Adayume~

By Ian Miller

まってるよ！ | 前掛 [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=47451985

In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse the “Lady”) is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot driven by two cats, owns the boar Hildisvíni, possesses a cloak of falcon feathers, and, by her husband Óðr, is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother Freyr (Old Norse the “Lord”), her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr’s sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse Freyja, modern forms of the name include Freya, Freja, Freyia, Frøya, and Freia.

Plant of Midgard.  Start and end rituals using burning mugwart.  Sanctifies altar spaces without deterring natural spirits or wights from the area.  Burning mugwart in a ‘smudge’ bundle is recommended if one is going into a trance or altered state of being.

Legolas vs Azog by CoranKizerStone

from Edward Whymper, Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 (1871):  “Croz now took the tent-pole, and planted it in the highest snow.  "Yes,” we said, “there is the flag-staff, but where is the flag?"  "Here it is,” he answered, pulling off his blouse and fixing it to the stick.  It made a poor flag, and there was no wind to float  it out, yet it was seen all around.  They saw it at Zermatt–at the Riffel–in the Val Tournanche … We remained on the summit for one hour–‘One crowded hour of glorious life.'  It passed away too quickly, and we began to prepare for the descent.“

Views of the Middle East by 19th century French traveling artist Charles Pierron

artist: Nerox set 2

tang ning

Låtefoss ~ Norway

by Eve Ventrue

The leading theory on where the Selkies come from, regardless of what they do, is that they are the bizarre reincarnation of restless drowned souls.