#the enchanted world

[53v3nfrn5]

The Enchanted World: ‘Fabled Lands’, Chapter 2: ‘Daring the Dark’ (1986) artwork: Willi Glasauer

#my scans #the enchanted world #willi glasauer #1986 #dark fantasy #fantasy #medusa #hades #aesthetic #art #illustrations #fantasy art #goth #gothic #gothcore #ancient #enchanting #fairycore #renaissance #folklore #fairy tales #fables #book #bookblr #books #book scans #art book

[maypoleman1]

1st February

Bride’s Day

Brigid: A Multi-Faceted Goddess. Source: Celtic Native website

Today is St Bridget’s Day, but it is also the feast of the Celtic goddess Brigid, or Bride. Of the historical Bridget, little is known. She lived in Kildare, where she founded a nunnery and became its Abbess; she died in 525. However, after her subsequent canonisation, a number of miracles were attributed to her, including the ability to make cows produce more milk, and her turning an armful of rushes into fish during a fish scarcity. She was also, illogically, given she lived in the sixth century, also supposedly Jesus’ midwife. Bridget took on a cultish status in Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man. In central Wales a gathering of twenty nuns fiercely guarded an ever-burning fire dedicated to Bridget, which no man was permitted to approach. If all this sounds rather pagan, it is because it was. The Christian missionaries in the Celtic west encountered strong belief in the goddess Bride, who was associated with fertility, water and the spring. The winter fires set by the pre-Christian Celts in honour of Bride explain the saint’s fire cult, and her association with fertility and child birth, explains the Christian linking of Bridget to the birth of Christ.

A more specific tale concerning Bride and the return of spring was also told in pagan times. Bride was the daughter of the “Good God” Dagda, the god of plenty. In a similar tale to that of Hades and Persephone, Bride was said to have been kidnapped by Cailleach, the goddess of winter, who held her in a mountain fastness, forcing Dagda to withdraw his benevolence from the earth and enabling Cailleach to spread her sheet of ice all over the land for four months. However, the agreement with Dagda was that Bride should be released in early February, and on this, her feast day, the young goddess would emerge from her mountain prison, and the snow would melt as she stepped through it, bringing the light of spring in her wake. The people would set candles in their windows to welcome the waxing sun and placed a bed by their door to encourage Bride to enter their homes, bringing warmth and good fortune with her.

Inevitably, come the end of October Bride had to return to Cailleach and her winter confinement.

#saint Bridget #brigid #bride #winter to spring #the enchanted world #time-life books #the book of Christmas #dagda #cailleach #pagan tales #celtic mythology

[magnificentdelusionr]

#the enchanted world #Judy King-Rieniets #dragons #fantasy #house targaryen

[floatinyourorbit]

ENCHANTED Taylor Swift — Speak Now World Tour

#taylor swift #taylor swift gifs #tswiftgif #gifset #taylor swift edit #tswiftedit #edit #ts gifs #ts edit #*mine #*mine: misc #tscreators #tusersilvia #speak now #enchanted #speak now world tour #*100 #*500 #fake it til you make it and i did

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage - Forest of Thorns

#kingdom hearts 0.2 birth by sleep a fragmentary passage #kh0.2 #forest of thorns #enchanted dominion #realm of darkness #scenery #my gif #it's cool to see this world become more gnarled and dismal as you progress #vines constantly shoot out of the ground to block your path as if this forest is alive in some way #and the further you go the more darksides you encounter #you'll have to fight the ones standing in your way but there are so many more that are just lurking on the sidelines #they wont attack you even if you get close. instead they'll just stand by and watch you delve deeper into the forest #you can see their heads turn to follow your movement as you walk past them it's kind of spooky #can't help but wonder why so many are grouping up here it's really unusual #for the most part they seem peaceful but there are a few that lunge at you unexpectedly #very cool world i love wandering around here

[rosepompadour]

You made a princess of me.

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1869)

#who talks to their husband like this? #amy curtis march laurence does! #i think people feel bitter re: amy because she got the fairy tale ending that they think jo deserved #but jo would have died in amy and laurie's lord-and-lady enchanted storybook world #and i always thought jo and bhaer were so cute in their own quirky way #little women #louisa may alcott #literature

[worstloki]

// Fortesa Latifi, The Truth About Grief //

#web weaving #we need to talk more about how Odin took away Thor's natural born Asgardian abilities on a whim #leaving him in a mortal body without the strength he's had his whole life #with no one he knew in a world he was unfamiliar with #like sure it worked out conveniently and he gained friends instantly but #the fact that Mjolnir was his weapon and he could *no longer lift it* #not really knowing of the enchantment put on it but also... that was THOR'S weapon #it was thrown in the backwater to face the same disgrace Thor got #do you wonder if Thor thought this meant his banishment was permanent #even before Loki visited him #do you think going from a coronation to being told he didn't deserve it dealt him enough damage for him to reconsider everything #do you think being out from the shade of Odin's favouritism for mere few days caused him grief #even though he wasn't sure quite what he did wrong #even though he was following the footsteps of his father #do you think it bothers Thor once he's worthy again that the enchantment is still on Mjolnir #that even though he's regained his status and strength it's at Odin's behest and can be revoked again if he wants

[herbalnature]

Nestled within the cozy hollow of a tree, a family of mushrooms basks in the subtle light. It's like a secret garden, uncovered in the heart of the woods.

#mushrooms #nature #cozy #secret garden #woodland #fungi #forest #hidden beauty #natural world #tree hollow #magical #enchanted woods #nature photography #mushroom love #forest floor

[thalassous]

yotsuba poses your @yaelokre

[ ID: Four sketched full-bodies of the Lark lined up one in front of the other. Kingsley is in the front on the left, right leg sticking forward and right hand sticking up while their left is sticking forward; Cole is behind them, in a similar pose but with right leg folded in and both hands in a "z" shape in front; Clementine is in the same pose as Cole; and Perrine is also in a similar fashion with their right hand raised up while their left is held palm facing forwards. The background is tan, while the lineart ranges from dark orange to brown from the top to the bottom. END ID ]

#yaelokre #meadowlark #whale's fall #perrine #clementine #cole #kingsley #yeag. i gues you could say ive been. listening to a virtual band #ENCHANTED by what these young larpers have to say about the world. truly. #kingsley's 'all Me.' has been in my head forever now #as well as. clemmie's 'one. two. Ten Thousand :D!' #i think they can yotsuba. right of entrance to any fandom really

[cinnamonhabibi]

#girlblogger #girlblogging #tumblr girls #dream girl #angel girl #girlhood #she’s such a girlboss #lana del rey vinyl #pretty girl in her pretty world #enchanted #i just wanna see u shine #lana del rey #‘cause i know u r a stargirl #girlbosses #coquette #it girl

[fab-livious]

Broppy enchanted au, I have no idea if anyone has done this before but regardless I will make my own version

#still figuring the details out but Robert is branch naturally teehee #loads of fun with the dress #myart #trolls #branch #poppy #broppy #enchanted #enchanted au #human au #sort of hehe #Giselle as poppy is so perfect in my mind like idk she’s just so her #thinking the world is all cupcakes and rainbows until she matures and grows and realizes it isn’t but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing #UGHH LOVE THAT GIRL #Poppy lovers unite #HOW DO YOUU KNOWS HE LOVES YOUUU #I also thought it’d be fun to think about how poppy would get used to a human body #mainly having 5 fingers lmaooo

[imaraincloud]

there's a lot of things to love about the pjo series, and I do love all of it, however. in this third episode, watching the pegasus (pegasi?) just hanging around and existing? inexplicable childlike wonder.

#watched it three times and then let the screen paused for a while #so many things I've been excited out of my mind to be finally seeing on screen #but the pegasus was what brought back the exact feeling I felt imagining that world for the first time #insert here the critic from ratatouile reverting to his child self except it wasn't a memory it was the feeling of being a child #purely and completely enchanted #and I'm not even a horse girl #anyways banger episode #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo series

[dreamydelite]

Oh how could I face the faceless days If I should lose you now

#yugioh #ygo #yugi mutou #puzzleshipping #art #artists on tumblr #this song is so THEMcoded how come nobodys had this connection yet im going inSANE #its so tragic and thoughtful and romantic and AUGHHHH #the yearning is REAL!!!!!!!! #i have so many thoughts about the ceremonial duel and their last days together #its really particular how they manage to convey so many feelings without being able to touch each other #and its v poignant to me that sort of physicality is missing yet theyre connected in literally every other way #which makes the moments when they actually DO have that opportunity even more impactful!! #and especially so when theyre so clearly holding back #i imagine if they actually took advantage of being able to hold each other the world would implode on itself #the heat cosmos of the universe couldnt compare #also watch enchanted its a damn good movie

[assassin1513]

🌿🌷💚The Beauty of Avatar Frontiers of Pandora💚🌷🌿Lockscreens🌿

#pics(edits) made by me :) #assassin1513 #video games #gaming #games #ubisoft #mystical #avatar frontiers of pandora #avatar: frontiers of pandora #avatar: fop #avatar pandora #avatar world #pandora avatar #avatar #frontiers of pandora #afop #screenshots #virtual photography #lockscreens #backgrounds #iphone wallpaper #iphone lockscreens #beauty #pandora aesthetic #pandora #pandora moon #colorful #nature #forest #enchanted

[floatinyourorbit]

And his voice is a familiar sound, nothing lasts forever

Taylor Swift — 1989 World Tour

#taylor swift #taylor swift gifs #gifset #taylor swift edit #ts edit #tswiftedit #ts gifs #tswiftgif #*mine #*mine: misc #1989 world tour #wildest dreams #enchanted #*100

[crystallizsch]

okay hi so listen hear me out

sea snake is a bit too obvious (and too boring)

so i made him based on some kind of lionfish??? (bc something something venomous marine animal) also with a LOT of creative liberties i made with how the fish looks like

let’s also give his fins some rips and tears here and there bc what are the implications of that??? that’s for you 🫵 to decide

anyways chat i lowkey dont know what i was doing

i had no other thoughts but haha funny snake man i turn into fish

#mmm the quality is so crunchy #also his ass is under there i swear #a friend pointed out where it was and i’m just hfjjdjdjd #[— #twst #twisted wonderland #★ my art #twst art #jamil viper #—] #also hey hi tag readers #let's do something fun here #(if you don't like deep water/drowning(?) imagery please dont continue past this 💖) #“dont go near the ocean they say” #“for there are sirens that will compel you with their beauty and their seductive voices” #“however you find yourself being lured in by the sea with an enchanting sound” #“before you knew it you're underwater sinking deeper and deeper” #“despite the water filling your lungs you find yourself still conscious but not in control of yourself” #“as you gaze into a pair of enchanting charcoal eyes” #“this creature... it's a siren. and somehow you can hear its thoughts and commands” #“finally. you. you are the key”' #“the siren yearns to be free from the dreary depths” #“you're human aren't you?” “the siren wants to be human too” “the siren wants to be free” #“the siren tried to hide it but you can feel that it was desperate” #“you /will/ take it onto land” #“you /will/ let the siren be a part of that world... or else” #(idk what im on tbh but mer AU 😔😔😔😔)