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A friend of mine with a passion for folklore and small presses recently introduced me to Inhabit Media, and I’m so glad to have had a chance to peruse these books.
Inhabit Media is an Inuit-owned publishing company based in Iqaluit, Nunavut (i.e. very very very North). They are dedicated to preserving and promoting the stories, knowledge, culture, and language of the Inuit and of Northern Canada, and they publish a range of books for children and adults that include contemporary and historical fiction, folklore and legends retold and beautifully illustrated, and non-fiction on history, science, and arctic life.
If you enjoy folklore, oral history, wintertime storytelling, or really superbly creepy mermaids, definitely check them out.
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Her husband got killed by werewolves, so now she hunts werewolves.
Character design project for my portfolio. I was inspired by brittish fox hunting especially.
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*kisses you* *you take 1 point of poison damage* *you take 1 point of poison damage* *you take 1 point of poison damage* *you take 1 po
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oh so you'll like my post but not kiss me. typical
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maybe.. both? ._. inspiration and creativity often comes from multiple sources.
Hey! So I’m re-reading the Hobbit and I remember you saying one of the ways you came to follow Odin was through Gandalf and it got me wondering, could you share in what ways Gandalf represents or is the archetype of Odin? I’m really curious!
Gandalf IS Odin, with very little changed.
Tolkien was a professor of Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, remember. He was absolutely steeped in the sagas, and his translation of Beowulf is still one of the finest ever done.
When Tolkien made a world for his languages to live in, he wrote them in an alphabet he called ‘Cirth’. And if you look at them, you can see exactly what he based them on;
Cirth
A blending of the Elder and Younger Futharks and Anglo-Saxon runes is what made the Cirth.
The names of the dwarves in the hobbit? All lifted wholesale from a list of names of dwarves in the beginning of the Poetic Edda, the Voluspa. It is, incidentally, the words of a witch raised from the grave by Odin, who is seeking knowledge from her;
Then sought the gods | their assembly-seats,
The holy ones, | and council held,
To find who should raise | the race of dwarfs
Out of Brimir's blood | and the legs of Blain.
There was Motsognir | the mightiest made
Of all the dwarfs, | and Durin next;
Many a likeness | of men they made,
The dwarfs in the earth, | as Durin said.
Nyi and Nithi, | Northri and Suthri,
Austri and Vestri, | Althjof, Dvalin,
Nar and Nain, | Niping, Dain,
Bifur, Bofur, | Bombur, Nori,
An and Onar, | Ai, Mjothvitnir.
Vigg and Gandalf) | Vindalf, Thrain,
Thekk and Thorin, | Thror, Vit and Lit,
Nyr and Nyrath,-- | now have I told--
Regin and Rathsvith-- | the list aright.
Fili, Kili, | Fundin, Nali,
Heptifili, | Hannar, Sviur,
Frar, Hornbori, | Fræg and Loni,
Aurvang, Jari, | Eikinskjaldi.
The race of the dwarfs | in Dvalin's throng
Down to Lofar | the list must I tell;
The rocks they left, | and through wet lands
They sought a home | in the fields of sand.
You probably recognize some of those names, including Gandalf.
Then, think of what Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings is; a wandering wise man, probably a little mad, who carries a staff and is gray-bearded, known by many names in many places, and trouble is known to follow him. He has great power, which he often hides. He shapes the world around him to his purpose, and many people don’t realize how deeply his hand has been in the shaping of things.
Remind you of anyone? And it was not by accident. Tolkien lifted the image of Odin from the saga, re-worked his story a bit to suit the fantasy he wrote, and gave him a different name, and Gandalf walked into the cultural consciousness of the world. He’s influenced it so thoroughly and so deeply that he is the great-grandfather of every portrayal of a wizard in popular culture to this very day.
And Odin walks with him, barely disguised, and it was not at all an accident that Tolkien chose to use the image of the Allfather for Gandalf. Odin is the father of stories, after all, and the god of inspiration. Tolkien may have been Catholic, but the Father of Gods and Men had his hand on him as well.
#lotr#tolkein#gandalf#y’all out here like ONLY NORSE VS CATHOLOCISM#the last time you made a character did you base it off one singular thing you liked?#prob not
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THIS IS AMAZING!!
Work (very much) in progress
Shading’s all messy and patchy still but she’s emerging
This is gonna be aaaaaawesome
#witcher fanart#the witcher#yennefer#anya chalotra#yennefer of vengerberg#yennefer fanart#fanart#art
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MANDOOOOOO (Painted with Arteza gouache and brush pens)
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i know i’m late but happy 80th anniversary! here are steph and jay in their old robin costumes 🐦
#stephanie brown#jason todd#robin 80th anniversary#batfamily#batgirl#red hood#robin#dc comics#dc fanart
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