborea #greek mythology #pjo apollo

[ironhawklegend]

DruidStone by Keith Parkinson

#OSR #Hyperborea #TTRPG #sword and sorcery

[coolandniceplanet]

#bionicle #meme #hyperborea

[castilestateofmind]

#junger #ernst junger #myth #reality #jung #joseph campbell #mircea eliade #alain de benoist #europe #nature #hyperborea #gods #Walter Otto #mythology #european mythology #mythos #truth #eternal reality #rene guenon

[briefbestiary]

Legendary beasts that once warred with the horse-riding Arimaspians.

Apparently the Indian Griffin is a type of griffin about the size of a wolf with a unique plumage coloration. Regardless, this particular variation of the species also nests as close to local gold deposits as possible, just like their relatives outside of India.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #myth #mythology #griffin #gryphon #griffon #gryps #grypho #gripes #vespulione #medieval legend #greek legend #roman legend #hyperborea #riphean mountains #arimaspi #beast

[mariajoseignacia666]

#wwii #ww2 #germany #aryan #german #nordic #viking #black metal #heathen black metal #pagan black metal #norse paganism #hyperborea #old photo #vintage #nsbm

[diasporangael]

#ufo #uap #hyperborea

[whencyclopedia]

Atlantis

Atlantis is a legendary city described by the Greek philosopher Plato (c. 429 – 347 BCE). Atlantis, a fabulously wealthy and advanced civilization, was swept into the sea and lost forever in a story which has captured the imagination of readers ever since. Without archaeological evidence or substantial information from sources besides Plato, the legend poses more questions than answers.

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#Athens #atlantis #Atlas #Critias #Greek_Mythology #Hyperborea #socrates #solon #thera #history

[hogoflight]

HANG ON A SECOND WE’VE GOT THE “HYPERBOREAN APOLLO HIBERNATES FOR HALF THE YEAR IN HYPERBOREA”. AND GENERALLY GRYPHONS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH APOLLO, MANY OF IT IN THE CONTEXT OF APOLLO AT HYPERBOREA RIGHT. APOLLO HIBERNATING AS A BIG MAMA GRYPHON AND WARMING / PROTECTIVELY HUGGING GRYPHON EGGS WHEN HE HIBERNATES (as general noodles. Noodles form) IN HYPERBOREA.

#apollo #gryphon #griffin #griffon #NO IDEA how to spell them. #hyperborea

[btvd7000]

#hyperborea #the coffin of andy and leyley #siblings

[apollosothertwin]

When boreas first showed Apollo his best he was a bit weirded out but once they got to snuggle he was like okay, this is surprisingly comfy

#trials of apollo #apollo x boreas #boreas #pjo boreas #apollo #pjo apollo #hyperborea #toa #percy jackson #rick riordan #the trials of apollo #pjo hoo toa

[ironhawklegend]

The Bridge. Art by Art of Kor.

#osr #sword and sorcery #ttrpgs #ttrpg #hyperborea

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

can you tell me more about draco and the northern oracle 🙏 i wanted to dive more into this when i saw your post about heavenly oracles but all that came up when i searched for the dragon was ladon

Ah yes, I know why that is.

Multiple myths can correlate to the same constellation. Capricorn, for instance, could be this one legendary seagoat who was memorialized for his bravery as a constellation OR it could be a representation of Pan's escape from Typhon as a seagoat.

The Draco constellation is like this - most will say it's to symbolize Ladon, the dragon who guards Hera's golden apples, while others will say the constellation itself is the earth-dragon of Koios's oracle.

Obviously, I think we all know which one I prefer lol

and!!! um!!! maybe I can tell you more, we'll see XD

So. I am of the mind that Draco and Python both coexisted with their respective Titan counterparts - Koios and Phoebe. They both witnessed the Titan War, and while Draco retreated inside Koios's oracle and kinda shut it down to a degree to keep it from falling into the gods' hands (because remember - Draco is on Koios's side here. He would do everything he could to keep it from Olympus.), Python remained neutral with Phoebe.

That is. Until he grew greedy. And wanted Delphi's power for himself. And then got slammed by her grandson lmao

BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT HIM :D IT'S DRACO TIME :D

I imagine Draco to be kinda an icy-blue and white dragon, resembling the north but also the sky, because that's where he and Koios get their prophecies from (and I see Python as purple & green hence the Earth and all that hehe. Colors!!!).

AH I CAN SHARE MY HEADCANON ON WHERE I THINK THE ORACLE IS AT NOW :D

so context: Koios's oracle is to the North, but not like. the North Pole. The Ancient Greeks weren't aware of such a thing - sure, they believe Koios was the Northern pillar, but not like the North Pole.

This is important to know because Hyperborea, Apollo's eternal spring vacation suit, is located just below where Koios's oracle is!

SO IF WE TAKE OUT MY MAP HERE (yes I have a map for this. i have ADHD what do you expect?)

The Underworld River Eridanos runs through Hyperborea, as seen by the 34 Gray marker on the map^

Gray marker 32 is the location of the Rhipaion Mountains, where Boreas lives. This is the southernmost border of Hyperborea!

Originally I thought Eridanos was like. the Northern border - but no! Sources say that it's the River Oceanus instead.

But the thing is. For this river to be the northern border, then that means Hyperborea takes up like. Bulgaria to Poland. Lithuania. Till it hits the Baltic Sea, at least.

(Wait. oh my gosh...that's how Freypollo happens...ohmygosh EVERYONE I'VE FIGURED IT OUT!

ahem. saves for later <-ask me about it. please.)

anyway. SO THEREFORE HYPERBOREA IS LIKE. WHERE GRAY 33 IS. BUT ALSO FROM GRAY 32 AND UP.

Apollo really just went "See this? It's all mine now." lmaooo XD

that or Boreas was a really good boyfriend <-headcanon i could share too if anybody's curious hehe

BACK TO THE ORACLE NOW.

Delphi is the center of the world to the Ancient Greeks, so if we go North, Koios's would be right about...

Koios has friends in the Norse pantheon confirmed?

guys I'm just spitballing right now. but it makes sense too.

Ancient Greece was aware of the Norse, btw! and, funnily enough, they could have mythologicalized them as...the Hyperboreans.

Freypollo happened y'all it's all right here

And I'm not making that up! It's historically agreed upon that the Hyperboreans in mythology were probably mythological avatars of the Norse! Greece rarely interacted with them, but they still knew of the other's existence. In fact, they were in a bit of awe of the Norse if memory serves correctly lol

Fascinating. Amazing how it all fits together.

Of course, remember this is just me making a crack theory about this Really Obscure Thing so there may be something out there that doesn't add up with this and if there is I Will make it Work with this but all in all, I think it does make sense?

Like seriously I just pulled this out of my head. Only the part above the cut was prewritten but the rest was pure crack theory slammed down.

As for where I think Hyperborea and Koios's Oracle are in the RRverse...

Greenland be covered in snow, yes. But remember Hyperborea is a land of Eternal Spring and would not be deterred by that lol

Plus it'll be typical RRverse shenanigans for Eternal Spring to be in a Very Snowy place lmao

I was tempted to put Koios's Oracle at The North Pole but then I was like ehhh not very accessible, is it?

I can officially say this is my second theory lol hope you enjoyed the rabbit hole :3

#the oracle speaks #ramblings of an oracle #the trials of apollo #koios #draco constellation #hyperborea #pjo koios

[vintagegeekculture]

Clark Ashton Smith

#atlantis #hyperborea