nepenthe

Tanya, early twenties. I appreciate art, especially in the form of the human body. Asian and Scottish. Passionate and full of longing. I live and love with my whole being.

[storm-and-flame]

I carry a part of Mother Earth, for my life she gives, and claims me as her dóttir

[storm-and-flame]

Multnomah Falls, Oregon - February 2019

[storm-and-flame]

Making talismans tonight 🌑

[storm-and-flame]

I haven’t used color in artwork in a very long time. Feeling inspired tonight.

[storm-and-flame]

Spent a few hours painting tonight, and my heart is content. WIP

To see more, follow me on Instagram.

[daughterofthestorm]

Hey this may be too late and such but I just wanted to send good vibes and wish you the best of luck on this new chapter in your life <3

Not too late! I'll probably check this blog until the new year, and then leave it as an archive. I really appreciate you reaching out ❤ thank you, and I wish you the best of luck as well.

[daughterofthestorm]

You always seemed like a really cool person, even though i dont know much about you. I guess i really just dug your style. Peace, i hope life treats you well

This is so sweet, thank you kind anon. May we meet again on another blog. ;)

[daughterofthestorm]

Alrighty. Now, rest in peace for this blog. May it ever be an archive of a dark time in my life, filled with stars of light.

If you have anything to say, say it now my loves.

I have a new blog but I dont feel comfortable sharing it, especially since my ex uses tumblr and follows a lot of my mutuals.

I love you all!

[honeybirde]

I made the self-love sachet that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about, and I immediately feel more at peace. 

 I used: 

Rosemary 

Lavender 

Lovage 

Rose petals 

Rose hips 

One medium sized rose quartz 

One small rose quartz 

Vanilla 

Pink and white candle 

 First I lit my candles, meditated a bit, made rose sugar(it calms me down), and prepared my ingredients. I added them while truly putting the love I have for myself(represented by the medium rose quartz) into each part, but keeping in mind how important it is to love others as well(represented by the small quartz). What I said while doing this was very personal(so I won’t be sharing, but it was along the lines of I will love myself through the rough spots[represented by lovage] and I will gather my own flowers[represented by rose hips]) and these ingredients just felt very right to me, so of course you can use this and adapt it however you need.

[daughterofthestorm]

Here’s a self love spell I created about a year ago(from my old blog). I’ve been thinking of doing this again, but this time in a jar, with candle wax melted over.

[daughterofthestorm]

I made a sigil for safe and fast travel. Written on bay leaf and burned with a cinnamon candle. The candle was dressed with three cloves, representing myself and the two going with me. Feel free to recreate, or message me and request your own sigil ✨🌙🕊

[daughterofthestorm]

Simple Love Potion, for decadent and innocent love Best done on Friday under the full moon.

Vanilla candle Fresh strawberries Two parts chocolate wine One part strawberry wine Mixed berry juice(optional)

Light the candle and let it fill you with comfort. Wash strawberries and press each one to your lips, waking their passion. Feel it spread from your lips deep down into your body, settling in your chest. Slice with purpose, but softly, long ways and place in decanter, filling about a quarter of the way. Muddle them just enough to release their flavor. Pour in the chocolate wine, imagining your love surrounding you in warm embrace. Followed by strawberry wine, with the intent of sweetness and sensuality. Add juice for taste. If making your own juice, correspond each berry type with your intentions. Gently stir and leave to infuse overnight. Enjoy alone to bring love to you, or with a partner to strengthen your bond. As always, please drink responsibly.

[daughterofthestorm]

YES.

[daughterofthestorm]

I wrote a sangria love spell one time and I can't find it and I'm so sad. I worked really hard on it and wanted to share with a friend. Damn you, Tumblr search.

[daughterofthestorm]

Ahh

[unexplained-events]

Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have been “walked” to where they are displayed.

VIDEO

[smileforthehigh-deactivated2017]

Finally. People need to realize aliens aren’t the answer for everything (when they use it to erase poc civilizations and how smart they were)

[desiremyblack]

(via TumbleOn)

[pearlsnapbutton]

What’s really wild is that the native people literally told the Europeans “they walked” when asked how the statues were moved. The Europeans were like “lol these backwards heathens and their fairy tales guess it’s gonna always be a mystery!”

[kiwianaroha]

Maori told Europeans that kiore were native rats and no one believed them until DNA tests proved it

And the Iroquois told Europeans that squirels showed them how to tap maple syrup and no one believed them until they caught it on video

[theopensea]

Oral history from various First Nations tribes in the Pacific Northwest contained stories about a massive earthquake/tsunami hitting the coast, but no one listened to them until scientists discovered physical evidence of quakes from the Cascadia fault line.

[thegirlthewolfate]

Roopkund Lake AKA “Skeleton Lake” in the Himalayas in India is eerie because it was discovered with hundreds of skeletal remains and for the life of them researchers couldn’t figure out what it was that killed them. For decades the “mystery” went unsolved.

Until they finally payed closer attention to local songs and legend that all essentially said “Yah the Goddess Nanda Devi got mad and sent huge heave stones down to kill them”. That was consistent with huge contusions found all on their neck and shoulders and the weather patterns of the area, which are prone to huge & inevitably deadly goddamn hailstones. https://www.facebook.com/atlasobscura/videos/10154065247212728/

Literally these legends were past down for over a thousand years and it still took researched 50 to “figure out” the “mystery”. 🙄

[archaeologistforhire]

Adding to this, the Inuit communities in Nunavut KNEW where both the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were literally the entire time but Europeans/white people didn’t even bother consulting them about either ship until like…last year. 

“Inuit traditional knowledge was critical to the discovery of both ships, she pointed out, offering the Canadian government a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved when Inuit voices are included in the process.

In contrast, the tragic fate of the 129 men on the Franklin expedition hints at the high cost of marginalising those who best know the area and its history.

“If Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge – this is our backyard – those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved. I’m confident of that,” she said. “But they believed their civilization was superior and that was their undoing.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/inuit-canada-britain-shipwreck-hms-terror-nunavut

“Oh yeah, I heard a lot of stories about Terror, the ships, but I guess Parks Canada don’t listen to people,” Kogvik said. “They just ignore Inuit stories about the Terror ship.”

Schimnowski said the crew had also heard stories about people on the land seeing the silhouette of a masted ship at sunset.

“The community knew about this for many, many years. It’s hard for people to stop and actually listen … especially people from the South.”

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sammy-kogvik-hms-terror-franklin-1.3763653

[crazythingsfromhistory]

Indigenous Australians have had stories about giant kangaroos and wombats for thousands of years, and European settlers just kinda assumed they were myths. Cut to more recently when evidence of megafauna was discovered, giant versions of Australian animals that died out 41 000 years ago.

Similarly, scientists have been stumped about how native Palm trees got to a valley in the middle of Australia, and it wasn’t until a few years ago that someone did DNA testing and concluded that seeds had been carried there from the north around 30 000 years ago… aaand someone pointed out that Indigenous people have had stories about gods from the north carrying the seeds to a valley in the central desert.

[fluffmugger]

oh man let me tell you about Indigenous Australian myths - the framework they use (with multi-generational checking that’s unique on the planet, meaning there’s no drifting or mutation of the story, seriously they are hardcore about maintaining integrity) means that we literally have multiple first-hand accounts of life and the ecosystem before the end of the last ice age

it’s literally the oldest accurate oral history of the world.  

Now consider this: most people consider the start of recorded history to be with  the Sumerians and the Early Dynastic period of the Egyptians.  So around 3500 BCE, or five and a half thousand years ago These highly accurate Aboriginal oral histories originate from twenty thousand years ago at least

[ironbite4]

Ain’t it amazing what white people consider history and what they don’t?

[gluklixhe]

I always said disservice is done to oral traditions and myth when you take them literally. Ancient people were not stupid.

[requiem-on-water]

Murder me in an overgrown greenhouse of an old estate during a thunderstorm or don’t waste my fucking time.

[sadnegro]

Are u bi?

bi myself

[daughterofthestorm]

My heart can't handle awful people. And yet, I've become one.