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The Evermore Grimoire:Places
Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It was the place where Excalibur was forged and kept safe by The Lady of the Lake as well and the last resting place of King Arthur after his final battle. In Arthurian legend, after Arthur fell at Camlann, he was taken by nine sisters (chief of whom was the sorceress Morgan le Fay, to Avalon. There he would rest until he was required to rise and save his people from disaster. The island was described as “the island of apples (‘Insula pomorum’), called fortunate.”
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The Evermore Grimoire:Creatures
Mermen are legendary aquatic creatures and the male counterparts of mermaids. Just like mermaids they also have the head and torso of a male and tail of a fish. Originally they were celebrated as deities, however mermen slowly slipped back into the legends as just ordinary mythological creatures of the sea, who very rarely showed up on the surface. The reason of that was sometimes because of their shynessand sometimes because their ugliness. A “merboy” is a young merman.
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The Evermore Grimoire: Mythology
Mjǫllniris the hammer of Thor, the God of Thunder, in Norse Mythology. It was used both as a devastating weapon as well as a divine instrument to provide blessings. The hammer was Thor’s primary weapon. However it was no ordinary hammer; whenever Thor cast it at an enemy, it returned to his hands like a boomerang. The sound of the thunder was perceieved as being the sound of his hammer crashing down on his foes. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that the Old Norse name for his hammer, Mjöllnir, probably meant “Lightning.”
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The Evermore Grimoire:Creatures
Selkies are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from sealtohuman form by shedding their skin. They mainly exist in the folklore tales of Ireland, Scotland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Many tales tell of them coming in groups to the beaches at night and dancing by the light of the moon. It was also believed that if a person could sneak to the shore and steal the their seal skin, the Selkie was then forced to remain with them, unable to return to the sea unless they could get their skin back. Selkies were said to make good wives, but they always carried with them a deep and melancholy longing for the sea.
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The Evermore Grimoire:Places
Valhalla(Valhǫll) is where all men who died with honour in battle go to until Ragnarǫk, the Fate of the Gods in Norse mythology. This golden fortress is Ódin’s hall. Reaching Valhalla was a goal for most Norse warriors and was also called the ‘Viking Heaven.’ When men died in the midst of battle on Earth, the Valkyries would come for them and bring them to Valhalla for the last battle. They would be made immortal and trained against each other for the whole day. At the end of the day, those wounded would be healed and those who fought would part as friends. By night drank they mead and sang to Ódin. They were known as Einherjar.
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The Evermore Grimoire: Creatures
Mermaids are legendary aquatic creatures with the head and torso of a human female and the tail of a fish. In some folklores they are also known as sea witches. Their powers can range from control over the weather to complete power over the sea,the tides, and the moon. Like witches it is also believed they can grant wishes, heal sickness, lift curses, brew magic potions and can sometimes carry a trident. Mermaids are also associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. In other folk traditions, they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans.
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modern pantheon|@curios-curiousities
“Rax Odran genderless deity of freedom, revolution, justice, and individuality. Often praised or worshiped by the punk community. Rax Odran’s righteous cry can be heard in peace and equality protests, in the words of punk bands and shouts of rockers seeking justice against those who’d take away others freedom and liberty. Rax walks with the downtrodden, the outcasts, the beaten and the abused and fights along side them to bring a better tomorrow ”
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modern pantheon|@curios-curiousities
“illuma (like illuminate) goddess of Lights in the dark, street lamps, lanterns, flashlights and nightlights, on the streets they sit on top of street lamps and watch over people as the walk at night, they are the lights in people’s hands as the work at night, the headlamps in cars on dark lit roads, and the night lights giving security and comfort in dark rooms ”
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modern pantheon|@regina-cordium
“Eten - god of hole-in-the-wall restaurants where everyone knows your name”
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hel | …to apportion all abodes among those that were sent to her: that is, men dead of sickness or of old age. She has great possessions there; her walls are exceeding high and her gates great. Her hall is called Sleet-Cold; her dish, Hunger; Famine is her knife.
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idunna| She keeps in a box those apples of which the gods eat when they grow old, and then they become young again, and so it will be until Ragnarok.
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