oblivion.

in balkan folklore, the offspring between a human and a vampire. dhampirs of paternal vampire descent could see invisible vampires and practice sorcery, so they often started careers as vampire hunters.

original piece - The Night with the Genii of Study and Love by Pedro Américo (1883)

finnish goddesses: part two

mokosh is a slavic goddess mentioned in the primary chronicle, protector of women’s work and women’s destiny. she watches over spinning and weaving, the shearing of sheep, and protects women in childbirth. mokosh is the mother goddess.

The world is quiet here.

❝ she was not a lynx or a spider or even the wraith. she was inej ghafa, and her future was waiting above. ❞

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Greek Muses

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“everything is a negotiation with you, brekker. you probably bartered your way out of the womb.” -  crooked kingdom

sappho was an archaic greek poet from the island of lesbos. she is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a lyre. in ancient times, sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the “tenth muse” and “the poetess”

❝ Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touch’d; For death-like dragons here affright thee hard: Her face, like heaven, enticeth thee to view Her countless glory, which desert must gain; And which, without desert, because thine eye Presumes to reach, all thy whole heap must die. ❞ ― William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Venice, The Rialto Bridge (detail), Carlo Grubacs (Italian, 1801–1878)

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