#myth & magic

[deckofflora]

spirit schools

school icons

#wizard101 #wiz101 #wizzy101 #wizzy fandom #w101 #pirate101 #pitty101 #🌲 : flora’s sleepverse #🌲 : flora’s art #death magic #life magic #myth magic #spiritual magic

[sennamaticart]

Running Running Running

#unicorn #horse #pony #animation #2d animation #animator #animated gif #gallop #run #fantasy #medival #fantasy illustration #fantasy art #magical creatures #mythical creatures #myth #art tag #the number of songs i listened to about running while doing this is insane actually

[dapper-lil-arts]

Oh No

I bet discord put that there.

#one of my favorite greek myths #cause it shows just how petty they are #even the goddess of wisdom lmaooo #pony posting #celestia #cadence #luna #my little pony #friendship is magic #poll #we're about to start a pony trojan war #it will be so funny if twilight wins #MLP

[calebauer]

season one • season five

#merlin revival #human artist #procreate #merlin #colin morgan #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #merlin fanart #fanart #portrait #merlin icon #to kill the king #diamond of the day #land of myth #time of magic #art #digital #study #merthur #2024

[mamaangiwine]

I think one of the most powerful tools a practitioner can use in ritual, though not one I see discussed often, is reenactment.

Reenacting the myths of your gods.

Reenacting the trials of your saints.

Reenacting the movement and rhythm of the natural world around you.

To act as these is to invoke these, body and soul- both from without and within. To feel the exact space that they occupy in the ritual, which is yourself. It is to clothe yourself in their divinity, so that a small part shall remain.

This is the spell, you see. That piece, that part, is the gift imparted to you. To shape you or guide you in the way you ask.

#magic #folk magic #spirituality #magic practitioners #folklore #ritual magic #sorcery #myths #polytheism #gods #saints

[thatgaywizardoverthere]

Hey remember that time in 1.09 when Merlin went to take out wraith Tristan like “oh this’ll be SO discreet” because it was nighttime and then immediately proceeded to publicly light him up like a fucking Guy Fawkes Day effigy with a trail of fire leading directly back to him

#listen #tell me i’m wrong #a horde of guards like 10ft away are currently paying up their bets for #1) how long it would take merlin to attack the knight with magic #2) what kind of magic he would use #and 3) how fucking obvious it would be #the guards from that lying in the grass pic have made absolute BANK and are now planning an extravagant wedding #gaius is roasting marshmallows on a flaming tristan to stress eat #merlin can’t wait to tell hunith how discreet he’s being in camelot #arthur wakes to zero brain cells and one wedding invitation from the guards #just a normal day in camelot #in a land of myth #and a time of dumbassery #excalibur #merlin #bbc merlin

[madcat-world]

Wild Hunt: Elf warrior - Isis Sangaré

#the Wild Hunt #Elf Warrior #Isis Sangaré #undead #fighters #hunters #magic #dark fantasy #myths #digital art

[nanlawson]

Circe . . .

#magic #myths #Circe #goddess #fantasy #witchcraft #witchy #witch #nan lawson #illustration #artists on tumblr #nanlawson #art #painting #moody #spooky

[blairstales]

How To Get Free Books On Folklore

I do not believe in gatekeeping knowledge, so this post will be sharing how I get all my folklore books for free, legally.

To explain, when a book gets over a certain age and the copyright is not upkept, it falls under “public domain.” When that happens, many different websites will provide those books as a free download.

This is not restricted to one type of book, either. You can grab anything from Sherlock Holmes to history books, to folklore, and more.

If you are looking for a specific book, you may have to check more than one source, so I suggest bookmarking more than one website.

Example Websites:

Internet Archive

Project Gutenberg

Google Books

Open Library

Electric Scotland (Scottish books)

Sacred Texts

National Library of Scotland: Ossain Collection

Forgotten Books

Hathitrust

For me when I download a book, I then upload them to my Google library so that I can use the search functions as well as bring up the books anywhere, but a popular PC option isCalibre.

If you are interested in Scotland-specific folklore, I do have some suggestions of books you can start with.

Scottish Folklore Books:

(link) A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures by Katharine Briggs (1976)

(link) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James M. Mackinlay (1893)

(link) Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1900)

(link) The Peat-Fire Flame: Folk-Tales and Traditions of the Highlands and Islands by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1937)

(link) Notes on Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland by Walter Gregor, M.A. (1881)

(link) The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz (1911)

(link) Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland by J. Maxwell Wood (1911)

(link) Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)

(link) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James M. Mackinlay (1893)

(link) Folk-Lore From The West of Ross-Shire by C.M. Robertson (1908)

(link) The Fairy Mythology / Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley (1850)

(link) Popular Tales of the West Highlands by John Francis Campbell (1862)

(link) Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales by Sir George Douglas

(link) The Scottish Fairy Book By Elizabeth W. Grierson (1918)

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(link) Popular Superstitions of the Highlands By W Grant Stewart (1823)

#folklore #mythology #myths #lore #scottish folklore #ScottishFolklore #scottish mythology #history #witchcraft #folk magic #folkmagic #paganism #scottish paganism #ResearchResources

[ogmerlanian]

The ICONIC moment Merlin and Arthur meet. I’m still in complete shock that I went there and walked on the same concrete that the whole cast and crew walked on. Such an adventure, one I am so grateful for. The meaning behind my @ name is back in 2012 for some reason some of us were calling ourselves ‘Merlanians’ - am I the only one who remembers this?! Also taking these photos was so fun and I highly recommend it if you get the chance to go 🥰

#merlin #merlin bbc #merlin fandom #merlin and arthur #emrys #Colin Morgan #Bradley James #Angel coulby #katie mcgrath #chateaudepierrefonds #France #England #Celtic #myth #legend #arthurian #arthurian legend #sorcery #magic #magician #bbc #fangirl #fandom #pendragon #arthur pendragon #King Arthur #morgana #morgana pendragon

[generouskittentidalwave]

Athena changing Odysseus's looks to disguise him, except it's a magical girl transformation sequence.

#odysseus is the real magical girl #odysseus #the odyssey #homer's odyssey #the iliad #homer's iliad #ancient greek mythology #greek mythology #ancient greek #greek myth #greek #greek mythology memes #greek myth memes #greek heroes #ancient greek gods #greek gods #greek stories #greek stuff #greek posts #athena #epic the musical #epic: the musical

[silvaris]

reindeer tale by Aksenova Natalia

#reindeer #winter tale #winter fairytale #snowy #winter woods #my upload #silvaris #fairy tale #enchanting #magical landscape #fantasy #myth #princess #queen #lady #woman #maiden

[tygerland]

Walter Crane The Swan Maidens. 1894. Oil on canvas: 152 × 117 cm (60 × 46 in).

#mythology #fantasy #art history #1890s #victorian #nature #myth #swan #walter crane #supernatural #19th century #surreal #lake #art #beauty #painting #pagan #magic #dream #fairy tales

[mangotalkies]

myths, magical realism, and leftover chocolate

#fantasy #myths #magical realism #booklr #light academia #dark academia #books #book blog #libraries #school #memories #fever dreams

[mamaangiwine]

One thing that truly sucks about "Cryptozoologists" (as someone who is very into cryptozoology) is that they will use Native American myths as a reference of proof for their unverifiable speculation, and then when actual Ndns say "Hey, no, that doesn't quite add up. It doesn't match our perception of this entity...you know, our entity." they will have the audacity to simply shrug their shoulders and say that either:

1) Natives probably just didn't completely understand what we were looking at or

2) That we are simply interpreting our own myths incorrectly.

Like, let that sink in.

Ndns are being told on the daily by kevlar-wearing-gun-toting-edge-lords that we don't understand our own myths or were too "primitive" to grasp the "complexities" of our own entities.

#native american myths arent cryptids #we're still here #and are literally telling you you're wrong #magic #folk magic #spirituality #witchblr #cryptids #cryptozoology

[fallbabylon]

Duloe Stone Circle- Kernow

#stone circle #stone #monolith #neolithic #history #ancient history #pagan #occult #magick #magic #druid #druids #witchcraft #folklore #folk horror #witch #duloe stone circle #myth #legend #cornwall #kernow #celtic #celts