𓅐 Vulture's Vomit𓅐

Offerings

Water, milk, black teas, black coffee, beer, wine, gin, tequila, vodka.

Meat, bread, fruits and vegetables, spices (saffron, turmeric, cinnamon,), grains, chocolate, honey, cakes and pastries, or papyrus.

You can offer her frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, kyphi, rose, cinnamon, cassia, galbanum, cedar wood, iris, lotus, and lemongrass incense, candles, perfumes, or essential oils. It seems like red, blue, green, black and white symbolically represented her, so candles of these colors are acceptable (as well as other items). The fire itself can also be an offering to her.

You may offer her gold, silver, lapis lazuli, turquoise, or amulets.

You may offer her knives, bow and arrows, spears, or other weapons.

You may offer her the ankh, the Shen, sistrum, the Eye of Re, flail, papyrus scepter, or the was scepter to her. As well as figurines/images/drawings of vultures, hawks, lions, or cobras.

Devotional Acts

Running! Nekhbet is known for her speed, so running with her could be a great devotional act. As well as regular exercise. She’s an Eye of Re and a very protective deity, so working out, learning self defense, or other things along these lines could be a great devotional act. You might even pick up archery.

Nekhbet is a defender of maat, so doing acts of maat and protecting maat is a great devotional act. This can be like defending justice, standing up for whats right, vanquishing thoughts from others that diminish another’s life; or it can be done like environmental justice or animal justice. It can also look like being an active part in your community, or building one, seeking knowledge and acts of wisdom, taking care of your neighbor or those in need.

Donating to bird sanctuaries or even helping out at one.

Acts of leadership.

Lending a hand to those who need it. She’s ‘who repels suffering,’ so it can be as simple as just lending an ear or helping out where you can to those who are close to you. This can also look like donating to charities, helping out at different shelters, or feeding the houseless.

Signs

Signs may include seeing her scared symbols or animals. You may start seeing vultures and falcons/hawks/eagles more often, or even snakes. You may start seeing the image of the royal crown or the uraeus; along with the shen symbol.

You might feel really hot out of nowhere.

You may feel incredibly safe and protected, like every worry is melting away. It could be an innate feeling of safety, too.

You might see people falling out of your life that don’t belong there, or those who aren’t good for you.

Shooting my proverbial "does anyone else experience this" shot

Gastly

but then I realised that same challenge would be infinitely more funny with folks who have atypical or horror OCs

“Homage, O Lady of the Mouth of the Valley, Mistress of Heaven.

Mistress of the gods,

beautiful tiller for him who has no rudder judge in heaven and on earth

beautiful star invisible except in good times.”

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i also feel a need to bring up this doohickey as a human flight concept

After posting that I was looking for friends, I realize just how out of touch I am with the current therian community. Like, wow - I understand it's been some time but the amount of new identities, terminology, views... it's a lot to process.

Now, I might just have some old-school way of thinking but, I feel like therianthropy is no longer what it used to be. To clarify, I'm all for one being who they are; I stand by the statement 'only you know who you are'. Yet, I can't help but notice there are so many who seem to be reaching and searching for something that just isn't there in hopes of validation and acceptance.

I'm probably going to get some hate swung my way for voicing my opinions right now, but I need to clarify them for anyone who may be or already is following me because I do not align with the current beliefs of therianthropy.

Therianthropy to me is 'identifying as an animal'. Not with an animal, not feeling like an animal, not associating with an animal just cause I like it's aesthetic or think it's cool. And - nothing against those who do because polytherians are a thing but, for crying out loud, 20? 30? 50+? You might as well identify as the whole animal kingdom at that point. Because how? Again, I'm old school and maybe I just don't fully understand, but as a therian myself, as an animal, I can't imagine feeling that many multiple instincts pulsing inside of me. I mean, the contradictions in carnivore and herbivore alone would drive me insane.

This is most definitely where I'm about to get some hate now, but I want to continue. I fully believe that therianthropy at this time has become nothing but a fad and a trend that younger, impressionable individuals hopped on because it was cool. Why be a human when you can say you're a black wolf/arctic fox/otter/bear/snake/cicada, right? And identity is what you make of it so, gods forbid, someone tells you that you can't identify as that, right? That's invalidation.

But where does it stop?

I am 30 years old. The therian community used to be something I was proud to be a part of. Because everyone questioned everything. Not because there was gatekeeping but because no matter what it is, there will be fakes and trolls. So naturally, you want to question someone who comes claiming they're something else. Now, I will admit, I did witness some gatekeeping within the community, but the overall questioning is healthy. It's a process of self-growth. How are you going to know yourself if you don't question yourself?

I did. Even when I knew I was a wolf, I still spent over 3 years questioning myself. I kept track of everything I did, everything I felt, every experience I had and you know what happened - self validation. I was a wolf, through and through.

Back then, the community was more focused on authenticity. Being true to yourself. Now it just seems to be an aesthetic for who can look the coolest. Quads and masks are ok; healthy ways of expression, but they aren't the defining definitions of a therian.

Therians are animals.

I am an animal.

I have prey drive; the urge to hunt, to stalk, to sink teeth into flesh.

I itch under my skin. I struggle to sometimes talk because language is foreign to me. I struggle to understand social cues because my eyes are trained to watch body language. I growl when angered, snap to correct someone misbehaving, whine/whimper when injured, nuzzle for comfort.

All of these things come naturally to me because I am an animal. I am a therian. I am a wolf.

If you don't feel any kind of instincts associated with the animal you identify as, I personally think you're misusing the term therian.

But at the end of the day, that's my own opinion. All of this is just my own viewpoint. To clarify, only you know what you are. But I will still encourage each and every person who is nonhuman to question everything. Ask yourself why you feel you are x creature/being. And don't just settle for 'I feel like it'; dig deeper than that. Reach inward and truly analyze yourself.

Questioning isn't just doubting yourself or realizing you were wrong. In most cases, including myself, I end up learning more about myself and my worldview. I end up more confident and proud of being who I am.