#myhology

[bestiarium]

The Eskudáit [Penobscot mythology; Native American mythology]

Will-of-the-wisps, also called swamp lights or ignis fatuus, are small, fast-moving flames that are sometimes seen in swamps. They are magical to behold, so it’s understandable that many civilizations from around the world assumed them to be supernatural creatures. Sometimes they are portrayed as floating lanterns, spirits holding a lantern (like in the first image), sentient balls of fire (as in the second image) or similar interpretations.

If I understand the phenomenon correctly, they are caused by the biological degradation of decaying organic matter. Gases are released that ignite when coming into contact with air, causing sparks. And if those sparks happen to hit a pocket of flammable swamp gas, you get a flame that ‘dances’ in the air for a while before disappearing.

To the Penobscot people of North America, these lights were thought to be the Eskudáit: enigmatic fire spirits. These beings are unwelcome because their appearance always heralds some bad event: if the Eskudáit is sighted floating over a home, that means someone in that household will die in the near future. If the spirit flies in a certain direction, some kind of disaster will happen soon in that location. It is possible to see the floating flame ‘burst’.

It is actually uncertain whether the belief in the Eskudáit might have arisen from will-o’-the-wisps or comets in the night sky, or perhaps something else entirely.

Source: Speck, F. G., 1935, Penobscot Tales and Religious Beliefs, The Journal of American Folklore, 48(187), pp1-107. (image source 1: Brittany Maugeri on Artstation. Image depicts a will-o’-the-wisp, the full version is animated) (image source 2: Hela_unruly on Artstation, image depicts a will-o’-the-wisp.)

#Penobscot myhology #Native American mythology #spirits #mythical creatures #mythology #I really like that artwork tbh

[daisy-mooon]

Whumptober Day 19 - Floral bouquet

Art of a cold sun looking at hyacinths, inspired by Apollo and Hyacinthus :)

#yes i know its not a boquet #idk if you guys can see the sun #no this isnt posted on my art blog bc im mostly doing whumptober via fics and i wanna keep it on one blog #whumptober 2023 #whumptober2023 #no.19 #floral bouquet #apollo and hyacinthus #hyacinths #apollo #greek myhology #greek gods #art #digital art #fanart #krita #drawn on krita #daisymooon.art

[caracello]

deimos and ulysses . the guys-named-after-guys-named-after-mythology brothers.

#well in my case it's moon named after myhology But it counts. #i neeeeed to replay lonesome road or at least go visit uly again i miss him so baddd. sniff sobb sob. #gush:{🦅} #i wish i could mod so icould add a mod where he comes to visit jacobstown. ijust want him there.

[thanatoseyes]

I got super obsessed with 16th century French clergy a couple days ago so I went to the library checked out like 12 books and spent hours reading.

#do i have a problem? am i manic right now? can i not sleep? must i swiftly continue on until my body cannot move? #yeah maybe a little but lets be honest here im getting stuff done #dont worry im drinking plenty of water and taking micro naps idk what else to do #no but anyway thursday i checked out like 10 books on southern gothic literature so #the plots are threading i am about to liberate my mortal body from this burdensome soil #jk jk jk im honeslty going to try to go to bed early tonight #ive put myself inside the darkest room and have nothing at my disposal except for my phone #anyway i had an actual point to this. . . #i dont remember. . . #oh yeah the college library has like rows and rows and rows of the history of Catholicism and its kinda wild #dont worry we are an equal opportunity college plenty of books on egyptian myhology greek roman #my god the amount of history within the tower #i have a problem and its called book

[alaingiorgetti]

ASSIA

Le soleil n’est pas toujours à sa place. S’amenuisant vers ses extrêmes, il courbe le ciel en forme d’arc primitif et sauvage. Chaque jour passe au travers des corps à la manière d’une flèche, plus ou moins ralentie. Mais seule, la femme de Pharaon subit les traits de deux soleils à la fois, qui ne peut défaire les plis d’une âme inquiète qu’au gré de crépuscules ardents. C’est lorsque Nout, fille de l’air, de la terre et du ciel couvre son ventre nu d’un vacillant espoir, qu’en lieu et place du feu dominateur, par milliers, semblantes aux flammes des torches imbibées de naphte s’installent de minuscules feux. Là, dans le refuge troué de la nuit et de ses yeux débarrassés du parfum lourd des khôls, Assia aux longues tresses défait moralement les troubles de sa royale demeure, hypallage meurtri d’un empire et d’un peuple abaissés. Elle se laisse alors envahir par les eaux de la rêverie secrète et de l’admiration nouvelle. Enfant poisson, enfant crocodile, enfant rejeté par le Nil et véritable don d’Isis comme d’Osiris, elle sait déjà que le nom de Moïse est à lui seul miracle. Les pensées secrètes de l’épouse de Ramsès sont comme des ombres inchâtiées par le soleil, et, lorsqu’aux premières vapeurs de l’aube toute chargée des effluves, des sons et des insectes du Nil, les anges du Dieu unique la quittent enfin, ce n’est pas sans lui offrir la protection d'ailes fraîches et suspendues, à l’ombre desquelles elle pourra respirer jusqu’au soir. La foi rentrée de la reine la fertilise toute entière d’une boue sanguine et sacrée, dont elle façonne patiemment des murs intimes. Abris de fortune, maison intérieure ou palais en paradis, mais un espace inviolable, pour toujours sauvé de son sinistre époux. De ses erreurs, ses injustices et sa couronne désormais faussée.

#myhologies #egypte

[bunnymellow-art]

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#Griffin #Gryphon #Avian #Bird #Ferline #Cat #Hybrid #Feral #Mythical Creature #Myhological

[tinydetectivesoul]

hello, void

I just discovered an app that teaches you how to use old germanic runes (by painting one on your wrist each morning and removing it at night) , and I've always been obsessed™ with mythology and magic so I decided to give it a go. (Besides, anything to make me more excited to wake up in the morning and fuel me through the day, even just by granting me a means of gratifying my craving for romance and glamour, is welcome. And it's not like I need to hang upside down from Yggdrasil like Odin for 9 days straight to gain this power either)

Therefore, I will document my journey here, because ~ over-sharing ~ is my generation's lifestyle ✨

#runes #magic #just starting my spiritual life pls don't take me too seriously #divination #manifestation #spirituality #norse myhology #odin #Skye's

[avelera]

Some missed opportunities for Norse Mythology references in the Loki S2 Finale

I want to quickly preface this by saying the Loki show never claimed to be about or even incorporate more than passing nods to Norse mythology, so the following "missed opportunities" are more things that I think could have been cool and were perhaps within reach as references, but that even at my most wildly optimistic I didn't and still don't really expect because the show has been so very clear on this front. It's not fair to say these are flaws because the show never pretended to be about Norse mythology. NEVERTHELESS, because I'm a big nerd:

1) Ragnarok - All respect to Waititi and Thor III, it was a great interpretation of the myth, but I've always longed for something a little closer to the doom and mysticism of the mythology and the Loki S2 finale came tantalizingly close to invoking it, but fell short of actually using the word. Because Ragnarok isn't just about the fall of the gods, it's about the destruction and rebirth of the world. "After [the events of Ragnarok], the world will rise again, cleansed and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors." 

Gee does that sound familiar! Almost like destroying all of the timelines to create them anew! Almost like that's what Sylvie was invoking by telling him it's better to accept destruction rather than accept imprisonment, and to build something new out of the ashes.

That's Ragnarok. That's literally Ragnarok and they invoked it in so many ways there short of actually using the damn word.

Loki, the god destined to bring about Ragnarok, proceeding to directly bring down the current timeline by destroying and then renewing it with a male and female survivor to help rebuild (visualized with Mobius and Sylvie's little chat at the end, even if it's the TVA they helped rebuild not the human population) sure does sound astonishingly close to invoking the story of Ragnarok.

And even though I'm bummed they never called it Ragnarok, I completely understand why! Ragnarok has kinda already happened in the MCU (never mind that Ragnarok itself is cyclical and will come again, but I digress)! I'd even go so far as to guess that earlier drafts probably did make it clearer but the thread, except for its bones and outline, were abandoned or left unnamed explicitly because it would be confusing for those not familiar with the myth or who would conflate Ragnarok with its Thor III invocation. Alas.

2) Loki bound - Already sort of invoked in Thor II with Loki imprisoned, which is why I don't think any more overt reference was made, but Loki was rather famously bound up in mythology. In this case, in a cave with a snake's poison dripping into his mouth. Not saying Loki bound to his throne of time needed to be conflated with how he was imprisoned until Ragnarok in the myhology, but the imprisonment parallel is there.

3) Loki becomes the new Odin, sacrificed upon Yggrasil - "The generally accepted meaning of Old Norse Yggdrasill is "Odin's horse", meaning "gallows". This interpretation comes about because drasill means "horse" and Ygg(r) is one of Odin's many names. The Poetic Edda poem Hávamál describes how Odin sacrificed himself by hanging from a tree, making this tree Odin's gallows. This tree may have been Yggdrasil." (source)

IE, Loki has sacrificed himself upon the world tree for power and knowledge and for the sake of the world. In this, unlike in the mythology where Loki is not Odin's son, Loki ascends to a parallel of his father's throne to follow in his legacy, having finally learned his father's lessons about rulership and self-sacrifice. Perhaps like the mythological Odin, we will learn that in making this self-sacrifice, Loki too has gained phenomenal knowledge and power?

4) Ratatoskr - This is more foward-looking and I don't in a million years think they'll do it but it would be so cool - so cool - if at some later point Loki has a friend or a servant or a squirrel form or idk, something that invokes Ratatoskr, the squirrel that lives in the World Tree and freely travels up and down its branches delivering messages. Please, MCU, give Loki a little squirrel friend??

#norse mythology #loki #loki spoilers #loki meta

[eclipsecrowned]

It’s spooky season! I have all my muses listed! I think it’s time to drop a starter call! Below the cut, you will find a list of 28 horror-based/spooky CANON MUSES. Comment with the name of whoever you are interested in receiving a starter from, and I will message you to plot!

Count Dracula (Dracula, Vampire)

Damien Thorn (The Omen, Antichrist)

Daniel Molloy (The Vampire Chronicles, Vampire)

Dream of the Endless (The Sandman, Endless/Embodiment of Dreams)

Enrico Maxwell (Helling, Human Priest, has reanimated verse)

Eric Delano (The Magnus Archives, Human beset by Horrors)

Eva Portinari (Devil May Cry, Witch)

Father John Pruitt (Midnight Mass, Vampire Priest)

Gabrielle de Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles, Vampire)

Hannibal Lector (Hannibal novels, cannibal)

Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow (DC Comics, fear-based villain)

Lisa Tepes (Castlevania, Bride of Dracula)

Lord’s Blade Ciaran (Dark Souls, Human knight with Divine purpose)

Lothric, Younger Prince (Dark Souls, doomed experiment)

Lucien the Librarian (The Sandman, former raven-turned-librarian)

Lucienne the Librarian (The Sandman, former raven-turned-librarian)

Lyfrasir Edda (The Mechanisms, Eyewitness/Escapee of an Old One)

Melanie King (The Magnus Archives, Human/Avatar of Fear)

Melinoe (Greek Mythology, Chthonic deity of nightmares and madness)

Michael Morbius (Marvel Comics, Living Vampire)

Nuala (The Sandman, Fae of dubious history)

Orpheus (Greek Myhology, immortal seer)

Peter Lukas (The Magnus Archives, Fear Avatar)

Pip Bernadotte (Hellsing, Mercenary and Vampire Lover)

The Hillbilly / Max Thompson JR (Dead By Daylight, Serial Killer)

The Huntress / Anna (Dead By Daylight, Serial Killer)

The Twins / Charlotte and Victor DeShayes (Dead By Daylight, Serial Killers)

Unohana Retsu (Bleach, Shinigami)

#out of stories

[iiroiiros]

F/GO verse (zhongli)

with all the sources that the master of chaldea can summon from, it's no surprise that one from the land of a fictional story is available to them. the character of "zhongli" from teyvatian myhology is summonable in two forms: a lancer self, which is that of the modern man, zhongli, and a ruler self, himself as the god of commerce, earth, and war, morax.

(artist credit x | x)

for zhongli, he is the more defense and support focused of the two, while morax is much more attack based but still with a significant bulk. the lancer's noble phantasm is planet befall, summoning a massive meteor to rain down upon foes. while his ruler self's noble phantasm is creation of guyun, instead making use of the massive stone spears he'd once created the eponymous rock formation from.

#[“ I WILL HAVE ORDER. ” | zhongli.hc] #[ fgo.vrs ] #((yeah im finally making verse tags wow #((anyway this is mainly for fgo stuff with enter #((but im not opposed to doing it with others :0

[persephoneflowerpetals]

Did you know that Hercules' original birth name was  Alcides? It would have been interesting if Hercules used his myhology counterpart's birth name on a mission.

Really? I didn’t know that lol!

Yeah that would’ve been pretty funny to see him use that as like a made up alias or something lol!

#ask #anon ask #hercules #disney hercules #disney #disney’s hercules #hercules the animated series #hercules disney

[corruptedsilence]

Whays funny is the more softer and kind side of missi that is more human ks still there. Its repressed due to Des and his influence over her partially nommed on soul but she can be kind and caring. The moments can be rare depending on the partner and more so if shes ever in a mood to be that way but its still there. Its just a matter of connecting to missi on her human level and not her vampiric persona she puts on

A lil hint, talking to her about novels, writing, tv shows, musicals, myhology and ancient stories and fairtales she can show those more human parts as shed get very excited to talk about it if you show genuine interest. Its about knowing who she was as a human and connecting tk that part of her, in a way her semi true self.

I do believe both vampiric missi and human melissa are both the same. Des and tje cane cant force her to act against her will personality wise only influence the emotions she feels and the extremity of it. So everything we see of missi and melissa is all her, just parts of her she can feel more or less confident showing. I hc the psudo vampirism gave her confidence to be someone new, and let loose sides of her she kept repressed but her older self and personality traits and stuff are all still there e en if shes not actively expressing them always

#Mobile

[romanticallyghosting]

Rose, cherry blossom, carnation, anemone.

Id ask heather but I know the answer :33

fair enough GHGFHJNBVF

rose - describe your crush.

@villainsally/hj

ok but my irl crush(ish, i think i have a crush on them but idk): a bookworm, wears stupid blue + purple sparkly glasses, horrible at basketball, and funny!!

cherry-blossom - do you believe in love at first sight?

id say so!! i think that its rare and not always something you should immediately act upon, but yeah. why not

carnation - does true love exist?

id like to think so. it would make life a whole lot simpler. but idk. i think in reality relationships are so complex and have layers, so even if it does, i think that its different than maybe we expect

anemone - were you ever interested in greek mythology?

OMG I LOVE GREEK MYHOLOGY!! i wish i knew more about it but i think its super neat! it feeds into my hadestown engoyment tbh. btw one of my favorite greek goddesses is artemis :) she is so fun

#ghostly answers #anon :)

[itsnothingbutluck]

#The Man Who Fell in Love with a Statue - Pygmalion and Galatea - Greek Mythology in Comics

[bunnymellow-art]

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#Griffin #Gryphon #Avian #Bird #Ferline #Cat #Hybrid #Feral #Mythical Creature #Myhological

[nasa]

Ready for a virtual adventure through the Orion Nebula?

Suspended in space, the stars that reside in the Orion Nebula are scattered throughout a dramatic dust-and-gas landscape of plateaus, mountains, and valleys that are reminiscent of the Grand Canyon. This visualization uses visible and infrared views, combining images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope to create a three-dimensional visualization.

Learn more about Hubble’s celebration of Nebula November and see new nebula images, here.

You can also keep up with Hubble on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr!

Visualization credits: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, L. Frattare, M. Robberto, M. Gennaro (STScI), R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC), M. Kornmesser (ESA); Acknowledgement: A. Fujii, R. Gendler

#NASA #Hubble #nebula #orion #stars #myhology #space #universe #grandcanyon #mountain #science #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #nebula november