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mythaelogy: the lost myths of girls who loved girls: Callisto...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:26:19 -0500

the lost myths of girls who loved girls: Callisto and Artemis

The nymph who was so beautiful, she was placed among the stars by the goddess who loved her, by the goddess who killed her, by the goddess who saved her.

bctrogues: Greek mythology meme: [4/6] titans ↳ Eos Eos was...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:49:18 -0500

bctrogues:

Greek mythology meme: [4/6] titans

↳ Eos

Eos was the personification and titan goddess of dawn. She rose up from the world-river Okeanos at the start of each day to disperse the mists of night and to make way for the sun chariot. She loved the company of men, and had many lovers. The most notable of her children were The Anemoi, the gods of the four winds, and Astraia, the first goddess of justice.

ominousbean: I bet Zeus became a lot more open-minded after having Athena.

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:11:54 -0500

ominousbean:

I bet Zeus became a lot more open-minded after having Athena.

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Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:34:58 -0500

medleypond: BEAUTIES LEFT BEHIND ; a modern!myth mix | [one]...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:57:55 -0500

medleypond:

BEAUTIES LEFT BEHIND ; a modern!myth mix | [one] ari (ariadne), the southern beauty with a heart as open & warm as her home, seduced & swindled by delicious con man teddy. / [two] nessa (clytemnestra), the army wife turned scarlet murderess, crazed with grief for her dead baby girl. / [three] penny (penelope), pining for the husband whose body was never found overseas, plagued by new courters. [four songs each]

i. broken chariot - cocorosie | ii. ribbons - ingrid michaelson | iii. dead in the water - ellie goulding | iv. better off - haim | v. crown on the ground - sleigh bells | vi. the beast - laura marling | vii. my song 5 - haim | viii. poison apple - charlene kaye | ix. wings - birdy | x. winter - daughter | xi. ghost - sir sly | xii. gravediggress - cocorosie

medleypond: CRACKED ARMOR ; a modern!myth mix | annabelle...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:20:30 -0500

medleypond:

CRACKED ARMOR ; a modern!myth mix | annabelle (athena): struck young by the absurdity of the either-or, relishes the back lot fights that rush blood to knuckles, but wears vulnerability like a close-knit sweater. eventually learns to play sharp as the boot-hidden blade, and revel in the bothness of sharp cheekbones and short hair. [accompanying poem]

i. annabelle - liz longley | ii. soldier - ingrid michaelson | iii. to be a woman - laura marling | iv. hercules - sara bareilles | v. flaws - bastille | vi. human - gabrielle aplin | vii. tiptoe - imagine dragons | viii. tempest - amaluna (cirque du soleil) | ix. girls chase boys - ingrid michaelson | x. angel of small death and the codeine scene - hozier

"The night has a pulse, and he is what makes it race. Streaming light and booming bass, he likes to..."

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:43:27 -0500

“

The night has a pulse, and he
is what makes it race.
Streaming light and booming bass,
he likes to watch this world shake.

He only ever dresses in shades of bruise,
black and blue, purple too —
he won’t admit he’s still convinced
that lends him an ancient royalty
none of these sinuous sweating souls
could ever dream.

Because they are all under his thumb,
the lonely, fucked-up dancing ones;
they tuck the moon under their tongues,
don’t care whether they ever see dawn come.

And he will drink from all their shattered cups,
accept no less than raving splendor,
wine and blood-soaked surrender
until the sun comes up.

”

- the dance floor is a deadly place (dionysus) ; modern myth series (p.b.)

"I. Ari, plump lips ever plumper from a busy night hair mussed after his hands, cries aghast at the..."

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:06:09 -0500

“

I.
Ari, plump lips ever plumper from a busy night
hair mussed after his hands,
cries aghast
at the sight of the empty half of the motel bed.

Her wallet, 18-karat bracelet and pride
are missing from the nightstand.

She, with her Southern hospitality,
fell for the sting.
But it’s her heart that swells.

II.
Nessa is haunted by her little girl’s laugh,
echoing round her too-big house,
at odds with the shrieks
of her last burning moments.

When her husband comes home from deployment,
she takes one look at the hands
that did not open the smoking doorway in time,
smiles sweetly.

The red homecoming carpet, well,
his arteries provide that.

III.
Penny buries herself in yarn,
pokes holes in her hope with her needles,
tries not to think about how many Bobs and Jacks and Jerrys
will be at the bereavement group.

Penny always brings her knitting.
The widowers always lie.

She always thinks he’ll come back.

”

- the beauties left behind ; modern myth series (p.b.)

"The boy who loves you is a poet, he sings songs to the trees and the birds and the water; sings..."

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:29:15 -0500

“

The boy who loves you
is a poet, he
sings songs to the trees
and the birds
and the water;
sings his heart out and
writes you into
someone a lot softer
than you think you are.

It doesn’t matter that he’s
seen you laid bare, he’s
seen all you are and
all you’ve ever been, and still
he chooses to believe
in the person you can
become, and that makes you
weaker than anything
before him.

He’d follow you anywhere,
would follow you into the
jaws of death and
bring you back as if
anything else was unthinkable.

(or so he says)

You hope you’ll never have to
find out if he’s lying or not.

”

- oh eurydice, don’t you know he loves you so | (h.c.r)

mythaelogy: they are every inch as wild and reckless as the sea...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:51:56 -0500

mythaelogy:

they are every inch as wild and reckless as the sea and they will destroy you with as little thought

remuslupinly: mythic series: thanatos and hypnos (x) Whose...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:14:55 -0500

remuslupinly:

mythic series: thanatos and hypnos (x)

Whose velvet shroud and duvet’s down unburdens all from world which quakes.

aristotsle: the wailing woman For the girls who can’t seem to...

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:23:24 -0500

aristotsle:

the wailing woman

For the girls who can’t seem to escape death, feeling his cold hands brush their arms and grip their throats, whispering bittersweet in their ears.

soldvt: “Then light shone from Logafell,and from that...

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:46:07 -0500

soldvt:

“Then light shone from Logafell,
and from that radiance there came bolts of lightning;
wearing helmets at Himingvani [came the valkyries].
Their byrnies were drenched in blood;
and rays shone from their spears.”

VALKYRIE:_{for the warrior women who decide upon the slain (the worthy and the legendary) to serve in the great hall of the afterlife (to love and prepare for the end of times). | listen}

"The Gods called your name and the seas turned dark; the earth quaked with power. You looked up at..."

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:09:05 -0500

“

The Gods called your name
and the seas turned dark;
the earth quaked with power.

You looked up at Olympus
screaming at the gates;
“What will I become?”

The Gods fell silent, then-
with a thunderous roar replied;
“Who are you now?”

”

- Achilles

"i close my eyes and my heart is beating too quickly - beating to the tune of artemis and her..."

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:32:03 -0500

“i close my eyes and
my heart is beating too quickly -
beating to the tune of artemis and her hunters,
beating as hard as their feet
pound on the hard-packed earth.
when i breathe in my lungs burn
as they drag in forest-fresh air,
and there is a taste of fresh kill
against my tongue.”

- they may be of myth but their blood runs in my veins - a.c

shrinemaidens: EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME: [5/6] LEGENDARY...

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:54:56 -0500

shrinemaidens:

EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:

[5/6] LEGENDARY CREATURES | NÜ GUI

Nü gui (女鬼) is a vengeful female ghost in Chinese mythology. She is depicted with long hair while wearing a white dress.

In some folklore, this ghost is the spirit of a woman who committed suicide while wearing a red dress. Usually, she met with some injustice when she was alive, such as being wronged or sexually abused and thus she returns to take her revenge. A tabloid story tells of a funeral ceremony where family members of a murder victim dress her in red, hoping that her spirit will return to take revenge on her murderer. The color red symbolizes anger and vengeance in the context of ghosts.

On the other hand, some ancient folk tales tell of beautiful female ghosts who seduce men and absorb their yang essence or sometimes kill them. This type of female ghost is likened to the succubus.

bctrogues: Greek mythology meme: [2/2] families ↳ The Children...

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:17:40 -0500

bctrogues:

Greek mythology meme: [2/2] families

↳ The Children of Nyx

In Hesiod’s Theogony, Nyx, the personification of night, was born of Chaos at the dawn of time, along with five other primordial beings. One of her siblings, Erebos, the personification of darkness, became her consort and together they created Aether and Hemera, respectively the personifications of brightness and day.

On her own, Nyx gave birth to more children: Moros (Destiny), Hypnos and Thanatos (Sleep and Peaceful Death), Momus (Blame), Oizys (Misery), Apate (Deceit), Nemesis (Retribution), Eris (Strife), Philotes (Affection), and Geras (Old Age), as well as the Hesperides (Nymphs of the Evening), the Oneiroi (Dreams), the Moirai (the Fates), and the Keres (female daemons of violent death).

Although her children were mostly scattered around the world, Nyx and the brothers Hypnos and Thanatos were said to inhabit Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the underworld. However, Nyx didn’t spend all her time in Tartarus: whenever Hemera arrived, Nyx would leave, ensuring that Day and Night would not occur in the same place at the same time.

hectorpriamidesarchive-deactiva: MYTHOLOGY MEME |...

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:59:22 -0500

hectorpriamidesarchive-deactiva:

_{MYTHOLOGY MEME | (2/5) OTPs}

_{HADES FELL IN LOVE WITH PERSEPHONE and wanted her as his bride. His brother Zeus consented to the marriage—or at least refused to oppose it. Yet he warned Hades that Demeter would never approve this coupling, for she would not want her daughter spirited off to a sunless world. At Zeus’s suggestion—or with his tacit understanding—Hades resolved to abduct the maiden. Persephone was gathering flowers one day on a plain in Sicily. Hades suddenly appeared, thundering across the plain in his four-horse chariot. The god swooped down upon Persephone, scooped her up with one arm, and literally and figuratively deflowered her—leaving the plain scattered with blossoms of every color. (x)}

autumn-oars: Greek Mythology Meme: [1/5] Deified Mortals:...

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:37:36 -0500

autumn-oars:

Greek Mythology Meme: [1/5] Deified Mortals: Ganymedes

“Ganymedes was a handsome, young Trojan prince who was carried off to heaven by Zeus, or his eagle, to be the god’s lover and cup-bearer of the gods. Ganymedes also received a place amongst the stars as the constellation Aquarius, his ambrosial mixing cup became the Krater, and the eagle Aquila. Ganymedes was frequently represented as the god of homosexual love.”

dragonfiretwisted: MYTHOLOGY MEME [4/8] Legendary...

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:23:16 -0500

dragonfiretwisted:

MYTHOLOGY MEME [4/8] Legendary Creatures

The Nephilim were a race of giants that were produced by the sexual union of the sons of God (presumably fallen angels) and the daughters of men. Translated from the Hebrew texts, “Nephilim” means “fallen ones.”

They were renowned for their strength, prowess, and a great capacity for sinfulness. The Nephilim were gigantic in stature. Their strength was prodigious and their appetites immense.

The wickedness of the Nephilim carried with it a heavy toll. Genesis 6:5 alludes to the corruption that the Nephilim had caused amongst humans and themselves: “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become…” Their evil rebellion had incurred both the wrath and grief of God. God instructed the angel Gabriel to ignite a civil war among the Nephilim. He also chose Enoch, a righteous man, to inform the fallen angels of the judgment pronounced on them and their children. God did not allow the fallen angels any peace, for they could not lift their eyes to heaven and were later to be chained. The end of the Nephilim came about in the war incited by Gabriel, in which the giants eventually annihilated each other.