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WHEEL OF FORTUNE
upright:change, cycles, fate, decisive moments, luck, fortune, unexpected events
reversed: bad luck, lack of control, clinging to control, unwelcome changes, delays
(art by @mafumafuriah)
(brighid belongs to: @witchespromise - @snakemoltsiren !)
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I think your boyfriend might be lying dead in a field somewhere.. there were these two crows who talked about feasting on his bones I'm so sor- oh? you found another mate o? oh ok then
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The Twa Corbies - Bedlam
Lyrics:
As I was walkin’ all alane
I heard twa corbies makin’ mane
The ‘tain unto the tither say, o
“Where shall we gang and dine the day, o
Where shall we gang and dine the day?”
“In ahint yon auld fell dyke
I wot there lies a new-slain knight
Naebody kens that he lies there, o
But his hawk and hound and his lady fair, o
His hawk and hound and his lady fair”
“His hound is tae the hunting gane
His hawk tae fetch the wild fowl hame
His lady’s ta’en anither mate, o
So we can hae oor dinner sweet, o
We can hae oor dinner sweet”
“Ye’ll sit on his white hoose-bane
And I’ll pick oot his bonny blue e’en
Wi’ mony a lock o’ his golden hair, o
We’ll theek oor nest when it grows bare, o
Theek oor nest when it grows bare”
“There’s many-a-name for him maks mane
But nane shall ken whaur he has gane
O’er his white banes when they are bare, o
The wind shall blaw forever mair, o
Wind shall blaw forever mair”
#twa corbies#bedlam#1689 fic#so this song is gonna be referenced in ch 20 of giving sanctuary#so I wanted to share it for reference#Spotify
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'The Twa Corbies' - 2021
I have got no idea if I'm doing descriptions consistently. Poo.
I am still very proud of this piece.
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It’s getting there
The text is set in Optima, and reads: as I was walking all lane/ I heard twa corbies making a mane/ the tane unto t’other say/ ‘where sall we gang and dine to-day?’/ In behint you auld fail dyke/ I wot there lies a new slain knight/ And naebody kens that he lies there/ but his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair
#illustration#art#linocut#crow#raven#child ballads#folk#folk songs#twa corbies#artists on tumblr#skull#sword
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Found a new amazing version of Twa Corbies. It leaves out two verses and adds two more but the caws and Geiger counter make it so so cool. I spent the entire day at work wanting to listen to it.
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Musical Munday
//This munday I have for you a ballad that is thought to have originated in 18th century Scotland. It is written in Scots and thus may not be entirely intelligible to those listeners not well-versed in such. The song recounts a conversation between two crows regarding the body of a knight.
#murder ballads || mun#alastor broadcasts || music#musical munday#mun's singing#twa corbies#balladry#[[The mun is a ballad singer.#I still need a sign for my cubicle that says 'at my other job I'm a bard.']]#[[I think this came out better than any other recording thus far.#Also I forgot to queue this...]]#cyan sings || musical munday#guest singer || mun voice
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It's you'll sit on his white horse bane
And I'll pick out his bonny blue e'en
Wi' a lock of his gowden hair
We'll thak our nest fan it grows bare
We'll thak our nest fan it grows bare
#my favorite version is by celtic mayhem#but i couldn't find it on yt#this version slaps too#old blind dogs#twa corbies#celtic folk music#infinite spooky playlist#infinite playlist#folk music
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my latest unhinged fic au idea inspired by scottish folk music* is a binggeyuan au loosely based on “the devil’s courtship,” except obviously they DO actually fall in love in the end and the song is like the regret of chunshan style story that gets told about Righteous Cultivator Seduced By Rich Demon Emperor, usually by observers who have rightly noted binghe’s tendency to dress up shen yuan as fancily as he can get away with but are mistaken about why he does this
*i got this far into writing the post before i got sidetracked doing some cursory musicology research. afaict “the devil’s courtship” was written by battlefield band — i can’t immediately find any references to it that precede the release of their 2001 album happy daze — and they added the devil-related bits, but other than that it’s basically similar to a traditional song variously known as “the keys of canterbury” and “paper of pins”. the battlefield band version is rly good though so i’ll take it
#the trashcan speaks#i say ‘latest’ because um. you would not BELIEVE the number of half-formed itachi fics based on twa corbies are bubbling in my brain stew#HM. it occurs to me that tianxi is basically the plot of tamlin gone tragically wrong…………#bingyuan
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The Unquiet grave, or A Playlist for the Undead. Inspired by @chiropteracupola‘s undead Flight of the Heron AU.
#you do not see the questionable artwork! I know I know I cannot draw but my options were limited!#so you get questionable holes and seascapes#I really like the Twa Corbies cover. I was driving along in the car today and wondering what else I could add to the list and went AHA.#and searched through until I found one I liked#also you do not see more Gnoss. you see nothing.#the flight of the heron#nominally
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While am on scots hours a really wanty do a picture of lit. Twa goth kids sat on a wa an wans got a cut on their chin an the ithers on the phone lit aye mammy a'll be hame later an it's caed three craws
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Twa Corbies Linocut with Letterpress print by RightVillainousCo
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🌊 The Book of Ballads and Sagas by Charles Vess
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Collecting together the critically acclaimed series by the legendary fantasy artist Charles Vess, this compendium of Irish, English, and Scottish folklore/fairy tales returns to print! This collection includes works written by Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, and more- even including Vess’ unfinished saga “Skade”!
This book of comic-depictions of classic ballads and songs is spectacular! There is so much research and care and love that went into the creation of each ballad, each song, each folktale. It has lust, demons, harrowing adventures, and fairies- all things that make a ballad good.
My favorite stories in this collection were “Twa Corbies”, a rhyme about two crows; “Thomas the Rhymer”, an absolute classic; and Vess’ “Skade”, a comic saga about the goddess from Norse mythology whom I love. A fabulous collection all in all!
#godzilla reads#the book of ballads and sagas#Charles Vess#book review#neil gaiman#charles de lint#book blog#reading#graphic novel#folktale#booklr#bookworm#bookish
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Twa Corbies Linocut with Letterpress Print // RightVillainousCo
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“Twa Corbies” wood engraving, 2019
#forgot about these lol#print#Illustration#art#crow#raven#folk#folk music#child ballads#skull#bones#ribcage
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