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"What mystery of this land went down with him forever? What wisdom? When Penda fell, what dark old sun of light went out?"
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I remember thinking Moore was being a bit harsh on a fairly bog-standard (if popular) bit of children's fiction. what hubris had I, to question the Magus thus.
remember league of extraordinary gentlemen, the alan moore thing where old stories all lived together. hyde and orlando and dorian grey, bad sean connery film of it, etc. he eventually got to the modern era and made harry potter the antichrist of fiction. destructive force from a diseased mind
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I remember thinking Moore was being a bit harsh on a fairly bog-standard (if popular) bit of children's fiction. what hubris had I, to question the Magus thus.
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"The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful". -- Edward Gibbon
November 24, 2024 at 1:58 AM
"The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful". -- Edward Gibbon
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Sweet is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake;
'Tis then we sigh for houses,
And our departure take
At that enthralling gallop
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer's treason,
And guile is where it goes.
by Emily Dickinson
#OkefenokeeSwamp #FolkWitch
Until we meet a snake;
'Tis then we sigh for houses,
And our departure take
At that enthralling gallop
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer's treason,
And guile is where it goes.
by Emily Dickinson
#OkefenokeeSwamp #FolkWitch
October 21, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Sweet is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake;
'Tis then we sigh for houses,
And our departure take
At that enthralling gallop
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer's treason,
And guile is where it goes.
by Emily Dickinson
#OkefenokeeSwamp #FolkWitch
Until we meet a snake;
'Tis then we sigh for houses,
And our departure take
At that enthralling gallop
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer's treason,
And guile is where it goes.
by Emily Dickinson
#OkefenokeeSwamp #FolkWitch
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caressed by the eternal tree
November 23, 2024 at 4:59 PM
caressed by the eternal tree
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A piece of English folk magic from J. Meade Falkner's classic children's novel "Moonfleet" (1898).
November 23, 2024 at 9:15 PM
A piece of English folk magic from J. Meade Falkner's classic children's novel "Moonfleet" (1898).
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Had the opportunity to see one of the earliest editions of the Malleus Maleficarum (‘hammer of witches’). This copy is from 1494 (original 1486) & the annotations probably 16th century. Held in University of Leeds special collections archives at the moment!
November 20, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Had the opportunity to see one of the earliest editions of the Malleus Maleficarum (‘hammer of witches’). This copy is from 1494 (original 1486) & the annotations probably 16th century. Held in University of Leeds special collections archives at the moment!
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Sometimes wonderful synchronicities emerge.
In 1785 a farmer near Silchester in England found a ring.
Inscribed on it was the name of the Roman goddess, 'Venus'
A newer inscription read, in Latin 'SENICIANE VIVAS IIN DE'. (Sic)
'Senicianus live in God'. (1/🧵)
It was dated to the 4th century.
In 1785 a farmer near Silchester in England found a ring.
Inscribed on it was the name of the Roman goddess, 'Venus'
A newer inscription read, in Latin 'SENICIANE VIVAS IIN DE'. (Sic)
'Senicianus live in God'. (1/🧵)
It was dated to the 4th century.
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Sometimes wonderful synchronicities emerge.
In 1785 a farmer near Silchester in England found a ring.
Inscribed on it was the name of the Roman goddess, 'Venus'
A newer inscription read, in Latin 'SENICIANE VIVAS IIN DE'. (Sic)
'Senicianus live in God'. (1/🧵)
It was dated to the 4th century.
In 1785 a farmer near Silchester in England found a ring.
Inscribed on it was the name of the Roman goddess, 'Venus'
A newer inscription read, in Latin 'SENICIANE VIVAS IIN DE'. (Sic)
'Senicianus live in God'. (1/🧵)
It was dated to the 4th century.
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Even Warhammer isn't as Warhammer as the skull of Mary Magdalene in the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Even Warhammer isn't as Warhammer as the skull of Mary Magdalene in the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
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she had become a ghost of herself
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 AM
she had become a ghost of herself
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In Norse mythology, margyger are sea monsters with fish tails and human bodies, but unlike mermaids they've hideous face features, horse-like ears, fangs and claws.
Margyger pull boats down into the depths of the ocean during big storms.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration by Tom Cuzor
Margyger pull boats down into the depths of the ocean during big storms.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration by Tom Cuzor
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
In Norse mythology, margyger are sea monsters with fish tails and human bodies, but unlike mermaids they've hideous face features, horse-like ears, fangs and claws.
Margyger pull boats down into the depths of the ocean during big storms.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration by Tom Cuzor
Margyger pull boats down into the depths of the ocean during big storms.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration by Tom Cuzor
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Got a bad cough? Snail water or soup was a common cure. In 1678 physician Gideon Harvey criticised the "London snail water" currently on sale. His was better:
"the cool, clammy, and glutinous substance" cooled consumptive fevers and acted as an expectorant.
Yummy.
"the cool, clammy, and glutinous substance" cooled consumptive fevers and acted as an expectorant.
Yummy.
November 18, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Got a bad cough? Snail water or soup was a common cure. In 1678 physician Gideon Harvey criticised the "London snail water" currently on sale. His was better:
"the cool, clammy, and glutinous substance" cooled consumptive fevers and acted as an expectorant.
Yummy.
"the cool, clammy, and glutinous substance" cooled consumptive fevers and acted as an expectorant.
Yummy.
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Lots of love for the Grimshaw scene I posted yesterday, so here’s another. I love the way he captures the moonlight in this one.
November ~ John Atkinson Grimshaw (1878)
#inspiringart #oilpainting #Artwork #19thcenturyart
November ~ John Atkinson Grimshaw (1878)
#inspiringart #oilpainting #Artwork #19thcenturyart
November 22, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Lots of love for the Grimshaw scene I posted yesterday, so here’s another. I love the way he captures the moonlight in this one.
November ~ John Atkinson Grimshaw (1878)
#inspiringart #oilpainting #Artwork #19thcenturyart
November ~ John Atkinson Grimshaw (1878)
#inspiringart #oilpainting #Artwork #19thcenturyart
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Kosuke Ajiro (Japanese, 1980) - Untitled (2020s)
November 22, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Kosuke Ajiro (Japanese, 1980) - Untitled (2020s)
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Look at this pretty thing in the Uppsala snow. U 489, "Gullaug(?) had the bridge made for the spirit of Gillaug, her daughter, and whom Ulfr owned (i.e. was married to). Œpir carved."
Women erecting runestones isn't unheard of, but it's extra interesting that it's a woman in memory of her daughter.
Women erecting runestones isn't unheard of, but it's extra interesting that it's a woman in memory of her daughter.
November 22, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Look at this pretty thing in the Uppsala snow. U 489, "Gullaug(?) had the bridge made for the spirit of Gillaug, her daughter, and whom Ulfr owned (i.e. was married to). Œpir carved."
Women erecting runestones isn't unheard of, but it's extra interesting that it's a woman in memory of her daughter.
Women erecting runestones isn't unheard of, but it's extra interesting that it's a woman in memory of her daughter.
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Just waved goodbye to the Vicar after some lovely quaint tea and scones. Probably get on my fixed gear cycle, the one with the wicker basket on the front, and take ride down to the Peace Gardens to delicately mist the leaves of the flowers with distilled water from my satchel. ☀️👒
November 22, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Just waved goodbye to the Vicar after some lovely quaint tea and scones. Probably get on my fixed gear cycle, the one with the wicker basket on the front, and take ride down to the Peace Gardens to delicately mist the leaves of the flowers with distilled water from my satchel. ☀️👒
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The cover of ‘Pipes of Pan’ (1916) by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. Pan arrives to the sound of ‘mysterious melodies / Such as those which filled the earth / When the elder gods had birth.’
November 22, 2024 at 1:49 PM
The cover of ‘Pipes of Pan’ (1916) by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. Pan arrives to the sound of ‘mysterious melodies / Such as those which filled the earth / When the elder gods had birth.’
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Please note I've now deprecated the "nepo baby" label on this labeller - as @parents.blue - a dedicated labeller for this - is now up and running - all nepo baby labels should have been transferred over, so go subscribe there too
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Please note I've now deprecated the "nepo baby" label on this labeller - as @parents.blue - a dedicated labeller for this - is now up and running - all nepo baby labels should have been transferred over, so go subscribe there too
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Starling and strawberries print by Fay's studio
November 22, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Starling and strawberries print by Fay's studio
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"Wild horses couldn't drag me away" – well mainly they wouldn't drag you away, would they? That's draft horses, draft horses are the ones who'd drag you away. Wild horses already ARE away, anyway, and don't care in the least where you go
November 22, 2024 at 4:53 PM
"Wild horses couldn't drag me away" – well mainly they wouldn't drag you away, would they? That's draft horses, draft horses are the ones who'd drag you away. Wild horses already ARE away, anyway, and don't care in the least where you go
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Kelly Louise Judd, Rose Hand
November 20, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Kelly Louise Judd, Rose Hand
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merricat was really cooking when she called her cousin a ghost & a demon
November 20, 2024 at 6:37 AM
merricat was really cooking when she called her cousin a ghost & a demon
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‘Come, Great Pan, and bless us all;
Bless the corn and honey-bee.
Bless the vine and bless the kine,
Bless the vales of Arcady:
Bless the nymphs that laugh and flee,
God of all fertility.’
— Dion Fortune, ‘The Goat-Foot God’ (1936)
🎨Gustave Moreau, 1894
Bless the corn and honey-bee.
Bless the vine and bless the kine,
Bless the vales of Arcady:
Bless the nymphs that laugh and flee,
God of all fertility.’
— Dion Fortune, ‘The Goat-Foot God’ (1936)
🎨Gustave Moreau, 1894
November 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM
‘Come, Great Pan, and bless us all;
Bless the corn and honey-bee.
Bless the vine and bless the kine,
Bless the vales of Arcady:
Bless the nymphs that laugh and flee,
God of all fertility.’
— Dion Fortune, ‘The Goat-Foot God’ (1936)
🎨Gustave Moreau, 1894
Bless the corn and honey-bee.
Bless the vine and bless the kine,
Bless the vales of Arcady:
Bless the nymphs that laugh and flee,
God of all fertility.’
— Dion Fortune, ‘The Goat-Foot God’ (1936)
🎨Gustave Moreau, 1894
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Onomatopoeia is what Mario says when he wees on a rug.
November 19, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Onomatopoeia is what Mario says when he wees on a rug.