#@gorlassar

[h00tzz]

..hiiiiiii

I draw Supernatural now

[heriugena]

"Deu vi luossauc yntrydar.

Ny pheidun rug deulu heb uyar

Neu vi a elwir gorlassar.

Vygwreys bu enuys ym hescar.

Neu vi tywyssauc yn tywyll

Am rithuy am duy pen kawell.

Neu vi eil kawyl yn ardu.

Ny pheidun heb uyar rug deulu.

Neu via amuc vy achlessur.

Yn difant a charant casnur.

Neur ordyfneis i waet am uythur.

Cledyfal hydyr rac meibon caurnur.

Neu vi araunus vy echlessur.

Nauuetran yg gurhyt arthur.

Neu vi a torreis cant kaer.

Neu vi aledeis cant maer.

Neu vi arodeis cant llen.

Neu vi aledeis cant pen.

Neu vi arodeis i henpen,

Cledyfaur goruaur gyghallen.

Neu vi oreu terenhyd

Hayarndor edeithor penmynyd.

Ym gueduit ym gofit, hydyr oed gyhir.

Nyt oed vyt ny bei fy eissillyd.

Miduyf bard moladuy yghywreint.

Poet y gan vrein ac eryr ac uytheint.

Auacdu ae deubu y gymeint.

Pan ymbyrth petrywyr rug duy geint.

Drigyau y nef oed ef vychwant.

Rac eryr rac ofyn amheirant.

Uyf bard ac uyf telynaur.

Uy pibyd ac uy crythaur.

Seith vgein kerdaur dygoruaur

Gyghallen. Bu kalch vri vriniat.

Hu escyll edeinat.

Dy vab dy veirdnat

Dy veir dewndat.

Vyn tauaut y traethu vy marunat.

Handit o meinat gurth glodyat

Byt pryt prydein huyscein ymhullat.

Guledic nef ygkennaden nam doat."

•

"Am I not with hosts making a din?

I would not cease, between two hosts, without gore.

Am I not he that is called Gorlassar?

My belt was a rainbow to my foe.

Am I not a prince, in darkness,

(To him) that takes my appearance with my two chief baskets?

Am I not, like Cawyl, ploughing?

I would not cease without gore between two hosts.

Is it not I that will defend my sanctuary?

In separating with the friends of wrath.

Have I not been accustomed to blood about the wrathful,

A sword-stroke daring against the sons of Cawrnur?

Have I not shared my cause.

A ninth portion in the prowess of Arthur?

Is it not I that have destroyed a hundred Caers?

Is it not I that slew a hundred governors?

Is it not I that have given a hundred veils?

Is it not I that cut off a hundred heads?

Is it not I that gave to Henpen

The tremendous sword of the enchanted?

Is it not I that performed the rights of purification,

When Hayarndor went to the top of the mountain?

I was bereaved to my sorrow. My confidence was commensurate.

There was not a world were it not for my progeny.

I am a bard to be praised. The unskilful

May he be possessed by the ravens and eagle and bird of wrath.

Avagddu came to him with his equal,

When the bands of four men feed between two plains.

Abiding in heaven was he, my desire,

Against the eagle, against the fear of the unskilful.

I am a bard, and I am a harper,

I am a piper, and I am a crowder.

Of seven score musicians the very great

Enchanter. There was of the enamelled honour the privilege,

Hu of the expanded wings.

Thy son, thy barded proclamation, Thy steward, of a gifted father.

My tongue to recite my death-song.

If of stone-work the opposing wall of the world.

May the countenance of Prydain be bright for my guidance,

Sovereign of heaven, let my messages not be rejected."

[fritzhardt]

🎖️ 🌈 | Futures Past [ illustrations by gorlassar ]

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a new short story celebrating pride month was posted on the overwatch website! im absolutely losing my mind over these art pieces, they're stunning. jack and vincent are very much growing on me ...

[cryophase]

checkup ❤️💙

collab with @gorlassar who provided a sketch and some additional lighting!

[harveydont]

Hi- I hope this doesn't seem weird to ask and you don't have to answer but how you get your art look so stylized yet so realistic :0 what refs do you use???

-- Fluffy

Thank you! I feel like I have the same answer as most people would have to this--there isn't one deliberate decision but just being picky about what art you observe and want to practice.

Idk about 'refs' but the formative inspirations for me have been

Greg Capullo

Mike Mignola

And Makani the main artist of the TF2 official comics.

As well as artists on here (apologies in advance for the ping): @wachtelspinat @gorlassar @fishhooktongue @sannam are artists I've learned a LOT from over the years and still consider them OGs as far as style and substance.

Anyway idk you just find things you like and notice how they approach shapes and figures.

[gawrkin]

Titles for the Arthur kids

Amr /Amhar - Amr Mawr/Amhar Mawr "Amr the Great"

(Source: Preface to Le Morte D'Arthur by John Rhys)

2. Loholt/Llacheu - Loholt the Generous (Llacheu Hael?)

(Source: Lanzelet, by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven)

Alternatively, Llacheu, Awesome in Songs

(Source: Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature, by Oliver James Padel)

3. Melora - Knight of the Blue Arms. Alternatively, Knight of the Blue Surcoat (Mhelora Gorlassar?)

(Source: Eachtra Mhelora agus Orlando)

[deancrowleycas]

I say I am a Destiel blog until I see beautiful gorlassar Crowley art and get reminded of my roots

[jerry-hornes-foot]

In love with this postcard and t-shirt I got from @gorlassar on their redbubble shop

[solmarillion]

hey just letting y'all know if you reblogged this celebrimbor art, it's a repost, gorlassar is the original artist and here's the post you should be reblogging instead

[perpetualpeep]

Art Fight attacks batch! ✨

Husious 's Ricky (left) hanging out with my character Rudy!

Steven for @miserydiners

Vargas for @gorlassar

[tiodolma]

According to the Welsh Triads (a poetic compilation in groups of three), Uther Pendragon is said to be the creator of one of the three great enchantments of the Island of Britain, which he taught to Menw ap Teirgwaedd. While the enchantment itself is not described, Menw appears in other stories as a magician-knight in Arthur's court, most notably "Culhwch and Olwen". The Other Great Enchantments were created by Math ap Mathonwy and Rudlwm the Dwarf. Notably, Merlin is largely absent in these triads except as a bard. It seems Uther was originally a Wizard-king (per Celtic Standards of Heroism) like his brother, Aurelius Ambrosius.

oh wow this is fascinating

http: //norin77.50megs.com/triads.htm

Uther is in

TRIAD 28

Three Great Enchantments of the Island of Britain:

The Enchantment of Math son of Mathonwy (which he taught to Gwydion son of Don), and the Enchantment of Uthyr Pendragon (which he taught to Menw son of Teirgwaedd), and the Enchantment of Gwythelyn/Rudlwm the Dwarf (which he taught to Coll son of Collfrewy his nephew).

http:// mistshadows.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-transformation-of-uther-pendragon_9.html

so there is a piece of work which said Uther Pendragon taught magic/enchantment to Menw

Moreover Book of Taleisin clues us that he was probably a shapeshifter who could turn into some kind of fox or comet "gorlassar" or gorlois

We need to take another look at the relevant lines of "Marwnat Vthyr Pen" (Elegy of Uther Pendragon, Book of Taliesin), where the hero calls himself gorlassar: It is I who commands hosts in battle: I’d not give up between two forces without bloodshed. It’s I who’s called the very blue [or, given the context, 'the great blaze, conflagration'; cf. Irish forlassar, from the intensive prefix plus lasar, 'fire, flame']: my ferocity snared my enemy. It is I who’s a leader in darkness: Our God, Chief of the Sanctuary, transforms me. It’s I who’s like ['eil' here means like/similar to, not 'second' - unless God is to be considered the 'first'] a candle/luminary [transf. star, sun, moon; fig. leader, hero] in the gloom: I’d not give up fighting without bloodshed between two forces.

sourced from this blog:

http:// mistshadows.blogspot.com/2020/02/uthers-star-and-comet-of-442-ad.html

there's a suggestion that "gorlassar" could be linked to Gorlois.

.........

tbf i wouldnt be suprised if merlin got reinvented by monmouth by merging the welsh triad (possible actual shapeshifter) uthyr pendragon + aurelius ambrosius + the warlord bard Myrddin who famously got mad in the forest.

[bjdavis5]

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Gorlassar/pseuds/Gorlassar/works?fandom_id=22502517

Fuck it, posting here so this will [hopefully] show up in the tags.

Last of my Fictober prompt claims and a slight ode to my terrible in game driving skills. Lost the plot at about page 5…oops.

Thank you @redex-writes for organizing this project and just being a crazy inspiration overall, this has been a blast!

[merlyn-arts]

Arfight attack (2/6)

My second attack was a revenge on Gorlassar, with their character Vargas.

[cryophase]

Three more art fight attacks for @gorlassar @dezimaton and @rrustellar

[threshie]

I was tagged by @jennilah !

shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people

I picked the playlist I load up and shuffle the most right now. Here goes!

LVCRFT - SKELETON SAM

Clean Bandit - Baby (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi)

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - Mowgli’s Road

David Rees - Diamante

Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?

X Ambassadors - Renegades

Blue Oyster Cult - Dancin' In The Ruins

Kimbra - Sweet Relief

BØRNS - Dopamine

Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

Tagging (for fun, no pressure—also if you don't know these folks, they're good eggs and you should check out their blogs ♥):

@yifera @dappermouth @wingheadshellhead @andlatitude @sciderman @gorlassar @consulting-cannibal @samanddeaninpanties @moosopp-art @thayerkerbasy

[gawrkin]

The Death-song/Elegy of Uther Pendragon: New Translations

(Credit to @wandrenowle (awesome person) who gave me this excerpt from a recent translation of The Book of Taliesin)

A few points to make:

There's a certain ambiguity about whether or not the narrator here really is Uther Pendragon himself.

The part where Uther is named "Shining Armor" - I believe this is the translation for the original word in the poem, "Gorlassar". From what I can research online, "Gorlassar" could also mean "Bright Blue/Very Blue" or even "Higher than the sky". I've heard some theories online before that Geoffrey of Monmouth created the character "Duke Gorlois of Cornwall" from this epithet of Uther's.

If so, that means the possibility of Igraine always having been Uther's wife and Igraine only ever had one husband. Huh.

Wow, apparently Arthur is not as badass as his dad, being only a ninth of Uther's prowess. This is the very same Arthur who, in Welsh Myth, can destroy armies by the hundreds, go toe-to-toe with giants and is the standard of comparison for warrior excellence ("...although he was no Arthur"). This elegy implies Uther is leagues more powerful than that.

It reminds of Sir Branor, the Dragon Knight, from Palamedes, a 120-year old knight of the Round Table from Uther's era. When he shows up to Arthur's court, he challenges everyone in Camelot, including Lancelot, Gawain and Tristan, and soundly kicks their asses. The general impression is that however OP King Arthur and his knights are, Uther and his boys are waaaaaay more OP. Very Anime.

(It also has shades of Nestor from the Iliad, talking about how the heroes of the "Seven against Thebes" would kick anyone's ass in the Trojan War)

The part where Uther boasts of his Poetic Prowess - "as great as that, of seven score poets". This, in particular, fascinates me. See, in an older translation, that particular segment is phrased as such:

There is a tradition Uther Pendragon really does magical abilities:

In the new translation, Uther is primarily hyping his skills in the Bardic arts, but personally, I think that doesn't preclude Uther's magic powers.

In Celtic Myth, Bards, because their status as lore-keepers, often had magical powers, like Prophecy, shapeshifting (Taliesin and Myrddin/Merlin) or having the power to harm and curse using satires:

I believe there's even a term for Bardic Prophecy in Welsh: "Canu Darogan".

This sort of loops back to "Uther>Arthur" again, seeing as how Arthur is one of "the Three Frivolous Bards of the Island of Britain"

Jeez, can imagine being at your death bed, and like, decide " I'm gonna write an entire poem about how awesome I am and how my prophesized, magic son ain't shit compared to me"