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I haven't actually been wanting to be on tumblr much lately since I've been busy writing, so I'm definitely going to be absent, especially since I start working in a week.

I'm saying this in case any of you worry about where I've been.

I'll probably check in on weekends and check my messages once a day at least, but yeah, my brain has decided that a break is needed.

Visiting family today in Virginia. Will not be around most likely.

jemnewclear

roachpatrol

oh my god

...Now I have a great need for fingerless gloves. I bemoan the loss of the pair I once had.

eli-block

Dragon Illustrations by Jae min Kim

roachpatrol

daaaaamn

#i like dragons okay?

...You know, for a person who doesn't actually directly worship Loki (most of my dealings is with two of this children), I talk about him a fair amount. I suppose that's only fair considering he's demonized so much by so many Heathens.

Part of it is because I still consider him "family" in the sense of seeing gods as those whom I trust to give me good advice and support me if I need it from them.

#pagan stuff

The problem with naming characters after historical figures is that you have moments where you end up giggling sometimes when said historical figure is mentioned.

#i just use first names #some of the names are fairly common though #i just have this thing for stuff relating to history

...Every so often, I just start ranting about military tactics and how people make the stupidest decisions when it comes to them.

(I watch too many war movies, I swear.)

awaalkr

Please do not buy any fanmade Night Vale things

Respect the creators of this great free, maintained by donations show, please.

trans-butch-leninist

SPREADING THIS BECAUSE LEGIT GUYS THEY DON’T WANT YOU GUYS SELLING ANY NIGHT VALE MERCH OR BUYING ANY THAT ISN’T FROM THEIR STORE.

They said in the last podcast that they’d be opening up a store; just wait until that opens up and then you can buy stuff from them. It supports the show and allows them to keep on going.

thebloggerknownasgeeknip

It’s open! Buy things from here!

8bitflowers-archive

my blog is like this fucking grab bag except you never exactly know what you’re going to get in said bag

is it fandom???

is it feminist rants???

is it food???

who knows you could probably find a fucking crocodile in there

#also random pagan stuff in my case

medievalpoc

The all-white reinvention of Medieval Europe commonly depicted in popular fiction, films, tv shows and art is entirely that: a fiction. An invention. An erasure. Obviously, people of color have been an essential and integral part of European life, European art, and European literary imagination since time immemorial. To cite “historical accuracy” as a means to project whitewashed images of the past into the future to maintain a fiction of white supremacy is an unconscionable farce.

People of Color are not an anachronism.

Follow.

Ask.

Submit.

shoreofmysoul

THIS. There is so much evidence that the all-white Medieval Europe is bullshit.

geekquality

BOOM. See also, Moxie’s excellent post, United Colors of Albion: Race in Fantasy Media.

hayleyquinnx-deactivated2022060

this is some majorly important shit i am about to ask, did you this also apply to the uk?! Because I have always been told it doesn’t, and if it did then I need to know because I have been incredibly ignorant and i gotta stop doing that and actually be more aware of this shit. SOMEONE GIVE ME ANSWERS.

medievalpoc

Um…yes. The UK is part of Europe.

Black Moors in Scotland and England since Classical Times

if you want reading materials:

Ali, Ahmed, and Ibrahim Ali. The Black Celts: An Ancient African Civilization in Ireland and Britain. Cardiff: Punite Publications, 1992.

Dabydeen, David, ed. The Black Presence in English Literature. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1985.

Edwards, Paul, and James Walvin. “Africans in Britain, 1500-1800." The African Diaspora: Interpretive Essays. Edited by Martin L. Kilson and Robert I. Rotberg. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976: 173-204.

Higgins, Godfrey. Celtic Druids: Or, An Attempt to Show, that the Druids were the Priests of Oriental Colonies who Emigrated from India, and were the Introducers of the First or Cadmean System of Letters, and the Builders of Stonehenge, or Carnac, and of Other Cyclopean Works, in Asia and Europe. 1829; rpt. Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1977.

Johnson, Rosalind. “African Presence in Shakespearean Drama: Parallels Between Othello and the Historical Leo Africanus." African Presence in Early Europe. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1985: 276-87.

Jones, E.D. Othello’s Countrymen: The African in English Renaissance Drama. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Luke, Don. “African Presence in the Early History of the British Isles and Scandinavia." African Presence in Early Europe. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1985: 223-44.

The Mabinogion. Translated with an Introduction by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones. London: Dent, 1957.

MacKenzie, Donald A. Ancient Man in Britain. Foreword by Grafton Elliot Smith. London: Blackie, 1922.

MacManus, Seaumas. The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland. New York: Devin-Adair, 1921.

MacRitchie, David. Ancient and Modern Britons: A Retrospect, 2 Vols. 1884; rpt. Introduction by William Preston. Los Angeles: Preston, 1985, 1986.

Massey, Gerald. A Book of the Beginnings: Containing an Attempt to Recover and Reconstitute the Lost Origines of the Myths and Mysteries, Types and Symbols, Religion and Language, with Egypt for the Mouthpiece and Africa as the Birthplace. Volume 1, Egyptian Origines in the British Isles. 1881; rpt. Secaucus: University Books, 1974.

Morien. Translated from the Medieval Dutch by Jessie L. Weston. London: Nutt, 1901. Rashidi, Runoko. “Ancient and Modern Britons: A Review Essay." African Presence in Early Europe. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1985: 251-60.

Rogers, Joel Augustus. Nature Knows No Color-Line: Research Into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race. 3rd ed. New York: Rogers, 1952.

Rogers, Joel Augustus. Sex and Race, Volume 1. 9th ed. New York: Rogers, 1967.

Scobie, Edward. Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in Britain. Chicago: Johnson, 1972.

Scobie, Edward. “African Women in Early Europe." African Presence in Early Europe. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Journal of African Civilizations, 1985: 202-22.

Scobie, Edward. “The Black in Western Europe." African Presence in Early Europe. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1985: 190-202.

Scobie, Edward. Global African Presence. Introduction by Ivan Van Sertima. Brooklyn: A&B, 1994.

Skene, William F. Celtic Scotland, 3 Volumes. 1876; rpt. Freeport, 1971

gefdreamsofthesea

Reblogging this because it is awesome.

#book recs #history

I got up anyways and put some things on my wall. I might have to take a picture of the beginnings of my wall of fannish stuff at some point.

I'm just sitting here thinking that I should put more pictures on the wall. But that would involve getting up.

aieki-deactivated20111126-deact

Reblog if you've formed a meaningful relationship with someone you met online.

thegreenwolf

It’s time for another giveaway! While cleaning off my desk, I found my spare contributor’s copy of the 2014 Witches’ Datebook from Llewellyn. I was asked to write up several profiles of animals associated with magic and spirituality worldwide for inclusion in the datebook; you can see a couple of samples in the pictures above. It also includes writings on holidays, seasonal recipes, divination and other such topics, along with fulfilling its main purpose as a datebook with bonus astrological and magical qualities of each day.

Want a chance to win this book? Just reblog this post between now and noon Pacific Standard Time on Saturday, August 10, 2013. I’ll then choose a winner at random :) You don’t need to follow me to win, though feel free to scroll down through my blog a bit to see the sorts of pagan writings, critter pictures, and hide and bone art I tend to post, and follow if you like!

thegreenwolf

Just a reminder.