Ich bin der Fuchs

check wikipedia if you want all the gruesome details!

i only knew half of the info up there ⬆️

In the second act, the body was woven into another wheel, which was possible due to the broken limbs, or tied to it. The wheel was then erected on a stick or stake. Afterwards, the executioner was allowed to behead or strangle the condemned person if necessary. Alternatively, a fire was lit under the wheel, or the person was thrown with the wheel into the fire. Occasionally, a small gallows was erected on the wheel, for example if the verdict was theft in addition to murder. If the victim was not killed by the executioner, they could continue to live for several hours in extreme agony until death occurred due to circulatory collapse.

Since the body remained on the wheel after execution and was left to decay or to be eaten by animals, this form of punishment, similar to ancient crucifixion, had a sacred function beyond death: according to the beliefs of the time, the lack of burial prevented resurrection.

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yesterdays thoughts and a new book 🕯️

11.02.25

a very sleepy weekend. on friday i got up at 3pm, saturday got up at 2, then today got up at 12:30. a few weeks ago i took my first sleep study at a sleep clinic, but the study itself was so uncomfortable that i couldn't sleep at all, so i have no clue what they'll gather from that. blood tests are all negative. all i know right now is that i'm tired very often, but i don't necessarily feel that i am stressed or overexerting myself either. my doctor has asked if i've been anxious or overthinking, but in all sincerity i feel very happy with how my studies are going right now, i have good friends, i feel optimistic about the future, and things are going great. maybe i will never get the answer to why i keep sleeping so much or fall asleep when i try to read for long periods of time. either way, i am resting.

- Mavis (from the book The Sorrows of Satan, 1895)

- Pamela (from the book The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, late 16th century, but popularized by the 1740 novel Pamela)

- Imogen (from Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline, c. 1611. possibly a typesetting error on the earlier name Innogen)

- Enola (from the book Enola, or Her Fatal Mistake, 1886)

- Vanessa (from the poem Cadenus and Vanessa, 1812)

- Cedric (from the book Ivanhoe, 1819. transposition of letters from the earlier Saxon name Cerdic)

- Dorian (from the book The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891. similar masculine names had previously existed, like Dorus, Doros, and Dorios, but Wilde is believed to have coined this specific usage)

– Cora (from the book The Last of the Mohicans, 1826.)

– Lorna (from the book Lorna Doone, 1869.)

– Miranda (from Shakespeare's play The Tempest, c. 1610-11.)