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[laikacomehxme]

goddd. i wish i were her...

[angelicaphelion-archive]

More OC refs Tales of Astreus

[generouskittendragon]

By Lim Klim Katy

[uesp]

Do I get a prize for translating that tag on your last post? Preferably anything not involving daedra.

HELLO? WHO IS THIS? HOW DID YOU GET ON MY DREAMSLEEVE PAGE? I WON A PRIZE?

MY NEONYMIC IS: Djehkeleho-dehbe-effehezepeh 

MY PROTONYMIC IS: Lehkelogah 

MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME IS: DARKNESS

PLEASE MAIL IT TO THE BATTLESPIRE I DON’T WANT YOU TO HAVE MY REAL ADDRESS

[khimsartsposting]

Rosii is so precious 😭💟💓💖💖💖

Btw this is My friend's art! Source;

[nientedenada]

The Sixteen Acceptable Blasphemies and Apotropaic Magic

Originally posted on r/teslore, now expanded. regarding the Sixteen Acceptable Blasphemies of the Pocket Guide to the Empire, First Edtion. After the dedication to the Emperor Tiber Septim and the invocation of the Divines, there is this section, 

.noitaripsnI fo tnuoF eht AIHTEOB oT 

.neM fo ecneicsnoC eht flaH si ohw ENICRIH oT 

.syawediS egaugnaL lla skaeps ohw HTACALAM oT 

.nuS gnizalB eht si ssertsiM esohw NOGAD SENURHEM oT 

.neM fo retrofmoC eht HTAROGOEHS oT 

.luoF tsoM si htaerB esohw LAB GALOM oT 

.reverof erudne skroW esohw ARIMAN oT 

.seviw fo riaH eht htiw eldeeN eht sdaerht ohw ALAHPEM oT 

.srewsna syawla ohw ELIV SUCIVALC oT 

.kniM si hcuoT esohw LANRUTCON oT 

.kcoR gnillaF si noitadnuoF esohw ETIYREP oT 

.seloH lla fo miR eht ARUZA oT 

.munelP eht sniatnoc ohw AIDIREM oT 

.thgiL eht ot repaP eht sdloh ohw AROM SUEAMREH oT 

.tiurF nevahS eht setsat ohw ENIUGNAS oT 

.ylponaP eht fo revaeW AMINREAV oT 

These are the Sixteen Acceptable Blasphemies. Read backwards, they read:

To BOETHIA the Fount of Inspiration.

To HIRCINE who is Half the Conscience of Men.

To MALACATH who speaks all Language Sideways.

To MEHRUNES DAGON whose Mistress is the Blazing Sun.

To SHEOGORATH the Comforter of Men.

To MOLAG BAL whose Breath is Most Foul.

To NAMIRA whose Works endure forever.

To MEPHALA who threads the Needle with the Hair of wives.

To CLAVICUS VILE who always answers.

To NOCTURNAL whose Touch is Mink.

To PERYITE whose Foundation is Falling Rock.

To AZURA the Rim of all Holes.

To MERIDIA who contains the Plenum.

To HERMAEUS MORA who holds the Paper to the Light.

To SANGUINE who tastes the Shaven Fruit.

To VAERNIMA Weaver of the Panoply.

There’s been lots of speculation on what each invocation means, but why are they acceptable blasphemies for the officially sanctioned Imperial Geographical Society?

I've searched to see if anyone has brought up "apotropaic magic" before in regards to the sixteen acceptable blasphemes, and couldn't find anything, so I'll try to develop this thought myself.

"Apotropaic magic" is about avoiding harm from evil influences, and in its very basic form, it's left a trace on our vocabulary and practices. "Knock-on-wood", "lucky rabbit foot", "crossed fingers", "Break a leg." etc.  But the specific form of "apotropaic" magic that I think is relevant to the acceptable blasphemes is a form in which you acknowledge forces that might be harmful if you don't treat them with respect/distance.

So, in the folklore of the British Isles, the fairies/Sidhe/other supernatural creatures aren't called "the good folk" or "the gentry" or "good neighbours" because they're nice, but because they can really mess you up if you don't give them some respect. On the other hand, they also can be surprisingly helpful on occasion if you do manage everything correctly in your relations with them. Still, you don't want to get deeply involved, so you stick to a series of apotropaic euphemisms and little rituals for dealing correctly with them.

Here's a nice explanation of apotropaic euphemisms from an essay on *A Mid-summer Night's Dream*  by A.D. Nuttall.

The fairies were called 'The Good Folk' not because they were benevolent but in the hope of making them so — we can almost say, because they were in fact the reverse of benevolent. [. . . ] Good Folk', then, is a conciliating, propitiatory description, which can be paralleled in other languages. For example the avenging Furies whom we have already met in Plutarch and can find again in Aeschylus were called the 'Eumenides', 'The Kindly Ones'.

In Sophocles' *Oedipus at Colonus* the chorus sings [. . . ]As we call them the kindly ones, that they may receive the supplicant safe, with kindly heart!

Near the end of the seventeenth century Robert Kirk wrote in T*he Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies*, 'These sith's or Fairies, they call sluagh-maith or the good people (it would seem, to prevent the dint of their ill attempts: for the Irish use to bless all they fear harme of)'.

We are dealing with a kind of euphemism, but not the kind we employ simply to avoid an undesired image (as in 'passed away' for 'died'). Rather, this euphemism is *put to work* (presumably in the hope of inducing the hearer to conform to the flattering description) with the design of *turning away* hostility. It is therefore an apotropaic euphemism.

- p. 54, 'Comedy as Apotrope of Myth' in Shakespeare Survey: Volume 53, Shakespeare and Narrative: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production ed. Peter Holland, 2000, Cambridge University Press.

In Morrowind, there's a specifically apotropaic propitiatory quest, given to you by Tholer Saryoni, in which you are sent to pay respects to the Four Corners of the House of Troubles. ESO adds a text, Daedra Worship: the Chimer, that expands on that quest’s ancient tradition.

here, in the rainbow shadow of the Crystal Tower, the so-called Prophet Veloth communed with the Daedric Prince Boethiah and agreed to accept her gifts. He inscribed the Velothi Prophecies, which expounded the doctrine of worship of the "Good Daedra" (Boethiah, Azura, and Mephala), along with ways to propitiate and negotiate with the "Bad Daedra" (Molag Bal, Malacath, Sheogorath, and Mehrunes Dagon).

Similarly, the "acceptable blasphemes" in the PGE1 look a lot like apotropaic invocations. They're acceptable because they're within that narrow, cautious dealing with the Daedra, not an invitation to let them in and run the place.  The fact that they're written down backwards really strengthens that interpretation. Apotropaic invocations were in fact sometimes written down backwards in the real Ancient World.

The PGE1′s approach to the Daedra fits in well with the games’ original lore about the Imperial approach to the Daedra. In early games, the Imperial position seems to be that the dose makes the poison with daedra worship. A little might be beneficial or necessary. A lot is dangerous for your health and soul. Daedric summoning is carefully regulated in the Empire, although the worship of Daedra is never illegal.

That may have changed with the Oblivion Crisis, though we don’t know the exact legal status of organizations such as the Vigil of Stendarr . ...

Back to the subject of ordinary interactions with the Daedra, there’s an ESO text by Lady Cinnabar of Taneth: Persistence of Daedric Veneration which rounds out this folkloric relationship with the Daedra in ordinary life.

So, Phrastus, Daedra worship survives in Tamriel only at the level of forbidden cults? On the contrary, it's easy to show that veneration for Daedra is widespread and widely accepted among the folk of Tamriel, despite the desires and opinions of priests and professors. Ask the hunter why he mutters a prayer to Hircine as he draws his bow. Ask the gardener why she asks Mephala to spare her vines from slugs and worms. Ask the guardsman why he invokes the valor of Boethiah as he draws his sword. And one doesn't have to look hard to find worshipers of Sanguine during Carnaval, or Hermaeus Mora among scholars at any time.

If you’re asking the Daedra to do something for you, you might need your Acceptable Blasphemies and other small rituals to keep yourself safe.

[normalguyfrommandelacounty]

how do you have an alternate if you're an alternate. how does that work

i dont fucking knIM NOT. AN ALTERNATE CAUSE THAT IMPLIES. THERE WAS SOMEONE BEFORE ME. IM THE ONLY JOHNSON THERE IS. FUCK OFF

[watsername]

knim gonna try sleep a bit earlier tn gn !!!

[virtual-minotaur]

doodle page and tox design

[emailclub]

i made u some hot chocolate can u come to ur window pls

knim there

[queenmeve]

For once I can't even figure out what happened on game of thrones

[generouskittendragon]

By Lim Knim Katy

[lluunnaa1]

O günde gelmesin,devranda dönmesin.Sana karşı knim bile yok artık.Hepsi benim hatam,ben istedim.Ben istemeseydim yanımdan bile geçemezdin.Aldım kaldırdım koydum kalbime seni,benim saflıgım.Kapılarımı kilitledim artık.Anahtar olmasını bilirsen girersin.