#nehalennia

[sailorsmoon]

Nehalennia! Release the Prince and Princess!

#sailor moon #sailormoonedit #animeedit #oldanimeedit #smedit #animationedit #hotaru tomoe #sailor saturn #nehalennia #fyanimegifs #fyeahshoujo #dailyanimatedgifs #my gifs

[veylxo]

Fuck me like you hate me while whispering praises in my ear. Yes and thank you..

#negan smith smut #nehalennia #the walking dead #the walking dead smut #negan smith x reader #praise k!nk

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

I always feel special when I find an Odonate at night. This damselfly came to a moth sheet back in July. Not sure what it is yet beyond something in the Coenagrionidae family.

Update: It's a sedge sprite!

#damselfly #Odonata #Coenagrionidae #insect #bug of the day #BotD #sedge sprite #Nehalennia irene #Nehalennia

[fernthewhimsical]

A thing I’ve been looking into lately is pop culture paganism/witchcraft. There are so many interesting ideas and ways of working to be found, and it’s really been a huge source of inspiration for my own path. One of the things I’ve done is made some shrines in a game! Stardew Valley was my game of choice, and I made some sheds to serve as shrines/temples. Take a look!

Shrine for Cernunnos

More under the cut!

Shrine for Nehalennia, Dutch Goddess of the Sea

Shrine for Baduhenna, Frisian deity of war, the forest, and magic, with ties to the Morrigán

Shrine for Liyesa, pop-culture Goddess of beauty

Shrine for the Gilded Three, pop-culture triple deity of creativity, fate, and stories.

#witch #witchcraft #pagan #deity #paganism #witchblr #altar #sacred space #cernunnos #nehalennia #baduhenna #liyesa #gilded three #pop culture magic #pop culture paganism #digital shrine #sdv #stardew valley

[highqueensofanime]

#sailor moon #queen nehelenia #nehalennia

[nehalennia-of-the-waves]

#nehalennia #deity worship #paganism #heathenry

[notthesomefather]

Prayer to Nehalennia

[[written by a member of the Godsring]]

We honor you, Nehalennia, Mother at the Sea, You who watch over the ships and help them to find safe harbor, You who bless the sailors with good health and warm weather, You who are loved and honored by the seafaring folk,

Be welcome with us now. We honor you, Nehalennia, Hound Maiden, You whose guardian dog is ever by your side,

You who watch over your worshippers as the hound watches over the sheep, You who are loved and honored by the shepherding folk,

Be welcome with us now. We honor you, Nehalennia, Goddess of Bounty, You whose basket overflows with apples and bread, You who share freely of your plenty with those in need, You who are loved and honored by the farming folk,

Be welcome with us now. Be welcome in your shrine, Be welcome in our homes, Be welcome in our lives. Hail Nehalennia!

[[learn more about Nehalennia, including details about the many recently-discovered shrines and contemporary temple dedicated to her]]

#Nehalennia #devotionals #prayers #heathen #pagan #paganism #germanic pagan #germanic paganism #heathenry

[tall-waves-deep-sea]

Fern's introduction to: Nehalennia

Nehalennia is a Goddess associated with sea-trade, prosperity, the harvest, and the North Sea. She is also a psychopomp. She was revered in Zeeland in the Netherlands, near the Rhine in Germany, and in England. We are not sure if Nehalennia was Germanic, Celtic, or Roman. The name points towards Roman, but she was likely a local Goddess that was given a Romanized name.

We know Nehalennia due to altar stones that have been found near Colijnsplaat, Zeeland. Symbols often found on the stones are dogs (symbols of the underworld), baskets of apples, pears, and bread (harvest and prosperity), a ship's wheel or ship's bow, a shell shaped ceiling, and a distinct short cape that Nehalennia wears on all her stones. She is also often depicted in the same style as the Germanic Matronae, or Mothers, and in some stones from Trier in the same triad as the Matronae. For this reason she is also thought of as a Mothergoddess.

The stones were dedicated by seafaring tradespeople as payment for a safe passage, often to England. They sold fish sauce, salt, and wine. The first set of stones were discovered in 1645 when a hug storm eroded part of the coast. There were no museums or historical societies back then, so the stones were displayed in a church. Tucked into the back, they were underneath a leaky roof and covered in moss. A few years later, the church was struck by lightning and burned down, and the stones were lost. Luckily sketches and drawings of the stones were still preserved.

Then, on the 14th of March in 1970 a fisherman found a strange stone in his fishing nets. Instead of throwing it back, he called the historical society in Leyden, and started fishing for more stones. Together over the course of a few months they found over 150 votive stones and fragments, all dedicated to Nehalennia. This is when she emerged again from both the see and from obscurity, and why I celebrate Nehalennia Resurfacing on this date.

Fragments found of the temple itself indicate that there were probably fresh water wells, where the boats could get the drinking water they needed for their journey over the North Sea. A replica of the temple (smaller and without wells) is open to the public on Colijnsplaat.

As stated Nehalennia is a Goddess of trade over sea, of the harvest and prosperity, and she is a psychopomp, bringing the souls of the departed to the Otherworld.

Because of her realm of sea travel I associate with her: lighthouses, storms, the stars (navigation), shells, grey pearls and moonstone, sailing and boating, protection, selkies, merfolk, knotmagic, sea magic.

Because of her realm of harvest I associate with her: apples, baskets and cornucopias, wheat and grain, bread, nature, fields, growth, prosperity both physical and spiritual, bonfires, harvest festivals, fertility.

Because of her role as a psychopomp I associate with her: dogs, the cycle of death and life (see also, harvest), a safe voyage to a land over the sea (for example, Avalon), traveling through the realms, protection.

I see Nehalennia as the Wildmother, (a name I had for her before Critical Role). She is the Goddess of land and sea, of abundance and life. She is a warm and loving parent that protects, but does let you figure things out for yourself. She is a deep tie to my land and the people who have lived here before. Hail the Lady of the North Sea, Nehalennia Hail!

My devotional blogs: Nehalennia, Baduhenna, Cernunnos, Elen of the Ways, the rest of my personal pantheon. Find me on my main, my witchblog, my website, and my pinterest.

#Posting this updated version on Nehalennia Resurfacing #nehalennia #dutch pagan #germanic pagan #pagan #paganblr #paganism #goddess #dutch #germanic #roman #celtic #sea witch #sea goddess

[justanamartins]

#art #my art #digital sketch #aesthetic #sonic oc #oc #ibispaintdrawing #cutegirltober #cutegirltober2023 #pixie #fairy #Nehalennia #green #lake #day 1 #I hope I can do everything🥹🥹🥹

[blackwattlenemeton]

I'm seeing more and more these days that Heimdall has a very close relationship with Nehalennia - or at least, a feminine water/ocean goddess, whom I see as Nehalennia. I'm not sure about the nature of this connection but it's absolutely there.

You're a mysterious one, H.

#UPG #heimdall* #heimdall #nehalennia

[bewarethewolfarmy]

Angel of the Night Masterlist

Angel of the Night now has enough chapters to require a masterlist, how my baby has grown.

Summary: Erik knows he's at fault but that won't stop him from wanting more.

In the aftermath of the events at the Opera Populaire, the once Phantom of the Opera finds himself set upon a new journey in a new environment with an old dream. And the realization that there are secrets even he himself is unaware of, buried deep within the artist's tortured soul, may hold the key to either salvation or further damnation, to heal or destroy a wounded monster's heart. If only he is willing to grasp the truth that lies in the music of the night and the children who live under it's protective shadow.

(Cross posted with AO3, Fanfiction.net and Wattpad)

Prologue: The Music of the Night Brings You to Me

Chapter One: Wanderings in the Dark

Chapter Two: Divinity in the Library

Chapter Three: Necessary Truth, Kind Lies

Chapter Four: Comfort and Secrets

Chapter Five: Ancient Conceit

Chapter Six: Fate Moves Again

Chapter Seven: Mission in the Dark

Chapter Eight: Musical Heart and Soul

Chapter Nine: Storm Within and Without

Chapter Ten: Music and Secrets

Chapter Eleven: Rain In A Lost Heart

#angel of the night #poto #phantom of the opera #erik destler #tsuki kokuryuu #nehalennia

[darktripz]

Many releases from Lost Armor Records & CONIFEROUS MYST and related projects, along with VAELASTRASZ and ALKILITH. More have recently arrived and more are on the way! Some of the best! 🌲⚔️🌲

CONIFEROUS MYST - Red Spells of Flame and Woe

CONIFEROUS MYST - Lost Mountain Pathways (out of season label)

CONIFEROUS MYST - Knight of the Wyvern Covenant I-II

CONIFEROUS MYST - Kingdom Within the Peaks

CONIFEROUS MYST & VAELASTRASZ - Sacrifices of Fire & Ice

ALKILITH - Dracolich of the Gray Waste

NEHALENNIA - Howls From the Docktor’s Boat

KLYVR - Beyond the Vale

KLYVR - Of Forlorn Barbarism

(Really enjoy all these fold out j-cards!)

#CONIFEROUS MYST #VAELASTRASZ #ALKILITH #NEHALENNIA #KLYVR #lost armor #dark dungeon music #dungeon synth #cassette #tape

[flowercrown-hobbit]

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden

This Dutch museum has the largest collection of archeological finds in the Netherlands. I visited the exhibition about the Flavian emperors last year. They got a fresco from Pompeii on loan. Love the atmosphere in certain places like the Nehalennia altars.

#visiting museums #light academia #ancient Rome #Rijksmuseum van Oudheden #leiden #roman statues #archeology #Nehalennia

[volmarrsheathenism]

Nehalennia Appearance

The Goddess Nehalennia is a stunningly beautiful woman with long, flowing blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. She stands tall and regal, with a slender and graceful figure. She is adorned in a flowing white gown that sparkles like the sea, with intricate designs of shells and seaweed embroidered in silver thread. She wears a crown of shells on her head, a symbol of her connection to the ocean and…

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#Neha #Nehalennia

[fernthewhimsical]

For those who are curious, this is what I mean when I say my personal pantheon is a mix of historical, unrecorded, and constructed deities.

In this context historical means there is a general consensus this deity was worshiped in the past. There is archeological or historic evidence, no matter how little.

Unrecorded are deities forgotten through time. They were once worshiped, but that was so long ago even their name is forgotten. Perhaps on day we'll find evidence, perhaps not.

Constructed are deities that are of my own creation. Whether completely from scratch, or through adding to existing mythology of different deities.

When it comes to the Gleaming Grove - my personal pantheon, it is like this:

Hooded Hunter, both historical and unrecorded, Cernunnos

Rootwoman, historical, Baduhenna

Wildmother, historical, Nehalennia

Wayfarer, historical and unrecorded, Elen of the Ways

Sanctuary, historical, Nemetona

Hearthlight, historical and unrecorded, Freyr

Trickster, historical, Loki

Iridescent One, historical and constructed, Frigg-Frija

Shining One, historical, Frigg-Frija

Lady of Flowers, unrecorded, Eostre

Amber Forge, historical, Brighid

The Healer, historical, might be Eir or Airmid

Ashkeeper, unrecorded

Veiled Silence, historical, Holle/Holda

Crescent Huntress, historical, Jecha

Earth Mother, historical, Herta/Hertus

Crowmother, historical, the Morrigan

Void, unrecorded

Moon Mother, historical, Mona

Star Sister, unrecorded

Lotweaver, unsure

Wordweaver, constructed

Clothweaver constructed

Because there is so much we don't know of most of the historical deities that I honor, I rely heavily on my interactions with them, as well as UPG. It is why I started calling them by titles, instead of names, to make sure it people looking for historical "facts" would not be led astray.

However I am doubting this decision now, and may start refering to them by name again. We'll see.

[updated 13 September 2023]

#deity #pagan #paganism #paganblr #personal pantheon #gleaming grove #cernunnos #nehalennia #baduhenna #dutch deities

[highqueensofanime]

#sailor moon #nehalennia #queen nehelenia