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@magizoomaddox
Welcome Post:
Hello! 👋 My name is Dr. Elizabeth Maddox, magic, mythical, and paranormal creature researcher. Currently residing in northern wales. On here because of my brothers, Koya ( @detective-luca-montoya ) and Gatiss ( @director-oshiro ) and my a couple of my kids ( @chasebird and my daughter doesn’t want me to tag her. Teenagers 😔) being on here, hope to make friends! :)
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There’s a theory that early Europeans started saying “brown one” or “honey-eater” instead of “bear” to avoid summoning them, and similarly my friend has started calling Alexa “the faceless woman” because saying her true name awakens her from her slumber
English has an avoidance register used in the presence of certain respected animals, which sounds fancy until you realize it’s spelling out w-a-l-k and t-r-e-a-t in front of the dog.
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Icelandic folklore requires you avoid saying the names of evil whales, otherwise you’ll draw their attention.
Yall have evil whales?
Iceland does! They are the illhveli, literally “evil whales”, and they live to kill you. They love nothing more than killing and eating humans and sinking their ships. Their greatest enemy is the steypireydur (that’s blue whale to you), which is the greatest of the good whales and the protector of sailors.
All evil whales are, well, evil. So evil that if you speak their name at sea, they will hear it and home in on you. So instead you use all sorts of euphemisms for their names. Also if you try to cook their meat it literally disappears from the pot. That’s right, they’re so evil, you can’t even eat them.
They include such types as the hrosshvalur (horsewhale), with big eyes and a red mane and tail. This is probably the best known and most feared of the lot.
The raudkembingur (redcomb) is especially cruel and bloodthirsty even by illhveli standards. If you manage to escape it, it will die of frustration.
Good luck escaping the mushveli (mousewhale) though, it has legs! And will clamber onto the beach in pursuit!
Or what about death from above? The stökkull (jumper) leaps high into the air and pile-drives boats to pieces.
Meanwhile the skeljungur (shellwhale) sits in the path of boats and lets them get wrecked on its shelly hide…
… while the sverdhvalur (swordwhale) slices through boats with its dorsal fin.
The katthveli (catwhale) is relatively harmless though. It meows.
The same can’t be said of the lyngbakur (heatherback), a classic island fish that lets sailors get on its back and then dives, taking them to a watery grave.
The nauthveli (oxwhale) on the other hand specially targets cattle, attracting them into the sea with its bellow before tearing them apart.
How can you avoid all these murderous whales, like the taumafiskur (bridlefish) here? Any of a number of ways, including getting a steypireydur to help. There are substances, ranging from angelica to sheep dung and chopped fox testicles, that they find abhorrent. And you can distract them with loud noises and barrels.
For more, I assure you this link will answer all your questions.
https://abookofcreatures.com/category/illhveli/
Posts about Illhveli written by abookofcreatures
the social fear of being considered stupid is something that ironically creates a lot more stupid people than natural stupidity does i think. like if youre afraid of being perceived as stupid, you dont ask questions. you fail to ask for details under the impression that pretending something is common knowledge is an appealing alternative to actually asking questions. displaying curiosity and taking info in that you dont have is the point of it man. but weve created an environment where theres a stigma around the one thing that actually makes someone more intelligent
Do you observe all of your family members or just Koya? Because it looks like you have a pretty big family, so that seems like a lot of bugs to hide…
"Observe" is so such a strong word. I prefer the term "careful watch."
I have alternative methods.
Gatiss Michael Oshiro. Please tell me you’re not watching my house.
a flask that doesn’t exist, perhaps never existed. you can drink from it nevertheless
gambling with angels is easy. they can't lie but they have addictive personalities; it's easy to clean them out then make them divulge secrets about the business of heaven to call your bets. my dad used to say "hey, watch this" and summon angels to play poker with him with a sort of bone flute he inherited from his grandpa, and they'd be holding horseshit and still want to call him. i'm talking "raise on a two pair" level bad at it, but they couldn't stop trying to win. my dad taught me all the secret names of God before i was out of grade school and i would use them to curse my enemies so they came down with leprosy. you can cure leprosy these days but it still sucks, especially for a child. but they had it coming for pissing me off
The Danish training ship “Georg Stage” (1934) dresses in rainbow colour, 2021
not the kind of gay ship I’m used to seeing on tumblr but cool
ship georg is an outlier but SHOULD be counted
Description: [A video of a woman riding a galloping horse bareback while holding a large rainbow flag.]
i felt like these tags really added to the experience, thanks @cynderxdustypaws for your knowledge
This is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen, and I will reblog it every single time because every single time it brings tears to my eyes.
You seem interesting. Do you enjoy cards, Sherlock Holmes?
-♠️
I am a big fan of Mycroft's credit card.
SH
@atamh
Rest assured, that card is now also deactivated.
As is your access to my driver, my dry cleaner, and my patience.
No. More expensive.
For you.
Ah, cutting off my finances. A nostalgic move—how very Mycroft of you.
I see that kleptomania also run in the family. I remember when Koya was nine and he stole our brothers money from his drawer to get a car to Wales and see me
wanted to ask about textures that are bad for you. ( like, textures you don't like...I don't speak English so 😭)
I see. Certain fabrics are nothing short of torture.
Wool, especially coarse wool, feels very prickly and irritating. Synthetic materials like Polyester, nylon or acrylic can cause a lot of discomfort— they cling, they chafe, they trap heat. Imagine being wrapped in a plastic bag during a heatwave.
Even supposedly 'soft' fabrics can become intolerable if poorly constructed—seams, labels, texture irregularities.
Cotton remains the most functional. Breathable, neutral, low-interference. Optimally pre-washed. Tags removed, obviously.
SH
The undiagnosed 'tism runs in the family I see...
I mean, I have a diagnosis. 
Elizabeth, you're adopted. -K.O.
Well, I’m still a part of the family, aren’t I?
Are we speaking biologically or logically? -K.O.
Logically, of course. You should know that. I was adopted when you were three. You should have been old enough to remember that.
I was- but speaking of our family's predisposition to autism, I don't believe you would be included. -K.O.
The key word here is undiagnosed. Lack of diagnosis is not a biological factor that is more of a “the rest of you are too damn stubborn to go to a clinic“ thing..
wanted to ask about textures that are bad for you. ( like, textures you don't like...I don't speak English so 😭)
I see. Certain fabrics are nothing short of torture.
Wool, especially coarse wool, feels very prickly and irritating. Synthetic materials like Polyester, nylon or acrylic can cause a lot of discomfort— they cling, they chafe, they trap heat. Imagine being wrapped in a plastic bag during a heatwave.
Even supposedly 'soft' fabrics can become intolerable if poorly constructed—seams, labels, texture irregularities.
Cotton remains the most functional. Breathable, neutral, low-interference. Optimally pre-washed. Tags removed, obviously.
SH
The undiagnosed 'tism runs in the family I see...
I mean, I have a diagnosis. 
Elizabeth, you're adopted. -K.O.
Well, I’m still a part of the family, aren’t I?
Are we speaking biologically or logically? -K.O.
Logically, of course. You should know that. I was adopted when you were three. You should have been old enough to remember that.
wanted to ask about textures that are bad for you. ( like, textures you don't like...I don't speak English so 😭)
I see. Certain fabrics are nothing short of torture.
Wool, especially coarse wool, feels very prickly and irritating. Synthetic materials like Polyester, nylon or acrylic can cause a lot of discomfort— they cling, they chafe, they trap heat. Imagine being wrapped in a plastic bag during a heatwave.
Even supposedly 'soft' fabrics can become intolerable if poorly constructed—seams, labels, texture irregularities.
Cotton remains the most functional. Breathable, neutral, low-interference. Optimally pre-washed. Tags removed, obviously.
SH
The undiagnosed 'tism runs in the family I see...
I mean, I have a diagnosis. 
Elizabeth, you're adopted. -K.O.
Well, I’m still a part of the family, aren’t I?
wanted to ask about textures that are bad for you. ( like, textures you don't like...I don't speak English so 😭)
I see. Certain fabrics are nothing short of torture.
Wool, especially coarse wool, feels very prickly and irritating. Synthetic materials like Polyester, nylon or acrylic can cause a lot of discomfort— they cling, they chafe, they trap heat. Imagine being wrapped in a plastic bag during a heatwave.
Even supposedly 'soft' fabrics can become intolerable if poorly constructed—seams, labels, texture irregularities.
Cotton remains the most functional. Breathable, neutral, low-interference. Optimally pre-washed. Tags removed, obviously.
SH
The undiagnosed 'tism runs in the family I see...
I mean, I have a diagnosis. 
Happy Pride Month, Chase :) 🏳️🌈
@chasebird
that whole fantasy trope of werewolves and vampires hating each other pisses me off every time. it's like lgbt exclusionism you feel me. like I bet the real ones think it's dumb. they're out there going guys we're all children of the night. in their eyes we're ALL unholy abominations. bet there's posts on darkcreatures.net like vampires and werewolves are actually kissing on the lips rn
Bet there are etymologist and linguist vampires who take bets on which words will fall out of use and which words will evolve by the century
