#German map

[birdgirl22]

My postcards came :) they're really cute

[allurlsaregone-blog]

Holy Land Map

by Heinrich Bünting (Hannover, 1545-1606),

Page taken from Tafel des Heiligen Landes zu dem Neuen Testament dienlich,

Published in 1582,

Woodcut print

© Christian Art

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

photo source

[squigglebug]

With every passing episode of wyrdwood my need for a map of hayorth/heorth/haeorth/however it's spelled only increases

[millportisntreal]

Starting to write my first Neil chapter for jostwins aka I am ready to write about our little runaway

[levodoom]

EIR - The Rejoined World

"Once upon a time Eir was a coin whole, and upon its two sides were Ardan and Eyla. For untold ages, Eir was a realm of peace and song, as the spirits mingled with and empowered mortals and gods alike.

But all the while, in-between the two sides of Ardan and Eyla, within the hidden side of the silver coin of Eir, lay the forgotten, the abandoned, and the ignored. Here was the Veil, and all the nightmares it hid within itself. As it broke free from its confines, its great rupture split the world apart, and what was once one coin became two thin halves: Ardan, the godless Realm of Mankind, and Eyla, the endarkened Realm of the Fey

Eons later, and the two Realms forgot all about each other. Until one day a great storm was summoned, and with its great hold and power, it pulled the worlds back together, and saw Eir rejoined, together with all their sins and nightmares"

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New more contained worldbuilding project of mine. The main goal is to create a world that isn't as massive and expansive as some of my other main worldbuilding projects, at least in terms of map-size. I'm also approaching this project a lot more casually.

It's a very early and very WIP world at this point, so there's a lot that will most likely change over its course.

Full resolution available on my Patreon

[pgreen37]

[proosh]

just watched a lecture by a guy who described the term "Blitzkrieg" as having "a certain amount of sex appeal" and like. how do you even argue with that.

[vonrichthorphan]

October 1917. British map of British and German trenches at the border of France and Belgium in Armentières with map legend attached below. Source.

Říjen 1917. Britská mapa britských a německých zákopů na francouzsko-belgické hranici u Armentières s legendou mapy níže

[allurlsaregone-blog]

The Feeding of the Five Thousand,

Unknown artist/maker, illuminator and Brother Philipp (German), author,

about 1400–1410,

Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and inkLeaf: 33.5 × 23.5 cm (13 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

© The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 33, fol. 267v, 88.MP.70.267v

Encircling him are his disciples, who, earlier, had suggested sending the crowds away to fend for themselves. Yet, in this scene, they are witnesses to an extraordinary miracle, actively distributing the food to the multitude that moments before they thought impossible to feed. The illustration reflects the disciples’ transformation from doubt to participation!

[al-mayriti]

i understand that maybe with the 16 states this map would be way too easy but man i feel this is unfair

[selfmaderibcageman]

i wish i had clipped the guy in squad we rolled up to who beat us to one of the caps and just. started talking to us in Gay German like. du you like mein poopenfartenbunker? ja ja... ze friday nichts... dast ist Insane mein freund. ve are partying mit EDM and ze pissing and ze shitting

[beevean]

🌹🌹

I have a cold, my eyes are watering, and I hate that this comes easy to me 😔

~

“Mh mh,” she hums in confirmation. He doesn’t need to know the details, or he might lose motivation to cooperate… or worse, ask questions. So she asks: “And you? Planning to go to sleep?”

Hector stammers an answer, but he’s not fluent enough yet. In time and with her help, Lenore is sure, he would feel right at home in Styria. So she forgives him when, placing his hammer on the forge and turning his body towards her, he switches to his native Greek: “Right now that you have come to see me? It would be rude. It’s getting easier, staying awake at night. Perhaps my time in the cell—”

He stops dead in his tracks. His heart skips a beat. Lenore cocks her head, intrigued by the split second of dread settling in his eyes.

“No, nevermind. I was already used to it when I served Dracula. I’ve been living with creatures of the night longer than I realized,” he smiles, eventually.

The poor thing. To think that her sisters were eager to let him suffer in that hole. But he’s not completely broken: Lenore has hope.

“Good boy, living the vampire life,” she purrs, walking to the nearest chair in her best posture. “Your German is getting better too.” That is only half a lie: she can’t expect a human to learn another language in a handful of weeks, but she is always one to praise effort. Maybe if Carmilla followed her advice, she wouldn’t have made a fool of herself. Then again, Lenore wouldn’t have met Hector, so perhaps she should be grateful for her sister’s stubbornness.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Linguistic Map of Europe, 600 AD.

This interesting linguistic map of Europe around 600 AD illustrates the diverse and complex tapestry of languages and dialects spoken across the continent during this period.

The map highlights the extensive reach of Slavic languages in Eastern Europe, while the Western and Southern regions are dominated by Romance languages, including West Romance and Italo-Dalmatian, which evolved from Latin.

Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon occupy the northern territories, reflecting the early stages of Germanic language distribution.

In the Mediterranean and parts of North Africa, Koine Greek, Coptic and African Romance are prevalent, showcasing the influence of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

The map also depicts the significant presence of Uralic languages such as Saami and North Finnic in the northernmost parts of Europe, and the Oghur and Common Turkic languages in the Eurasian steppes.

This linguistic diversity is a testament to the various migrations, conquests and cultural exchanges that shaped early medieval Europe.

[mumblingsage]

It can be fun to give your fantasy characters names with the roots in the real world, but watch out! You're always like one step away from accidentally inserting a Roman Empire or at least an Alexander the Great figure into the historical backstory.

[my-deer-history]

Francis Kinloch in Müller's letters to his family: Part 2

These extracts are from Johannes von Müller: Sämmtliche Werke, volume 7 (1810).

My translations here, original German and French transcriptions below the cut. Paragraph breaks added for clarity, and descriptive passages included in full for the Vibes.

19 May 1775, to his family

My situation is the happiest that you can imagine; the view from here is, beside the one from Bessinge, the most beautiful in the area; the clear view over the lake and into Switzerland is better than from Bessinge; my house is on a hill, the banks are covered with meadows, gardens and vineyards and appear to me like a great garden;

my friend is one of the most virtuous and flawless men, and our new occupation is the mutual effort to make each other ever more perfect; our business is that which I would choose from among all the occupations of humankind; everyone, even the farmers of the town, praises our quiet and industrious life.

It is quiet without being lonely, because many of our friends visit us now and then, or we them, for lunch or supper. A few days ago we were in Bessinge, yesterday Mr Tronchin came to me, on Tuesdays we are invited to dine at his home. At the end of the month, Bonstetten will come to me for a few days.

Everyone endeavours to contribute to our pleasure, and never in my life have I enjoyed something so great, so innocent, so full of learning. Although we have only been here for 19 days and are not bored, I feel like it has been 19 weeks: we have worked so much and it seems so improbable that I would be able to do all of this in so few days.

6 June 1775, to his family

An extract of a letter from Mr Thomas Boone, Esq., Mr Kinloch’s guardian: “With infinite pleasure, I assure you that of all the deeds undertaken by my young friend since he left me (and he has not done any that displease me), none have met with so much of my approval as the attainment of your friendship. If he had sought out scenes of luxury and wastefulness, he could have obtained the acquaintance of young people of the highest rank; closeness with the man of merit, genius and learning is not so easily established: planning, a desire to learn and morals are part of this. To attain your friendship, Kinloch must have had merits. As his friend, you will be pleased to hear from me that in his entire life he never made an acquaintance that was not creditable to him. I have sincerely discovered such insight, such cleverness in him, that I have decided to let him be the master of all his future dealings. I ask that you convey this to him; he will hear it with doubled pleasure from the mouth of his friend. Wherever you may be with him, he will, I am sure, learn more with you than at any other place. When he enters onto a larger stage, I will  advise him thus: at present he needs no guidance but yours. I approve of your plan entirely. You made Kinloch and me happy.”

I wrote to Mr Voltaire, who lives very close to us, a few days ago to say that K and I would like to come to him. [...] As he presented Mr Kinloch to the ladies, he said: “Here is a man, who comes from the land of savages but who does not look it!” He asked me where my tutor was? And then said to those present: “this young man with the face of a fifteen-year-old is himself a tutor; but simultaneously a historian of Switzerland; he has, like Aeneas, journeyed to the shade, that is to me.” Soon thereafter we were like old acquaintances. He has published a new text on the existence of god. The tall olive-coloured savage and the young delicate Swiss historian send their friendly greetings.

July 1775, to his parents

After a few days, according to his promise, my friend Mr v. Bonstetten came to me and also stayed with us, to our great joy. Our rooms are currently all occupied and my happiness has naturally been greatly multiplied by the union of my two friends, the white and the brown.*

[...]

My friend Kinloch and I are thinking to leave Chambeisi towards the end of August. From there to Lausanne, to Vivis, through the Bernese highlands to Thun, up along the Thun and Brienz lake to Haßli, over the mountains into the Urfern valley, out to Altdorf, overland to Unterwald, overland to Schwyz, past Gersau to Lucerne and Zurich, along the lake to Glarus, down the Rhine valley to Appenzell and St Gallen, from there to Constanz, and from there to Schaffhausen, through the four forest towns to Basel, through Pierre Petruis to Solothurn, then Neufchatel, Bern, Freiburg in Uechtland, Valeyres, back to Chambeisi through Waat, where we spend the winter with the sciences and Mr Bonnet's friendship.

*Kinloch, who appears to have had a notably darker or more tanned complexion to those around him.  

A map of the route, as best as I could get it to match up. Click for better quality, or view the interactive version here.

19 May 1775, to his family

Meine Lage ist die glücklichste, die du dir vorsstellen kannst; die Aussicht von hier ist nebst der von Bessinge die schönste dieser Gegenden; vor der zu Bessinge hat sie den offnern Horizont den See hinauf und in die Schweiz zum Voraus; mein Haus ist auf einem Hügel, die Ufer sind mit Wiesen, Gärten und Wein bewachsen und fallen wie ein großer Garten in mein Auge; mein Freund ist einer der tugendhaftesten und vollkommensten Männer, und unsere einige Beschäftigung ist die gegenseitige Bemühung, einander immer vollkommener zu machen; unsere Geschäfte sind solche, die ich unter allen Beschäftigungen der Menschen auswählen würde; jedermann, selbst die Bauren des Dorfs, rühmt unser stilles und arbeitsames Leben. Still ist es ohne einsam zu seyn, denn viele unserer Freunde besuchen uns bisweilen zum Mittag oder Nachtessen, und wir sie. Vor einigen Tagen waren wir zu Bessinge, gestern kam Hr. Tronchin zu mir, Dienstags sind wir eingeladen bei ihm zu speisen. Am Ende des Monats wird Bonstetten auf einige Tage zu mir kommen. Jedermann bemühet sich zu unserm Vergnügen beizutragen, und in meinem Leben habe ich nie so vieles, so unschuldiges, so lehrreiches genossen. Ob wir wohl erst 19 Tage hier sind und keine Langeweile haben scheint mir diese Zeit 19 Wochen zu seyn: so viel haben wir gearbeitet und so unwahrscheinlich scheint es mir, daß ich dies in so wenigen Tagen habe thun können. 

6 June 1775, to his family

Auszug eines Briefes von Hrn. Thomas Boone, Esqu. Hrn. Kinlochs Vormund: “Mit unendlichem Vergnügen versichere ich Sie, daß unter allen Handlungen meines jungen Freundes, seit er mich verlassen (und er hat keine vorgenommen, die mir mißfallen) keine bei mir soviel Beifall gefunden, als die Erlangung Ihrer Freundschaft. Wenn er sich in Scenen von Wohlleben und Verschwendung begeben hätte, so hätte er die Bekanntschaft junger Leute vom ersten Rang erhalten können; Vertraulichkeit mit dem Mann von Verdienst, Genie und Gelehrsamkeit ist nicht so leicht errichtet: Plan, Lernbegierde und Sitten gehdren hiezu. Ihre Freundschaft zu erlangen, mußte Kinloch Verdienste haben. Sie werden als sein Freund mit Vergnügen von mir vernehmen, daß er in seinem ganzen Leben keine Bekanntschaft gemacht, die ihm nicht rühmlich gewesen. Ich entdecke wirklich solche Einsichten, solche Klugheit bei ihm, daß ich beschlossen habe, ihn künftig Meister aller seiner Handlungen zu lassen. Ich bitte Sie, sagen Sie es ihm; mit doppeltem Vergnügen wird er es aus dem Munde seines Freundes vernehmen. Wo sie auch mit ihm seyn mögen, wird er, das bin ich sicher, bei Ihnen mehr lernen, als an allen andern Orten. Wenn er ein größeres Theater betritt, so will ich ihm rathen; gegenwärtig braucht er keinen Rath als den Ihrigen. Ganz und vollkommen billige ich Ihren Plan. Sie haben Kinloch und mich glücklich gemacht.”

Hrn. von Voltaire, der ganz nahe bei uns wohnt, schrieb ich vor einigen Tagen, daß ich mit K. zu ihm kommen wolle. [...] Als er den Damen Hrn. Kinloch präsentirte, sprach er: “Sehen Sie einen Mann, der aus dem Lande der Wilden kommt und dem man's nicht ausieht!” Mich fragte er, wo mein Gouverneur sey? und dann sprach er zu den Anwesenden: “dieser junge Mann mit dem Gesicht von fünfzehn Jahren ist selbst Gouverneur; aber zusgleich des Schweizerlandes Geschichtschreiber, Er hat wie Aeneas eine Reise zu den Schatten gethan, d. i. zu mir.” Bald darauf waren wir zu Ferner wie alte Bekannte. Er hat eine neue Schrift von der Existenz Gottes herausgegeben. Der große olivenfarbige amerikanische Wilde und der junge zarte Geschichtschreiber der Schweiz entbieten ihren freundlichen Gruß

July 1775, to his parents

Nach einigen Tagen kam zufolge seiner Zusage mein Freund, der Herr v. Bonstetten, zu mir und blieb zu unsrer großen Freude ebenfalls bei uns. Unsre Zimmer sind gegenwärtig alle vertheilt und meine Glückseligkeit ist durch die Vereinigung meiner beiden Freunde, des Weißen und des Braunen, natürlicherweise sehr vermehrt worden.

[...]

Mein Freund Kinloch und ich gedenken Chambeisi gegen Ende des Augusts zu verlassen. Von da nach Lausanne, nach Vivis, durchs Oberland bis Thun, den Thuner- und Brienzersee hinauf nach Haßli, über die Berge ins Thal Urfern, hervor nach Altorf, anzuländen in Unterwalden, anzuländen in Schweiz, Gersau vorbei nach Luzern und Zürich, den See herauf nach Glarus, das Rheinthal herunter nach Appenzell und St. Gallen, von da nach Constanz, und von da nach Schaffhausen, durch die vier Waldstädte nach Basel, durch Pierre Pertuis nach Solothurn, hierauf Neufchatel, Bern, Freiburg im Uechtland, Valeyres durch die Waat zurück nach Chambeisi, woselbst wir bei den Wissenschaften und Herrn Bonnets Freundschaft den Winter zubringen.