Afterpants

18+ AimeeMaroux, 2 months ago to 13thFloor

In Germanic #mythology, Wieland the Smith is a crafty, disabled smith. Similar to #Hephaistos, the Greek god of smiths, Wieland was lame because of violence directed at him. Wieland had learned smithing from the dwarves. He worked for the Danish king Níðung who, to prevent him from ever leaving, had him crippled by cutting his hamstrings. In revenge, Wieland killed the king's sons and raped the king's daughter Badhild before fleeing in a flying contraption he had built.

#MythologyMonday

NeuKelte, 2 months ago to ireland German

#Celtic #BookologyThursday: In #Meiches heart were three great serpents. The hero Mac Cécht killed him, because had he lived, the serpents would have split his heart open and devoured all of #Ireland. Mac Cécht burned the heart to ashes, then threw the ashes into a river, which boiled to death every living creature within its waters. #Meiche was the only son of the #Morrígán. Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
https://polytheistcommunitycenter.tumblr.com/post/123771179601/meche-also-mechi-or-meiche-the-son-of-the?

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NeuKelte, 2 months ago to climate German

This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on https://zotum.net/profile/ncm.
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy and #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries🙏
#FridaysForFuture #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #MotherEarth #LifesBetterWithTrees #ClimateCrisis #CapitalismKills #TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay
#BetterWithForests #ClimateActionNow #greedflation #ecocide #stopoil #endfossilfuels #cooltheclimate

standupforthegods, 2 months ago to 13thFloor

Zeus (Jupiter if you're Roman) isn't just the god of lightning! He's more like the god of the sky—but even that's misleading.

Some say he's exactly that feeling you get when you climb to the highest point, and look out on the land.

The sky is what orders the world, the good king orders the country, the good father orders the family, and consciousness orders the mind.

What all those things point to, THAT's Zeus.

#mythology #myth
@mythologymonday
@mythology

evildrganymede, 3 months ago to Catroventos

How is one supposed to pronounce "Dunwich" (as in HPL's "The Dunwich Horror", or "the Dunwich Legacy")?

I always thought it was "dun-witch" but I just heard someone call it "dunnitch" and weirdly I never even thought to pronounce it like that - despite being from the UK where we have places like Norwich ("norritch"), Greenwich ("grennitch"), Woolwich ("woolitch"), Bromwich ("brommitch") and also Warwick ("warrick") and Chiswick ("chizzick") ... but then we also have Ipswich ("ips-witch"), Northwich ("north-witch"), Middlewich ("middle-witch") and of course Sandwich ("sand-witch").

So now my mind is blown. Which is right - "Dun-wich" or "Dunnitch"?! #english #hpl #lovecraft

curiousordinary, 3 months ago to folklore

In Japanese folklore there is a tale about a shapeshifting kitsune known to trick people and leave them with their heads shaved. Two bold young men tried to outwit the mischievous fox but met the same fate. You can read the whole tale on my website at the link below.
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2024/02/fox-barber.html
#folklore #JapaneseFolklore #folktale #yokai @folklore

madargon, 3 months ago to Amazon

Not my meme/remake but I have permission from author to publish it here :blobcatjoy:​ And it was the same person who several years ago told me in good cyberpunk story #corporations should be like Lovecraftian deities - mysterious, hard to understand, powerful and impossible to defeat by mortals (not optimistic view of course... especially if reality is close to this)

[ And I didn't play Cthulhu Saves The World (yet) :blobcat_amused: But played ​Universal Paperclips in the past and it's constant picture in my head when I read about Big Tech now. ]

#Lovecraft #Amazon #corporation #capitalism #Cthulhu

Afterpants, 3 months ago to random

#MythologyMonday
The Japanese has several types of "demon fire"

1. Will-o'-the-Wisps (Hitodama): Ethereal flames believed to be the souls of the deceased,

2. **Kitsunebi (Fox Fire) Fox magic.

3. Tengu no Hi (Tengu's Fire): fire that Tengu use to bewilder or lead people astray.

4. Ame no Hi (Heavenly Fire): Fire associated with deities or celestial beings,

5. Hi no Tama (Fire Balls): Spherical flames that are sacred.

Afterpants, 4 months ago to anarchism

"Claiming to be an anarchist while simultaneously advocating that people vote in the very system that you condemn is like claiming to be a vegan right as you bite into a bloody steak."

JAKE SIMPKINS

This quote made me laugh.
#anarchism #vegan #FuckTheState

Afterpants, 6 months ago to random

I had AI write this:

...the intense similarities between America and Ancient Rome, where both societies were built on the foundation of slavery. Just as Rome expanded its empire through conquest, America too has exerted its influence across the globe. Moreover, both civilizations have witnessed the rise of a wealthy elite, forming a plutocracy that has shaped their respective histories.

( and the empire doesn't stop there)

#anarchy

aronow, 6 months ago to art

Finished! He needs a wash and press but I love him enough to add him to the #art wall!

#crossstitch @crossstitch #cathulhu #cthulhu #lovecraft #embroidery

bevanthomas, 7 months ago to 13thFloor

Interestingly, the ghoul is a monster more defined by its eating habits than its species. It haunts cemeteries, feasting on corpses, but depending on the story, the ghoul may be classified as undead, a demon, a degraded human, or a separate humanoid species.
#WyrdWednesday #mythology #folklore #horror #monster #31DaysofHalloween #31DaysofHorror #31DaysofHaunting

blockforest, 7 months ago to DigitalArt

Onto another theme and I'm going digital for the next couple of entries (of which I'm very out of practice 😅) this is part of Drawtober Moth Bitten Library.

Day 6 #Folktober3 - Stoor Worm - a gigantic evil sea serpent of Orcadian folklore. But just cos you're a monster doesn't mean you can't be a little cutie, and this ones just a baby!

#folktober #drawtobermothbittenlibrary #digitalart #serpent #folklore #wurm #candlelit #drawingchallenge #procreate #mythology #halloween #spookyseason

khthoniaa, 8 months ago to highstrangeness

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drahardja, 8 months ago to random

A study on #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI from 2020 is now peer-reviewed and published. The study gave $7500 cash to homeless people in Vancouver and compared their outcome versus a control group. The result was clear:

“The recipients of the cash transfers did not increase spending on drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, but did increase spending on food, clothes, and rent, according to self-reports. What’s more, they moved into stable housing faster and saved enough money to maintain financial security over the year of follow-up.”

Further, each person who moved into stable housing one year faster saves the city over $8000 per year, which makes this program cheaper than existing housing programs.

Universal Basic Income works. It sounds so obvious when you say it out loud, but: giving people cash lifts them out of poverty. We need to do that more.

“A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.”

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21528569/homeless-poverty-cash-transfer-canada-new-leaf-project

curiousordinary, 9 months ago to yokai

In #JapaneseFolklore mermaids are known as ningyo. Unlike European mermaids, they look more like fish than humans and are considered far more monstrous than beautiful. In some cases they are believed to foretell the future. Their flesh is said to give eternal life, but most people won't take the risk as ningyo can put powerful curses on those who try to catch or kill them. To be safe, it is best to do whatever you can to avoid any encounters with ningyo.
#folklore #mythology #mermaids @folklore

MirrorAyako, 9 months ago to AllStarTrek

Transporter Malfunction. BINGO!

#AllStarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #OurManBashir @allstartrek

TarkabarkaHolgy, 9 months ago to folklore

I am craving a good letter subscription... subscription boxes are a bit much, but I would love some surprise snail mail. Why are there no #folklore based mail subscriptions?...

#SnailMail #Subscripsion #wishes

SimonRoyHughes, 10 months ago to folklore

This is really what the billy-goats would have looked like, on their way to the summer dairy farm.

#NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore @folklore @folklorethursday

rorystarr, 10 months ago to folklore

The main downside to being in the #folklore scene is the fucking nazis.

Most of the folklore community are pretty far left & socially progressive, but it's inevitable some tedious antisemite shows up in your follows and subs.

At least the Fediverse let's me easily block them from my work, which is more than I can say for YouTube.