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Silmarillion and Sleep and Dream Thoughts Part One (revised and updated edition)

So I have my post on complex trauma and sleep in general but I wanted to share more thoughts with example ideas as well as cultural concepts of nightmares

I also have a follow up here which I’m in the process of rewriting

This could not encompass every culture obviously and I want to make another one with more specific character headcanons so please feel free to request!

-References to specific nightmares are relatively few in the Silm and related texts. There is Idril’s nightmare of Eärendil’s death, Túrin’s fever dreams, Morwen’s imaginings of hearing Arroch while half asleep, Húrin’s uneasy nightmare filled sleep in The Wanderings, and a few other instances of uneasy sleep or nightmarish visions, including some prophetic ones

Some general thoughts

-I talked about elven states of consciousness here! And that goes a bit into different dream states. In short, I believe that while Irmo is the master of visions, not all nighttime dreams are attributed to him or his Maiar (though it might be believed that it is due originally to their Song that these exist), one reason why elves distinguish between a variety of dream states and states of consciousness.

-Lucid dreaming is more common in the elves and practices involving it are done by many cultural groups including the Vanyar, Doriath Sindar, some Avari groups, and some of the Nandor.

-Nightmares of trauma plague the first elves, both who went to Aman and those who stayed. Some believed them to be an aspect of Morgoth’s dark powers rather than an effect of the lasting fear of them

-Elves seem to be able to go into a sort of half sleep where they can continue to move and function while part of their mind are shut down. I will be distinguishing between this and traditional sleepwalking which is not a conscious choice

-On that note traditional sleepwalking is fairly uncommon among the elves and is viewed differently by different cultural groups, some viewing it as a sign or warning, others as something inherently disordered. 

-Interpretation of dreams and even what sort of dream is significant also varies among cultures 

 Language thoughts:

-There are no known words created by Tolkien himself in any of his languages for nightmares (though there are words for dreaming, day dreaming, and visions) so these are my headcanons

-Each elven language has a word for frightening or upsetting dreams. Most have more than one and many distinguish between frightening dreams that could potentially warn of a future incident and ones that are unpleasant reminders of the past though obviously these are not mutually exclusive

-The Noldor have words for anxiety dreams around crafts and projects as well as for restlessness that comes from having to sleep when work is unfinished 

-Some of the Avari have specific words for dreams without any speech or elven figures in them

-Bëorian and Hadorian Taliska have words for dreams that invoke fear specifically that are usually meant to mean dreams of being chased, pursued or attacked. The language of the Halidan has more words for a variety of dreams including words for nightmares that cause sleepwalking and dreams not remembered. Many have a negative connotation similar to words for illness. All have a word for dreams one remembers only vaguely or from emotions. Several of these words come from Silvan dialects and the language they spoke in the East

Angband Related Things:

-I’ve talked about the Maiar of Námo and Irmo who were recruited or taken by Melkor before and it is due in part to their influence and spell work that sleep is so disrupted for prisoners within the fortress. True dreams for example are extremely rare and often heavily controlled.

-Former prisoners of Angband obviously suffer nightmares. Their sleep tends to be disordered and sleepwalking and talking are much more common. Many come to fear their sleeping hours and take precautions during them to avoid encounters with others (I’ve spoken for example about Maedhros despising sleeping near others especially ones he does not know because of what he might say in his sleep or act in the twilight between sleep and wake) Others have the opposite and hate sleeping alone, becoming acutely aware of the shadows and darkness around them, suffering paranoia and insomnia. 

-Many, especially those who had been slaves in the mines, experience panic upon waking over the fear that they should not have slept or have slept in the wrong place, the punishment for either within Angband being an awful one

-Sleep is an area where there is a lot of stigma and mistrust regarding captives. Those who return under the will of Morgoth often are described as being sleepwalkers (a translation for a term I made up that is neither the half sleep of elves or traditional sleepwalking but something in between)

Other:

The exact nature of elven foresight is somewhat unclear from the books. According to Laws and Customs of the Eldar, elven mothers often give their children names from their own foresight of their fate and there are numerous instances of visions, premonitions and dreams that predict or hint at the future as well as more explicit examples such as with Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings. 

For humans, it’s even more complicated. 

Does Huor have prophetic dreams or visions? His final words to Turgon, “from you and me, a new star shall arise” obviously foreshadows the fact that from his line and Turgon’s, Eärendil will be born and eventually become a star point in the sky. No explanation is given in the text for this and whether it is dramatic irony or textual foreshadowing or if Huor is truly capable of seeing or knowing into the future. 

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Elven states of consciousness

Essentially, it is my headcanon that elves have a spectrum of states of consciousness that they can fall into naturally or that can be induced. These states can last anywhere from minutes to hours or even days and have distinct names and beliefs about their purpose which is largely what sets them apart from human consciousness. In humans states like these might appear fleetingly but there is more rarely a distinction made between them apart from wakefulness and sleep

I also had fun extrapolating from elven languages

Note: words are my own invention unless stated otherwise and for real words, extrapolation about deeper meanings are my own unless said otherwise!

Kaima is an early Quenya word meaning to lie quiet. This is a meditative state, contemplative and serene. Certain kinds of prayer fall into this category as does rest without sleeping

yúyal (twilight)

The confused period between sleep and wake both at night and in the morning. Typically the shortest lived of various states. This can also apply to various drug or herb induced states. 

The word for the state of consciousness actually predates the rising of the moon and sun. 

lórë (dream sleep)

What it sounds like. During normal sleep when dreams occur. Sleepwalking or talking is rare but not unheard of. 

cuilórë (daydream)

Differs from typical daytime wistfulness in that is a trance like state with lessened perception, response time, and awareness

Daydreaming in the usual sense is not named in the same way unless it involves a significantly altered state

cuicalama bright awake

Related to daydream, this involves a heightened wakefulness and hyperawareness of sensory information that is, importantly, not overwhelming. Actual processing of such information might be slowed or altered. 

The Summer Solstice Festival in Doriath which I talked about here often involves prolonged states of this

cuiva (awake)

The most common state.

I could go into elven perception and awareness and how that might differ from humans but this is still the state most familiar to us.

morlor (black sleep)

Sleep without dreams where waking is difficult. A heavy, deep sleep. Unconsciousness also falls under this as does coma like states. Generally considered a dangerous state associated with nightmares and captivity

Comparatively, fúme, a real word in early Quenya, meaning deep sleep does not have these negative connotations

Other thoughts (Note: I have more elaboration on this here!)

Different elven peoples have somewhat differing views on these and their purpose and some cultures have other states not considered by the majority. 

The states listed above are related specifically to wakefulness, awareness, dream or sleep but there are more states that involve other kinds of trances, hallucinations, and other alterations in cognition or consciousness. 

Applying pressure to certain points can induce altered states of consciousness when done correctly 

I’ve also talked about this before but these states are heavily abused in Angband, often artificially induced and experimented with 

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🧝🏻‍♀️🪻 Welcome, summer!🪻🧝🏻‍♀️

Não importa o quanto eu esteja imersa em fantasia élfica e o quanto eu queria direcionar este perfil só para isso, existem momentos em que outros estilos de música, histórias, estéticas, acabam influenciando tanto minhas criações quanto meus - e é bom variar de vez em quando.

Um desses momentos é a chegada do verão.

Eu sei, vocês vão dizer que o solstício de verão é só dia 21 mas VAMOS LÁ: não sou profissional que precisa de datas de clima para viabilizar minha vida, como um agricultor por exemplo. O meu uso de estações é com playlist de músicas, estética nos meus scrapbooks, inspirações no geral... e vale admitirmos que, com as mudanças climáticas nem o planeta está conseguindo acompanhar datas certas...

Mas minha música de verão é @duranduran e minha estética de verão é certamente vaporwave, com aquela pitada de Magnum PI, Miami vice e ilustrações de Patrick Nagel. Me peguei nessa "véspera de verão", sábado, último dia de maio, com hiperfoco em flamingos! Bem-vindo, verão. A elfa está animada.

A propósito, vocês sabem o coletivo de flamingos? 🦩🦩🦩

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Hantanyel tulesselyanen! 🪻🧝🏻‍♀️⚔️

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🪻🧝🏻‍♀️ Treasure Chest - Outubro 2022 🧝🏻‍♀️🪻

Achei que meus destaques do Instagram estavam com superlotação, e que o mais adequado para fazer a limpa, mantendo-os disponível, seria transformar em reels e upar no feed do Instagram, no Shorts do YouTube e no blog do Tumblr.

Esse aqui virou um #throwback e uma cobrança, já que eu tinha outras ideias de baú para fazer, tenho o material, mas o projeto ficou meio parado...com tanta coisa acontecendo na minha vida pessoal, preciso realmente me organizar e dar cabo do que ficou pendente.

Mas fica aí a feliz memória do que já está pronto.

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#Elf #Elfbox #Elven #TreasureChest #Bau #CaixaElfica #Elfos #Undomeion #Alagboriel #RPG #Desenho #Arte #Craft #Decor #Artesanato #Elfos #Dungeonsanddragons #D20 #Wow #LOTR #TheWitcher #Larp #Cosmaker #Cosplay #Cosplayer

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Hantanyel tulesselyanen! 🪻🧝🏻‍♀️⚔️

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First treasure chest: plain brown for Tongues of Fire movie, 2022.

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Treasure chest inspiration

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🧝🏻‍♀️🪻 APO!🪻🧝🏻‍♀️

A @narmeriel postou esses dias uma foto lindíssima dela em uma pintura gerada por IA no estilo do John William Waterhouse e eu fiquei alucinada porque eu AMO Waterhouse e fui na cara de pau perguntar como ela fez, ela foi maravilhosa (como sempre) e me deu o prompt e umas dicas de como fazer, e la fui eu me aventurar no chatgpt.

No fim das contas a IA que não é tao inteligente assim ate acertou no estilo e nas roupas e detalhes que eu queria, mas toda foto que eu pedia pra ajeitar o rosto ficava cada vez mais diferente e eu comecei a me irritar hahahaha

Por fim, decidi pegar um dos primeiros resultados e ajeitar eu mesma no Photoshop pra dar mais semelhança ao meu rosto... não sei dizer o porque mas ainda nao estou satisfeita com o resultado.

Ainda vou tentar de novo.

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Hantanyel tulesselyanen! 🪻🧝🏻‍♀️⚔️

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#Elvencore #Elf #Elfos #Undomeion #Alagboriel #RPG #photograph #Art #crafting #Dungeonsanddragons #D20 #Wow #warcraft #forthealliance🦁 #LOTR #Larp #Cosmaker #Cosplay #Cosplayer #Vlog #Vlogger #vloggerlife #bday #fashion #modeling

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🪻 Testando IA para Undomeion 🪻🧝🏻‍♀️

Como vocês devem ter percebido, eu andei um pouquinho sumida das postagens tanto de reels quanto de fotos e textos, apesar de manter uma regularidade nos stories. Por questões pessoais de saúde (incluindo uma cirurgia) fui obrigada a ficar um tempinho em descanso sem poder editar nada.

Mas as mãos e mentes criativas sempre coçam, então nada melhor que um celular na mão e uma ideia na cabeça, com uma ajudinha da IA, para criar este pequeno vídeo de teste para Undomeion.

Eu ainda não decidi qual seria o meio mais apropriado para dar vida a essa história, se animação em stop motion, se animação 2D feito no meu próprio punho, fotonovela, narração de desenho fixo, enfim, são inúmeras possibilidades que eu ainda vou encaixar no meu contexto atual de tempo versus dinheiro.

Se está ruim para o James Cameron, imaginem para esta humilde elfa no meio da Amazônia.

Posts como esse me ajudam a manter minha criatividade em dia, não só nessas habilidades de criar prompts da IA como também de desenvolver arranjos de música no Bandlab (a música do vídeo é uma composição minha chamada Dying Utopia). Também estou trabalhando em outras composições que não são necessariamente Bardcore, para outros projetos, mas ainda vou fazer mais canções bardcore para Undomeion.

Mas por enquanto temos isso aqui e eu espero sinceramente que gostem.

🪻 Hantanyel tulesselyanen! 🪻🧝🏻‍♀️⚔️

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#Elvencore #Elf #Elfos #Undomeion #Alagboriel #RPG #photograph #Art #AI #movie #film #animation

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改meme

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🪻 Tiara nova 🪻

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🪻🧝🏻‍♀️ World Theatre Day - March 27th 🧝🏻‍♀️🪻

Um throwback daquele dia divertidíssimo em que encarnei esse clássico. 🩷

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Hantanyel tulesselyanen! 🪻🧝🏻‍♀️⚔️

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