#primordial tree

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

PRIMORDIAL TREES

by Jorge Jacinto

[charrednewt]

"A tree but very big" is such a good concept. It keeps coming back for a reason.

Yes I think I would like a very big tree. I got that monkey in me.

[literallyjusttoa]

The urge to draw out a full godly family tree like that little one I did a year ago … it’s overwhelming ….

[myobsession]

With recent revelations in COI…if you are a female god, I am very afraid of you…

[mistyjessart]

redrew masc magnolia as colin firth’s darcy ^w^

[12pt-times-new-roman]

I thought Matt name-dropping Laerryn was a fun little easter egg because Aabria was at the table, but.... no. If the Great Tree of Atrophy really is the remnants of the Tree of Names, then Chetney could use grim psychometry on it, he could see Laerryn casting blight, hear her name being called, and connect her to the name in Ludinus' notes.

[herebecritters]

gesthu x hopps real?🥺

Uh…

Hopps belongs to @ickyguts

[wanderingmind867]

Well, here's the start of my series on the family tree of the Greek Gods. Most of my info will be coming from whatever I find on wikipedia or through google, although I might throw in some of my own personal opinions and interpretations too (but feel free to reblog and add things if you feel I missed something):

The first three deities to come into existence were Chaos, Gaia and Tartarus. Or as Wikipedia calls them: The Void, The Earth and The Abyss.

Chaos then had two children, Erebus and Nyx. Erebus and Nyx are also husband and wife, so that's weird. But I suppose they were some of the only people in existence at that time, so they kind of had to rely on each other. From them, Erebus and Nyx would have many children of their own.

Together with Erebus, Nyx gives birth to Aether and Hemera. I wonder how mother and daughter got along, since Nyx and Hemera were literally the personifications of Night and Day. Maybe they're the reason we have that saying, huh?

Anyway, Nyx also gave birth on her own. Without any father, Nyx gives birth to many children. According to Wikipedia, her children included Thanatos and his twin brother Hypnos, Nemesis, Eris, Momus, Moros, Philotes, Geras, Oizys, Apate, Charon and The Fates. All of these were her children, which technically means Charon is older than his boss. Strange how things work out like that, huh? I guess seniority isn't really a concept amongst the gods.

Anyways, this is getting a bit long. So stay tuned for part 2, when I can hopefully turn away from Nyx and turn towards Gaia.

[kateeorg]

Something I don't get about Ashton

SPOILERS up to C3 Ep 74

Okay, so... according to the Tree of Atrophy, Ashton was always meant to be born, Efterin was always meant to do the ritual that turned him into an Earth Genasi/Titan of Blood and destroy the rest of the cult.

Yes? Yes.

Except...

Imogen and FCG have been in Ashton's head. The part infused with dunamis. And they saw other timelines where Ashton remained an Aasimar.

Meaning, the whole Titan of Blood destiny thing is not quite so absolute.

So, who's wrong here? The Tree or the Luxon? Or did I miss something?

[nogetron]

Asherah, the original mother goddess of the early Semitic mythos. She was the wife of the supreme god El. Asherah birthed the Canaanite pantheon, from Baal and Astarte to Yam and Mot, all of them were born from her union with El. Asherah’s origins are unknown, however it’s believed that she was the feminine aspect of El. In one of the few surviving myths, Asherah is shown as Yam’s biggest supporter for the throne of the chief god. Her epithet of ‘Asherah of the sea’ illustrates just how important their relationship was. Despite her support, Yam ultimately loses to Baal for the throne. Asherah in modern abrahamic faiths was reduced to a false idol, with her ��poles’ being targeted and destroyed.

Asherah is the earliest depiction of the Mother Goddess trope, with her role in Canaan being so influential it affected the religious landscape. The Mother Goddesses became a ubiquitous feature among polytheistic religions, to the point where the absence of one is something to note. Though her name was demonized in modern times, her essence still lives on in her descendants faiths. As Eve from the garden of Eden is proposed to be derived of Asherah. As El was the predecessor of the Abrahamic God, Asherah’s relationship to the omnipotent deity has become a focal point for her. Her legacy may even live on in the feminine aspect of modern god: Shekinah, and the gnostic Aeon: Sophia.

[lakanakana]

Cats?

KITTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oughhhh

[fearterrortales]

In the unfathomable depths of the obsidian sky, where stars blink like the dying eyes of ancient gods, an oppressive silence blankets the world below. Shadows writhe like serpents between the gnarled knuckles of twisted trees, their bark slick with the sheen of creeping dread, while the air thrums with a distant, dissonant whisper that speaks of things best left forgotten. Beneath the earth, in the damp embrace of forgotten crypts, creatures stir—formless echoes of madness yearning for release, clawing at the sanity of those foolish enough to gaze into the abyss. As the moon bleeds its pale light onto the shattered ruins of a once-hallowed sanctuary, a chill settles deep in the bones, heralding the approach of nightmares too vast to comprehend, where every heartbeat resonates with the lingering touch of primordial terror.

[carrscrap]

Trees in the mist, Dartmoor National Park, England

[jacksintention]

Still unwell about Rilke and PH

I love the dark hours of my being.

My mind deepens into them.

There I can find, as in old letters,

the days of my life, already lived,

and held like a legend, and understood.

Then the knowing comes: I can open

to another life that's wide and timeless.

So I am sometimes like a tree

rustling over a gravesite

and making real the dream

of the one its living roots

embrace:

a dream once lost

among sorrows and songs.

[astrophyta]

losing my mind over genshin lore on a friday night again

[scalpel-mom-mori]

ok i haven't done the archon quest yet but i kind of want the funny judge guy to be a primordial dragon like apep and he's just grumpy about having to babysit one of the archons