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Be careful what you wish for.

Be careful what you wish for. | Faeries aren't tiny humans; they are a different kind of being...a different species? So they should look "wrong" to humans--be glad that they're too small to see clearly. | image tagged in tinkerbell,expectation vs reality,mythology | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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More sexual than romantic.

More sexual than romantic. | The festival named Lupercalia predates the founding of Rome in the 8th century BC, a survival of a time when the site of one of the major cities of the world was nothing but wilderness of hills populated by wild animals like wolves. Any creature that is feared is also revered, worshiped in an attempt to appease the collective spirit of the animal. Therefore the wolf was defied in many parts. The god Lupercus was known as "the one that drives out the wolves" & so there was an element of the festival there was literally about driving the wolf from the door. Lupercus is also identified with Faunus (Pan), the God of Shepherds. Later, the wolf would reappear as a protective symbol in the legend of the founding of Rome; a she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus in a cave on the Capitaline Hill. Lupercalia traditionally took place on February 15th, with the intention of purifying the city by driving out evil spirits & demons, therefore bringing the compounded benefits of fertility & good health. It was also called the Februa, from the Latin word meaning "to purify"; this in turn gives us the name of the month. The festival celebrants were priests called Luperci, the "Brothers of the Wolf." The Luperci wore only the skins of goats, in common with Faunus. Priestesses made cakes from the grain harvest of the previous year and brought them to the Lupercal Cave on the Palatine Hill where the ritual sacrifice of two goats & a dog was the first item on the agenda. These sacrificial animals were called Februa. Their blood was smeared on the foreheads of the two wolf brothers, who were meant to laugh, & the sacrificial knife washed with wool soaked in milk. After the sacrificed animals had been cooked and eaten in a shared feast, the Brothers dressed themselves in some of the goat skin and hacked the rest into strips. Then they ran around the walls of the town, using the bloody thongs to lash the girls that lined the route; since goats were a powerful symbol of sexuality and fertility, the women hoped to absorb these qualities. It is possible that the word Lupercalia owes its origins to the phrase "luere per caprium" meaning to "purify by means of the goat."; When the Romans invaded Europe, they brought some of the Lupercalian rites with them. One of these customs was a sort of love lottery in which the young men pulled the names of available girls out of a box. The pair coupled up for the duration of the ceremony, perhaps longer. (If love or pregnancy resulted, I imagine.) Obviously, the wildly Pagan aspects of Lupercalia simply did not fit the requirements of the freshly minted Christian faith, and so in AD 496 the Pope outlawed the festival, installing St. Valentine as the patron saint of lovers & inaugurating his feast day on February 14th, Valentine's Day. Many of the aspects of the ancient festival of Lupercalia were absorbed into the new religion, albeit in the highly diluted form. | image tagged in romeins geld,you have two wolves,greek god pan,shepherd meme,harley quinn the joker mad love | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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Just ask Bill Murray.

Just ask Bill Murray. | February 1st or 2nd has been known as Imbolc, Brigid, Candlemas, Woodchuck Day & Groundhog Day. The sacred day of the Goddess Brigantia aka Bríde or Brighid. It's the traditional New Year's Day in Scotland. A time of new beginnings, halfway (6 weeks) between the Winter Solstice & the Spring Equinox. The meaning of groundhogs predicting weather is not hard to imagine. Animals living in nature learn to sense atmospheric changes to survive. So if you notice that those which live underground have started foraging on the surface, it indicates that the weather will be warmer soon. | image tagged in 17 days til imbolc,february,groundhogs,pagan,holiday | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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Goddess of the coldest time.

Goddess of the coldest time. | The Cailleach Beare is the tutulary (guardian) goddess of the Beare peninsula in the southwest of Ireland. Her counterpart, the Cailleach Bhuer, is the name she is given in Scotland where she is regarded to be a primordial goddess, the keeper of deer which she milks. The word cailleach means "grandmother" or "veiled one," and is still used as a respectful term when referring to an old woman in the Gaelic language. Cailleach Beare (sometimes known as "Cally Berry" is a form of the goddess of sovereignty who bestows the land of Ireland upon a suitable candidate who can kiss her aged and ugly form without repugnance. As soon as she is kissed, she turns into a young maiden. She is the goddess Buí, the Yellow One, who's hair is the color of ripened grain, the consort of the mercurial god, Lugh Lamhfada. The ability to renew her youth through seven periods of time is the Cailleach's most wonderous gift. She outlives all her husbands and from her, races of people are born. A medieval Irish poem has her narrating her deeds and lamenting her fate, as a nun retired from her famous and lengthy existence, waiting for the ebb of the tide before she leaves the earth. The Cailleach Bheur is her Scottish-Gaelic counterpart. As a blue-faced hag she is the personification of winter. Once she has banged her staff on the ground, ice begins to form and snow starts to fall. The Cailleach is in charge from Samhain (Halloween) to Imbolc (Groundhog Day). She enters into a combat with her servant and successor, the goddess Brighid, who finally sends gentle showers of rain to melt the Cailleach's ice and snow. This time is marked by the emergence of the snake from the ground who, like the bear in European folklore or the groundhog in American tradition, shows itself and inspects the elements to determine whether or not to continue its winter retirement. The Cailleach Bheur has a pool in the mountains in which she renews herself, like her Irish counterpart. Legend holds that the Cailleach once had several sisters who renewed themselves in its water; however, over time, they lost their virtue and one by one the sisters sacrificed themselves so that one of their number might live on. Cailleach Beare/Bheur is the Baba Yaga of Scotland and Ireland. | image tagged in holly,winter forest,groundhog,pagan | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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Death makes you closer to God

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Happy new year.

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13 numbers × 20 signs = 260 destinies.

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She takes many forms.

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The numerology of Grandmother Moon.

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The God Pan

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John Paul II is waiting for him in hell.

by AlaskaNativeManitou
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