#wild gods

[bearlyfunctioning]

🫐💙 the original Warcraft Bluebeary

My wonderful patrons from last year voted for Ursol and gave me the time to paint him <3 big thanks to them

#not a comic #thebearminimum #Ursol #World of Warcraft #Warcraft #Wild gods #blue bear #bear form #druid

[falaandu]

#goldrinn #Wild Gods #World of Warcraft #necklace #Kal'dorei #Kaldorei #night elf

[alephskoteinos]

The warlike spirit of destruction

I have a ramble about storm gods in store for you, and it starts with the subject of Rudra, the warlike Vedic god of storms now recognized as Shiva. While reading Amir Ahmadi's "The Daēva Cult in the Gāthās", I encountered a description of Rudra in the Svetasvatara Upanishad in which he is basically the indwelling spirit in the hearts of all creatures. To quote the Upanishad:

He who protects and controls the worlds by His own powers, He - Rudra - is indeed one only. There is no one beside Him who can make Him the second. O men, He is presnt inside the hearts of all beings. After projecting and maintaining all the worlds, He finally withdraws them into Himself.

Indeed, Rudra is sometimes referred to in the Rig Veda as the "supreme being" or "sovereign lord" of the universe, and even as the indwelling spirit or "heart" of all of the gods, not to mention the basis of the whole universe somehow. This idea seems to have continued in the post-Rigvedic Hindu faith to some extent, where Rudra is imagined as a name of Shiva or the aggressive/destructive/violent aspect of Shiva. The Ramakrishna Mission, for instance, refers to Rudra as the "Supreme Being" who manifests Himself in numerous forms on behalf of different practitioners. The Shri Rudram, a hymn dedicated to Rudra, is frequently chanted daily in many Hindu temples to Shiva, acknowledges the deity as present in all aspects of life, and although it petitions Rudra/Shiva to manifest his auspicious/benevolent aspect rather than the destructive aspect, the hymn at least implicitly acknowledges the divine as both the garden and graveyard of humanity, as containing the two aspects such that they are inseparable from each other. It has been said that the Vedic Rudra was thought of as not only the creator of vegetation but also its hidden indwelling spirit, a fiery presence that, by being absorbed into the waters and the soil, became the animating presence of plants and other living beings. In this way, in the Indian context, the spirit of destruction is also the central power of life.

Storm gods can play an interesting role in ancient pre-Christian polytheism. On the one hand they are often chiefly seen as cosmicizing agents, beings who defend a given order that has been divinely established by fighting adversaries, often the forces of chaos. Examples of this tendency would include Thor, Perun, Ukko, Zeus, Indra, Enlil, Teshub, and (to a certain extent) Baal Hadad. On the other hand, they can also themselves be "agents of chaos", rebellious entities, or wild gods whose might and power are a constant threat to the cosmic order. Examples this tendency would include Set, Susano-o, or Tezcatlipoca (hurricanes being one of his many domains). Of course, Enlil himself was in some myths a rebel who defied the other gods to pursue his sexual desires, while Zeus, though the main Hellenic god of order or cosmicization, himself assumed rulership of the cosmos in act of insurrection within a cycle of insurrection (overthrowing Kronos, after Kronos overthrew Ouranos).

The Vedic Rudra in his own way was in his own way a dangerous god, while not exactly a reviled enemy of the other gods. He was unpredictable, he could cause frightening natural disasters, his fearful power could cause disease, though he could also heal and bring fertility to the land. For this reason worshippers were keen to receive his favour, and equally keen to avoid his wrath. Wild deities in other traditional contexts have often required a degree of appeasement. In Japan, this is transfigured as ritual pacification as applied to the "araburu-no-kami". Susano-o is in some ways subject to the process, in that while he was the ruler of the netherworld he could still "rebel" in this world. Though Susano-o's transgression in the fields of Takamagahara, which resulted in his exile, also had a vitalising effect, simultaneously destroying and fertilising the fields and even, as a result of scaring Amaterasu into the cave, indirectly leading to that cave being turned into a womb of light.

There's no point to speaking in archetypes, but there's an extent to which a certain kind of storm deity points to the concept of a chaotic force that is at once destructive and linked to the generative power of life; an active violent force that is constantly a threat to the order of things and yet also constantly a source of life for the whole cosmos.

#rudra #polytheism #mythology #susanoo #destruction #storm gods #warrior gods #paganism #wild gods

[lesbianralzarek]

"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw

#i originally posted this as just a 'hey remember how fuckin bad middle/highschool was? shit was wild' type post but now #there are a bunch of teens in the notes being like 'oh my god are you serious? it gets better? im not stuck in hell forever??' #and im reminded that the only people who told teenage ella 'it gets better' were speakers at mental health assemblies #aka the least relatable people alive who were seemingly born to lie to you #so. uh. yeah im a certified adult who isnt here to lie or sugarcoat the realities of being a teenager #the only thing more certain than the pain is the transcience

[spr0utsies]

#hehe #seal meme #love this animal meme #seal #EDIT: OH FUCK THIS HAS OVER 1K NOTES. thats wild #2k #3k #that one clip of patrick looking under his house yelling WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE #sprout speaks #4k #5k #10k #15k #20k #25k #30k #35k #40k #45k #ok what big blog reblogged this. please god help me #50k

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Must be a Sugondese joke.

#dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #laios touden #senshi #Looks like I won't be able to post this on dungeon meshi thursday so instead I will have a fun past/future conversation #This is wednesday me who has not seen the episode yet but I have such a strong feeling that it is going to be extremely special. #*This* fight is what the first arc has been building up to and it has *so* many incredible moments. #We're going to see the chilchuck knife throw! The leg sacrifice! The bones! #Watch them ramp up the quality this episode and go wild with the frantic action of 'oh god our plan is going to shit'. #Hello. Me of the future who just watched the episode. #I knew it was going to be good but that...that blew my mind completely. My high expectations were beyond met. My god. #I'm just speechless at how well they handled everything. The leg. The tension. That ENDING. #If you have not already: PLEASE watch Dungeon Meshi.

[theartofmadeline]

yes i'm still thinking about the botw champions in 2024

#botw #breath of the wild #loz #legend of zelda #revali #urbosa #daruk #mipha #botw champions #art #fanart #illustration #comic #digtial art #digtial illustration #drawing #artwork #artists on tumblr #theartofmadeline #i cannot stop thinking about the sos signals. im losing my mind. #it's been years but it's eating away at my brain again. #god i love them.... #cant stop thinking about the moment they all realized they weren't going to make it

[nightmare-chaser]

Ive seen multiple posts from reddit refuges that go like "im queer and its so welcoming here!" Or "im nonbinary and dont get quized on my gender here!" Or "im autistic and i can be weird here and yall like it!" And its so fuckin cute its like yes hi hello welcome this is the gay ass autistic website we love special interests we love weird genders we love just saying random shit and the just happy surprised tone of those posts is so wholesome to me like yes! hi! you are in fact the target audience! welcome home

#196 #reddit blackout #theres also been multiple posts that compares them to endangered birds raised in captivity being released into the wild #and yeah i can see it #god but the joy in those posts at being met not just with welcoming arms but delighted ones #like yeah! you can say just random shit! we love thag here! #we dont just allow random special interedt rants we adore them we actively encourage them #theres posts about loving seeing your mutual flood your dash suddenly with some random thing and realising they have a new hyperfixation #its just really cute and sweet

[yesokayiknow]

an observation on how tumblr talks about shows

#was gonna add riverdale but i'm not sure if it's wilder than how people talk about it or if they're just right #not saying that people don't call glee & ouat wild but good god the stuff that happened in those shows #as someone who watched every episode of both shows there is no way to describe how insane some of the shows' events were

[onebizarrekai]

random userbase data time

(listed almost every/every game as one option in case you skipped out on some of the multiplayer ones)

please reblog after you vote for Maximum Data, even if you voted no! if you voted for one of the other options, tag your favorite game(s)!

I am just very interested in the presence of the zelda fanbase :>

please note that, for the sake of this poll, remakes count as one game. so like, if you've played the original ocarina of time and master quest and the 3ds version, that counts as one game.

#by the way! there are currently 19 games #including breath of the wild and not counting tears of the kingdom or any remakes #and INCLUDING multiplayer spinoffs like four swords #I have played them all except for triforce heroes #legend of zelda #polls #random stuff #ocarina of time #skyward sword #twilight princess #breath of the wild #zelda is my favorite franchise of all time. I can talk about it for so long #god I hope this works

[jasminebythebay]

shallow waters

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This piece is now available as a print!

#legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #botw #breath of the wild #GRREAAAHHHHHAH I'M SO EXCITED #link #AHAHHHHHAAAAAAAA IT'S HERE IT'S FINALLY HERE OH MY GOD #it's an international holiday work should give us the day off #very eagerly awaiting the amazon delivery guy for my physical copy

[falaandu]

N, MALORNE, NIGHT ELF, TORTOLLA

#goldrinn #malorne #kaldorei #world of warcraft #aviana #tortolla #kal'dorei #wild gods #stained glass

[angstydiaz]

me when YET ANOTHER SHOW I LIKE GETS CANcELLED

#CAN I PLEASE LIKE SOMETHING FOR ONCE I BEG #GOD #shadow and bone #six of crows #gonna tag the others that have suffered the same fate as i #julie and the phantoms #netflix #the society #first kill #the wilds #i am not okay with this #lockwood and co #paper girls #a league of their own #grease rise of the pink ladies #warrior nun #motherland fort salem #willow 2022

[captain--miracle]

has anyone already done this?..

#the leaks got me wild #i swear to god this is why kaveh is broke #genshin impact #kaveh #al haitham #kavetham #genshin kaveh #genshin al haitham #art

[bottomcyclonus]

My sister is a total cunt and around when we were kids, 12 (her) and 15 (me), she became a really big fan of that Jesus guy, but in a ‘if you wear lipstick that’s TOO red you’re clearly a whore who is doing naughty things with the devil’ and ‘all “dark” animals like black cats, snakes, rats, spiders, and bats were sent by the devil himself”. W e had an older home, and the way it was set up is that one of our vents had a chute that went over the porch, and you could look down it and see basically right over the porch itself. This is relevant because I, at the time, really wanted a cat and our parents were considering it. However, cheese cunt (my nickname for her which she hated <3) saw me looking at an adoption page for a black cat. She absolutely lost it and said that I was trying to bring the devil into our home and that I was going to hell and that that cat was evil and going to claw out my eyes in my sleep. We got in a BIG fight over that. By the time we moved out there were still puncture marks in the wall from where she went at me with a fork. Back to the porch and vent. Kind of. I _needed_ to get this bitch, so I recruited two of my good friends who I knew would be ready to commit a fuckery. One of them had a pet snake (which I think she found in her yard and abducted adopted) and she fed him frozen mice and whatnot. Obviously we weren’t going to involve her snake, but the frozen mice? Those were fair game. Her job was to bring the mice and help behind the scenes. My other friend, he’s a big guy, intimidating if you don’t know him, *his* job was to be the devil. We’d found a dead bat in my attic (again old house) and made it look alive with popsicle sticks, then tied it to a string wound through the vent. We planned the fuckery for when our parents were staying at a hotel for their anniversary, so we were home alone all weekend. We had a pizza box as bait outside, with the frozen mice inside arranged in a pentagram. My guy friend was dressed up in a stereotypical grim reaper outfit, big black cloak, white ghoulish face, lantern, the works. We waited around until night, then he rang the door bell and hid, with the pizza box left on the porch, just far out enough that you would have to step outside. Me and my friend were in the bathroom when then happened so that my sister would have to go look. In reality, she was waiting above, ready with the bat, and I was hiding behind the garage door, which was right next to our front door. The moment I hear my sister let go of the door I gently closed it and locked it on her. I heard her scream and the sound of her dropping the pizza box, which was my friends cue to drop the bat on her and dance it around. At this point she’s freaking out and trying to get back inside, screaming and shrieking. I turn off the porch light, and from the shadows across the street, emerges my friend, face dimly lit by the lantern in his hand. I had to muffle my laughter with my fist in my mouth cause my sister is yelling like she’s going to die, which yeah, I can see her thinking that. All my friend had to do was walk across the street and point at her to get her to start crying, and she bolted into our backyard, where she tried to get in through the back door that was unfortunately for her, locked, courtesy of me. We made her stay out there for an hour or so, giving us time to put everything back to normal and sober ourselves up from laughing so hard. Then I let her back in and acted like I didn’t know anything. We got the cat and I named him Pizza.

THIS IS A TRANSFORMERS BLOG

#GOD #its been so long since somebody sent me some WILD ass shit like this #askbox confessional time ig????? #anon #askies #long post

[dawnatlas]

neil "i stopped paying attention 20 minutes ago im just happy to be with my family" josten (with one notable exception)

#art #artists on tumblr #fanart #aftg #all for the game #all for the gay #aftg trilogy #aftg fanart #andreil #aftg andrew #andrew minyard #aftg neil #neil josten #oh my god i have to tag all the foxes #renee walker #allison reynolds #dan wilds #matt boyd #kevin day #aaron minyard #nicky hemmick #my art