Adayume~

"It is not light that we need, but fire. It is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind and the earthquake."

[hyborianbabe]

By Ian Miller

[maeka]

まってるよ！ | 前掛 [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=47451985

[tatteredbanners-deactivated2013]

In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse the “Lady”) is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot driven by two cats, owns the boar Hildisvíni, possesses a cloak of falcon feathers, and, by her husband Óðr, is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother Freyr (Old Norse the “Lord”), her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr’s sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freja, Freyia, Frøya, and Freia.

[treading-lightly]

THE NINE SACRED HERBS OF NORTHERN SHAMANISM

I. Mugwart ( Artemisia vulgaris )

Also known as felon weed, sailor’s tobacco, Artemis herb, Muggons, Naughty Man, Old Man, & Old Uncle Henry.

Leaf tea diuretic, promotes digestion and bile production, a good soak for arthritic joints, mild sedative, tonic for nerves. Regulates menstruation. 

A pillow stuffed with mugwart aids in prophetic dreaming. Protects from evil forces.  Excellent for scrying and divination.

Plant of Midgard.  Start and end rituals using burning mugwart.  Sanctifies altar spaces without deterring natural spirits or wights from the area.  Burning mugwart in a ‘smudge’ bundle is recommended if one is going into a trance or altered state of being.

[giordanosretort-blog1-blog]

I use this all the time.

[zoop526]

Legolas vs Azog by CoranKizerStone

[adayume-blog]

Since you love fantasy if you ever get the chance to kill some boredom in your free time I suggest you read a manga called, Berserk, for free online somewhere. The story, character development, and graphic content is some of the greatest insanity you'll witness.

I'm already a huge fan of Berserk it's great! Thanks for the tip anyway :)

[alphabonesoup]

[adayume-blog]

elvesandgnomes:

[adayume-blog]

Facebook?

Nah. Only instagram and whatsapp

[wilburwhateley]

[slickwhippet]

Gustave Doré, L'Ascension du Mont Cervin (1865).  Mont Cervin, French appellation for the Matterhorn.  Doré captures the first ascent of this peak by Edward Whymper and his team, which did not end well; Doré represents the tragedy on the descent here.

~~

from Edward Whymper, Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 (1871):  “Croz now took the tent-pole, and planted it in the highest snow.  "Yes,” we said, “there is the flag-staff, but where is the flag?"  "Here it is,” he answered, pulling off his blouse and fixing it to the stick.  It made a poor flag, and there was no wind to float  it out, yet it was seen all around.  They saw it at Zermatt–at the Riffel–in the Val Tournanche … We remained on the summit for one hour–‘One crowded hour of glorious life.'  It passed away too quickly, and we began to prepare for the descent.“

[artmastered]

Views of the Middle East by 19th century French traveling artist Charles Pierron

[gameraddictions-deactivated2018]

artist: Nerox set 2

[quarkmaster]

Golden Goat Ghost

tang ning

[renamonkalou]

Låtefoss ~ Norway

[dragonlandsrivers]

[valar-morghulis]

by Eve Ventrue

[bythegods]

Selkie

Way up north, sitting by the sea, looking at seals all day, who could honestly say they haven’t had at least one romantic thought about those little water-dwelling blubber-bags? The story of the Selkie is the story of that love that dare not speak its name (basically).

In the folk tales of Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands the Selkie pops up from time to time; maintaining the form of a seal while in the water, the Selkies can come ashore, shed their skin, and take the form of a beautiful human. Nearly every story involving a Selkie is a romantic tragedy of some sort, whether it’s that of a beautiful lady Selkie tricking a sad farmer boy into the water to smash him up on rocks, or a guy with nothing better to do stealing the shed sealskin of a Selkie maiden and forcing her to marry him, the tales generally aren’t “feel-good.”

The males of the supernatural species spend most of time seeking out women who are angry or dissatisfied with their husbands and seducing them; their homewrecking abilities are unquestioned.

The leading theory on where the Selkies come from, regardless of what they do, is that they are the bizarre reincarnation of restless drowned souls.