Tag: mythology

Myths, Creatures, and Folklore

redadhdventures:

thewritingcafe:

thewritingcafe:

Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!

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Reblogging because wow. What a resource.

attractthecrows:

You know what I want?

Space mythology.

Saints of the starship and angels that take their true form as nebulae, great and fiery amorphous beings that speak the will of the Universe

Nymphs of asteroid fields and planetary rings, sylphs that fly in the tails of comets and solar wind, the gods of the galactic core

Demons that dwell in black holes and eat the hearts of dying stars, spirits of galactic battles that cause engines and shields to fail when you get too close to their graves

Ghost ships, long MIA, drifting in dark space, an inaccessible monument to those lost

Demigods, Herculean beings forged in solar fire surviving alone and unshielded in the vacuum, on an icy rock so far from a star as to never see its light

Heroes and saints ascending to their gods by dissolving into starlight and void

Just…Space mythology.

oceanhunters:

T E E N A G E  G I R L S  +  M Y T H O L O G Y: Chloris

She is the endless cycle of trends, ever ahead of everyone else when it comes to fashion. Reinventing herself, striving for perfection, she alters her appearance with a flick of eyeliner or a fresh bottle of hair dye. Some days she is quiet and peaceful, others days she is frantic and passionate. A glimmer of light resides constantly in her eyes, the scent of something fresh clinging to her skin. All must be in its place, all must be correct. She smooths down the front of her friends shirt, wipes a smudge of pen ink from another’s face. Someone in the corridor complains sadly about messing up their current assignment. Don’t worry, she reassures them. Just begin again.

Source: oceanhunters

greek gods as birdsrightsactivist tweets

zeus: I should be the head of things.
hera: tonigt is townholl that mean you can ask me question such as for instance like: is it hard being so perfec?
aphrodite: If police on strike, who gonna arrest me for going over the beauty limit?
ares: I’M HAVE THE MOST MUCH RESPECT FOR FEMALES WHICH IS WHY I YELL OVER THEM SO THEY DONOT HAVE TO HURT THEIR VOICE SPEAKING THEIR MINDS
hephaestus: I MEANT TO BE IN CHIMNEY. WHY ELSE WOULD I BE IN CHIMBNEY. STOP LOOK AT ME
dionysus: hey is does anybody going to ask what I wearing to debate hint:: it nothing I not waring anythin
apollo: i’m could release my medicinal records. doctor says I have a chronic case of the handsome
artemis: i mildly inconvenience by certain things and i not gonna take it anymore.
athena: more like opposable dumbs
hades: I have tea party with many friends. so many friends that I have.
demeter: I wear a leaf for enhance my beauties.
poseidon: when I place my head to my bottom I can hear the ocean
hermes: i can drink coffee it coffee for drink coffee i can handle coofee coffee to drink coffee yes good everything under control cofeen is yes yes

thoodleoo:

thoodleoo:

my favorite thing about the contrast between early christianity and ancient greek and roman religion is that the difference in the ways they think and talk about their gods is really similar to the difference between how dog and cat owners talk about their pets

early christians: this is our god he’s omnipotent and omniscient and he is better than all of the other gods
greeks: this is our party god dionysus he got into an argument with a bunch of frogs once and we love him