Adelaide @ Exchange Madness
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Fey creature of many names. A machine that makes stories. Relentlessly Songxuexiao. The god of poets has two hands: the dextrous, the sinister.
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It was exactly the right texture and I wasn’t asking for advice but your opinion is noted.
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It was exactly the right texture and I wasn’t asking for advice but your opinion is noted.
Back when I was involved with pagan tumblr a Hellenic polytheist once described Celtic polytheists as “I have no idea what you guys are doing. You’re all extremely cool and all the other kids want to jack your style but none of them actually know anything about you.” I think about this All The Time.
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Back when I was involved with pagan tumblr a Hellenic polytheist once described Celtic polytheists as “I have no idea what you guys are doing. You’re all extremely cool and all the other kids want to jack your style but none of them actually know anything about you.” I think about this All The Time.
The, like, fantasy fiction motif of the would-be king who has to fuck a divine representation of the land in order to take his throne is pretty directly derived from Celtic mythological motifs.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The, like, fantasy fiction motif of the would-be king who has to fuck a divine representation of the land in order to take his throne is pretty directly derived from Celtic mythological motifs.
And there’s also a strong recurring motif of “kingship is male, sovereignty is female”—a king may rule, but he does so at the pleasure of the sovereignty goddess (and yes I used “pleasure” deliberately). She’s tied to the land and the crown, and must bestow her favour for any man to rule over it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
And there’s also a strong recurring motif of “kingship is male, sovereignty is female”—a king may rule, but he does so at the pleasure of the sovereignty goddess (and yes I used “pleasure” deliberately). She’s tied to the land and the crown, and must bestow her favour for any man to rule over it.
The source for it seems to derive from ideas about command over life and death! A lot of these goddesses are known for foretelling the battle deaths of warriors, so they also have a corresponding association with fertility and birth.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The source for it seems to derive from ideas about command over life and death! A lot of these goddesses are known for foretelling the battle deaths of warriors, so they also have a corresponding association with fertility and birth.
They’re called sovereignty goddesses and they are my favourite kind of recurring figure across the entire Celtic mythological context.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
They’re called sovereignty goddesses and they are my favourite kind of recurring figure across the entire Celtic mythological context.
There’s Persephone, for an example that’s more broadly familiar, but there’s also a whole archetype of goddesses in the Celtic context who fulfill a sort of constellation of associations with death, war, sex, fertility, land, prophecy, mourning, the otherworld, and rulership or the right to rule.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
There’s Persephone, for an example that’s more broadly familiar, but there’s also a whole archetype of goddesses in the Celtic context who fulfill a sort of constellation of associations with death, war, sex, fertility, land, prophecy, mourning, the otherworld, and rulership or the right to rule.
Yes exactly!! And like. To bring it back around to the same mythological context that produced keening (original flavour), historical mythologies have often had a very strong crossover between sex and death. Fertility goddesses are often also associated with death or war.
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yes exactly!! And like. To bring it back around to the same mythological context that produced keening (original flavour), historical mythologies have often had a very strong crossover between sex and death. Fertility goddesses are often also associated with death or war.
I have this issue all the time when I’m trying to find alternative ways to say “desperate” or “needy” or “wretched” lmao, all the definitions or synonyms are for, like, poverty and destitution and pain. And yet: HERE WE ARE. You’re extremely right about the crossover between sex and torment.
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I have this issue all the time when I’m trying to find alternative ways to say “desperate” or “needy” or “wretched” lmao, all the definitions or synonyms are for, like, poverty and destitution and pain. And yet: HERE WE ARE. You’re extremely right about the crossover between sex and torment.
Many dictionaries define it not strictly as a mourning wail—it can be used for a loud wailing utterance or wordless cry, or for natural sounds reminiscent of that like wind or calling birds. So like, it’s cool to know the greater meaning/etymology of words but also you CAN use it in fic, it’s fine.
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Many dictionaries define it not strictly as a mourning wail—it can be used for a loud wailing utterance or wordless cry, or for natural sounds reminiscent of that like wind or calling birds. So like, it’s cool to know the greater meaning/etymology of words but also you CAN use it in fic, it’s fine.
It’s not just any kind of mourning, it’s a mourning wail and associated practices of a specific culture. So I think if you’re not specifically restricting its usage only to the Gaelic cultural/mythological context, there’s no point restricting it to a more generally defined “mourning wail” either.
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It’s not just any kind of mourning, it’s a mourning wail and associated practices of a specific culture. So I think if you’re not specifically restricting its usage only to the Gaelic cultural/mythological context, there’s no point restricting it to a more generally defined “mourning wail” either.
The thing is. I think defining it strictly as a MOURNING wail is being unnecessarily pedantic, and I’m saying that as a person who venerates the goddess who mythologically invented keening. Keening as a ritual is a specific practice, and the way “keening” is used in common parlance is more general.
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The thing is. I think defining it strictly as a MOURNING wail is being unnecessarily pedantic, and I’m saying that as a person who venerates the goddess who mythologically invented keening. Keening as a ritual is a specific practice, and the way “keening” is used in common parlance is more general.
My natural sleep cycle unaltered is from about four in the morning to about noon, that’s been consistent for my entire adult life up until I started doing the round-the-clock migration, so it wasn’t about finding/resetting my natural rhythm so much as shifting it to deal with a delayed sleep phase.
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My natural sleep cycle unaltered is from about four in the morning to about noon, that’s been consistent for my entire adult life up until I started doing the round-the-clock migration, so it wasn’t about finding/resetting my natural rhythm so much as shifting it to deal with a delayed sleep phase.
So I also at the same time started a melatonin regimen that helps manage delayed sleep phase, where you take a very low dose of melatonin about six hours before you want to be asleep. I don’t take it on the weekends so I tend to stay up/wake up later, but on weekdays I’m usually asleep by one.
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
So I also at the same time started a melatonin regimen that helps manage delayed sleep phase, where you take a very low dose of melatonin about six hours before you want to be asleep. I don’t take it on the weekends so I tend to stay up/wake up later, but on weekdays I’m usually asleep by one.
Anyway, I spent a lot of my "evenings" (the early mornings before I went to bed at like noon) wandering around by the river and watching the sun come up. It was bizarre and peaceful and felt very out of time.
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Anyway, I spent a lot of my "evenings" (the early mornings before I went to bed at like noon) wandering around by the river and watching the sun come up. It was bizarre and peaceful and felt very out of time.
I started out falling asleep around six a.m. and waking up around two p.m., and every day I was to go to bed one (1) hour later than the day prior. It got very surreal around when I was going to bed at eleven a.m. and waking up in the evening, and stayed thus until I made it to bedtime around nine.
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I started out falling asleep around six a.m. and waking up around two p.m., and every day I was to go to bed one (1) hour later than the day prior. It got very surreal around when I was going to bed at eleven a.m. and waking up in the evening, and stayed thus until I made it to bedtime around nine.
Genuinely she looks so much like you. Especially in that third screenshot DAMN.
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Genuinely she looks so much like you. Especially in that third screenshot DAMN.
I used (some of) this to make chicken caesar wraps. c:
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I used (some of) this to make chicken caesar wraps. c:
LMFAO he used to work in the kitchen at Whole Foods.
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
LMFAO he used to work in the kitchen at Whole Foods.
I picked up this habit from my husband (he makes fridge pickles).
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I picked up this habit from my husband (he makes fridge pickles).
I LOVE to make mayonnaise. Usually I get Alex to pour the oil for me while I mix it by hand with a whisk but today he was busy so I did it on my own in the stand mixer.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I LOVE to make mayonnaise. Usually I get Alex to pour the oil for me while I mix it by hand with a whisk but today he was busy so I did it on my own in the stand mixer.
We've been going through the store mayo really fast lately because Alex keeps using it to make chipotle aioli to eat with the breakfast food he's been obsessed with for the past two months, so I figured. I'm making some anyway to make caesar dressing. Why not grab a couple more eggs and make More.
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We've been going through the store mayo really fast lately because Alex keeps using it to make chipotle aioli to eat with the breakfast food he's been obsessed with for the past two months, so I figured. I'm making some anyway to make caesar dressing. Why not grab a couple more eggs and make More.