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Once again, Viktor had made his way up to Piltover. It wasn't often that he did, because he did despise some of the looks he got... But some parts just weren't available or trustworthy in Zaun. He's walking along the street toward one of the shops that he knew would sell to Zaunites when he pauses, adjusting his bulky coat.
A pale gaze lands upon a familiar figure. One he knew all too well. For the moment, he says nothing, wondering if he'd been noticed. Then, he continues forward toward them, seemingly intent on his destination.
@dies-mercurii
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~100-160, (Auctor incertus), Head of Hermes
#Auctor incertus#Caput Mercurii#Head of Hermes#saec. IV a.Ch.n.#340 a.Ch.n.#saec. II#100#160#sculptura#The British Museum#Londinii#Hermes#7R3SFTP
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plus de "wob wednesday" c'est l'heure du Mob Mercredi
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Hans Zimmer - Dies Mercurii I Martius. Dimecres, 1r de març...
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Is it true that Friday the 13th was a day of veneration to Freyja before the church started associating it with the devil?
Edit: Made one mistake in the original reply; Friday is named after Frigg, not Freyja! So this is edited to fix that.
So the thing about all of these cutesy little "did you know X has pagan origins??" memes, is that pretty much all of them are basically wrong. They tend to come about because people just kind of assume that if something doesn't have a Biblical basis, then it must be a carryover from pre-Christian paganism. People have spun all kinds of conspiracy theories out of this.
Moreover, many people have attempted to find a historical basis for the allegations made during Europe's pre-Christian witch trials, proposing that accused witches were actually cryptopagans gathering in the woods to worship some pre-Christian deity. In reality, the accusations were based on what Christians of the day imagined paganism to be like based on centuries of demonization: orgiastic, violent, and ultimately satanic; as well as a full-blown mockery of Christianity. Within the logic of the witch panic, if Christians have a sacred day of worship, then witches must also have a sacred day of worship - just evil. It's important to note here that Christians believe that Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
If we look at Wikipedia's article on the witches' sabbath, we can see that the idea of the witches' sabbath isn't extraordinarily old; in fact, it's a product of Europe's witch panic.
Also, Friday isn't named after Freyja; it's named after Frigg. And the whole claim that Freyja was worshiped on Fridays because Friday is named after her shows ignorance of the actual reason why the days are named the way they are. The whole thing actually goes back to ancient Rome. Sunday was dies Solis (day of the sun), Monday was dies Lunae (day of the moon), Tuesday was dies Martis (day of Mars), Wednesday was dies Mercurii (day of Mercury), Thursday was dies Iovis (day of Jupiter), Friday was dies Veneris (day of Venus), and Saturday was dies Saturni (day of Saturn).
The Romans, of course, were big on the idea that everybody else's gods were actually the same as their own. They associated Tyr with Mars, Odin with Mercury, and Thor with Jupiter - do you see where this is going? Friday got named after Frigg because in the Roman way of looking at things, Frigg is just the Norse version of Venus.
Finally, as far as I am aware, Freyja was never historically linked to the number thirteen, either. Every page I can find linking Freyja with the number thirteen is repeating the claim that Freyja was venerated on Fridays, and offers no explanation of why Freyja was associated with the number thirteen. If you look into myths about Freyja, you won't find her associated with thirteen of anything - and it would be very strange if you did, because the main sacred numbers in Scandinavian thinking were three and nine (three times three).
On the other hand, thirteen is an important number to Christians. Jesus plus the apostles made thirteen. The thirteen of them gathered at Passover shortly before Judas betrayed Jesus.
In conclusion, Friday the 13th has nothing to do with Freyja; this whole idea that it was historically associated with her is nothing more than a post-Christian conspiracy theory.
#freyja#friday the 13th#friday the thirteenth#history#pseudohistory#conspiracy theories#conspiracy theory#conspiracism
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In honour of The Mandalorian season 3 coming out, I decided to do a redraw from a piece I did a year ago (march 5th)!
It is so jarring seeing both the drawings side by side, the old one really was the beginning of my journey of drawing old men ahahah and you can really see how far I’ve come in a year!! Not only the face, but also my way of doing lineart, and the colouring too!!
It really makes me proud of myself for giving myself the space and time to learn 😌
Also I am still hoping we get to see at least one (1) keldabe kiss from them, do it Filoni don’t be a coward 👀
Taglist (thought some of you guys might still wanna be on here ahahah):
@thegreenkid @mercurii @gefionne @redminibike1
Also go find me on my Patreon! I post my drawings there early and sometimes they’re exclusive! You’ll also get some behind the scenes from other projects! ✌️✨
#keldabe kiss#i love them your honor#i miss them#din djarin#din djarin art#din djarin fanart#cobb vanth#cobb vanth art#dincobb#dincobb fanart#the mandalorian#the mandalorian art#the mandalorian fanart#mandalorian fanart#the book of boba fett#the book of boba fett fanart#tbobf#tbobf fanart#star wars#star wars fanart#pedro pascal#pedro pascal art#timothy olyphant#timothy olyphant art
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Le calendrier
Les jours
Lundi, from the old French Lunsdi/the Latin Dies lunae, the day of the moon
Mardi, from the Latin Martis dies, the day of Mars, god of war
Mercredi, from the Latin Mercurii dies, the day of Mercury, god of merchants
Jeudi, from the Latin Jovis dies, the day of Jupiter, the king of gods
Vendredi, from the Latin Veneris dies, the day of Venus, goddess of beauty and love
Samedi, from the Latin Sambati dies, the day of the Sabbath
Dimanche, from the old French dïenenche/the Latin Dies Dominicus, the day of the Lord
Les mois
Janvier, from Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings
Février, from the Latin word februarius - purification
Mars (\maʁs\, not /ˈmaʁz/), from Mars, the Roman god of war
Avril, from the Latin word aprilis - opening (of buds)
Mai, from Maius/Maia, the Roman goddess of fertility and growth
Juin \ʒɥɛ̃\, from Junius, the name of the Roman goddess Juno
Juillet (\ʒɥi.jɛ\), from Julius, the name of the Roman general Julius Caesar
Août (\ut\ or \a.ut\), from Augustus, the name of the first Roman emperor
Septembre, from the Latin word september - seventh
Octobre, from the Latin word october - eighth
Novembre, from the Latin word november - ninth
Décembre, from the Latin word december - tenth
Les saisons
L'hiver, from the Old French word hivern + the Latin word hibernus - winter
Le printemps, from the Latin word primus - first
L'été, from the Latin word aestas - summer
L'automne, from the Latin word autumnus - autumn
NB: French days, months and seasons are all masculine and not capitalized.
Movie: Peau d’âne - Jacques Demy, 1970
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Fornax Void - Mercurius Machina
«Tramen Mercurii aureum, machina viatorum in mundo numquam exstitit.»
Summer time, lots of gardening, an upcoming family trip to Italy by train, reading about the Aeolipile, getting into the Ancient Roman Industrial Revolution scenario rabbit hole and a bunch of 90s 4x strategy game nostalgia synthesized into this piece.
The architecture geometry and the train were made in Blender 2.79, while characters, objects and details were added as 2D elements. The music was made with a software sampler.
270 x 270 px, 300 frames, 256 colors.
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only the dead have seen the end of war.
born during the war years, children of the exiled, the disgraced, and the inglorious dead, their lives dictated by events they were too young to understand and defined by the things they lost before they knew they had them.
linette tauro. the ghost. she's had four different names by the time she's fourteen, and this isn't the real one, but few remember who she was born. expelled from durmstrang after two years, and moved across a continent more than once, her education is inconsistent, but her mind is swift and adaptable. a fascination with ancient magic and the history of the dark arts takes her to the schola philologia-mercurii in malta, where she finally meets a mind to match her own. deep in the library archives, she discovers the secrets she believes will take her home to britain, to seize back the things that were ripped from her - and shake the very foundations of magical society.
mylos travers. the general. grandson of a death eater and raised in exile in the italian lakes, he puts on a charming and trustworthy front that hides a ruthless nature. keenly interested in his family history in england, and in the pureblood supremecist views of the grandfather he never knew, his meeting with linette provides him with new purpose. mylos is the man on the ground, the smiling, smooth-talking face to linette's elusive ghost, and he will have pureblood society eating out of his gloved hand before they realise what the velvet's hiding.
torquil malfoy. the tool. the son of lucius malfoy's more timid younger brother, he should have been just another spoilt pureblood heir. a werewolf bite at the age of three changed everything. mourned by his family as if he was dead, hidden away and raised abroad under a false name, torquil has just one true friend, his protector, the boy who sticks with him despite everything. but he is only ever a tool to be used, and betrayal, when it comes, will shatter everything torquil believes, leaving him with only the knowledge that he is every bit the monster that his family believes him to be.
please excuse my lack of fic updates and take this offering of three ocs who are at the heart of my big dark magic plot.
#harry potter#hp-fic#harry potter ocs#harry potter fanfiction#harry potter original character#harry potter moodboard
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There’s only one thing better than evil women. Evil women in love!
Ever since Reva (Third Sister) made her debut in the Kenobi series, I couldn’t stop thinking of her and what sort of dynamic she would have with the other inquisitors, more specifically, Tenth and my other inquisitor OCs.
Tenth and Reva having a enemies/rivals-to-lovers type of relationship dynamic as they both compete for Vader and the Grand Inquisitors favor.
Do they have a healthy relationship? Absolutely not.
Is it bound to end in tragedy/angst? Without a doubt! (That, unfortunately, is a running theme with many of my OCs)
[Artwork done by Mercurii on IG]
#star wars#wlw ship#inquisitor oc#oc x character#dathomirian#nightsister oc#Tenth Sister#kenobi series#third sister#Third Sister X Tenth Sister#star wars ocs#star wars art#star wars rebels#sith#sith oc#Nightsister#reva star wars
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Return to Echor City...
Six months have passed since the finale events of Season One, and and Sebastian Fen's hands are tied. Between his questionable contract with the Augur Corporation, trying to keep his powers under control, and the secrets of the AIU, his very survival is bound to the deluge of agreements that swear him to silence. His budding relationship with Augur's poster boy, Dr. Angelo Volta, hangs over him and keeps him from stepping out of line.
But the threat of the Mercurii still looms, and with the figurehead of the city's black market on the run, Echor's criminal underbelly has unravelled into chaos. Through it all, Sebastian never stopped recording, and it's time to share it with the world.
Night Shift: An Urban Fantasy Audio Drama is crowdfunding for Season 2!
We’re almost at 50% of our goal so if you’ve enjoyed the series and have some spare change, please consider throwing it our way to get season 2 made!
>>> https://igg.me/at/nightshiftpodcast/ <<<
#night shift podcast#audio drama#fiction podcast#crowdfund#podcast#queer podcast#audio fiction#night shift audio drama#nsp
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?, (Auctor incertus), Testa in bronzo di Mercurio
#Auctor incertus#Caput Mercurii#Testa in bronzo di Mercurio#Bronze head of Mercury#sculptura#Università di Bologna#BYZART#Bononiae#Mercurius#Iuvenis#1ZU0Z3Z
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HOW TO NAME YOUR DRAGON
(in Latin)
Disclaimer
I'm not some kind of expert in Latin or anything like that, but I have experience in taxonomy for my dragon project, as well as biology education. Therefore, here I want to share some basic principles that will help you avoid obvious mistakes.
1. Google translator is your enemy, dictionaries are your friends
Google translate is not good at Latin. There you can occasionally check some roots if you cannot use a dictionary, but you should use it with great care and only if you already have some knowledge of Latin. Otherwise, the result is likely to be completely wrong.
I use some online Russian-Latin dictionaries, but I will not give any specific links, because all dictionaries are basically the same.
2. Taxonomy has rules
The scientific name of a species is binomial, that is, it consists of two words: the name of the genus to which the given species belongs, and the second word, called the species epithet in botany, and the species name in zoology.
The first word is capitalized, the second is lowercase.
Both words are in italics in the text.
The first word is a singular noun; the second is either an adjective in the nominative case, agreed in gender (masculine, feminine or neuter) with a generic name, or a noun in the genitive case.
Sometimes the second word can be a noun in the nominative case, which may not agree in gender with the first word, but this option is not common and I did not use it in my project.
The scientific names of dragons of celestial metals have both parts capitalized (Draco Solis, Draco Mercurii) only as an exception, as their species names refer to astrological Planets, and in my setting astrology plays an important role, however in terms of real taxonomy this is wrong.
In addition, most of my dragons have trinomial names, which is also related to their special position in the taxonomy.
Usually, for the names of species, I used the variant noun + noun in the genitive case, and for the names of subspecies I used adjectives.
For example:
Wyrmis platini regius
Serpens aeris nitentis
Guivrus phosphori niger
It should be remembered that botanical and zoological systematics have differences. In my project, I used some middle option, since dragons belong to a separate kingdom (for example, I used the term “epithet” instead of the term “name”). If your species are, for example, animals, then you need to follow precisely the zoological rules.
In fact, even in real taxonomy, there are some “mistakes” and deviations from the system, which are due to traditions and habits, however, the “it happened” card should be used with caution.
3. Noun gender
Nouns in Latin have a gender. In the dictionary, next to each noun, you can find an indication of its gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter), according to which the adjective should change.
For example:
Draco, onis m
The letter m means that the word is masculine.
The forms of adjectives are also indicated in dictionaries (often only the new ending is indicated).
For example:
niger, nigra, nigrum
ruber, bra, brum
aureus, a, um
Therefore, any option other than Draco niger, Draco ruber, or Draco aureus would be incorrect.
In English, it is difficult to convey the nuances, but in Russian the fallacy of the combination Draco nigra - “Дракон черная” will be obvious to everyone.
4. Parts of speech
An adjective is not a noun. I realize how self-evident this sounds, but it's very important for translating into Latin from English. In English, the word “water” can be both an adjective and a noun, so the spelling “water dragon” is absolutely correct, but in Latin you cannot just write Draco aqua, because in translation it will literally mean “dragon”, “(the) water” . The correct variant would be either Draco aquaticus or Draco aquae
5. Cases
Fortunately for you and me, in the context of taxonomy, we only need the genitive case, the form of which is always indicated in dictionaries (since it determines the declension).
Same example:
Draco, onis m
The genitive form would be “draconis”
6. Don't forget the year and the author
You probably noticed that after the name of a species or even just a genus there are other words. Most often you can see (Linnaeus, 1758) or L. (1753) there. The fact is that the names of taxa are not something given to us by God. They were invented by people, and therefore the full name of each species and genus includes the surname of the person who named it (but not necessarily discovered) and the year when this name was published. Many species were named by Linnaeus, so the examples above are the most common. The first option is used in zoology, and the second in botany. In my project, I used a zoological variant, often referring to Linnaeus and other real scientists, but also inventing new surnames.
7. Additional notation
It often happens that one scientist described a species as part of one genus, and then someone transferred it to another taxon. Or the species name itself has not yet been approved. Or someone described the species in the work of another scientist. Or the name has synonyms. Or is it important for you to specify the variety. Or many other necessary notes.
That's why there are additional notations. Again, they differ in zoology and botany (if I remember correctly, I mainly followed the zoological variants in the Guide), and you can find a complete list of them on Wikipedia under the query “Обозначения, используемые в наименованиях таксонов” (unfortunately, the version of this articles in English are very incomplete)
It is not necessary to add something similar to the name of each species, however, if you have a whole group of creatures, then such additions will bring variety and realism.
Here are some examples from my project:
Guivrus sulfuris vulgaris ined.
Caudaesus silicii bichromus [syn. Caudaesus silicii quarzeus var. bichromus] Sewergin, 1810
Serpens aeris nigra Bert, 1851 ex Tenore, 1849
Serpens ferri arsenicea Morout in Alcorn, 1812
Serpens stanni marina (Linnaeus, 1758) Schnering, 1983
Wyrmis aluminii lotus [syn. Wyrmis aluminii corundeus var. lotus] (Linnaeus, 1758) Wiltse, 1868
8. Other taxa
In addition to genera and species, there are also other taxa. And if taxa below the species are found relatively infrequently, then families, orders, classes, types and kingdoms are a necessary part of taxonomy. Of course, you can always assign your creature to an already existing class or even family, however, if you plan to create your own taxa, you should first check the endings accepted in a particular science.
For example, for orders of animals, the endings -iformes and -ida are used, and for the orders of plants, fungi, bacteria, and archaea, -ales.
That's all. If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them (but remember that I am essentially only an amateur and English is not my native language, so I may not know where to get certain sources in this language)
#dragons#dragon#dragons of alchemy#dragon identification guide#taxonomy#speculative biology#latin#text#long reads#alchemy
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Scarecrow religious icon, commission done by Mercurii:
https://www.instagram.com/mercurii.arts/
I adore this picture so much. It’s pretty clear that Jonathan would spread this kind of images or paintings of himself to underline that he’s the chosen one by Satan. Interestingly enough, every artist that was working on my version of Scarecrow added or removed something from the original drawn by @finzphoenix. Of course with my permission or more my encouragement. Jonathan is constantly developing/changing a bit with every single person putting their fingers on him – like the son of the devil himself changes the way of thinking of the lost souls around him.
So yeah: I don’t want him to be a fixed image that people are just repeating all over again in different situations. He needs to be twisted and turned upside down to adjust to the artist style and imagination. Only freedom is creating such exciting results. I’m very grateful for everyone putting a bit of their own personality into him and making him even more awesome than before.
Lovely.
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Hail and happy Wodans day! While Wodan is God of hidden knowledge, Tyr is God of open knowledge. Go to him when you need clarity in your search for answers as he will show you the truth.
Odin, also called Wodan, Woden, or Wotan, one of the principal gods in Norse mythology. His exact nature and role, however, are difficult to determine because of the complex picture of him given by the wealth of archaeological and literary sources. The Roman historian Tacitus stated that the Teutons worshiped Mercury; and because dies Mercurii (“Mercury’s day”) was identified with Wednesday (“Woden’s day”), there is little doubt that the god Woden (the earlier form of Odin) was meant. Though Woden was worshiped preeminently, there is not sufficient evidence of his cult to show whether it was practiced by all the Teutonic tribes or to enable conclusions to be drawn about the nature of the god. Later literary sources, however, indicate that at the end of the pre-Christian period Odin was the principal god in Scandinavia.
A vegvísir is an Icelandic magical stave intended to help the bearer find their way through rough weather. The symbol is attested in the Huld Manuscript, collected in Iceland by Geir Vigfusson in 1880.
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Why Enid named their kid Lo? Is it because is their love child? Lo is short for Lourdes? Are they going to be co_parenting Lo?
i'm not going to go into too much detail bcos i have plans to go over this in later chapters, but io's full name (at least first and middle) was mentioned once at the start of part 2 as iovis solis
given the world building with heavy usage of latin and previous refs of mercurii, you can prob figure out why enid named her that 👀 (to the one person who noticed and brought it up in the comments: 🥂)
and as for the co-parenting q, it's what i have tagged, so do what you will with that info 😌
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