[lauralot89]

Choose the most egregious Dracula adaptation sin

Making Mina the reincarnation of Dracula's wife

Conflating Dracula with Vlad the Impaler*

Ignoring Renfield's character arc

Making Arthur and/or Jonathan abusive or dismissive

Leaving out one or two of Lucy's suitors

Not including Dracula's lizard fashion

Making Lucy promiscuous to victim-blame her

Sidelining Jonathan or leaving him out completely

Making Dracula the hero

Switching Lucy and Mina's names

Cutting out the Demeter sequence

Leaving out Dracula's straw hat

Voting ended onFeb 2, 2025

*Nothing in Bram Stoker's research notes for Dracula indicates that the Count was based off of Vlad Dracula. In fact, nothing indicates that Stoker was aware of Vlad Dracula. Stoker originally planned to call his antagonist "Count Wampyr" before he noted that the Romanian word "dracula" meant "devil." (In Vlad Dracula's time, it meant "son of the dragon," but the meaning had since evolved.)

The current scholarly consensus is that Sir Henry Irving was the chief inspiration for Count Dracula. However, in the time before Stoker's notes were available, people understandably assumed that the fictional Romanian nobleman named Dracula who fought the Turks was based on the real Romanian nobleman named Dracula who fought the Turks. These days, it's common pop culture knowledge that "Dracula is Vlad the Impaler" and so much media portrays them as the same man that he kind of is Vlad the Impaler, no matter Stoker's intentions.

[walkingdownthepathofnight]

Can someone tell me if Bram Stoker was not aware of Vlad Tepes, where do the similarities in physical depiction and historical back ground that's in the book even come from?

[the-technicolor-yawn]

saw a comment on Letterboxd saying that nosferatu is the least homoerotic vampire movie or something

did you forget about orlok ass naked undulating ontop of hutter giving him the hoover vacuum 9000

[grimgrinss]

I loved his look, naturally I had to draw him

[beelzeebub]

Nosferatu wip

[the-crooked-library]

i think i've mentioned it before in passing but it still fucks me up how Orlok is a physical manifestation of every "wrong and sinful" desire that Ellen tries to repress, as well as the panic that is associated with them.

the first sexual urges of her puberty (he claims her "ever-eternally"). the desire to dominate her husband (he dominates Thomas at the castle, demanding the subservience she never could). her queerness (he drinks from Anna, long and deep, and destroys Harding's family). the desperate longing for companionship, regardless of how dark and abnormal she believes herself to be (he answers her call from miles away, crosses an ocean for her, wants her, wants her, wants her - but she cannot imagine being wanted without repercussions, and so he brings the plague with him, a punishment for the sin of receiving what she craves).

Ellen is a mess of crushing guilt. she only ever sees ugliness in herself and i think it's so compelling to see her being desired above all else - not despite, but because of that ugliness, y'know?..

[like-tears-in-rain-storms]

That scene in Nosferatu of them meeting in the flesh for the first time though......The absolute crisp tension of their dialogue, the perfect rhythm of their dialogue...Depp and Skarsgard killed it, they deserve the world for that scene alone. Him calling her "my affliction", her calling him "a villain to speak so", her asserting fearlessly he can't love and him admitting it without sugarcoating but asserting back that nothing can sate him but her.....her breathing "I abhor you" a breath away from his lips, him getting enraged and going full fairytale mode on her "THREE NIGHT I WILL COME TO YOU - TONIGHT WAS THE FIRST, TONIGHT YOU DENIED ME"........the gothic romance there is unreal. Perfection.

[neyafromfrance95]

i haven't seen anyone talk about how in the beginning of the movie, after ellen is shown to be lonely and in need of a company and before she screams at the sight of orlok, she is letting out the soft moans but it doesn't seen like she is having sex, it seems like she is masturbating.

if orlok is a manifestation of ellen's repressed sexual appetite and he is repulsive bc the female sexuality is viewed as inherently sinful in the puritan society, then him "visiting" ellen during her puberty is a metaphor for her feeling shame for her sexual awakening and the first sexual experience - masturbation.

it's probable that her father sees her in that moment and condemns her for impurity, which forever alters ellen's perception of her sexuality and self.

[riri-aa]

how listening to perverts by ethel cain at midnight got me feeling

[uncensored-aj]

*Count Orlok Voice* Youuu Willll Serrrrrrve cunttt in the most rrrrrrrrrrrrepuuuulsive mannorrr posssssible, and eattt yourrrr enemiessss for lunch. You shalllll be a ffffffrrrrrreak nassssty bitchhh on thissss, and everrrry day, for the rest of yourrr life.

YOU WILL OBEY THIS MY COUNCIL.

[odetokeons]

♱ Nosferatu (2024) dir. Robert Eggers ♱

+ bonus

[spookydraws]

Undead wanderer Quincey P Morris, Bram Stoker can come fight me

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

SpongeBob / Nosferatu cross over by Navalta_gfx over on TikTok

[mostlydeadlanguages]

An Incantation Against Depression (VAT 13697)

This is an excerpt from a lengthy Akkadian ritual that we know from multiple tablets, all of them unfortunately broken.  The ritual starts by describing the patient: he is constantly depressed and has other physical symptoms, from pain to nausea.  Such symptoms are clearly a sign that he has been attacked by witchcraft.  To combat the witchcraft, the ritual practitioner relies on a combination of magical actions (such as burning figurines of the magicians who caused the illness) and prayers to Shamash, the Sun-god, who represents an all-seeing force of justice.

This is the first of the incantations recited by the practitioner.  Below the cut, I’ve included the transliteration of the incantation (in case anyone wants to try it) and a short comment on the untranslated word “Namraṣit.”

I call to you, Shamash.  Listen to me! Accept my sleepless sighing. Learn swiftly of the suffering that seizes me. I am sluggish; I am sleepless; I am exhausted; I am anxious. I focus on Namraṣit, your light, o my lord. Shamash, lord of justice, to you I turn. Pay attention to my lifted hands; listen to my speech. Listen to me; accept my petition; judge my case; decide my verdict.

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[fuckyeahpipesofpan]

Nymphs and Satyr Redux

Based on artwork by William Bouguereau

[theoldcottage-deactivated202208]

Colours in Magick

White - white in magick is generally used in healings, benedictions, cleansings, initiations, rites of new birth, rites of wisdom, spiritual influence, purification and the like. It can be incorporated by way of ingredients such as white flower petals, white bowls and plates, white candles, salt, milk, chalk, clothing, eggshells etc. In ritual worship - useful to wear during daytime rites, especially in workings of angels, saints, spirits considered more religious or spiritually inclined, gods of wisdom, gods of virginity etc. In rites: white clothing is useful for rites of benediction, blessing and rebirth. Useful for rites such as those at Yule (the Awakening of Sol) and Imbolc (The Awakening of Earth). It is useful in cleansing rites and should be worn in some capacity during exorcisms, curse breakings, healings, cleansings and the like for two main reasons - to represent the spiritual purity and power of the magus and to act as a deflection against all forces that would be stirred up by the rite (white reflects all colours). It is also useful, in the same, to wear during invocations, evocations and meditations.

White is a lunar colour but doesn't seem to hold the same watery energy that the moon is often tied to. It instead holds a more airy and spiritual energy akin to that felt by religious figures. I always seem to think of Virgin Goddesses such as Hestia, Athena and Artemis when considering this but also Goddesses that are strongly tied to wisdom, purity, religion and spirituality. It seems to be highly reflective and to focus on it during meditation brings about a deeper sense of meditation with a highly Thoughtless state. It bears a distinct energy that is quite weightless. I've used white as a major part of a spiritual bath ceremony that brought about tremendously potent effects. It is a very distant and impartial colour but is a very good mentor and healer.

[davysdead]

smth about me… i Will create ocs and i Will Not name them

[themori-witch]

Liminality & Liminal Spaces

It’s been quite a while since my last original post, and I profusely apologise for my absence.

What is liminality?

The word “liminal’ comes from a Latin word “līmen”, meaning “a threshold” and its Oxford Dictionary definition is:

Relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.

Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.

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That is a brief etymological explanation of liminal/liminality, but,… what is it? What is it in relation to witches and witchcraft?

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