#kecharitomene

[bebemoon]

Ooooooh! Black, please!

ann demeulemeester rtw spring 2o26, pfw .

[voluptuarian]

@kecharitomene​, ask, and you shall receive! 

The Island of Minos (Spotify) (8tracks)

01. spitzberg - atlantis: the lost tales 02. sea borne - dead can dance 03. the shores of megaris - assassin’s creed: odyssey 04. minoan palace - derek and brandon fiechter 05. kiko - dead can dance 06. rhea - atlantis: the lost tales 07. sumeria (ancient) - geoff knorr 08. message horn’s enchanting echo - daemonia nymphe 09. feasts and culture - etostone 10. battle drums - joe hisaishi 11. dance of the bacchantes - dead can dance 12. dream of the dolphin - atlantis: the lost tales 13. forgotten isle - assassin’s creed: odyssey 14. rainbow voice - david hykes & the harmonic choir 15. ancient winds - atlantis: the lost tales 16. paititi (city of the serpent) - brian d’oliviera 17. awakening - atlantis: the lost tales

[yelenabworld]

[glitzandshadows]

I'm super excited for your book, and have been for quite some time! Finally the goth content I dreamed of as a teen. Out of curiosity, do you have any Slavic ancestry? If not, how did you get into Slavic lore?

apparently i do but i didn’t know until this year so that sure doesn’t count lol 

there was a whole mix of things that led to it though! I’ve always been interested in Russia and Russian history and it was my baseline for this book because I knew the Atmosphere I wanted would work well for a fantasy world with Russia as the analogue. The Poland analogue came a few years later and ended up being my favorite part of researching and writing the book. :) 

and also thank you! 

[rosamundhodge]

Since you deliver my favourite tropes and dynamics with every single book you publish: What are the chances of you ever writing a novel-length Hades & Persephone retelling? 🙈

Somewhere between zero and 100 percent?

That’s a cheater answer, but unfortunately it’s also true. Hades and Persephone has been one of my favorite myths ever since I can remember (like, literally—one of my earliest memories is cavorting around the dried-out weeds in our yard, playing some sort of elaborate underworld pretend). So I would love to write a novel-length retelling. But so far, I haven’t been hit with an idea for how to do it. I really hope that someday I do! But I have no idea precisely how likely that is.

I can, however, promise that I’m going to continue churning out weirdly morbid romances for years to come. :)

[appliedmariology]

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!

Luke 1:26-28 (RSV-2CE)

Ignatius Catholic Study Bible footnote:

“This is the only biblical instance where an angel addresses someone by a title instead of a personal name [full of grace]. Two considerations help to clarify its meaning. The expression full of grace is rooted in Catholic tradition and traced to St. Jerome’s translation of this verse in the Latin Vulgate. Although fundamentally accurate, it lacks some of the depth of the Greek original. Luke could have described her with the words full of grace (Gk. plērēs charitos) as he did of Stephen in Acts 6:8, yet here he uses a different expression (Gk. kecharitōmenē) that is even more revealing than the traditional rendering. It indicates that God had already “graced” Mary previous to this point, making her a vessel who “has been” and “is now” filled with divine life. Alternative translations like “favored one” or “highly favored” are possible but inadequate. Because of the paralleled role that Mary accepts at this turning point in salvation history, the best translation is the most exalted one. For God endowed Mary with an abundance of grace to prepare her for the vocation of divine motherhood and to make her a sterling example of Christian holiness (CCC 490-93, 722). Gabriel’s declaration points in the direction of Mary’s Immaculate Conception. According to Pope Pius IX’s 1854 definition Ineffabilis Deus, Luke’s Annunciation narrative is an important indicator of Mary’s lifelong holiness. God is her “Savior” (1:47) in the most perfect way possible: he sanctified Mary in the first instance of her conception and preserved her entirely from sin and even from the inclination toward sin that we experience.”

[voluptuarian]

✨  Books to read in 2021 ✨

Tagged by @kecharitomene to list my most anticipated reads for 2021... now we all know reading hasn’t exactly been my strong point the last few years, so I’m keeping this modest but... 

The Scented Palace - Elisabeth de Feydeau

Helen of Troy - Bettany Hughes

Christ’s Samurai - Jonathan Clements

Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong - Emma Teng

The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke (started in 2019, but hopefully I can finish it this year)

I’m tagging @thelovelygods and @ablazingcloud

[voluptuarian]

moodboard: Death and the Maiden for @kecharitomene

There is a reaper whose name is Death And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath And the flowers that grow between 

Happy birthday, dear!