#gand culture

[archeo-starwars]

Star Wars - The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 08 (DeAgostini)

#star wars #zuckuss #gand culture

[prisonhannibal]

Just saw a news article about a mayor in norway who wants to report sámi people to the police for saying they cursed/sent bad energies to him (this is called ganding) on facebook. and the article quoted a sámi law professor saying “This could imply that the mayor sees ganding as something real or a genuine threat, and not just a sámi way of expressing dissatisfaction. In a way you could say that he’s showing respect for sámi culture, which is interesting, because that’s not something this particular mayor is known for.” that’s so funny

#txt

[panther-os]

Any thoughts on Clone and/or Jedi language?

Too Many of them 😅

The biggest thing on my mind for trooper languages right now is that Jaster was a Journeyman Protector and so was Jango's bio dad, so Boba, the Alphas, and any CCs or CTs the Alphas trained directly most likely speak JP dialect Mando'a like Bacara does. I have sound change rules written up for converting standard Mando'a to JP but I need to finish transliterating the established dictionary before I can feed everything to Vulgar and generate the remaining vocabulary.

I think besides Mando'a, the clones probably haven't been exposed to many languages besides Galactic Basic and various common languages like Shyriiwook and Gand where the speakers can't translate themselves due to structural differences in the vocal tract.

For Jedi, I've created [counts on fingers] four? Sleheyr, Kimpian, Dyungzilyu - three! I've created three languages for various slave communities in the galaxy (inspired by fialleril's Amatakka) that are spoken by different members of the Jedi Order. Not all of them, as they're all closed languages, but enough that there's a sort of cultural exchange going on in the Temple. Those that aren't rescued slaves themselves are trusted rescuers who have been taught by Elders.

Sleheyr uses custom phenomes and is spoken by the Prosmyi (sky-children) of Sleheyron and is integral to my OC Taio Pallas. Kimpian uses Farsi phenomes for the most part and is spoken on Nar Shaddaa and in one of my WIPs, Nico Diath offers to get permission from an Elder to teach Eeth Koth, who was born a slave in my headcanon. Dyungzilyu uses Mandarin phenomes with slightly different spelling (but just as many diacritics) and is spoken on Bandomeer.

I'll actually share a snippet real quick. This is a giant time and dimension travel groupchat epistolary fic. This is 10yo Anakin (one year post-TPM) and 49yo Obi-Wan (eleven years post-RotS), while Taio is from 1½-2 years post-AotC and is the same age as the Anakin in her time. Aayla, Eeth, and the clones are from one year post-AotC while Nico is roughly three years pre-AotC.

Anakin Skywalker: Yithai, bliv gey yi kid muv beyng thev mim. Okay! I’m gonna practice it!

Taio Pallas: Don’t forget to tell your teacher that you want to meet me and Kalo, he’ll be able to schedule it with Master Nu. You’ll also need to tell him you have a tracker and need to have it removed, he probably doesn’t know.

Kenobi: I can confirm that he does not. Also, Anakin, if you want to get his attention, call him yēngun. It’s Dyungzilyu for teacher.

Taio Pallas: You too?

Kenobi: Unfortunately, I had an eventful Padawanship.

Windu: Bandomeer was your initiatehood.

Kenobi: That, too. Really, though, it was only a year.

Taio Pallas: Mine was only two, and I don’t remember it. You were trusted enough to be taught the language, which makes you one of us.

Aaylas’ecura: Ca jehsa eyi ca jehsa eyi ca jehsa eyi

Eeth Koth: Jee-jee vaa tula goola.

Anakin Skywalker: U settah huttese?

Eeth Koth: I do. I don’t remember if my people on Nar Shaddaa had their own language or what it was. I was three when my parents abandoned me on the streets instead of killing me like Master ordered, and four when I was Found. I only know that much because I told my Finder and they remembered and made sure to tell me when I was old enough to ask.

Nico Diath: Could’ve said something. You want Kimpian, I’ll see if I can find an Elder or Keeper on my way back to Coruscant, get permission to teach you.

Gree: So many culture, language, and history subchannels, this is great.

Taio Pallas: And of course the Vode are welcome, too, since you all come from a background of slavery.

8826: Well I wanted to but now that you’ve said something…

Gree: Don’t be a bastard, Neyo.

Bacara: He can’t help it, it’s his one setting.

Taio Pallas: I thought it was funny.

Anakin is practicing a Sleheyr greeting for meeting a fellow slave for the first time. Aayla is saying "one of us one of us one of us" in Ryl, and Eeth is saying "we can start a band" in Huttese, after which Anakin asks if he speaks Huttese.

I do also think the large number of languages spoken in the Temple results in a lot of mixed metaphors and a constantly developing creole formed primarily around Force-based jargon. Pretty much every Jedi is canonically multilingual, but this would be yet another reason for it.

Besides that, I'm a huge fan of the already existing Dai Bendu, which I hc is also a ceremonial language for Miralukka due to their shared history with the Jedi Order. (And I've crafted a fully developed Miralukkan common language as well. And a Kel Dor one. And a less developed Trandoshan one.)

If I let myself talk about languages any more, I'll never shut up. 😅 Thank you for the ask! This is one of my passions and another of my special interests (as I'm sure you cannot tell (sarcasm)) so I always love talking about it.

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[fashionbooksmilano]

À la Mode

L’art de paraître au 18e siècle

Musée des beaux-arts de Nantes & Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon

Snoeck Publishers, Gand 2021, 328 pages, 23 x 29 cm, Broché,ISBN  978-9461617101

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L'histoire du costume et de sa représentation au siècle des Lumières est autant l'illustration réelle d'une culture matérielle qu'une création de l'imaginaire. Au 18e siècle, la naissance de la mode est d'abord celle de nouveaux métiers et d'une presse spécialisée, et constitue le signe d'une transformation accélérée de la société. Le style français, porté à la fois par l'aristocratie et la haute bourgeoisie urbaine, s'impose dans toutes les cours et les villes d'Europe. Pour la première fois, la confrontation d'oeuvres picturales avec des costumes du 18e siècle permettra d'explorer une nouvelle mise en scène du corps, entre l'exigence sociale et les caprices du goût. L'exposition réunit près de 200 objets du 18e siècle, issus des grands musées textiles (Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, Musée des tissus de Lyon, Musée de la toile de Jouy, Musée de la Chemiserie et de l'Elégance Masculine) et de beaux-arts (Nationalmuseum de Stockholm, Rijksmuseum d'Amsterdam, Victoria and Albert Museum de Londres, Versailles, Louvre, Ecouen, Nantes, Dijon, Tours, Orléans. .). Des tableaux emblématiques côtoieront textiles précieux dessins inédits, vêtements et accessoires, dont certains spécialement restaurés pour l'exposition.  Avec “ À la mode”, le Musée d'arts de Nantes et le Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon, en partenariat avec le Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, confirment leur volonté d'associer une véritable exigence scientifique sur un sujet peu exploré dans les expositions sur le 18e siècle, à une ouverture sur un large public.

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[vanilla-cigarillos]

Sámi Folklore and Magic

The Sámi (sah-me) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which in modern times encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. This area was formerly known as Lapland, and the Sámi have historically been known in English as Lapps or Laplanders, but these terms are regarded as offensive by the Sámi, who instead claim the area's name in their own languages. The Sámi are primarily known for their relationship with the culture of nomadic reindeer herding. For several complex reasons that I won’t get into here, reindeer herding is legally reserved for only Sámi people in some regions of the Nordic countries.

Learning about my culture has been a very wonderful, eye-opening experience for me and I want to share what I’ve found! 

The Sámi, within the circles of people who know them, are recognized for three specific forms of magic. These are divination, drumming, and “gand”. Sámi people and their craft were believed to be very powerful by sagas.

Saivu and Noaidi:

Saivu is a term that typically means “another world”, as well as the being who live there. A noaidi refers to a person with the ability to communicate with spirits, travel to other worlds, and potentially even tell the future. The drum was one of the most critical tools for noaidi carrying out these spiritual tasks.

Faith and Mythos:

There is no set limit to the gods traditionally held in Sámi culture. Norse and Sámi mythology influenced each other frequently, and thus there are many notable similarities between the two. I.e. Both hold a belief in the figure of Thor.

Mythical creatures are a critical part of Sámi culture. Many today still believe in underground spirits, and figures of legend are still described through generations. Stállu (troll giants) and Čáhcerávga (river spirits/sea monsters) are used in stories to scare children from dangerous behavior on the ice or near other dangerous places. 

Joik

Joiks are Sámi song traditions used to aid a noaidi in achieving a trance, especially so in pre-Christian dominance. Joiks also have function outside of such spiritual traditions and rituals. They are also used to calm and call to reindeer, and narrative joiks are powerful tools in storytelling.

The Drum

Meavrresgárri - North Sámi

Gievrie - South Sámi

Runebomme - Norwegian (Comes from early misunderstanding that the symbols represented on the drums were runes, newly appearing name is Sametromme)

Many drums are made of a wooden frame (South Sámi) or a hollowed bowl (North Sámi). Each are personalized, with the backs of these drums being decorated with various amulets of silver, animal claws, teeth, or bones. Whenever the drum is hit, the pointers move around and indicate to the symbols on the drumskin. Through this, noaidi are able to tell the future and communicate with gods and spirits. Drums are also powerful tools to aid in putting noaidi into a trance. 

Gand

Originally claimed to be a “soul” or spirit that a person practicing Sámi sorcery could control/send out. This could be to gain information about distant lands, or even to cast harm onto others. By those who feared Sámi magic, gand was typically known as a malicious “projectile” of sorts that sorcerers could use at intense speeds and vast distances.

Healing:

Noaidi were believed to be able to heal people by retrieving their souls from the world of the dead. Traditions of noaidi healing are still in use to this day. Stemming bleeding, stopping someone’s bleeding through chanting, rituals and other forms of witchcraft) are still used not only in Sámi tradition but also throughout Norway as well. 

Much of Sámi culture isn’t known by those outside of the culture due to much of it being received through oral tradition. It’s very important to respect the closed aspect of the culture, while still learning about important cultural aspects that preserve Sámi people’s place in the world. 

#sami #norway #nordic

[findswoman]

Writer 20 Questions

Tagged by @jedi-valjean. Thanks so much!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Currently 115.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

363,324.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

For the most part just Star Wars (various flavors thereof), but I have a very few Tolkien things too.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Cards against Monotony; or, The Best Rainy Lothal Day Ever (47)

Sixth Time’s the Charm (40)

Beautiful, Inexactly (32)

The Song, the Sea, and the Mand’alor (29)

“I saw the wolf…” (28)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Of course! I want to let my commenters know how appreciated they are! And it’s fun to meet new readers and writers.

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I have a good number of stories with angsty endings, but the angstiest to date may be Opus Sixty-Six, in which two OC non-Human musicians captured by the Empire are forced to perform for the Emperor but resist by playing a different piece of music from what he ordered, based on what happens to the two performers at the end (not going to spoil it).

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I have a good number of stories with happy endings, too! A lot of them involve OCs, but one that involves an happy ending for an EC following from particularly angsty source material is The Rains of Scarif, in which #JynErsoLives.

8. Do you get hate on your fic?

Thankfully this has never happened to me, at least not to my knowledge.

9. Do you write smut?

Nooo. I gave it a very, very tentative try a long time ago, but it was a complete and utter no-go.

10. Do you write crossovers?

I haven’t yet, but maybe sometime I’ll try!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No, at least not to my knowledge.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Between the Porch and the Altar was translated into French by Yahiko: Entre le portique et l’autel. It was a prize that he offered for TheForce.net Fanfic’s Fanfic Awards one year, and it’s definitely one of the most unique ways I’ve ever had a fic recognized!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

Just a few times, and the results are posted on the TheForce.net forums rather than AO3: Cupcakes for a Cupcake (with Ewok Poet) and Dinner at the Hungry Hutt (with Chyntuck). But I also had aikisenshi (TheRynJedi) contribute part of chapter 22 of Shaman, Traveler, Oracle.

14. What‘s your all-time favorite ship?

I am of course partial to those that involve OCs of mine, but in terms of established characters, perhaps Kanera, and perhaps the Frog Lady and Frog Gent? I don’t tend to think in terms of ships most of the time, though (but have nothing against those who do).

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I used to say this about The Book of Gand, but it may not actually be in that category anymore! Actually, currently nothing is in that category for me right now, but that could certainly change.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Setting descriptions! OC creation! Whimsical humor! Economy of expression! Worldbuilding! Anything involving alien cultures/traditions/ceremonial/etc.!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action and battle scenes! Political intrigue! Characters double- and triple-crossing each other! Overly long sentences with too many clauses! Too many em dashes! Too many sentences/clauses that begin with “and” or “then”! (Linking sentences/thoughts together in general!)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

In terms of in-universe languages, when this happens within my stories I try to signal it in some other way. In terms of real-life languages: oof, I don’t know if I’m the right woman for that job, but I have immense respect people who are able to write stories in languages other than their mother tongue.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars. One sticks with what works, I guess!

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Ah, I hate this question so much. 😁 I love them all, don’t you know! But I would say that I have a very specific soft spot for the 20K+ fics I’ve somehow managed to write: The Book of Gand and Shaman, Traveler, Oracle, just because I’m so proud of myself for managing to get through them (or, in the case of BOG, the component stories thereof, all of which are in excess of 15K words and three out of four of which are in excess of 20K).

Tagging:

Anyone I know (or don’t know) who is a writer who happens to see this. 🙂

#fan fiction writing #finds writes #ask game

[pumpkinsy0]

caribbean shepards day 19 and 20 cause i was a tired bitch yesterday and didn’t wanna post any more

1) ANYWHO i feel like they have a few african friends and some of them r even in the shepard gand and words cannot describe how many arguments there’s been over how to say plantain, their african friend will fight to the DEATH that it’s pronounced planTSBS while they will say that it’s planTIN and they would absolutely go to war over that shit

2) ik they was fuckin it up during culture day at their school, wearing traditional clothing, speaking creole nearly the whole day, making fool n all🤭🤭

#curly shepard #angela shepard #tim shepard #the shepards #the shepard gang #the outsiders headcanons #the outsiders hcs

[syncrovoid-presents]

ooo I just saw the formatting on your blog, and it looks so cool!!! My ask: since you say you know random knowledge, what is a fun fact you could share? :D

Aa thanks!! I caught myself some HTML and CSS for the formatting of my desktop blog. I still need to update it but there's a few hidden secrets @:o)

HMM I have so many I would like to share! It depends on what sort of knowledge you seek and how much detail you want! Like how butterfly wings have scales or how mummies are rare because they were used in paints and consumed.

BUT because it is something I have been thinking about, I shall tell you some funny coincidences and the cycle of time (it is fun and curious! I find it very fascinating)

There is something quite interesting about how centuries ago and ranging to thousands of years (depending on the culture and how well it was documented) there were many mentions of not-quite-human people. Like for instance (I shall talk about Scottish folk lore here, for it is one I am familiar with) there are the Fae folk.

The seelies and unseelies and how there were ways of telling disguised Fae apart from regular old humans (count the teeth, check the fingers. Are the ears unusual? Is the voice unusual?) If I'm not mistaken, there's also a form of this with some Japanese Yokai too? I am not 100% sure. There are similarities too with certain Slavic and Native Americans beliefs too, and African if I'm not mistaken. But regardless, this is something that exists in all sorts of folk lore from all around the world.

(I will briefly mention that some of this could stem from when certain illnesses were a lot more serious (consider rabies for instance) or from ableism. So it isn't all fun and interesting, but I thought I should add that!)

It is interesting how as society (mostly western for I am not 100% knowledgeable about how other societies have evolved over the centuries) has evolved towards a greater understanding of the world through hard sciences and generally separated from folk-belief how this has transitioned into aliens.

Aliens that could walk among us but act a little funny, or their smiles don't look right (count the teeth, check the fingers), how they come at night and leave mysteriously, with lights and colours and technology like magick.

(Again, I shall mention that sometimes these beliefs are used to defend various types of bigotry. I do not support that and find it quite gross)

And then now, another hundred or so years after the rise of aliens (there is still more people are finding! More mysteries, more unexplained phenomenons!) those same rules now have transitioned into AI artwork.

Have you seen some realistic AI artworks of humans? You must count the teeth, check the gands. Are the joints all wrong, bending too far or there are too many? How many fingers are there? You must count them! Check the ears, check the faces. Are they humans or something just pretending?

Of course it isn't quite the same, it never is and never will be, but I can't help but find it fascinating that certain beliefs from centuries or decades ago can now transition into practical advice for something that absolutely would have been considered magick to those folks. How science and folklore beliefs don't have to be pitted against each other, and how time can be quite cyclical in nature.

Plus not to mention the similarities between the "Hitchhiker Effect" and the curses of various folklore creatures of millennias past, both coming from worlds beyond our own but in different ways, both explanations of the impossible through the lens of current knowledge.

And who can say how this could change when AI develops further? Though AI isn't truly intelligence, the name is actually quite misleading, when programmed right and given the correct uses it can be a wonderful mimicry of such. Imagine AI generated realistic 3d models, using generated voices and generated dialogue. Would you count the teeth? Check the hands? Would there ever be a point in our lifetimes where that would even be possible?

Regardless, I find this all quite interesting!! I can talk further but I shall limit myself to this. I don't quite know if my ramblings about the roundabout nature of time and humanity and the development of belief falls into a fun fact or not, but it was very fun to answer this ask!!

#ask.txt #syncrovoid.txt #the hitchhiker effect is actually relally interesting regardless of whether you believe it to be true or not #i find all of it interesting in a “i am watching it from afar” sort of way #i am neither against nor pro aliens or the supernatural in general (how much of a difference between the two is there anyways?) #i just find it all very curious regardless of how true or fake it is!! #how there is so much left in the world that is unexplored or unexplainable or simply unknown! #there are so many species of bugs no one has classified (does that mean they are unknown? #does that mean classification isnt a real reflection of the world we live in? who knows who knows!) #it is like the generational pendulum effect where certain extremes from one generation becomes the opposite extreme in the next #(it is not guaranteed plus (at least here where i live though it could pertain to any country) fhe oldest generations were severly #traumatized and lived in conditions with all sorts of damaging things. like lead in the water that overtime could lead to brain damage #these things pass down through DNA. little packets of information to help the next people survive #(like how certain animals may become more prone to certain avoidances if their parents had bad experiences. evolution!) #how much of that remains? how hurt are people still? these things i do not know yet find myself pondering them still #like how families that survived famine are more likely to maintain body weight or how the babybooms rebelled agains their current societal- #norms. #how does the seeking for the familiar change these bahviours when one grows old? how can one understand what they've never known? #ANYWAYS i will stop my rambling before i hit some rambling limit! #thank you for the very fun ask and have a lovely day/night!!!

[french-maestro12]

Voyage en Égypte pendant une semaine

Est-ce que vous voulez découvrir toute l’Égypte en termes de ses sites archéologiques , ses stations balnéaires et ses destinations récréatives et c’est pendant une semaine? Si vous avez le désir d’explorer de nouveaux endroits en Égypte , vous pouvez désormis découvrir les meilleurs circuits touristiques à faire pendant une semaine en Égypte par notre agence, Egypt Online Tours.Nous vous fournissons les meilleurs voyages en Égypte pendant une semaine au prix le plus bas.

Pour profiter du voyage d’une semaine en Égypte, vous pouvez commencer votre voyage en visitant le Caire qui est la capitale actuelle de l’Égypte et le centre de la culture et de la politique en Égypte.Le Caire est l’une des plus gandes et des plus anciennes villes du monde. C'est à ce titre qu’il comprends beaucoup de monuments et de sites archéologiques. Au Caire, vous pouvez faire plusieurs activités culturelles pendant une semaine en Égypte , où vous pouvez assister le spectacle culturel de “Son et lumière” qui a été organisé au pied des pyramides de Gizeh. Il est à noter que les spectacles de “Son et lumière” racontent certaines des légendes anciennes de l’Égypte.

Les pyramides de Gizeh sont l’un des sept merveilles du monde parce qu’elles portent beaucoup de secrets. Il est impossible de passer vos vacances en Égypte pendant une semaine sans visiter les pyramides de Gizeh . N’oubliez pas aller aux pyramides de Gizeh, ou vous verrez les pyramides les plus connues au monde, à savoir Khéops, Khéphren et Mykérinos. Après de votre visite aux pyramides de Gizeh, vous pouvez vous rendre au musée égyptien qui comprends plusieurs de monuments différents.

Quand vous séjournez au Caire lors de votre voyage en Égypte pendant une semaine,vous pouvez aussi visiter le marché de Khan El-Khalili , le région d’Al Hussien et sans oublier les cafés populaires. Khan Al Khalili est l’un des quartiers du Vieux-Caire. Ce marché a de nombreux bazars, boutiques et restaurants populaires. Khan Al Khalili est l’un des marchés les plus prestigieux du Moyen-Orient, vieux de plus de 600 ans.

Je voudrais vous dire que votre voyage en Égypte , qui dure pendant une semaine, ne se limite pas visiter le Caire seulement, mais vous pouvez visiter d’autres villes égyptiennes comme Louxor , Assouan, Hurghada , Marsa Alam, Alexandrie, Dahab et etc.

Mon cher touriste, profitez de votre voyage en Égypte et visitez le plus grand nombre de ses destinations touristiques.

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[omagazineparis]

Découvrir et voyager en Belgique

Les ruelles historiques pavées des vieilles villes et des villages pittoresques, les châteaux et les églises fortifiées ou le mode de vie dans les champs de Flandre avec leurs marchés et leurs spécialités authentiques : La Belgique abrite une variété de curiosités qui vous laisseront sans voix. Jetez-y un coup d'œil ! Belgique : Où aller et que voir Les curiosités les plus connues de la Belgique sont certainement les impressionnantes villes et châteaux médiévaux, ou les villages flamands typiques, qui sont tous situés dans la campagne verdoyante. Vous pouvez également découvrir le patrimoine culturel du pays dans les musées et les châteaux, ou dans les sculptures en plein air. Les villes de Bruxelles et d'Anvers offrent toutes deux beaucoup de choses à voir et �� faire, tandis que la côte belge est célèbre pour ses nombreuses plages. Si vous vous intéressez à la nature et à ses nombreuses splendeurs, les hautes terres flamandes et les forêts wallonnes sont des endroits à ne pas manquer. La capitale Bruxelles, où vous pourrez visiter le palais royal ou les célèbres quartiers de la ville avec ses nombreuses galeries d'art, et la ville wallonne de Liège, avec ses nombreux bâtiments historiques, méritent toutes deux une visite. En fait, la plupart de la population du pays vit dans les régions néerlandophones, où de nombreuses villes valent également le détour. Bruxelles La ville de Bruxelles, qui est également la capitale du pays, abrite de nombreuses activités culturelles, dont plusieurs musées et galeries d'art, ainsi qu'un ou deux théâtres. Bruxelles est également célèbre pour ses nombreux restaurants et bars, et a été nommée meilleure ville du monde pour la nourriture par le prestigieux magazine The New York Times. En outre, la ville est également l'une des plus internationales au monde, puisqu'elle abrite de nombreuses organisations internationales et ambassades. La notoriété de Bruxelles est toutefois souvent éclipsée par les autres villes du pays. Gand La prochaine grande ville à figurer sur votre liste de lieux à visiter en Belgique est Gand, qui est souvent négligée par les habitants du pays. Cette grande ville est célèbre pour ses nombreux bâtiments médiévaux à pignons qui sont typiques de l'architecture de la ville. En outre, Gand est une grande ville d'art, car la ville abrite plusieurs galeries d'art et musées. Si vous êtes intéressé par l'architecture, vous trouverez également l'architecture de la ville extrêmement intéressante, car Gand abrite de nombreux bâtiments intéressants des 18e et 19e siècles. Bruges Bruges est l'un des sites touristiques les plus célèbres de Belgique, réputé pour son architecture médiévale pittoresque et son célèbre marché, qui se tient tous les samedis. La ville est située dans la partie sud du pays et est un endroit populaire pour les personnes qui veulent visiter les parties néerlandophones pittoresques du pays. La ville est également célèbre pour ses nombreux canaux et ponts et est un endroit populaire pour les personnes qui aiment l'architecture et la nature. Ensuite, vous devriez essayer de visiter l'abbaye cistercienne d'Averbode, qui est l'une des plus importantes abbayes du pays. Il existe de nombreuses autres attractions dans la ville, comme le musée Groeninge, qui abrite de nombreuses œuvres d'art médiévales. Si vous vous intéressez aux œuvres d'art médiévales et à l'histoire, Averbode est un endroit à visiter. Anvers La troisième ville de votre liste d'endroits à visiter en Belgique est Anvers, qui est souvent négligée par les personnes visitant le pays. La ville est un port important et abrite plusieurs entreprises et organisations internationales, tout en étant un centre majeur de commerce et de finance dans la région. La ville est un centre important pour les arts et la culture dans la région depuis le 15e siècle, et possède de nombreuses galeries d'art et musées. Pendant votre séjour dans la ville, vous pourrez visiter le musée Plantin-Moretus, qui abrite de nombreuses œuvres d'art, ou le musée royal des beaux-arts, qui est l'un des plus grands musées du pays. Monde Walibi, Bihorel, Ardennes et autres (partie ouest) Lors d'une visite de la partie occidentale du pays, vous devez vous rendre au parc à thème Walibi World, qui est souvent cité comme le meilleur du monde. Situé près de la ville de La Roche-sur-Yon, ce parc abrite de nombreuses attractions, dont plusieurs parcs à thème, un parc aquatique et de nombreuses installations sportives. Les Ardennes, la célèbre région belge, sont situées dans le sud du pays. La région est célèbre pour ses nombreuses forêts, qui abritent de nombreuses espèces animales. Si vous êtes intéressé par la nature et ses nombreuses splendeurs, vous devriez visiter les Ardennes. Partie orientale du pays (néerlandophone) L'est du pays est souvent négligé par les personnes qui s'intéressent au pays, mais cette région abrite également certains des sites les plus célèbres du pays. La ville de Gand est souvent citée comme la plus belle ville du pays, pour ses nombreux bâtiments médiévaux. Vous devriez également visiter la ville de Malines, qui est souvent citée comme l'une des plus belles villes du pays. La ville est également connue pour ses nombreuses galeries d'art et ses musées, ainsi que pour son architecture, notamment ses nombreux bâtiments médiévaux. La ville d'Anvers, dans l'est du pays, mérite également d'être visitée. Voyagez en train ou en voiture à travers les champs de la Flandre et la campagne néerlandaise. Les chemins de fer belges sont réputés pour leur qualité et leur efficacité, et le pays est une importante plaque tournante du transport ferroviaire en Europe. Le réseau ferroviaire belge est étendu et se compose de lignes à grande vitesse et de lignes conventionnelles. Le pays est également relié à plusieurs lignes ferroviaires internationales, ce qui permet de se rendre facilement dans d'autres grands centres européens. Le réseau ferroviaire belge est également très sûr et les trains sont extrêmement ponctuels. Le réseau ferroviaire belge exploite un large éventail de services ferroviaires, notamment des trains intercités, des services locaux et régionaux et des trains à grande vitesse. Autres destinations recommandées en Belgique Si vous voulez profiter au maximum de vos courtes vacances en Belgique, vous devriez visiter la ville de Bruges et les villes voisines, ainsi que la ville de Gand. Si vous êtes intéressé par les œuvres d'art médiévales, vous devriez visiter la ville de Bruxelles et la ville voisine de Mons, qui est connue pour ses nombreuses œuvres d'art romaines. Vous pouvez également visiter la ville de Liège, qui abrite la célèbre foire de Matonge, et la ville d'Anvers, qui vaut également le détour. Read the full article

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West World

in western traditions, we see the term serpent instead of the naga

we can find the serpent in the bible

the cobra ureaus

he uraeus symbol is deeply connected with the serpent goddess, Wadjet, who was often depicted as having a snake’s head or wearing the uraeus.

Originally, the uraeus was Wadjet’s body wrapped around the head of another deity or the pharaoh.

Wadjet, Lower Egypt’s patron goddess and protector, became associated with the goddess Nekhbet who was depicted as a white vulture and held the same position in Upper Egypt. After the unification of Egypt, Nekhbet’s image joined Wadjet on the crown, becoming part of the uraeus.

Pharaohs were recognized only by wearing the uraeus. They wore the uraeus as a headdress, which became part of their crown. It signified Wadjet’s protection and reinforced the pharaoh’s dominion over the land. This tradition was as old as the Old Kingdom (c. 2700-2200 BC).

The uraeus was adorned with gemstones and made of gold and sometimes silver. Before the period of the New Kingdom, the uraeus’ body was coiled in circles behind its raised head attached on the Blue Crown worn by the pharaoh who was believed to be protected by Wadjet.

Wadjet’s protection, however, was not limited to the pharaoh. She was also believed to protect the whole Egypt from the forces of chaos, as well as women in childbirth. Her image with the sun disk is the uraeus symbol.

Jörmungandr

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.

In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast gand', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard) and biting his own tail, an example of an ouroboros. As a result of it surrounding Midgard (the Earth) it is referred to as the World Serpent. When it releases its tail, Ragnarök (the final battle of the world) will begin.

Jörmungandr is said to be the middle child of the trickster god Loki and the giantess Angrboða. According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children by Angrboða – the wolf Fenrir, the goddess Hel, and the serpent Jörmungandr – and removed them from Asgard (the world of the Æsir). The serpent Jörmungandr was tossed into the great ocean that encircles Midgard.[1] There the serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the Earth and grasp its own tail.[1] The old norse thunder-god, Thor, has an on-going feud with Jörmungandr in their epics and the two can be seen as archfoes. During Ragnarök, Thor and Jörmungandr will fight each other to the death.

Ouroboros derives from a Greek word meaning “tail-devourer.” While the word is not attested in English until the 1940s, the concept of the ouroboros is very ancient, used across many cultures as a symbol of cosmic harmony, eternity, and the cycle of birth and death.

In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"),[1] also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto,[2] although the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto.[3]

Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon[4] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity, the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion.

According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on Sarpedon, somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BC novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion puts her somewhere in Libya, where Herodotus had said the Berbers originated her myth as part of their religion.

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The Bacta War Review

7/10. About halfway through I was feeling “eh,” and while it got better toward the back half, I think it still warrants a lower score than I have usually given for Star Wars books so far. I have a lot to say on this one because I'll be covering the first three books in the series a bit, as well.

To preface, I generally like canon better than a lot of the older legends stuff, but I still enjoy much what I’ve read so far (I also loved playing the KOTOR games). My main experience, albeit limited, is the first four novels of the X Wing series, and overall they were great! I really like the first three (Rogue Squadron, Wedge’s Gamble, The Krytos Trap). However, I think this one kinda suffers when compared to those.

Since they’re all a part of the same series, I’ll talk about what I liked in the first three. Rogue Squadron had excellent starfighter combat and engaging tactical discussion; Wedge's Gamble had interesting military strategy and related controversy, as well as espionage; The Krytos Trap, perhaps my favorite in the series, had questions about judicial policy, mysteries related to Isard and Corran, and Imperial subterfuge.

This begets a problem for The Bacta War – it has to wrap up whatever was left after The Krytos Trap, which wasn't much, without starting much new stuff. Most of the important mysteries were already resolved, including Corran's past, the main betrayal, and Isard's plans. And it’s totally okay to just want to continue the story with another fun adventure! Not every book will keep the same mysteries going, and the payoffs in Krytos made that a stalwart favorite of mine. People will read for the characters they came to know and love, which is totally cool.

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However, that leaves me in a weird position. I like the characters just fine, but I don't have the same attachments to them as maybe others do, nor do I find them especially compelling. Corran is courageous, cunning, talented, and charming, but is also just an ex-cop who half the time is lamenting Booster Terrik as a hardened criminal or whatever. Booster himself is fun but straight-foward. Mirax is fun but ultimately felt like Corran's love interest more than her own character in this installment. Wedge is Wedge – hardened fighter who always gets the job done. I liked Ooryl and exploring the Gand culture.

That brings me to the main problem – while it didn't need to start anything new, I think it lost a lot of the political dimensions that made Wedge's Gamble and Krytos so awesome. Maybe it wanted to return to Rogue Squadron's focus on space combat or something, I don't know. But I was pretty disappointed in the lack of attention in the 12-hour (audiobook) read to interesting political questions that got asked and were left unanswered by the story (other than to say that they're irrelevant). I mean, they mention the New Republic can't get directly involved because that would be a violation of Thyferra's sovereignty, thus leading to other worlds leaving the NR. This is stated as fact without the perspectives of the Provisional Council or Thyferran people, and even less, barely weighs on any of the characters (and why would they care when they already decided it was a worthwhile venture?). Of course, the in-universe angle justifies itself; Isard is definitely evil, and making sure she doesn't control the Bacta cartel (+ liberating the Vratix from human oppression) is undoubtably good. But Rogue Squadron doesn't have to worry about sovereignty, and they honestly barely care about liberating enslaved workers (it’s more about Isard = evil). And that makes sense. But since we are only given their perspective, we never develop the political issues involved here.

Moreover, after defeating Isard, the establishment of a new government is an afterthought in the story and pretty fucking simple somehow. It’s literally turn the page and now Thyferra has a provisional government joining the New Republic. Blink and you'll miss it.

I think the most dimension The Bacta War gets is from the economic disruption of Isard's bacta supply, which is interesting, and definitely necessary to make the book a more worthwhile read.

I don't feel like the major characters had much development in their story arcs here. Corran is slightly more aware of his force abilities, though highly limited. He and Mirax grow closer. Corran gets over Booster a bit. Wedge gets more tired. Tycho tries to let go of his past trauma for a bit. That said, I don't think the characters are the strong-suit.

Speaking of, diversity is a big issue in this book (as with the first three, where most of the characters started). It’s human-centric, which isn't a big deal (Andor was probably the best show Star Wars has made yet, and that had an extreme lack of non-humans). However, this installment was even more human-centric than the others in terms of the characters given sufficient time, though non-humans were still relevant (Vratix, Ooryl). But more important – I was BEGGING for some non-white humans. I mean, holy shit. Corran? White. Wedge? White. Mirax? Booster? White. Isard? White. Tycho? White. Iella Wessiri? White. Gavin Darklighter? White. Pash Cracken? White. Elscol Loro? White. I just named almost all the major characters in this novel (and many are major to the first three).

There are exceptions (Wookiepedia doesn't say the skin tones of humans Erisi Dlarit or Fliry Vorru, who are both major characters, and Winter is described as "tan," though she's a minor character). I don't want to belabor this point, but I think it’s an important one. The author could have stood to make a few more non-white characters in the first place, especially considering how many non-legacy character options there were. And I've always thought it was so weird that, with Luke Skywalker being a white man, and Wedge Antilles being a white man, the author decided to make the titular character of the series (Corran Horn)... another white man? Not to mention the second new and important character, Tycho, another white man? I think we have enough of those in Rogue Squadron alone to cover our bases here lol. I can only speak for myself (another white man), but I have to imagine it’s difficult for non-white readers to see themselves in this series and especially this installment.

Of course, any relationship or potential relationship in this series is depicted as heterosexual, and all the characters have binary pronouns, though I never had any expectations in that regard. I'm really spoiled by The High Republic and other modern canon books, because those do a much better job than 1990s legends, which is both hopeful and unsurprising.

So, ultimately, how did I feel about this novel? I think the most important question for any novel is: did I have fun while reading it? Yes, I did. The space combat was exhilarating, tense, and surprising; the tactical questions were interesting; and the story had its moments. I don't feel like I wasted my time reading it. However, at the end of the day, I think it’s pretty, erm, skippable. It’s another story with the same characters, and I totally jive with that, but I think the missing elements made it a bit of a letdown compared to the first three books, which got better with each successive one.

I think next on my list is either the Doctor Aphra audiobook or Shatterpoint.

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after the recent Bounty Hunters issue gave us Zuckuss performing what looked like a bone reading I was reminded of this brief glimpse into Gand ritualism from “Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy’s Most Notorious”

(@findswoman since I imagine this would be within the realm of your interests ;) )

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William Morris  L’Art dans Tout

Sylvette Botella-Gaudichon

Snoeck, Gand 2022, 208 pages, Broché,  22 x 27 cm, ISBN  9789461618467

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Jamais présenté en France, l’œuvre du visionnaire William Morris a fortement marqué son époque en théorisant une utopie sociale, politique, écologique et artistique et en posant les bases de ce qu’on nommera plus tard les Arts & Crafts, qui défendent l’art dans tout et pour tous en réaction à l’industrialisation des savoir-faire artisanaux. Designer textile, écrivain, poète, peintre, dessinateur, architecte, fabricant, militant socialiste, écologiste et incroyable théoricien, William Morris a développé un œuvre complexe et a milité pour qu’on considère d’une nouvelle manière l’art et l’artisanat, mais aussi les artistes et les artisans de l’Angleterre victorienne de la fin du XIXe siècle, marquée par l’apparition d’une société industrielle. Il est célèbre à la fois pour ses œuvres littéraires, son engagement politique socialiste, son travail d’édition et ses créations dans le domaine des arts décoratifs. En réaction à la révolution industrielle qui a marqué l’époque victorienne, William Morris affirme l’importance de toutes les formes d’art – peinture, architecture, graphisme, artisanat, littérature … Il œuvre ainsi à redonner des qualités esthétiques aux objets, même les plus usuels, en produisant, par le travail manuel, de la beauté à l’usage de toutes les couches de la société et en valorisant les savoir- faire les plus rares pour aller contre le prosaïsme du monde industriel. Ses recherches formelles et historiques sur la culture Celte et le Moyen-Age nourrissent son inspiration et celles de ses amis artistes dont beaucoup appartiennent au mouvement des préraphaélites – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais…- qui se crée autour de lui. La nouvelle organisation éthique de l’art, théorisée par Ruskin et mise en place par William Morris, ajoute à son œuvre une dimension sociale et écologique, qui est aujourd’hui parfaitement d’actualité : expérience d’ateliers collectifs, retour à la campagne dans des colonies d’artisans, entreprises dont les profits sont reversés aux ouvriers, attention portée aux conditions de fabrication des objets manufacturés et le désir de prendre en compte la dignité de ceux qui les fabriquent, conviction que la « beauté » contribue à donner un sens à l’existence. Avec cette exposition, La Piscine propose aux visiteurs de plonger dans l’univers de William Morris. Tapisseries, tentures, mobiliers, peintures, dessins seront présentés dans une scénographie volontairement immersive imaginée par Cédric Guerlus.

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Debunking lies haters spread about Mon-El – misogynist

Misogyny is a wide definitions and includes prejudice against women, social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification – so it’s not “just” typical hate.

And yes, Mon-El said/did some questionable things. Aka about Eve “She wanted to please me. On Daxam, when a woman wishes to please a man...” and the fact he had no problems with moving the copying machine with her (Crossfire ep) and the line “things was easier on Daxam when I objectified women and didn’t care about anyone“ (the Mxy ep) and didn’t do what Kara said or how SCs like to say, he didn’t respect her.

But here we have few problems here.

First of all Mon-El is from a planet, where people behaved this way. And I write people, not men, because Daxam was a place when all of them where doing things like this. Do we have evidences that women were treated only like sexual objects and exist only to please men? No. Why? Because after all, Rhea - a woman, was the most powerful person on that planet and held true power, not Lar Gand, who was murdered by her and there were no consequences. No patriarchy here. No male privilege here.

But his haters love to forget the line: “on Daxam we drugged themselves to feel nothing“. We aka all people. That was the toxic culture that promoted the system where people were not dealing with feelings, but suppressing them with drugs. What caused not carrying about anything and objectifying was a part of the system.

“The more the merrier“ line, that some people say was lesbophobic and Mon-El wanted to have a threesome with Alex and Maggie is simply stupid. He was talking about having a PARTY, not having sex. Also in that bar scene he showed he was not  prejudiced against homosexuals. Daxam was a horrible place but every sexuality was seen as normal and accepted. Also, no sex discrimination.

Next, “On Daxam, when a woman wishes to please a man.” WISHES. When a woman doesn’t want to please a man, she doesn’t. SIMPLE AND OBVIOUS. What also means he never sexually harassed anyone and there are no evidences for that. I will write another piece about how some really gross people accuse him of rape and other things that didn’t happen, but that will appear in the future.

Also, friendly reminder that Eve WANTED to hook up with him. She was a woman who knew  what she wanted and did what she wanted. Making her some a clueless victim is a disrespectful for HER.

Secondly, when haters talk about his relationship with Kara is how he disrespected her as a woman.

The problem is they both clashed not because of their sexes but because of their races. They clashed because she was a Kryptonian and he was a Daxamite. They clashed because of their absolutely different upbringing.

 He didn’t listen to her?

Kara Danvers : I am trying to help you fit in and you keep messing it up.

Mon-El : Okay, I'm trying very hard to be Mike, okay? But it is not as easy as you make it sound, Kara. I'm used to doing my own thing.

Kara Danvers : Well, you don't do your own thing here. You do my thing.

Mon-El : Um, okay. And if I don't want to do your thing?

Kara Danvers : Then find another mentor.

We talk about an alien who was on Earth like for two weeks and was brought to a CatCo to start a job. I repeat, an alien from totally different culture was brought to a totally new environment to behave like a human and work. Ever heard about cultural shock? And he TRIED. But was not ready. And Kara admitted it herself, later in the ep:

“When I was younger, I had no idea what I wanted to be here on Earth. And I had a family to help me and guide me, but... ultimately I had to make my own choices. And I was trying to impose those choices on you because when you landed, I was-I was just so excited to have someone to take under my wing. To look after. I never got to do that with my cousin. But you are your own man. And your life here on Earth is going to be very different from mine, and that's fine. That's great.”

Because guess what, he was not a dog and not doing what someone else asked is not always disrespectful. It’s you know, not being a slave and having your own mind :) Also, saying someone should do what you want is not mentoring or teaching and Kara explained that herself.

When they clashed after he beat Brian, once again, it was not about her being a woman, it was about how they were using their powers and how they both seen it differently. And it once again, in the end, was about the differences between a Daxam and Krypton.

So what, he was misogynist because he was jealous of Mxy? Because he didn’t do what she asked him to? Because he was arguing with her? Because he was overprotective? Yep, we can all agree it was a shitty behavior. Once again, I understand why he behaved like that – his upbringing in Daxamite culture, ignoring the feelings and getting drugged instead of dealing with them – but his behavior was NOT PORTRAYED AS SOMETHING GOOD. And Kara CALLED HIS SHIT OUT. And after some thinking HE ADMITTED and what is more important, UNDERSTOOD HE WAS WRONG.EXPLAINED himself in a way that made sense. APOLOGIZED. And didn’t repeat this mistake.

Because you know, this was his character arc from being a problematic frat boy of the universe, to finally understanding his character issues and fixing them. That was his story. And I’m kinda surprised how people can admit the tv shows are full of macho idiotic males and how out culture is teaching them how to act wrongly and mistreat women and then when they have an actual arc of man who grasped his shit and become better, they hate on him like no tomorrow. I guess males should stay shitty for their whole lives???

And lastly - look how many times he praised her, how many times he said how awesome she was when she kicked Mxy and other idiots’ asses and how proud he was, how he has learnt to respect her decisions, how he tried to please her, how he walked away when she asked him without a word, how he was able to say how worthless he was, how he played the role of a housewife when she was dealing with criminals, how many times he gave her emotional support and simply was there when she needed it, how he took her side and could admit he was wrong - like, misogynists do stuff like that? Since when?

Yes, he was a jerk and he didn’t have any idea how to treat women, but he has learnt. Keeping things he has done in the past and ignoring his development is like depriving humans of the ability of making mistakes and learning on them. And this is a base of whole damned humanity.

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