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Needfire — A ritual flame kindled for purification, renewal, and powerful spellwork.

[bururaven]

To think that, at least for a little while, Jamie's father thought that Claire's mother was pregnant with Jamie's uncle...

[parafrazerofhistory]

Priapus, Curer of Cattle

“In England the earliest notice of the need-fire seems to be contained in the Chronicle of Lanercost for the year 1268. The annalist tells with pious horror how, when an epidemic was raging in that year among the cattle, ‘certain beastly men, monks in garb but not in mind, taught the idiots of their country to make fire by the friction of wood and to set up an image of Priapus, whereby they thought to succour the animals.’” [1]

—J. G. Frazer, Balder the Beautiful, part 1 (The Golden Bough, vol. X, 1913, p. 286)

Statue of Priapus in the Romisch-Germanisches Museum at Cologne, Germany.

(Source: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

[1] Frazer’s footnote: “‘Pro fidei divinae integritate servanda recolat lector quod, cum hoc anno in Laodonia pestis grassaretur in pecudes armenti, quain vocant usitate Lungessouth, quidam bestiales, habitu claustrales non animo, docebant idiotas patriae ignem confrictione de lignis educere et simulachrum Priapi statuere, et per haec bestiis succurrere," quoted by J. M. Kemble, The Saxons in England (London, 1849), i. 358 sq.; A. Kuhn, Die Herabkunft des Feuers und des Gӧttertranks (Gütersloh, 1886), p. 43; Ulrich Jahn, Die deutschen Opfergebrӓuche bei Ackerbau und Viehzucht (Breslau, 1884) p. 31.

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[hazelwest1980]

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he wheel turns once again and we find ourselves at Beltane. Beltane, also known as May Day falls on May 1st. There is a quickening of spring energy that pushes animals and people to pair up, bees…

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I was gonna wait til the marker washed off and it healed a little but it looked so pretty in the morning light I could not resist ♥♥♥ Many thanks to @nashhogan for making my first tattooing such a dream! Also featuring my little crescent moon ring from @verameat 🌙 #firsttattoo #impulsetattoo #babysfirstink #blackink #freshink #knuckletattoo #tinytattoo #runes #nauthiz #needfire #witchythings #blacknails (at Three Kings Tattoo)