#mountain gods

[luc3]

Black Elderberry. [French Folks Traditions]

In the 19th century, the peasants of France still attributed magical properties to the Elderberry, and its wood was sometimes used to make sorcerer's staffs and divinatory wands.

In the legend, Judas, after having betrayed Christ, would have gone to hang himself from an Elderberry branch. Thus, it is said in Vienne, that the person who breaks an elderberry branch in the garden of his neighbors will betray this one in the year, even without wanting it and without knowing it.

It should also be noted that in certain regions, Elderberry served as a panacea : everything was good in Elderberry for healing, in the past. But that following the curse linked to Judas, its powers had been supposedly removed.

Protective Magic :

Côtes d'Armor : Elderberries are planted near houses to ward off evil spells and snakes. It is also used to protect livestock (diseases and evil spells) by placing a branch in the cows' litter.

Yonne : Pick up a branch of Elderberry on the passage of the Corpus-Christi procession and then place it in an apple tree, it'll protect it against caterpillars. (?!)

Lower Brittany, Côtes d'Armor : You should never hit a cow with an Elderberry branch, it will make it sick, or cause its milk to dry up. Same thing for pigs. Moreover, if you burn Elderberry wood, you risk preventing the hens from laying eggs.

Magical Medicine:

Côte d'Armor : It is said that the Dlderberry is a "doctor", because the fairies took refuge in the flowers to flee the world when it became too mean. (a special one for my dear @lailoken )

Vienne, Vaucluse : the patient who touches an Elderberry will get better in the next few days, and to cure fevers you have to slip his name and date of birth into a previously hollowed-out elderberry tree.

The feast of Saint John is (of course) favorable to the Elderberry, whose virtues it multiplies.

In the Gospel of the Cattails it is said that warts are cured by rubbing it with an Elder leaf on the eve of Saint John, a leaf which is then buried. As the leaf rots, the wart dries out.

In Upper Brittany, Elderflowers collected on Saint John's Day are used to make an herbal tea to treat sick eyes.

Witchcraft :

Jura : We know the story of a sorcerer who introduced a little excrement from the person or animal he wanted to bewitch into a hollowed-out elderberry stick. He then fixed this stick in running water while reciting a prayer. The victim had stomach aches as long as the water agitated the stick.

In addition, Collin de Plancy in his Dictionnaire Infernal reports that : "when one has received some curse from a sorcerer whom one does not know, one hangs one's habit from one ankle and strikes on it with an elderberry stick; all the blows will fall on the back of the guilty sorcerer, who will be forced to come, in all haste, to remove the spell."

I learned SO MUCH HERE (snakes / little neighbors / sick eyes) while I came confident and persuaded to find other things in these quotes... Thus I'll continue to thank and pay tribute by posting the work of J. Fournier on the subject. (Once translated.)

Pic 1 @incroyables-plantes ; pic 2-3 @lherbier-d-elsa

Quotes arranged by me from the Dictionnaire de la France Mystérieuse by MC Delmas.

Also @graveyarddirt, I know you have some and you'll like it Sis' <3

#Sambucus Nigra #Black Elderberry #Great Grand'Ma #Great Old One #mountain gods #<3 #diary #Them #PS: if we could commit suicide collectively concerning the tumblr layout thing? #French Folks Traditions

[dramafantiny]

Yeon & Hong-Joo & Moo-Yeon| Play With Fire (2x12)

#youtube #구미호뎐1938 #tale of nine tailed #tale of nine tailed 1938 #kim beom #lee dong wook #lee rang #lee yeon #hong joo #moo yeon #play with fire #mountain gods

[y0uc4n7kn0w]

Day 2 of Hotsui Matsuri: Nihongo Legends-Tengu

Hotsui Matsuri: Tengu Time Edition #anime #anitwt #hotsuimatsuri

Some people call them tricksters, others say they are ogres, and some yet liken them to angels instead. What mysterious creature do I speak of today? The Nihongo Legend of a yokai depicted as humanoid creatures with red faces, long noses, and avian wings. The creature I speak of is none other than the infamous tengu. Today for Hotsui Matsuri, we’re going to explore the legend of the…

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#aniblogger #anime #Day 2: Nihongo Legends - Tengu #forest spirits #hotsui matsuri #Japanese folklore #legend of the tengu #mountain gods #nihongo legends #otaku #shinto folklore #Tactics anime #Tactics manga #Tengu #weeb #weeboo

[oracleofapollo]

Devotional Activities: Ourea & Other mountain gods

Hiking: Preferably in mountains but if you can't just go for a hike anywhere that's safe. Bathing/Swimming in stream: Mountain streams can be a great place to cleanse yourself or just enjoy the day. Mountain symbols: Wearing necklaces with a mountain motif or having art of mountains around the home is a good way to honor them. Plant Trees: In honor of their mother Gaea plant trees. This gives thanks to her and them and helps the planet.

#devotional activity #ourea #hellenic gods #hellenic #hellenic polytheism #hellenistic #mountain gods

[whatevergreen]

Mirror with incised image of Zaō-gongen, Heian Period, 12th century, Japan - Nara National Museum

Zaō-gongen is a mountain deity of the Shugendō sects (a blend of Shintoism, Buddhism and Daoism).

#japan #zao gongen #mountain gods #heian era

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie – Albert Bierstadt (detail) // Lofoten Island – Lev Lagorio // Rosenlaui – François Diday // Mount Elbrus in the Clouds – Nikolai Yaroshenko // Storm in the Mountains – Hermann Ottomar Herzog // Sierra Nevada – Albert Bierstadt // Rocky Mountain Landscape – Albert Bierstadt // Inkpot Gods – The Amazing Devil

#between this and my thoroughfare edit i guess i'm entering my dramatic landscape era #albert bierstadt #hermann herzog #rocky mountains #landscape painting #landscape #inkpot gods #ruin #ruin album #ruin the amazing devil #the amazing devil ruin #ruin tad #the amazing devil #tad #madeleine hyland #joey batey #art #art history #lyrics #lyric art

[stil-lindigo]

the sunset.

a comic about two outlaws who loved each other, despite everything.

creative notes:

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all my other comics

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#cw: gun violence + blood #par for the course for most homoerotic cowboy media #conway loved roy and roy loved him back but only figured that out when it was too late #god i love tragedy #this was indirectly inspired by the lifechanging heartache of a movie that is brokeback mountain #i watched that movie and was ruined emotionally for a calendar week #these poor self sabotaging cowboys #i havent been this proud of a comic as a finished product since RED btw #like if it was just the art or the poem on its own it wouldn't hit but i really do think i did my best for both components #really pulled out all the stops on this one so i hope you all like it as well #and as always #thank you for reading #cowboys #western #gay rights #and wrongs #original art #comic art #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics #hearteaters

[mag200]

DO YOUR PART TO COMBAT THE ANTI-AGING INDUSTRY. SEXUALIZE WRINKLES AND LAUGH LINES AND STRETCH MARKS AND BODY HAIR AND FAT. ROMANTICIZE SIGNS OF A LIFE THAT IS LIVED. EMBRACE THE YEARS THAT LAY BEFORE YOU. YOUR FREEDOM LAYS NOT IN A HOLLOW RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PAST. YOU DID NOT PEAK IN HIGH SCHOOL. YOU DONT NEED TO LOOK LIKE THAT. YOU DONT NEED THE $40 FUCKING EYE CREAM.

#every day i go to the top of a mountain and yell this and every day god strikes me down. but i keep going.

[inbredlamb]

#brendon burton #appalachian gothic #southern goth aesthetic #regional gothic #rot #rural america #abandoned by god #photo dump #southern gothic #southern style #american gothic #appalachain mountains #you tasted love and it tasted sweet #religious trauma #trashy 2000s

[cirrus-ghoulette]

Thinking about this video where Dew knocks on Mountain's drums and waves at him

#God this is so cute #ghost #ghost band #ghost bc #The band ghost #Dew #Dewdrop ghoul #Mountain #Mountain ghoul

[luc3]

[Dogrose] French Folk Traditions.

Common names : Dog Rose, Hedge Rose, Rosehip.

Vernacular names : dog rose, wild rose, rosehip (name given to the fruit of the dog rose), in France we call it "gratte-cul" literally "itching-ass", it evokes hairs in the red fruits which can cause itching. Also call cynor(r)hodon, kunorhodon (greek) : Dog Rose, Rose du Chien.

The name “dog rose” comes from the property once attributed to the root of this plant, which was supposed to cure the bites of rabid dogs.*(I will talk about this property further when I will translate extracts from Fournier for the botanical properties of the plant.)

The rosehip is a shrub which, in France, has always had great magical properties.

Suspended from the door or from the ceiling of houses, its branches protect against diseases and spells (North); they prevent cow's milk from drying up, especially after a curse has been cast on it (Limousin).

To cast or "lift" a spell, one uses a rosehip root that one will have picked up in a cemetery on a full moon night. (Languedoc)

The magical and formerly sacred character of this shrub appears in certain prohibitions (taboos), mixed with fear and respect, noted in the 19th century :

you must be careful not to insult it, otherwise the culprit will be affected by an illness that will only go away when he apologizes. (West)

the young girl who picks a rosehip flower will see her marriage delayed for a year.

if this same young girl (mean virgin) touches the fruit of the dog rose, she will fall from the "high-disease" (old name given to epilepsy.) (Drôme.)

laying rosehip flowers on a grave brings bad luck to the family for entire generations.

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According to a Breton legend, it's the devil who designed the rosehip while trying to make a rosebush.

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Magical Medicine:

you must cut a branch of wild rose the same size as the patient and put it to dry in the fireplace. When the branch is completely withered, the patient is cured.

various skin problems can be treated in the same way.

certain healers in the Gard treat their patients by pulling up a rosehip at sunrise, a gesture accompanied by magic words. Healers must then walk away backwards.

Sometimes an excrescence that looks like a sponge grows on the dog rose (it is called "rose scab"). It has long been used to dissolve kidney stones and has long been attributed with all sorts of marvelous properties. It protects against toothaches, it brings good luck (if you find it without having looked for it, or if you can't remember where you put it in your clothes)(Loiret), as a poultice on the kidneys it soothes the pain of menstruation and calms the influx of blood.

( *wikipedia + Fournier.)

[abstracts arranged by me from Delmas, Fournier, Thiers.]

#rosehip #dog rose #mountain gods #<3 #great old ones #Pour Toi Mère-Grand #Free ch folk tradition s

[radiantmists]

he xuan spending years trying to break out of the kiln: -_-

the massive xie lian statue in the corner:

🙂

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #i imagine this was before he met hua cheng too #so he probably had zero context #he's just fought(/ate?) his way through the whole gauntlet of mt tonglu #beat the mountain spirits. convinced the kiln to close. started fighting everyone inside #and there's just a mountain-sized statue of... some guy? probably a god??? #genuinely a bit impressed that whatever goes down in the kiln during a normal ghost king ascension didnt fuck up the statue at all #...imagine if it had and hua cheng found out that he xuan had damaged his masterwork #tgcf liveblog

[gravehags]

how does he look so polite and quiet yet gives off monumental freak nasty vibes? the duality of mountain ghoul

#god i need him #mountain ghoul #the band ghost

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A rejuvenating encounter.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #I'm having so much fun with poorly drawn mdzs version 2.0 I'm so glad I decided to change my approach. #Once again I am reminding everyone that these two are *both* catboy coded. #Anyone who is in a 'roommates' cat situation knows full well how that little beast is invigorated the moment the real owner comes home. #I too am also filled with delighted to see the creature. But the dynamic is two ways. #I have a hunch there are many people who also get excited just seeing wwx out in the wild. #Be careful with your approach! He startles easily - oh god he's running off into the mountains. Oh no he's stealing a donkey.

[fake-daily-watcher-tweets]

okay.. so if you were the tall bearded man who looked suspiciously like Neil Gaiman in downtown soho/London and heard me aggressively talking about Mike Faist bc he’s on the West End and also turned around and laughed when I loudly stated ‘YO THAT DUDE LOOKS LIKE NEIL”… I’m so sorry…😭💀

[Picture this]

Me and a friend walking, talking, maybe inebriated 👀🤏🧐

Me: “Its a little offensive that I’m not married to him. I’m single, he’s beautiful and talented, I don’t get it”

Friend: “Perfect Match😅👀”

Me: [Almost trips]

Me:

Me: [See’s a man with a beard and the aura of audacity - just enough to write soul crushing stories about demons and gods and scary roads]

Me: “YO THAT MAN LOOKS LIKE NEIL”

Friend:

Friend: “..who”

Me:

Friend: “OH”

Both: [look back to see the man laugh]

#mike faist #london #american gods #crowley #aziraphel #good omens #david tennant #michael sheen #the sandman #sandman #coraline #shane madej #west end musicals #broadway #connor murphy #brokeback mountain

[ignitefangs]

I did a few doodles over Twitter and would like to show them here because honestly- I liked them! Imma put them all in one post cuz it's easier that way (I apologize for the long post) This one shows off the designs for the ghouls that I have done (for now) I still plan on doing more but I found myself doodling these sillies more when I first got obsessed with Ghost.

+ This Mountain ghoul bonus doodle, it was more like an extra note about their form! This one is about the Ghoulettes, I still gotta come up with their designs but I have a few things in mind already

Sleepy Mountain doodle because I was very sleepy when I doodled it fjahhjf

Ifrit. My only way to describe this one is Terzo is better than me cuz I would've gone insane (He moves like a cartoon character, how can I not.)

I still plan on finishing the design too since I have something in mind but this is it for now! And the final doodle: Ghoul cuddle pile, but they fell asleep.

I apologize once again for the long post but hawjf just got too lazy to separate them all

#the band ghost #the band ghost art #swiss ghoul #sodo ghoul #dewdrop ghoul #mountain ghoul #rain ghoul #phantom ghoul #ifrit ghoul #cumulus ghoulette #cirrus ghoulette #aurora ghoulette #i swear to god #im trying to remember how to use tumblr again #and failing miserably