#persephone the wanderer

[saschirmations]

up silken my richard rn

#affirmations #poetry #richard silken #louise glück #gluck #averno #crush #war of the foxes #shitpost #the poems are as follows: #little beast #the myth of innocence #persephone the wanderer #archaic fragment #scheherazade #blue rotunda #saschirmations

[t0rschlusspan1k]

she has been a prisoner since she has been a daughter.

Louise Glück, from Averno, “Persephone the Wanderer”

#quotes #Louise Glück #Louise Gluck #Averno #Persephone the Wanderer #favs #about me #daughters #eldest daughter

[sunfish-swimming]

“Regarding/ incarceration, she believes/ she has been a prisoner since she has been a daughter.”

#louise glück #Persephone the wanderer #persephone #poet #poetry #RIP Louise Glück #have been reading her often these days

[quins-makeshift-menagerie]

Mmmm scribbles…just to draw something

#Mlp infection aus got me revisiting old ocs just for fun #mlp fim #art #2024 #guess I can uhhh #wandering embers #Wysteria #Persephone #tag them

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Persephone: When I returned to the Mortal Realm and saw my mother holding Triptolemus, I broke down in tears. Persephone: *sobs* While I was in the Underworld, my mother cheated on me with another child!

#persephone #demeter #triptolemus #incorrect greek mythology quote #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect greek gods #when Demeter is wandering the world in search for her daughter #she'd found another child and took him in #imagine reuniting with your mother after days apart and see her holding another child #and now you have to share your mother with a new sibling #i'm sorry Persephone but i can't stop thinking about this

[plutohollow]

My tarot decks for

💀Hekate + Persephone💀

I was in the sharing mood and was going to do some Hekate rituals soon so I wanted to share the decks I have dedicated to Hekate and Persephone. They are my most cherished decks and were my most expensive. Had to save up to even get them. But I’m glad I did!

First, my deck for Hekate is the True Black Tarot by Arthur Wang. Folks, when I say these are soft as a rose petal, I’m not exaggerating. They feel luxurious in my hands!

I picked a few of my favorite cards to show off. And the major arcana are decorated with spot gloss designs. I tried to capture some of it with the Moon card.

The edges are hand painted by the artist before they’re shipped out. The lovely texture makes shuffling a little more difficult and they are a thicker card stock so they don’t bend well. But it’s all worth it for me. I’m never unclear by messages from this deck.

My other deck for Persephone is The Wandering Spirit Tarot by Shin Haenuli. I got this along with the art book and reading cloth.

The moment I saw this deck and read the artist’s story behind its creation I immediately felt an intense connection to Persephone and I knew I had to work toward saving up for it.

Please, don’t feel like you have to drop a ton of money for expensive items for your deity work or craft. I did this because I eventually had the opportunity to save for them. It took a few years from when I discovered the decks to when I finally obtained them.

Consumerism is unfortunately rampant in the witchy community, and I realize I’m probably contributing to it with this post. But please know that the only thing that you need for your craft is you. The rest is just confetti. If you’re honest in your connection to your deities or you put the intentions needed behind the simplest of spells then that’s all you need at the end of the day.

#tarot #Hekate #Persephone #witchy #witchcraft #tarot decks #true black tarot #wandering spirit tarot

[cosmoglass]

Guillermo Del Toro was inspired by Ico and Shadow of the Colossus when he made El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth).

It’s well known that Guillermo Del Toro is a huge fan of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. The second game came out around the time filming of Pan’s Labyrinth was concluding, but I think it’s quite likely that del Toro would have watched trailers for it. His film is often described as a fairy tale for adults, and it occurred to me how well that describes Ico. Shadow of the Colossus is more like a Greek myth. The first shot of the movie shows Princess Moanna leaving her kingdom through ruins that are very reminiscent of the castle in Ico. Ofelia speaks to the faun in a place with a spiral staircase that's reminiscent of where Yorda is suspended in her cage. Both we and Ofelia are told that she is in fact Princess Moanna, Moanna's soul having returned in her body. When she finally escapes her fascist captor, she glows like Yorda and is reunited with her family as the princess in an afterlife kingdom.

I wrote a post here about Le Roi et l’Oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) as a source of inspiration for Fumito Ueda. It's an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, which features a faun/satyr, the same creature with the hind legs of a goat and horns (like Ico) that we see in Pan’s Labyrinth. The ending music, which is also the lullaby that Mercedes hums to Ofelia, sounds a bit like ‘La Bergere et le Ramoneur’ from The King and the Mockingbird which I have previously suggested could be an inspiration for 'Castle in the Mist'.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Ofelia is guided by fairies. Two fairies are effectively ‘used up’, saving her from being killed. The Great Deku tree. The monster sitting at the table looks like a ReDead and when he places his eyes into his hands, it reminded me of Bongo Bongo, the Shadow Temple boss.

Various movie influences - A girl rescuing her baby brother in a labyrinth is like Labyrinth. Doors created by drawing an outline with chalk is from Beetlejuice. Ofelia wears a pair of red shoes like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Alice in Wonderland.

Pan's Labyrinth feels very like a video game and as much like a Greek myth as like a fairy tale. It's something I feel I should have thought of before, how much the quests you go on in action-adventure and RPG games are like those in classical mythology. Think of how Ofelia has to complete three tasks, face three monsters and is rewarded with special items. Her first task, for example, is to get three stones into the mouth of a giant toad for which she is rewarded with a special key. It's amazing how Guillermo del Toro manages to thread this fantasy world together with a real world situation of Ofelia being held captive by a sadistic military officer in Franco's Spain.

#pan's labyrinth #el laberinto del fauno #guillermo del toro #greek mythology #fairy tale #persephone #ico #shadow of the colossus #fumito ueda #shrine of worship #wander and mono #legend of zelda #ocarina of time #deku tree #shadow temple #labyrinth 1986 #beetlejuice #wizard of oz #alice in wonderland #the shepherdess and the chimney sweep #le roi et l'oiseau #the king and the mockingbird #castle in the mist #yorda #princess moanna #hans christian andersen #faun #satyr

[themoonking]

complaining again! i don't think some people understand that it's fine and can be very fun to twist mythological figures around for the purposes of modern fiction. no one is getting upset over disney's hercules or anything. but it becomes misinformation when you try to pretend that the twisted version that modern fiction presents has mythological basis.

#no medusa was not blessed by minerva so that no man would ever harm her again #it was expliclty a punishment bc thats unfortunately how things tend to go in greek and ROMAN myths #and no medusa's head was not used to mark women's shelters in ancient greece #the gorgon head was a very common adornment for all sorts of buildings in ancient greece #no persephone didn't wander down into the underworld on her own and decide to stay #she was abducted and taken there against her will #and no she didn't secretly wish to get away from her awful bitch mother demeter #she missed her mother greatly while in the underworld and was overjoyed to see her again #did i miss anything? any more very common mythological inaccuracies bc i got the two big ones #i speak #greek mythology #roman mythology

[spiritdreamt]

She does know the earth is run by mothers, this much is certain. She also knows she is not what is called a girl any longer. Regarding incarceration, she believes she has been a prisoner since she has been a daughter.

persephone potter, an independent, fandomless oc. selective & private. created by puck.

#self promo. #look at this sexy-ass promo ash made me :) #quote is from persephone the wanderer by louise gluck #indie rp

[acheronist]

Finished invention of love 👍 i thought it was very sweet and thoughtful.. made me regret not doing more to get a masters in classics before remembering there is no future . Anyways to maintain an excellent stream of positive mental thinking, Time to read averno by louise gluck, which i chose 100% because it seemed like it would throw my heart into a shredder

#persephone wanderer ii i am ready for you to harm me

[saschirmations]

this one goes out to my girl persephone

#affirmations #greek mythology #greek gods #theoi #hellenism #helpol #persephone #demeter #hades #catherine parr #six the musical has entered the chat #persephone the wanderer #never left it #the myth of innocence #shitpost #but is it really #roman mythology #classics #saschirmations

[t0rschlusspan1k]

When the passion for expiation is chronic, fierce, you do not choose the way you live. You do not live; you are not allowed to die. You drift between earth and death which seem, finally, strangely alike. Scholars tell us that there is no point in knowing what you want when the forces contending over you could kill you. White of forgetfulness, white of safety—

Louise Glück, from Averno, “Persephone the Wanderer”

#quotes #Louise Glück #Louise Gluck #Averno #Persephone the Wanderer #life #death

[goddess-of-graphite]

The Great Notes App Exodus: Gothic Dragons

Gotham has always been protected by a Dragon, even before it was ever Gotham.

There was a way about the land Gotham stood upon, that was all twisted magics and darkness and feral energy that never quite fit in man’s modern world. America had but one Guardian Dragon - except for Gotham, which was near a law and country unto itself.

Gotham was a sanctuary for the supernatural, but it was not kind. Those non-humans who risked its dark streets were the brave, or the foolish, or the terribly desperate. Gotham was a dark city, and it’s people adapted or were driven out.

(But should a threat ever come for her, all of Gotham would rise up in response.)

So Gotham had its own Guardian, but the Dragon guarded the world outside from Gotham’s brutality just as much as it shielded Gotham from those that would rend her apart.

But, of course, Dragons were only so many, and new blood must be brought in - human blood, as it often was, and so the trend of Dragon blood “skipping” a generation emerged.

And the bloodline of the Guardian Dragons of Gotham withered, bit by bit, because it is far easier to kill a human of dragon blood than it is to kill a Dragon of human descent.

(And Bruce Wayne has never hated this truth of the world more - because his parents had been Skipped, human, and if they had been dragons, they’d still be there with him.

But they weren’t.

It was just Bruce, a fledgling Dragon, and the butler left to care for him.)

-

Although Gotham had only ever had one Guardian Dragon, it had at one time had a whole lineage of Dragons capable of taking up the mantle. As the Dragons intermarried, however, more and more lines broke off with human kin, occasionally producing dragons.

But the Guardian Line had been reduced to one untrained hatchling. And that hatchling didn’t much care if it was a Dragon or a dragon that was Guardian of the city, just that there was someone to Guard it.

The problem is, of course, that the hatchling needs training - but he cannot get that in Gotham.

So he leaves.

He comes back ready to pull his city back from the brink, by force if (when) necessary.

Here’s the thing - Bruce is no Dragon, because for all that he is the last of the Guardian line he doesn’t adhere to the rules of that duty.

A Guardian’s duty is to the supernatural beings they protect.

Bruce has already decided that that is not enough. Human or Magical Being, if no one else will step in, then he will.

Bruce might have been the Gotham Dragon, but that didn’t mean he was the only dragon in the city.

The thing about dragon blood is that it tended to turn up dragons unexpectedly in families that had been mostly human. A dragon ancestor could have human children, and their children have human children, and then a dragon. It was a recessive trait when introduced into human bloodlines, and especially if it was paired with yet more human lines, but it also was tellingly stubborn - a human may only have a single draconian ancestor hundreds of years back, but they could still unexpectedly turn up a dragon hatchling.

It was just sheer dumb luck that a bunch of said unexpected hatchlings turned up within the span of the same generation.

#The Great Notes App Exodus #graphite writes #american dragon was a show I held close to my heart the entire first season #and then they changed the art style and I Literally Could Not watch it #But the concept is so cool and I love dragons so here it is transplanted onto the batfam <3 #I also considered a version where the rest of the batfam are all different mythical creatures or even just human #Dick would be a water-based siren because I love the thought of him longing for the sky like his bird-siren ancestors #the thought is that you have three variations of sirens: the nymph-like sirens who are the oldest and rarest version #The bird-based sirens who came after Demeter charged them with finding Persephone #And the most prevalent water-based sirens from when they threw themselves into the sea when they couldn’t lure in Odysseus or w/e #So ever since sirens long for the skies and it’s all very tragic <3 #Jason would be a werewolf because I adore the image of this tiny floppy puppy coming back as this two-metre tall feral behemoth of a beast #and Tim as always gave me trouble so I decided he got turned into a vampire while wandering the streets alone one night with his camera #Babs had latent naga blood that activated when she lost the use of her legs so now if she wants she can spawn a snake tail instead #she can’t go out like that obvi but it’s nice being able to get around regardless of her injury #Cass is human because I thought it was funny that the most dangerous batfam member was the only one who wasn’t a mythical being <3 #Fuck knows about Steph tho #Some kinda vocal mimic maybe?? #Something subtle so that she seems human at first (and second) (and third) glance #It doesn’t help that her personality is so loud since it tends to distract people from any of her Otherness

[persephonaae]

One of these I’m gonna write out all my thoughts on Greek mythology as it exists in the modern lens — as a Greek person who grew up with these stories being very important to me as well as an autistic person who has a special interest they’ve put a lot of effort and actual research into — but also I kinda don’t wanna since I feel like despite my efforts to unify different aspects of mythos, religion, and storytelling, instead all it’s gonna do is grant me the anger of classicists, Hellenists/pagans, people who’ve fandomized myth either by the canon* stories or through some interpretation/piece of media, AND other Greek people because all of these groups would literally prefer to be at each other’s throats than to find any sort of common ground fjjdjsjskjfjf

#one day I’m gonna write the post then shut off my phone for a few hours #something something don’t have to like how another person interacts w myth but like don’t go for their throats fjjsjsjf #can’t believe the amount of other Greek people I’ve seen clowning around too like come on. #you only have so much ‘authority’ over your myths when you don’t care to really dig deep into our culture and history #‘bluh bluh I’m Greek so I know more than you’ bitch shut up and read some Greek history and probably go unlearn your racism while ur at it #anywho the asterisk after canon was bc Greek mythological canon is. I mean. it’s hard to define. I really do not like calling #something necessarily canon bc there’s a lot of things to consider but yea #and by ‘the canon is loose’ neither do I mean tho shit like ‘oh Persephone actually wandered into the underworld herself!’ #but. I digress. my long winded post is for another day

[melogranoinsanguinato]

‘Fight or Flight’ + the titular Leprechaun(s) from the movie franchise (Okay, this one's from both muse and mun)

Fight or Flight | @riseofcreativity

“I’ve honestly never seen those movies, but I’m assuming I could fight leprechauns? I’ve heard some folklore, but never really researched them. They have some sort of magic, right? The trailer didn’t show much, but it seemed like the one from the movie did. I could probably cast Plant Growth or something like that to snare it with four leaf clovers.”

#🦇wandering dhampir🦇 v; main 1 #I haven’t seen those movies either #but Fausto’s a cleric who mainly follows Hades and Persephone #he can probably figure something out with the magic they’ve given him if he has time to prepare #riseofcreativity

[flowerytale]

Louise Glück, from "Persephone the Wanderer", Averno

#louise glück #poetry #poem #averno #typo #typography #fragments #soul #*