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theskyehealers · 7 months

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These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief fills your mind.....

As the seasons began to change and their extended family reunion approached, Helena & Ulrich would have some news for them all....

#helena skye #ulrich the wolf #hillside #handfasted

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lonicera-caprifolium · 1 year

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shortly after an Arrangement was made 🌻🌻🌻

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #ineffable muffins #I like to think of their Arrangement as a handfasting #so they're technically just married #I've been riding through the sunflower fields of ESO's High Isle and thinking about drawing something like this for a while now

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magicaleducators · 2 years

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Handfasting memories 3 years ago and still in love #fairycam #paganwitch #handfasted #anniversary https://www.instagram.com/p/CemmmWGjY7s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fairycam #paganwitch #handfasted #anniversary

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hellenhighwater · 5 months

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My friend and his husband are marrying their fiancee this summer and-- since he's a frequent comissioner and good friend--I think I want to make him some sort of three-figure sculpture as wedding gift. I'm struggling to decide how I want to interlock each figure with the others...

#I'm generally not great at...happy stuff?#but the occasion merits an attempt #at least part of the ceremony is going to be a scottish handfasting but theyre still figuring out a lot of it

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adhd-merlin · 8 months

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the time skip between S4 & S5 robbed us of many things but one I would've loved to see is merlin going fully into anxious-event-planner mode for arthur and gwen's wedding

#please rec me fics about arthur and gwen's wedding #sorry – “handfasting cerimony.”#you know when merlin's giving arthur that keyed-up speech about his attire not being appropriate for the occasion #right before arthur announces hes going to marry princess mithian #imagine that kind of energy. but directed at everyone in the castle #and everything must be PERFECT for arthur and gwen so he almost has a meltdown at some point #after which gwen tells him to relax. probably.#headcanons #fanfic ideas #merlin #arwen

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elvenstardesign · 1 year

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I had fun making this. It's hammered and oxidised copper, cleaned and polished with a sapphire crystal navette.

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samwisethewitch · 1 year

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Pagan Wedding Flowers (and other plants) Cheat Sheet

Flowers have been associated with weddings for almost as long as humans have been getting married. In fact, the use of flowers in ritual may actually be older than humans! Neanderthal graves in Iraq suggest that Neanderthals buried their dead with flowers. There are mentions of flowers in our earliest recorded accounts of weddings, such as in Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

Historically, couples would have used whatever flowers were available to them. While some cultures had flowers they preferred for weddings because of their symbolism, couples would have been limited by what grew in their area and by what was in bloom at the time of their ceremony. To be truly as historically accurate as possible, consider using flowers you grew or foraged yourself. Bonus points for native blooms!

For those who aren't into growing or gathering your own wedding flowers, modern florists and greenhouses allow us to choose from a wide range of flowers, many of which aren't native to our homes. This makes it much easier to choose flowers based on their symbolism, history, or cultural meaning.

Historic Wedding Flowers + Plants

Roses have been the flower of choice for Western weddings pretty much forever, and with good reason. The rose is associated with several ancient goddesses of sex, fertility, and/or romance, such as Inanna, Ishtar, Aphrodite, and Venus. (Later, medieval Christians would also associate this flower with the Virgin Mary.) Including the goddess's flowers in a wedding may have been a way of invoking her blessing on the union. Sappho called rose "Queen of the Flowers."

Roses are held in a high regard in pretty much every culture with access to them. They're strongly associated not only with love, but also with beauty, wholeness, blessings, and even spirituality.

Rose was included in wedding celebrations in Ancient Hellos (Greece) and Rome. It is associated with the planet Venus and the water element.

Wheat was also a popular inclusion in weddings in ancient Greece and Rome. Hellenic brides would carry sheaths of wheat or another grain to invoke fertility and good fortune. Wheat was strongly associated with agrarian goddesses like Demeter, Persephone, Ceres, and Proserpina. Carrying wheat may also have been a way of expressing a wish for the marriage to produce many children. Pliny the Elder explicitly says in his Natural History that wheat was included in weddings to honor Ceres.

In modern occult systems, wheat is associated with fertility, the conception of children, and wealth. It is associated with the planet Venus and the element of earth.

Olive branches also featured in Hellenic weddings. Olive was an important crop in the ancient Mediterranean, and olive branches were a symbol of peace and friendship. Olive was also used in the victors' crowns in the Olympic Games. In Athens, the olive tree was a symbol of Athena. It was also carried by worshipers of Apollo when they visited the Oracle at Delphi. Olive was also important to the Romans, who associated it with Mars in his aspect as a protector of peace.

In modern magic traditions, olive is associated with beauty, healing, stamina, wealth, fertility, protection and of course, peace. It is associated with the sun and the fire element.

Orange blossoms were included in Hellenic weddings as a sign of happiness. These strongly scented white flowers also sometimes appeared in Roman weddings. Thousands of years later, Queen Victoria wore a crown of orange blossoms at her wedding, but for her they were a symbol of chastity.

In modern systems, orange is associated with joy, partnership, sweetness, and good luck. It is associated with the sun and the fire element.

Hawthorn appeared in weddings in ancient Rome. Pliny the Elder said that Roman bridal processions included a hawthorn torch dedicated to the goddess Ceres. In Rome, hawthorn was more generally associated with love and good luck.

In Celtic cultures, especially Ireland, hawthorn was believed to be a fairy tree. For this reason, cutting a hawthorn tree or bringing hawthorn branches inside was considered bad luck.

The blooming of hawthorn trees was used to determine the date of Bealtaine, and hawthorn boughs were often decorated with flowers, ribbons, and egg shells to make a May bush, which was placed by the front door for good luck. In Britain, hawthorn wood was used to carve maypoles. Hawthorn flowers may be especially appropriate for a May wedding or handfasting.

In modern occultism, hawthorn is associated with protection, healing (especially healing the heart), romantic love, fertility, granting wishes, and happiness. It is still strongly associated with weddings and marriage. It is associated with the planet Mars and the fire element.

Lotus may have featured in ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) weddings. The lotus was an important symbol in Kemetic religion, and was associated with the sun, rebirth, and the creation of the world. Lotus flowers featured in festivals to honor Hapi, the androgynous god of the Nile. The lotus is used in art to represent Upper Egypt. An Egyptian poem from 1100 BCE connects the lotus to marriage.

Lotus flowers were also popular in ancient Chinese weddings, and they're still used by some Chinese couples today. In Chinese culture, lotus represents purity, honor, and long life.

In modern traditions, lotus is associated with protection, spirituality, and blessings. It is associated with the moon and the water element.

Yellow flowers were used in pre-Christian Ireland for blessings and protection. The exact flower used for these rituals is not specified, so it seems like the color was what mattered. Modern pagans looking to carry on this tradition have lots of yellow flowers to choose from. Some popular choices include yellow roses (see above), yellow amaryllis (associated with creativity, playfulness, and joy), chrysanthemum (associated with long life, optimism, and protection), marigold (associated with happiness, rebirth, and vitality), and/or daffodils (associated with love, fertility, and luck).

Modern Wedding Flowers

We've gone over some of the flowers that were popular in historic pagan weddings, but it's also easy to pagan-ify the flowers that are most popular in modern weddings. Here's a quick rundown of some popular wedding blooms and their neopagan and occult symbolism:

Peony is associated with purification, healing, prosperity, and success. In ancient Rome, peony was believed to be sacred to Mars. It is associated with the sun and the fire element.

Dahlia is associated with mystery, occult wisdom, and transformation. It is associated with the moon and the water element.

Lilac is associated with balance, peace, romance, protection from evil, and attracting friendly spirits. It is associated with Venus and the water element.

Sweet Pea is associated with comfort, charm, and sweetness. It is associated with Venus and the water element.

Hydrangea is associated with healthy boundaries, breaking negative patterns, hex breaking, and protection. It is associated with water and with both the moon and Neptune.

Tulip is associated with beauty, desire, gratitude, love, prosperity, and simplicity. It is associated with Venus and the earth element.

Orchid is associated with beauty, elegance, sexuality, fertility, and romance. It is associated with Venus and the water element.

Lily is associated with spirituality, beauty, harmony, and protection from the evil eye. It is associated with Venus and the water element.

Carnation is associated with beauty, love, rebirth, strength, and healing. Carnations are associated with same-gender love and especially love between men because of Oscar Wilde's fondness for them. They are associated with the sun and the fire element.

Gardenia is associated with love, peace, healing, and spirituality. It is associated with the moon and the water element.

Resources:

"New Neanderthal remains associated with the ‘flower burial’ at Shanidar Cave," Cambridge University Press

"History of Wedding Flowers" by Benna Crawford

The Roman Wedding by Karen K. Hersch

"The Olive in the Ancient Mediterranean" by Mark Cartwright

"The History, Mythology, and Offerings of Hawthorn" by Meghan Pivarnik

Where the Hawthorn Grows by Morgan Daimler

Temple of the Cosmos by Jeremy Naydler

The Magic of Flowers by Tess Whitehurst

The Magic of Trees by Tess Whitehurst (see my disclaimer about Whitehurst's books, but these are some of her better ones)

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham

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actiwitch · 4 months

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#handfasting #handfast #norse pagan #freyja #norsepaganism #heathenry

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greenpanda-basicfakewitch · 9 months

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HandFasting

#Handfasting #BOS #witch community #witchtok #witch #witchcraft #witchblr #wiccan #wicca #pagan #Wiccan #Wicca #Baby Witch #Witchcraft

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sparrowmoth · 1 year

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A little Wesper handfasting moment, inspired by @tinyarmedtrex's super sweet Arranged Marriage AU, Royally Mine, Loyally Yours. 💕

Please do not use, edit, or repost my art without permission. Thanks!

#wesper #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #six of crows #shadow and bone #soc fanart #sab fanart #tinyarmedtrex #<3 #my fanart #my art #sorry for the quality #resizing and then uploading here put it through some trauma #anyway this is the first thing I've drawn in months #the spirit of wesper compelled me dajkgjdksgjkd #the scene of them getting handfasted in trex's fic made me so crazy insane I had to make art about it so here we are

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padawansuggest · 1 year

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Obi-Wan: *summoned to the council at age 28, his Padawan and master both refusing to leave his side when they hear who’s come to the temple to see him for fear of them stealing him away* Alright, let’s do this, what can I help you… all… wow. There sure are a lot of you…

Kenobi Matriarch: O’ben! My sweet little freckled boy, come give your mummy a hug! *pulls him in forcibly so she can kiss his cheeks and pinch them* Oh you are just the cutest! Ernian, isn’t he just cute?

Kenobi Patriarch: Adorable. Are you sure he’s ours, Mimi?

Mimi: Of course I am, a mother always knows. *lets Obi-Wan be dragged into a crowd of redheads so Ernian can introduce him to his four sisters, two brothers and three cousins that took the journey with them, takes the chance to glare at Jinn before grinning and pulling Anakin into her bosom* You must be my baby’s baby, huh? Lookit that blonde hair, so pretty. How old are you, cherry pie?

Anakin: *confused* Um, almost thirteen.

Mimi: Oh, that’s a good age. You look healthy for it, your teacher was a waif at that age, from the pictures we were sent while he was growing up.

Anakin: *knows that Obi-Wan was very paranoid and thin at that age, but not why* Yeah. He’s bigger now. He says he wants to grow a beard.

Mimi: Oh, that’ll be nice. His uncle on his papa’s side has a very nice beard.

Yoda: *comes dottering over* Happy we are, to connect a child to their home past the impressionable age of childhood that can confuse them, but wonder we do, why now?

Mimi: Does he always talk like that? Been doin it since we got here?

Qui-Gon: Heh, yeah, try growing up with him. O’ben used to mock him straight to his face as a kid.

Yoda: Spirit, he has! Gumption!

Qui-Gon: O’ben’s his favorite.

Mimi: He’s everyone’s favorite, from what I’ve heard. Now now, we don’t want to get O’ben all in a tizzy by inviting him to a family gathering, that would just be too much family for him to handle.

Anakin: Master handles parties very well?

Qui-Gon: *puts his hands on Anakin’s shoulders* He /survives/ parties, grandpadawan, he handles them by surviving them.

Mimi: Exactly. Just like my Ernian, from what nice Master Mace tells me.

Qui-Gon: *glares at Mace because he knows damn well her initial glare at him was from Mace’s storytelling*

Mimi: Anyways, a bunch of us had reason to head this way, decided to make it a mini reunion of sorts. Well, more like O’ben’s first time meeting most of them, but listen, my brother and husband and I got a bet to settle once and for all. Which we need to see O’ben to settle it.

Qui-Gon: *loves bets* Oh??

Mimi: Yessiree, we been wondering how many adult fangs O’ben has.

Qui-Gon: …I don’t actually know the answer to that one? He hasn’t bitten me in years.

Mace: He bit me less than two months ago after a spar. I startled him while he was in attack mode, but he was also still in sparring mindset, didn’t make the fangs drop.

Anakin: I’m sorry, what? Master has fangs?

Mimi: Sure does, baby! Alla us do. It’s Stewjoni genetics. See I got a total of eight droppable fangs, and Ernian’s only got four, so all of our kids have had a mix. We’ve even seen five in onea the boys, but he chose to get that one replaced, since it bothered him. We need to know how many fangs O’ben has to settle the bet.

Anakin: *eyes sparkling* How do you drop them?

Mimi: *pulls up her upper lip, and presses down on the gums above her canines on the left side, dropping two sharp fangs* Jus like that, sugar.

Anakin: *firm nod* Okay, I got this. *darts off into the crowd and manages to drag Obi-Wan outta the thick of it, before climbing him till he sighs and sits down, climbs into his lap*

Obi-Wan: *ignoring his cooing and snickering family while his child sits on him* Can I help you, Padawan mine?

Anakin: I wanna see the fangs.

Obi-Wan: *blushes super hard* I… really?

Anakin: Yeah. Your mom has super cool fangs, I want to see yours too.

Obi-Wan: *gives his mom a wary look before sighing, opening his mouth and manually depressing on each section, ignoring the way everyone in the room is watching* See? Not all that interesting.

Anakin: *looks back at Mimi* He has six. Who wins the bet.

Cousin 3: Gimme a minute to do the math for averages- *has the pad in his hands snatched by deft little fingers as Anakin steals it to do his math for him*

Anakin: Average looks like five?

Brother 2: Shit. I threw off the average, didn’t I?

Anakin: Were you the one with only five?

Brother 2: Yeah.

Anakin: Then yes.

Ernian: *fist pump in the air* I win! The pot is mine!

Mimi: *deep sigh, before coming over to sit next to her youngest and who she’s decided is a pretty good grandson* Well, we tried. *pulls a very confused Obi-Wan into her side for a hug* Still, we’ll be on the planet for a few days, it’d be nice to get to know you a bit better.

Obi-Wan: *blushy blushy* Oh, um, okay. That sounds nice. Anakin too?

Mimi: Yeah, O’ben, Anakin too.

Anakin: *snuggling against his master’s shoulder* We should all go to the room of a thousand fountains. It’s bigger. Less crowded. My mom works in the garages, she can come too?

Mimi: *absolutely enchanted with little baby grandson just like Obi-Wan is* Yeah, I’d like to meet her.

#then when they leave finally they actually take Shmi with them #Shmi is gonna end up with Obi’s brother Owen #it’s gonna be cute #star wars #obi wan kenobi #incorrect star wars quotes #anakin skywalker #kenobi mother #kenobi father #OC Kenobi family #it like the weasleys lol they aren’t all redhead on Stewjon but they are all redhead in the clan #bant is gonna be super shy to meet her brothers mom and dad but she gets adopted instantly #Quinlan is immediately labeled a scoundrel and invited to stay forever #when he admits he loves Obi and Obi loves him they demand to be invited to the handfasting #Ernian is pronounced er nin #they are loud and have Scottish accents but southern nicknames #aayla and Anakin are given their first ales with the Kenobi clan it’s like 15% guys wtf #Qui gon is flailing so he tells Tahl and their daughter to come act as buffers lmao #they join in on tossing Qui instead of helping #Grogu crashes the party and now the creche masters have to actively make sure no one kidnaps him on the way out #qui gon jinn #qui gon lives #Kenobi family reunion #Kenobi family #why the kriff do you guys let me write typos #no Shmi ends up in love with Obi’s older brother Cleigg who already has a son Owen lol

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rthwrms · 2 months

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i want to make handfasting cords

is anyone getting married soon? if anyone is and wants one.... i'll make it fr

#talking #handfasting #artist on tumblr #hand fasting #wedding

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whitewaterpaper · 5 months

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Månades urval lider av decemberfrossa, så det är lite färre filmer än vanligt.

Den Svarta Katten / Black Cat, the (1934) [🆓] Mmm. Bela Lugosi vs. Boris Karloff, inte genial med klart sevärd. Tack SVT!

Die Hard (1988) [__] Har nog sett den här i ungdomen, men mindes i princip bara slutskämtet. Okej, står pall för tiden tand.

Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, the (1983) [👎🆓🛑] Angela Lansbury och Polly Holliday gör båda bra roller, men filmen är i övrigt intetsägande och sentimentalt dravel.

Harald Handfaste (1947) [👍🔁]

Pang i Bygget (1965) [🆓] Lill-Babs och Thore Skogman. Charmig liten film svår att inte tycka om.

Rosa Pantern, den / Pink Panther, the (1963) [👎] Har säkert sett den som barn. Överreklamerad.

Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad / Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad (1973) [🆓] Sinbad utan förstärkning av Harryhausen, går det... Italienarna gör ett godkänt försök.

Super Mario Bros. Filmen / Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) [👍] Det som roar mig mest är spåren till filmen från 1993 man skönjer.

Wonka (2023) [👍] Jag har sett 4D-bio! Vet inte hur mycket det bidrog till själva filmen (som inte krävde 3D-glasögon f.ö.) men filmen är faktiskt riktigt bra.

Zorro (1975) [🔁🆓]

Det är väl värt att ögna igenom SVT Plays filmutbud denna månad. Om än att någon film säker försvann vid månadsskiftet. T.ex. Pang i Bygget som var lite av en överraskning.

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shierak-inavva · 1 year

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marriage

real quick before i kick into full mermay mode -- been doing some lore diving and have a lot of feelings 😭 they’re basically secretly married after a night in lake town by elven & dwarren conventions at this point

(or not-so-secretly, especially after she turns up with a baby bump a few months later 🫣)

#my ocs #elowen lenbereth #elowen of the green gaze #teladriel the lady of bronze starlight #thorin oakenshield #thorin oakenshield x oc #thorowen #lotr oc #elves are swans and dwarves are smaller chubbier swans #tolkien was a very straight white catholic man and physical intimacy = marriage is just so on brand there #there's a whole scene i wrote with a friend surrounding this because we went IN on it last night #they are VERY sweet and it is very sad they don't have more time together u_u #but that's what aus are for : D #the thing around their hands is for handfasting which isn't EXACTLY canon compliant but it's not NOT canon compliant #we thought it would be cute and so here it is u wu

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masked-alien-lesbian · 6 months

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Chapter 13 of Blades 2 is so good!

I got to adopt this cute ass baby owlbear!