Mel
@Motherandmyth
Motherhood and myth. & Married to @techno_fog
Having young children is cool because every bridge is a “troll bridge”, every hollow tree is a “fairy house”, every forest “enchanted”.
Yes but that’s Hylas and those are naiad nymphs
the Celtic tradition mentioned supernatural women who take warriors to mysterious islands to make them immortal with their love
I hope heaven looks like this. Streets made of gold are cool and whatever but since I was kid I’ve felt disenchanted about just floating around up there singing songs forever and ever lol
gm kings and queens, great adventure lies ahead in the golden dawn
I want more kids to know the experience of seeing the Lord of the Rings movies, then reading the books, then falling headlong into an all-consuming obsession with Arthurian legend, English landscape & folklore, old poems that ring out in the mind like an ancient incantation.
guy who calls them "papists" but still affirms that they're Christians (me)
the moon is literally dragging the oceans around and you think your body shouldn’t feel it?
Just found out my ancestor was a Spanish colonizer from Seville and became a founding member of New Mexico. He then married a native woman of the Isleta Pueblo tribe and now I’m here. I’m so american.
people aren’t naming their children names like Æthelstan, Æthelwold, Æthelwulf, Æthelflæd or Ælfwynn anymore and it really sucks
This will free you
Maybe, just maybe, your parents were just overwhelmed and were trying their very best. Maybe consider getting to know them again and choose forgiveness.
AI: What can I create for you today? Gandalf: Go back to the shadow from whence you came.
Remember how Prometheus was one of the coolest movies ever and everyone complained about it because they're dumb
Whenever my three year old sees me or her dad on our phones, she says “wake up!”. I don’t know where she got this but I think something in her understands that the phone is hypnotic and pulls us under. I always need the reminder.