#Laima

[nikolamga]

[vikaflora-margarita]

Dēkla. The goddess of fate, Laima.

Laima is arguably the most prominent and well-known latvian pagan deity. She decides a person's fate from the moment they are born. In some folk songs she is said to cry over her duty, a trait no other god of fate has been recorded to share with her.

Dēkla is an another name Laima went by in the region of Courland. At first, it was thought that she was one of the three sisters of fate (a common motif in many indoeuropian religions), but no substantial evidence was found in favour of this theory in more recent years.

I decided to call her Dēkla, because her clothes were inspired by Curonian folk costume.

If you want to learn more about Laima and/or Dēkla, I warmly recommend reading this latvian mythology/folklore archive (in latvian)

[theaskew]

How Laima Made Three Wishes Come True, from the Tales of the Amber Sea: Fairy Tales of the Peoples of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Anatoly Belyukin (Illustrator), Irina Zheleznova (Translator): Progress Publishers, 1974.

[kosmicdream]

[awakentrashpanda]

What my OCs would call you

Sora

🌼My child

🌼My dear

🌼Starshine

🌼Sweetie

🌼Sweetheart

🌼Angel

Jack

🍓Friend

🍓Biscuit

🍓Sweetie-pie

🍓Starbright

🍓Buddy

🍓Puppy

Ki ki

🐶Little buddy

🐶Superstar

🐶Hotshot

🐶Goofball

🐶Kiddo

🐶Pup

Gi gi

🪸Sir/Ma’am/other

🪸Shooting Star

🪸Baby bird

🪸My friend

🪸Pearl

🪸Mister/Miss/other

Adam

⭐️Starsong

⭐️Dawn

⭐️Sunlight

⭐️Moonlight

⭐️Songbird

⭐️Honey

Monika

🎭Dingus (affectionate)

🎭Butthead (also affectionate)

🎭Stardust

🎭Buckaroo

🎭Homie

🎭Wildfire

Clarice

🌹Dearie

🌹Starflower

🌹Daylight

🌹Hunny-Bunny

🌹[Your favorite flower]

🌹Wildflower

Moon

🌙Heathen (affectionate)

🌙Companion

🌙My equal

🌙Spacestar

🌙Exhaustion source (affectionate)

🌙Person who is __________ (ex: person who is speaking to me before I’ve had my morning coffee)

Sun

💙New friend

💙Vixen/Todd/Fox

💙Starglow

Sapphire

💚Dude (gender neutral)

💚Bud

💚Starburst

Victoria

💝Kitty

💝Bestie

💝Starsparkle

Romero

♦️Buddy

♦️Pal

♦️Wise⚫️ss (affectionate)

♦️Pally

♦️Friendo

Luki

🎩Sugar

🎩Darlin’

🎩Sugar-q

🎩Honey

🎩Sweetheart

Zillie

🌈My lady/lord/friend

🌈My Dearie

🌈Cupcake

🌈Bunnie

🌈Little bug

Varinia

🛠️Friend

🛠️Guppy

🛠️Bubble

🛠️Pal

Laima

👁️Foreseen one

👁️Dear

👁️Jewel

👁️Gem

[valkyries-things]

LAIMA // BALTIC GODDESS OF FATE

“She is a Baltic goddess of fate. She was associated with childbirth, marriage, and death; she was also the patron of pregnant women. Laima and her functions are similar to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.”

[lyrics365]

Shelter From a Storm

(Tim Camp – Tim Camp) day to day, night by night my heart’s been searching for a love that feels so right then you came into my life turned sorrow into joy darkness into light and when the skies are threatining i’ll never be alone agein shelter from a storm someone to watch over me shelter from a storm someone who belivez in me hert to heart, soul to soul all i dream about i’ve…

[sonicziggy]

"Rapid Fire" by Joe Goddard, Laima https://ift.tt/YvaGwu1

[panelki]

Лайма Вайкуле – о войне и будет ли певица выступать в России

На свой фестиваль в Юрмале Лайма Вайкуле пригласила в основном украинских артистов. Также она собирает пожертвования для украинских детей. Мы поговорили с певицей – о войне, свободе и о том, к чему может привести пренебрежение политикой:

[laimabynight]

Erika 'Kiki' Halász (30). Once came to Berlin from the Hungarian town of Csenger with grand promises of good work and a better standard of living. Today, after years on Kurfürstenstraße and in various brothels, she works for a more "exclusive" agency. Kiki has a sharp business sense and—out of necessity—very few scruples.

Berlin by Night

Art by dansulmortii

[nikolamga]

[faerieheartzz]

anyone here gaf abt vast error ?

[theaskew]

Andrejs Bovtovičs (Latvian b. 1959), Laima and Mara, acrylic on canvas.

[quitealotofsodapop]

Assorted fem!Laios fic ideas;

My hc name for fem!Laios is; Laima.

Reasons:

Laima is the name of the Baltic goddess of fate, luck, motherhood, pregnancy, and children. Fem!Laios' life is defined by her role as a wife and mother, to the point that only a miracle could break her from the cycle.

Same amount of syllables. Laios = Lai-us. Laima = Lye-ma.

Move over the "I" and what do you get? Lamia. Aka; a mother driven so mad by the loss of her child that she is transformed into a man-eating monster. 👀

Special interests were shut down hard as a child. Parents steered her towards more "traditional" goals of marriage and motherhood. Still extremely adventurous - she's ultimately still the odd child who put bug egg cases in her cupboard.

Marriage was arranged by her parents. Going by Laios' timeline in the Adventurer's Bible; he was engaged even before he deserted the military

There's two ways I can see fem!Laios going;

A: She has two or three children, as her canonverse fiancé has, and took the kids in the divorce. Her kids 100% sneak away from their babysitter to help find and save Aunt Falin, pretending to be grown halflings. One child is a powerful magic user, while another has feral child-strength.

B: One where due to fertility issues she simply never had a child within her marriage, but really wanted one. Was pretty much exiled by her husband's family due to being "cursed", causing her some personal trauma. Her greatest desire is intertwined with her want of children - even a monster such as a Harpy can be wonderful mothers, why can't she?

Kabru alludes to there being abnormal results when a pregnant person is revived within the dungeon, but is cut-off before he can fully answer. Fem!Laios better be keeping it safe if she decides on splunking, less she accidentally create a host for an unknown horror seeking escape from the dungeon. (*wink*)

The imagery of motherhood and monsterhood intertwining to turn Laios/Laima from a "mere" housewife to a horror befitting primordial maternal entities like Echidna or Tiamat. (*chef's kiss*)

Thoughts?

[wytheriing]

"draw ur favs this" "draw ur bbg that" DRAW UR BLORBOS IN FNF POSES!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!

[livingshinycharm]

A girl and her Pokémon

The gangs all here