#water worship

[arofili]

@tolkienofcolourweek day five | faith and religion ● life and death ● environment | water, music, and the worship of the One

And so it is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance else that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.

—The Silmarillion, “Ainulindalë: The Music of the Ainur”

...and his [Ulmo’s] messages came often to them by stream and flood. But they have not skill in such matters, and still less had they in those days before they had mingled with the Elves. Therefore they loved the waters, and their hearts were stirred, but they understood not the messages.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Men”

The children of Ilúvatar awake by waters: Cuiviénen, Murmenalda; the lakeshore and the stream-carved valley. Ulmo speaks to them in whispers, in song, and their hearts are turned westward, to where he dwells in the depths of the Sea. Some hearken to the call and follow the stars leading to the promised Land of Light—yet there is water-song in all rivers, in all land-locked seas, in the eastern oceans at the end of the world, and even Avari and Atani can attune their spirits to the Music of the Water. Lay me to rest in the waves, sing the sea-folk of the southern shores; bring me to life in the rivers, murmur the midwives of the fair gardens of the East. Water is life, is death, is rebirth and destruction: it is creation and renewal, it is the beginning and the end. The shamans of the sands call forth rain with their chants; the minstrels of the mountains sing hymns of flood and fortune; the star-spirits of the Dark Elves hum melodies of the lakeshore they never truly left. Water and song are prayers to the One, whose spirit is felt in all the hearts of the Children. Rain is music, rivers are melodies, the sea a vast chorus of endless harmony. The elves feel the pull of the music, calling them to the sea; the mortals feel the fluid music of a Song beyond the world, pulsing in the waves, pulling them to the waters Beyond.

#tocweek2022 #tolkienedit #oneringnet #silmedit #silm #silmarillion #the silmarillion #ulmo #sea longing #my edit #my writing #edit writing #my fic #tefain nin #religion in arda #water worship #mepoc #id in alt text #this one is kind of abstract....but ive had this idea in my head ever since i started my big silm reread....glad to finally get it out :)

[gloryy-vs]

Tsu’tey as a Girl Dad

lil headcannons cus i’m bored and have no motivation to finish my stories rn IM SORRY

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definitely was silent by your side during the birth, didn’t want to annoy you with any comments cause he could tell the amount of pain you were in

let you grip onto his hand like you were gonna break it, hurt him a lot but he wouldn’t let you let go of him even tho it made him lowkey shed a tear

gives you a kiss when the baby is finally out, thanking you and congratulating you first before he coddled the baby

notices the baby has his eyes but your facial structure, dies from happiness

check all over his daughter to make sure everything looks okay cus he’s obsessive over his girlies like that

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if his daughter starts crying late into the night he forces you back down to sleep so he can take care of her and soothe her

goes hunting early morning so he can spend the rest of the day taking care of both of you

even though you’re no longer pregnant he grew the habit or not letting you do much, so he braids your hair still, puts your top and loincloth on, cleans up for you etc

brings back pretty flowers or colorful woods/craft material and gives to his daughter, makes her small beads that you put in her hair

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once she’s grown up she’s an ABSOLUTE daddy’s girls, he tends to still look over her as if she was a child and scares away any potential mates like, “come near my daughter again and i’ll skin you”

he taught her how to hunt efficiently, didn’t allow anyone else to do it because he wanted to make sure she wouldn’t get hurt in someone else’s care

he even crafted her own dagger when she came of age

tsu’tey literally cried when she claimed her first ikran for her coming of age, you had to hide his face because he didn’t want others seeing him so vulnerable

you were dying laughing

your daughter was embarrassed though, like “daaaaaaaad stop you’re embarrassing me right now!” mid wrestle with her ikran

sets a strict curfew for her because hello??? tsu’tey starts panicking if she’s late or even goes out cus he’s so protective

you have to make sure he’s not overbearing though and that she can have some actual freedom as other teen na’vi do

let’s her friends come over because he literally can’t say no to her, you then force him to clean up the mess they made cus you told him only two friends were okay but he agreed to like five

you love seeing them bond. seeing them hunting together, making new weapons that match, putting matching beads in their hair so all three of you match warms your heart sm.

he always shows her that the biggest/shiniest bead in his songcord is for when she was born, made her cry when she first found out.

overall he’s definitely a girl dad u cant tell me otherwise

#avatar way of water #avatar #tsu’tey #tsutey #tsutey x reader #tsu’tey headcanon #avatar jake #tsu’tey te rangloa ateyitan #i love tsu’tey #avatar tsu'tey #tsu’tey worship #tsu'tey avatar #tsu’tey x reader #avatar x reader #avatar smut #avatar angst #avatar headcanons #avatar imagine

[a2zillustration]

I figured we weren't going to convince them that Gortash is the problem and quite frankly I didn't have time for this.

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[[ All Croissant Adventures (chronological, desktop) ]]

[[ All Croissant Adventures (app) ]]

#.....in truth I actually did this whole fight ngjkfldnkjh #bc I wasn't really paying attention or thinking - Wyll died immediately #and once I finished it I was like wait #I just wiped out a super old branch of worshipers who were mad bc this guy unalived one of them and has also been polluting the water #They're alright actually. LMAO #So I ran the save back and turned him over. #Arguably the only save scum I've had all game to fundamentally change a decision? whoops #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #croissant adventures #tav #flood tide allandra grey #redhammer #comics

[onskepa]

I mean, no hate on so'lek, he's a fine man but C'MON!!! ALL HAIL OUR QUEEN!!!

#avatar #avatar the way of water #na'vi x reader #na'vi avatar #avatar 2 #na'vi x human #nefika #so'lek #avatar frontiers of pandora #aranahe clan #nefika x reader #nefika our queen #nefika worship #avatar memes

[welcoming-grey]

So, lets imagine that Monster (the drink, lol, i forgot to mention that) gets really fucking popular in Gotham. Like, a lot. It's desired by a mix of both villains and heroes due to its the amount of energy it provides the body and it's property to act like a life-saver (literally). Nobody has been able to trace where exactly its produced from (Batman has tried to find the source and has tried to ban it but it just somehow keeps appearing and he'd rather stock up than lose it to his opponents).

Skip to Danny (after becoming the Ghost King) trying to convince his parents that after discovering that they are selling ectoplasm to Gotham as an energy drink that it is a bad idea, not knowing that his parents had been doing it from That Day. His parents argue that its basically holy water, ensuring that people aren't getting overshadowed (Because people literally turn liminal due to drinking it).

Monster is banned in Amity Park because Wes has convinced GIW and the citizens that they're basically drinking Phantom's ghostly fluids. GIW has disposed of the 'contaminated', they are less in number because not a lot of people trust the Fentons works. This explains why its citizens keep getting overshadowed.

Selling Monster is one the main funds resources that the Fentons use for their projects. And they're only selling place is of course Gotham. They had been contacted by a kind man by the name of CW who was willing to transport it to Gotham and get their money in exchange for keeping the portal in their basement and in promise of not bringing it out of their house.

This is basically Clockwork's plan B if push comes to shove to prevent Phantom from potentially getting attacked by his parents when he does reveal himself to be their son. So by turning Gotham liminal he's basically making it Phantom's hideout from his parents, ensuring that even if ghosts enter Gotham they won't be able to make it out 'alive' because of the bats. And also knowing Bruce Wayne, Danny will have a new family in no time.

PS: Amity Park knows about the existence of Gotham, Gotham just doesn't know about Amity Park. Its just the Fentons that don't know where this 'Gotham' is, but hey, they are getting their money, so who cares? Amiright?

#there is more here to say about the pit #and the loa #ra's bath water #monster energy #dc x dp #dp x dc #dc x dp prompt #monster energy au #dc #dp #danny phantom #wes weston #clockwork #batfamily #amity park #the fentons #imagining vlad's reaction #tim would worship monster #crack idea #dp prompt #imagine damian finding out about monster and being like: why are my family drinking my grandfather's bath water #also monster turns people liminal by like 1/10 #but enough for them not to get overshadowed by not enough turn dead #thinking abt jason hating monster #(mine)

[mckennatagen]

you know those moments when it all clicks?

yesterday i bought a basket of sea shells and coloured candles from the thrift store, dark chocolate, strawberries, poppy seeds, and cinnamon sugar cookies. today i made a necklace from a shell and pearl. tonight i wanted to get a bath, i pulled some cards and got all wands which made me decide to take my aphrodite candle with me to meditate.

and then after 10 minutes of looking at the candle light i finally realized she’s been trying to get my attention😭

#aphrodite deity #aphrodite worship #witchblr #witchcraft #helpol #hellenic polytheism #water witch #sea witch

[lailoken]

Inducing the Aid of the Oak Tree Lord

I had to run some errands that took me a ways away from home today, and while I was there, I realized I was actually fairly close to a butte that I occasioanlly visit in order to propititate a great, hollow-bearing Oak Tree which grows there. Since I've done some potent and highly effective magic with the help of the Oak Tree Lord recently, I thought I would go to him again with another request. Specifically, my stores of Hollow Water have begun to run low, and I've been needing to replenish it. We had some very wet weather not long ago, which made me think I would be easily able to retrieve the water I needed from another tree hollow I've drawn from before, but following a sudden spell of hot and dry weather, I was chagrined to discover a hollow that was very wet, but not full enough to retrieve water from. I was worried I might have missed my chance to get more for a while, but given that the Oak Tree Lord helped me find the last source of Hollow Water I drew from, it seemed worth going to him again.

Being an unplanned visit, I didn't have any of the normal tools I would have with me for such an endeavor—such as a flask for collecting water, a lance for drawing blood, or anything on hand for me to offer the Oak Tree Lord—but a mage must frequently make do. In the end, I collected 13 Galls from other Oaks around the butte, each of which I painted with my blood (thanks to the help of a nearby Hawthorn copse) and then fed to the Oaken Mouth of the tree I came to propititate. I also gave a wreath that I wove from dandelion flowers.

Literally minutes later, I was overjoyed (and a little astonished) to stumble upon exactly what I was looking for. The natural font was deep and pungent, and what's more, the tree which bore it was an old Oak itself. I carried out the necessary ritual actions and gathered the water using my emptied water bottle (which I will be cleaning very thoroughly after this.)

What I gathered has since been transferred into an old glass vessel that I found once I was done, being sold for only $6 at a nearby junk shop I'd never noticed before. This should definitely last me a good while.

The Grove Elders—an assembly of tutelary tree deities possessing immense wisdom and power—are a truly amazing group of entities to work with.

#hollow water #oak #oak tree lord #grove elders #tutelary spirits #spirit work #offerings #tree magic #tree worship

[ahollowgrave]

-- bathed in moonlight.

[featuring @iron-sparrow's Yein (they/them)]

#Pigeon Screens #Odette x Yein #Yein #hello i love them and they love each other and also you!!!! #one thing about odette is she's gonna wanna bathe with her friends #but that's because water is part of her worship with menphina and she loves her friends #so naturally !!!! #anyway i'm blowing them 100% kisses wow i just

[naroence]

And i can’t hold myself together.

#art #sleep token #vessel #digitaldrawing #sleep token worship #sleep token iii #sleep token ii #sleep token iv #drawing #take me back to eden #high water #this song is so damn sad #tpwbyt

[aphroditestruth]

#aphrodite #aphrodite vibes #greek mythology #femininity #pretty #ocean #sea #sea shells #pearls #beach #water #waves #mermaid #aphrodite aesthetic #aphrodite worship #aphrodite deity

[kagolag]

The cult of the Sun God Nika, founded by the Donquixote family, sacrifices a precious novice. He was prepared for this great ritual for 13 years. The patronage of absolute freedom and chaos must come at a high price.

AU in which the Straw Hats (and some other characters) are gods of three orders in a single pantheon. Gods of the third order patronize local life, artisans and activists. Gods of the second order are responsible for natural phenomena, elements, etc. The higher gods control the structure and laws of the universe itself 

Here are another version of the picture and close-ups

#one piece #OP Gods And Worshipers #one piece fanart #monkey d. luffy #luffy #sun god nika #trafalgar law #trafalgar d water law #law x luffy #lulaw #lawlu

[wh-te-rabb-t]

"When the mouth of infinity. Buries its teeth in me. I'll smile through the agony for you."

High Water - Sleep Token

#lyric quotes #lyrics #music #lyric aesthetics #quotes #sleep token #vessel #vessel ii #vessel iii #vessel iv #vesselettes #sleep token worship #sleep token lyrics #sleep token band #high water

[theholydivines]

you aren’t perfect but neither are the gods so be a bit nicer to yourself, okay? i love you <33

#never rambles #pagan #hellenic pagan #Aphrodite #aphrodite deity #Aphrodite Devotee #hades devotee #hades worship #Persephone #persephone worship #persephone devotee #Hades #HELPOL #drink some water babe #seriously #eat something too #and sit up #and unclench that jaw bestie

[sleepiesttoken]

high water // sleep token

#sleep token #sleep token worship #sleep token vessel #high water #this place will become your tomb #lyrics #made by me #sleep token ii #sleep token iii #sleep token iv

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

You know what would be funny? While the RDA is obsessing over Pandora's resources and providing the rich assholes with ways to extend their wrinkled existence, the rest of humanity goes “Fuck this shit! Time to fix up our planet!” Like full on terraform Earth back to its former glory.

And so, while the RDA is spending billions to send ships to terrorizing the tall, blue people, the rest of the world is having its redemption arc up until like a year after the second movie, where they’re at the point where they can go “Yoooo, wtf is the RDA doing over there? Oh, they got bored with fucking us over so they moved to alien natives? Nah, send in the Balkan people (These mfs are built different I swear, they’ll just take a breath of pandoran air and go “Umm, spicy and refreshing”). They’re sent on their way (Let’s say they arrive in 1 year flat because screw physics, this is a joke post, mf are going 4 times ftl.), beat the ever living shit out of the Ahaa cartoon villains that are the RDA personnel and teach them some, you know, human decency, queue in the best apology video of all time, leave the blue people alone, boom mission accomplished. RDA gets sued to hell and back (You know, war crimes and all of that) and even more funding goes to fixing up Earth until its basically as we know it today.

Later down the line, the na’vi need help because of some disaster, humanity sends said help, some form of actual peace is formed, Spider becomes the ambassador of human/na’vi relationships (Guy had the glow up of the century, which tends to happen when you live in a time of peace again and people actually love and care for you “ahem, Spider Sully”) Human and Na’vi truly learn about each other (Ones aren’t uncivilized savages, but people with a unique cultures and deep history. Others aren’t advanced savages with boom sticks, but, you guessed it, people with a unique cultures and deep history.) and learn from each other.

And everyone lived happily ever after.

The end

(Very unrealistic, I know)  

Ugh, my dream. The terraforming Earth part, not the humans coming back. Because the whole movie is a colonization metaphor, I'm so tentative and iffy on the Na'vi needing or wanting any help or support from humanity.

But regardless, I am obsessed with the idea of humanity healing Earth. I know that we are cynical people and are always like "This is realistic, humans are selfish and would take advantage of Pandora as we did to Earth." And I totally get that, but I also love those humans are inherently good stories. I do think the majority of people care and have empathy about other people and their situations, and the majority of problems in the world are systematic and stem from ignorance. People are uneducated or are struggling with what they have to deal with on their own, and don't have the wherewithal to care about every single other thing that is such a gigantic systematic issue. I would love for people, for everyone, to just be like yeah this isn't okay anymore lets fix it. About anything and then everything. But I digress.

I love the idea of Spider Sully and Jake being a bridge between the Na'vi and humanity. I think Jake would have to be involved as well, because honestly Spider has never been to Earth and has never been with regular humans. My man knows no human culture or traditions, really. He's like, really Na'vi biased in that way, hilariously.

Spider: Na'vi culture is better and more important, obviously.

Someone: well, what is human culture.

Spider: clearly it's test tubes, guns, air lock doors, green paper, Jesus Christ, and also tank tops.

#lol like if all my humanity knowledge was based on avatar i would think they were boogey men coming to snatch me at night #fucking slenderman #spider's like and they worship their god money #miles spider socorro #spider socorro #spider sully #jake sully #avatar #avatar the way of water #james cameron avatar #melissa's asks #melissa on avatar (cameron)

[miramis248]

Viperwolf Hunters

Art Inspired in the fanfiction "Worship the Ashes" by AKA_Green.

With the prompt of humans now having a way to breathe Pandora's, I decide to start a little series of human/na'vi coexistence, showcasing Na'vi living peacefully alongside humans, being friends, lovers, family, don't matter, doing day to day things, with humans bringing a certain amount of tech(all clean, solar panelled, water/wind powered, etc, that they built with the rest of what was left from buildings and machines) that makes it easier to camunicate, etc...

Here, we have a human group of nomad hunters who have bonded with viperwolf pack and now live/hunt together, as well as trade with locals. They travel using motorcycles.

I might do more about each OC I create in this series, but that depends...

#avatar frontiers of pandora #avatar #avatar the way of water #worship the ashes #na'vi #na'vi oc #human oc #natang #viperwolf