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Likes big books, knows too much myth.

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Keibu Keioba hated doing laundry and complained endlessly. #dailydrawing #mythology #meitei

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In 1979, Disney made Shadow of Fear, a TV movie about a bullied kid who goes to live with relatives in Amish country, where he 1) learns to astrally project and possess animals and 2) is hunted by werewolves (with some really odd mythology). Y'know, Witch Mountain+The Howling, for kids!

Once again, in case you’re wondering why Gen Xers are “like this,” watch any Disney movie between Walt’s death & The Little Mermaid, the shit we were raised on. Tried to rewatch The Rescuers last night and it is utterly Bananapants that a single soul thought this was acceptable kids’ fare

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ALLITERATION!

More progress on my Sir Gawain & the Green Knight translation -- end of deer-butchering scene in Book III alliteration.net/poetry/sggk/

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This made me laugh (again) 🥬

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Orcas have recently been spotted off Cape Cod, and the local Great White shark population fears for their livers. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein

5) Harper Williams The author of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT also wrote a horror novel, which Lovecraft read - and which may have influenced "The Dunwich Horror." deepcuts.blog/2022/04/09/t...

The Thing In the Woods (1924) by Harper Williamsdeepcuts.blog In the autumn of 1924, J. C. Henneberger, owner of Weird Tales, owed H. P. Lovecraft some money. Unable to lay hands on the funds immediately, Henneberger instead transferred to Lovecraft his sizable ...

4) Dorothy Scarborough & Edith Birkhead When Lovecraft wrote "Supernatural Horror in Literature," he leaned heavily on two authorities - Scarborough's THE SUPERNATURAL IN MODERN ENGLISH FICTION (1917) and Birkhead's THE TALE OF TERROR (1921). deepcuts.blog/2021/05/26/t...

The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction (1917) by Dorothy Scarborough & The Tale of Terror (1921) by Edith Birkheaddeepcuts.blog W. Paul Cook wants an article from me on the element of terror & weirdness in literature, but I shall take my time about preparing it. —H. P. Lovecraft to Lillian D. Clark, 19 Nov 1925, Letters to Fam...

3) Helena Blavatsky Lovecraft didn't know much about Theosophy - but it still played a part in the creation of his Mythos, and was a strong influence on his friends and contemporaries as well. deepcuts.blog/2020/12/02/t...

The Book of Dzyan (1888) by Helena Blavatskydeepcuts.blog But there were others he had known merely by reputation or not at all—the Pnakotic Manuscripts, the Book of Dzyan, and a crumbling volume in wholly unidentifiable characters yet with certain symbols a...

2) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Many folks have commented on how "Herbert West—Reanimator" is a riff on FRANKENSTEIN, but few know how closely Lovecraft was inspired by Shelley. deepcuts.blog/2022/03/02/f...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleydeepcuts.blog His daughter, the wife of Shelley, was much more successful; and her inimitable Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) is one of the horror-classics of all time. Composed in competition with h...

1) Margaret A. Murray THE WITCH CULT IN WESTERN EUROPE (1921) didn't just set the stage for Wicca - it was an essential stimulus to Lovecraft's artificial mythology, and elements derived from it are included in many of his major and minor tales. deepcuts.blog/2020/07/25/t...

The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921) by Margaret A. Murraydeepcuts.blog “He had not read in vain such treatises as Miss Murray’s Witch-Cult in Western Europe; and knew that up to recent years there had certainly survived among peasants and furtive folk a frightful and cla...

Honorable Mention: Fiona Macleod Scottish author William Sharp went to extreme lengths to conceal his female identity when alive - to the point some scholars have suggested Sharp was genderqueer. Led to Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard corresponding. deepcuts.blog/2021/05/08/t...

“The Sin-Eater” (1895) by Fiona Macleoddeepcuts.blog Now, we are a scattered band. The Breton's eyes are slowly turning from the sea, and slowly his ears are forgetting the whisper of the wind around Menhir and Dolmen. The Cornishman has lost his langua...

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Still struggling with negative thoughts. So, a positive. Here's a list of five (okay, six) women whose work inspired H. P. Lovecraft.

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I find interesting this mythology regarding the Wild Hunt. It is common for Nordic, germanic, anglo-saxon, and othe european cultures where this spectral group of hunters come to get the souls of the death in midwinter night. #wildhunt #Herne #myth #mythology #illustration #illustrator

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Horse-face felt deeply misunderstood. #dailydrawing #mythology #horse

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Carmine 🖤✨❤️

Congrats Carmine! 🖤✨🖤 I’m Élle - Illustrator and surface pattern designer hailing from the Toronto area. Work focuses mainly on mythology, occult folklore and black&white work My shop & commissions are currently open - ko-fi.com/babeandoak/s...

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Yetu has a more intact long-term memory and her brain chemistry is more flexible than the others. So she was chosen as a child to become the wajinru’s Historian, to hold the entire History of her people – every memory, sensation and emotion from all the wajinru from the past 400 years or more...

The merfolk of African descent in "The Deep" somehow developed the ability to breathe underwater and were rescued and cared for my whales also considered to be ancestors and elders. They designate one person to bear all the memories and trauma for the entire society, but it proves to be too much.

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In the early 1990s, Drexciya, a Detroit-based techno duo imagined an underwater kingdom populated by the children of pregnant women thrown overboard or jumped voluntarily into the ocean. Drexciya’s founding myth inspired Daveed Diggs' band clippng. to write "The Deep" youtu.be/yybfqEfuxPc?...

Using frameworks of Black/African Science Fiction my judgment imagines the sea and its inhabitants addressing a petition against humanity for what it has thrown into the waters." Now available for pre-order. www.routledge.com/The-Anthropo...

The Deepyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Sub Pop RecordsThe Deep · clipping.The Deep℗ 2017 Sub Pop RecordsReleased on: 2017-08-18Producer: ClippingMusic Publisher: SUB POP PU...

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An immersive art installation also inspired by Drexciya mythology.

Immersive installation inspired by the Drexciya mythology by NYC-based artist Firelei Báez. It includes lush foliage and paintings of the exiled Haitian Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid (1778-1851) and her daughters. A Drexcyen chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways), 2019 Firelei Báez

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Firelei Báez created this work based on Drexciya mythology.

Drexciyans swam from their mothers' wombs, began to breathe seawater, and established their underwater community. "To psychologically inhabit a femme space is a transformative gesture. It is a radical positioning that could enable a different way of organizing space and bodies..." - Firelei Báez

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If any romance authors are in my vague ambit and fancy writing a novel titled "The Centaur's Booty" in which the protagonists "must navigate the treacherous waters of Greek mythology and discover the true meaning of heroism and sacrifice" *ahem*, my consultancy rates are very reasonable.

DID NOT NEED TO DISCOVER THE EXISTENCE OF A 1903 BOOK TITLED THE CENTAUR'S BOOTY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING

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Excited for this!

Coming 2025, my writing inspiration card deck for the romance genre! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sar...

Coming soon: The Romance Writer's Oracle: An Inspiration Deckwww.kickstarter.com A creative writing card deck based around romance genre tropes and characters, with illustrations by artist Sarah Waites.

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apropos of uhhhhhhh everything, reposting this again

As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

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Want to see a bunch of honey bees getting a drink then relaxing on some moss?

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I think Michael's was trying to girlify Halloween but really they just made it a lesbian so... good job? 😂👍

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Totes appropes

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Have you also considered Fiasco? (So many KITTY BELLIES)

have you considered Tarragon

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Strange Horizons is SO CLOSE to reaching their base goal! A magazine publishing some of the most diverse and interesting stories with a distinct SH kind of bent. Please support your favorite magazines :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

Strange Horizons 2025www.kickstarter.com A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.

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Some Camilla and some Cheep for you all today.