Forwarded from HOOA
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“They entered the town in a light rain falling. The horse nickered and snuffed shyly at the hocks of the other animals standing at the stall before the lamplit bagnios they passed. Fiddlemusic issued into the solitary mud street and lean dogs crossed before them shadow to shadow. At the end of the town he led the horse to a rail and tied it among others and stepped up the low wooden stairs into the dim light that fell from the doorway there. He looked back a last time at the street and at the random windowlights let into the darkness and at the last pale light in the west and the low dark hills around. Then he pushed open the door and entered.”
—Cormac McCharthy, Blood Meridian, Chapter XXIII (twenty-three)
https://hooafury.substack.com/p/the-last-pale-light-in-the-west
“They entered the town in a light rain falling. The horse nickered and snuffed shyly at the hocks of the other animals standing at the stall before the lamplit bagnios they passed. Fiddlemusic issued into the solitary mud street and lean dogs crossed before them shadow to shadow. At the end of the town he led the horse to a rail and tied it among others and stepped up the low wooden stairs into the dim light that fell from the doorway there. He looked back a last time at the street and at the random windowlights let into the darkness and at the last pale light in the west and the low dark hills around. Then he pushed open the door and entered.”
—Cormac McCharthy, Blood Meridian, Chapter XXIII (twenty-three)
https://hooafury.substack.com/p/the-last-pale-light-in-the-west
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The Last Pale Light in The West
Impact and synthesis of Cormac McCharthy's Blood Meridian
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored)
Six Fun Facts About Norse Mythology to Ponder
1. Freyas Cats? - Freya is often depicted with Cats pulling her chariot, what you're not told is that the word that is translated to "cats" actually could just as easily translate to bears or weasels. The reason cats were chosen was to emphasize the witchcraft association and mock Freya. She is much more likely to have bears, wolverines or some extinct animal of a similar vein.
2. Thor's Goats? -Similar to Freya's cats the Goats of Thor actually refers to animals that are in the same vein as goats from wisent to aurochs, moose to reindeer. It could also refer to an extinct animal such as Wooly Mammoths or Rhinos, given the emphasis on Teeth I wonder if he wasn't originally pulled by mammoths? Would be cool if it was the case.
3. Odin God of War? - While often depicted as a god of Warriors, Odin is more of a black market gun runner or financier. Fighters that would be associated with him were more of the Viking Raiders or what could be described as Pirates or thieves. This is also where the riches he has comes in, as the valuable weapons, jewelry and items left on the battlefield are his. The corpses are for his wolves and ravens (some of his followers the "Wolves of Odin" would be the people to go ransack the bodies after the fact).
4. Halls? - While Valhalla and Hel are the most commonly known there are also halls for pretty much any God from Aegir the giant to Forsetti the Lawgiver. As well as a general ancestral hall or region. Which you'd end up going to would vary depending on the individual and whether they were welcomed into it or not.
5. God of Dawn? - While Easter from Germany tends to be thought of as the dawn goddess of the Norse, she really has no presence there. There is however a God of Dawn in Norse Myth, Dellinger. He is part of the more obscure side of the mythos including his son Dagr (Day) as well as Nott (Night) and Jord (Earth) both at times described as his wife.
6. Trolls? -Trolls are most often thought of as monsters to be killed, but this wasn't always the way. Trolls are giantkin and elementals. While not all were fond of humans they tended to be local deities of woods, rivers, mountains, etc. Though overtime they were vilified and combined with the lore of monsters and outcast humans to craft the modern Troll. If you have a troll toy or statue, you have an idol to a local nature deity.
@Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored)
1. Freyas Cats? - Freya is often depicted with Cats pulling her chariot, what you're not told is that the word that is translated to "cats" actually could just as easily translate to bears or weasels. The reason cats were chosen was to emphasize the witchcraft association and mock Freya. She is much more likely to have bears, wolverines or some extinct animal of a similar vein.
2. Thor's Goats? -Similar to Freya's cats the Goats of Thor actually refers to animals that are in the same vein as goats from wisent to aurochs, moose to reindeer. It could also refer to an extinct animal such as Wooly Mammoths or Rhinos, given the emphasis on Teeth I wonder if he wasn't originally pulled by mammoths? Would be cool if it was the case.
3. Odin God of War? - While often depicted as a god of Warriors, Odin is more of a black market gun runner or financier. Fighters that would be associated with him were more of the Viking Raiders or what could be described as Pirates or thieves. This is also where the riches he has comes in, as the valuable weapons, jewelry and items left on the battlefield are his. The corpses are for his wolves and ravens (some of his followers the "Wolves of Odin" would be the people to go ransack the bodies after the fact).
4. Halls? - While Valhalla and Hel are the most commonly known there are also halls for pretty much any God from Aegir the giant to Forsetti the Lawgiver. As well as a general ancestral hall or region. Which you'd end up going to would vary depending on the individual and whether they were welcomed into it or not.
5. God of Dawn? - While Easter from Germany tends to be thought of as the dawn goddess of the Norse, she really has no presence there. There is however a God of Dawn in Norse Myth, Dellinger. He is part of the more obscure side of the mythos including his son Dagr (Day) as well as Nott (Night) and Jord (Earth) both at times described as his wife.
6. Trolls? -Trolls are most often thought of as monsters to be killed, but this wasn't always the way. Trolls are giantkin and elementals. While not all were fond of humans they tended to be local deities of woods, rivers, mountains, etc. Though overtime they were vilified and combined with the lore of monsters and outcast humans to craft the modern Troll. If you have a troll toy or statue, you have an idol to a local nature deity.
@Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored)
Forwarded from Angelxkitty
ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔫𝔬𝔴
𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰, 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢
𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱, ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢
𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔩𝔩 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰
ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫, 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔨
𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰, 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢
𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱, ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢
𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔩𝔩 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰
ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫, 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔨
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