#wilder mann

[lunegrimm]

Illustration for "Old Moon Quarterly"

[doubtspirit]

'The Green​ Man of Olde Albion' illustration by Sin-Eater

[millaismalaise]

This is the vibe we're bringing to this winter, right?

[thedivergentrealities]

Deer dance, New Mexico, 2015 - Charles Fréger

[evictedfromdreamland]

Wilder Mann - Nidwalden, Switzerland (Rita Fischler - Zauber der Masken, 1975).  © ETH-Bibliothek.

[economicsresearch]

page 588 -

"These conversations make repeated reference to Michel Serres's 1987 book Statues, in which he draws parallels between the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger at Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986, and the ancient Carthaginians' practice of enclosing humans in a gigantic brass statue of the god Baal and incinerating them there, as a sacrifice to their deity (as described by Gustave Flaubert in his novel Salammbô). The similarities, according to Serres, include the immense cost to the respective societies in erecting these "statues," the active role of "specialists" (scientists/priests) in setting the event in motion, the presence of a large crowd of onlookers, who witness the events open-mouthed in horror, and the repetitive nature of the event (replayed again and again on television screens; actively repeated in Carthage whenever national events seemed to require it). Other parallels Serres draws between the two events are the avowed goal (the heavens) and the fact that the statues, the brass deity and the high-tech rocket, were more than simple objects: they played a powerful social role.

Perhaps the most difficult for readers to accept is Serres's contention that denial played a large role in both events. Since the Carthaginians incinerated both animals and children in their statue of Baal, even the parents of the sacrificed children allegedly denied that the cries they heard were those of humans. "Those are not humans, but animals," they are quoted as protesting. We are engaging in a similar form of denial, according to Serres, when we say that the Challenger explosion was an accident; such accidents, he insists, are predictable, according to the laws of probability. Statistics detect in large numbers what we cannot perceive in individual cases. Thus, our technology contains shadowy areas of archaic violence.

The Baal/Challenger discussion recurs throughout the present series of interviews. For Bruno Latour's arguments against this comparison, see pp. 138-42."

[thetidemice]

sketchbook pages <3

[maimoncat]

Goblinweek 2024 - 3: Salvanèl

Un folletto dalle leggende trentine. Il Salvanèl è, come dice il nome, un tipo di Salvan, di uomo selvatico, e perciò è vestito di foglie e indossa una maschera di pelle di coniglio, come a volte son costumato ai carnevali. E da buon folletto indossa una berretta rossa, fa perdere la gente nel bosco e gioca scherzi alla gente. Ma molte storie non lo rappresentano come cattivo.

Ein Kobold aus der Tradition der Dolomiten. Das Salvanèl ist ein Salvan, ein Wilder Mann, und als solcher ist er in Blättern gekleidet und trägt eine Hasenfellmaske, wie bei manchen Fastnachten. Als regelrechter Kobold trägt er eine rote Kapuze, lässt Leute verlaufen und spielt Streiche. Doch in den Geschichten ist er oft nicht als bösartig beschrieben.

A goblin from alpine folklore. The Salvanèl is, as the name says, a type of Salvan, a wild man, and thus dresses in leaves and a mask of rabbit skin, like in some carnivals. And as a proper goblin, he wears a red cap, gets people lost in the woods and plays prankson others. But in stories he isn’t really depicted as a bad guy.