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✨Introduction ✨

(It's a bit of a long one. I forgot to make one when I first got on Tumblr, my bad.)

Two-Spirit

Two-Spirit is a term created by Indigenous peoples of North America in 1990 to bring together the diverse gender identities and sexualities that exist within their cultures.

It is not a single gender. Each nation has its own traditions, names, and ways of understanding these experiences.

For many communities, Two-Spirit people held important social, cultural, and spiritual roles before European colonization.

The term should not be used by non-Indigenous people, as it is specifically connected to the cultures and experiences of the Indigenous peoples of North America.

Irawhiti (Māori)

Irawhiti is a Māori-language term used by some people to describe transgender or gender-diverse experiences.

The term is part of the contemporary revitalization of Māori language and culture, allowing Indigenous people to describe their identities through their own cultural frameworks.

Although it may be translated as "transgender" in some contexts, Irawhiti carries meanings connected to Māori cultural realities and should not be understood simply as a copy of Western gender categories. ( Flag design by Irauí on Tumblr. ) @irawhiti

takatāpui (Māori)

Takatāpui is a Māori term used by Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people in New Zealand.

Historically, the word referred to an intimate relationship between people of the same sex.

Today, many Māori people use the term to express both their Indigenous identity and their gender or sexual diversity.

More than a specific sexual orientation or gender identity, Takatāpui connects a person to their culture, ancestry, and community.

The term is part of the Māori cultural revitalization movement and demonstrates that gender and sexual diversity can be understood through Indigenous perspectives, not only through Western categories. ( Flag design by Irauí on Tumblr. ) @irawhiti

Māhū (Kanaka Maōli)

Māhū is a traditional Hawaiian cultural identity associated with people who embody both masculine and feminine qualities.

Historically, māhū people held important roles as educators, keepers of knowledge, healers, and transmitters of cultural traditions.

The arrival of colonization and Christian missions attempted to erase these identities, but many Native Hawaiians continue to preserve and revitalize the māhū identity today.

Māhū is not simply the Hawaiian equivalent of "transgender" or "nonbinary." It is a distinct cultural identity deeply connected to Hawaiian history, culture, and spirituality.

Tibira/ Tybyra

Tibira is a historical figure documented during the colonial period.

According to interpretations by Indigenous researchers and collectives, Tibira may be understood as a man who had relationships with other men, or as a person who lived with a feminine gender identity or expression, challenging the norms imposed by colonizers.

Their story is remembered as an example that gender and sexual diversity already existed among Indigenous peoples long before colonization. ( Made by me )

Çacoaimbeguira

Accounts of the Tupinambá people mention the çacoaimbeguiras.

According to interpretations by Indigenous researchers and collectives, they may be understood as women who had relationships with other women, or as people who lived with a masculine gender identity or expression outside the norms imposed by colonization.

Their existence shows that diverse ways of experiencing gender and sexuality were already part of Indigenous societies long before the imposition of European models. ( Made by me )

Digital Offering to Lady Hekate 🖤

#e offering #digital offering #witchy #hellenic deities #hellenic gods #witchcraft #hecate #hekate #lady hekate #lady Hecate

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A collage for Lord Dionysus.

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Dionysus!

God of revels, god of wine, god of madness!

Tonight, I praise you, god Akratos, of unmixed wine and satyric frenzy -

God of the wild, untamed vines,

Who rescued the Princess of Crete long ago.

Dionysos Bakkhos,

Remember me and all I have given to you,

That you may give in return.

God of the theater! Tonight, we give you our feelings, that catharsis may expel them from our locked minds, let it be felt, let it be overfelt, like an overflowing cup of wine.

Bakkhos, Dionysos, Lord of Frenzy,

I praise you.

wrathful-warhound

Dionysus

alpinebarnesworld

homey-worshiper

I hate generative AI. There was no need to give it to the public. People forgot to be human. And now they ask chatbots how to be normal again. AI in science is meant to help us live, survive. But now I wake up knowing that in a few years, I may not have water to drink. People already go to sleep with poisoned water in their bodies.

That makes me think of my ancestors. They would go to a village well to fill their pot, boil it, and have water. It wasn't "free". It required labour and time. But they didn't need endless plastic to have it. No companies were telling them that water is not a human right. I wonder if they felt like I do now. When the first person had no other choice but to buy bottled water, what were they thinking?

Did they know that in years there will be no clear water left to buy?

You can't find a portrayal of a futuristic world without mention of water pollution. Or just outright NO WATER LEFT FOR PEOPLE THAT CANNOT PAY MILLIONS FOR IT.

Do people who poison the land and water never see it? Did they never read a book? Did they never think beyond a few years? Did they never look beyond their bank statement?

Maybe they should ask ChatGPT what will happen with all their AI products if they kill all the "potential customers".

Drink water today, thank Poseidon. Cook something warm, thank Hestia. Spend time with your loved ones, thank Hera. Sign a petition against AI centres, thank Zeus. Draw something ugly, thank Apollo.

Go outside and cry about all the beauty we will lose because a few rich people decided you and I are not worth living.

Be mad at AI, thank Ares. Hunt for AI in the name of Artemis.

wrathful-warhound

Tykhe Automatia (she who does what she will)

kystory

Ah, my dear, dear Dionysus~

antflights

Couldn't tell you if i like this or not but whatever,

🌈 Iris concept

wrathful-warhound

heeeeyyy!! may i have a moodboard of lady hecate with black dogs and magic please 🫶🏼 and thank you!!

Hekate

antflights

Hera and little Hebe sketch

wrathful-warhound

O my Gods, you have the loviest and creative of moodboards

May i request lady Athena as a mother figure?

Athena, on being a mother figure

wrathful-warhound

helloo!! may i request a moodboard of Aphrodite but as a mother figure? Im unsure if its been done already so if not Aphrodite but with themes of romantic relationship guidance? (hopefully I worded that right) - 🌞🪽

Aphrodite, on being a mother figure

wrathful-warhound

A queer moodboard with Hermaphroditus (intersex) and Dionysus (genderfluid/transgender) please! >∆<

Hermaphroditus and Dionysus

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Spell For Banishing Worry and Anxiety

1 x Black Candle 1 x Paper 1 x Pen Something To Light The Candle

1) Cleanse your space and cast your circle of protection. 2) Draw a pentacle on the paper. 3) Place the paper in the centre of your altar (or space where you are working). 4) Light the candle 5) As the candle is burning, chant the following; “I call on powers far and near To banish all that’s not welcome here. Use this candle, use this charm, To banish all that would cause harm. This I ask, that you may Send unwanted harm away.” 6) As you are chanting, imagine all of the anxiety, fear and negativity dissolving.

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