#Traditional stories

[bieups]

Where has this been all my life?? This site/app is perfect for beginners/intermediate learners looking for more reading practice!

[musical-theatre-encyclopedia]

Watch "Holiday Videos - Winter" on YouTube

Here's my whole playlist of winter holiday videos. I don't know if I'll be sharing any singly, though it is currently only 23 videos long.

[pebblegalaxy]

The Onoto Tree: A Venezuelan Memoir of Rain, Family, and Tradition

Memoir: The Beauty of Onoto and Memories of Venezuela When I was in Venezuela, the rains were always a welcome respite from the relentless heat. As much as the torrential downpours could be overwhelming, they brought with them a sense of renewal, life, and color. In my mind, every rainy season in Venezuela feels as if it were marked by a certain rhythm, a dance between the sky and the earth,…

[talesofloreandlegend]

The Soul of Jonah Jones

GUEST EPISODE

Storyteller: Tim Ralphs Host: Rick Scott

Tim Ralphs tells the story of 'The Soul of Jonah Jones'.

​​Rick speaks to Tim about his path towards becoming a professional storyteller, and the challenges and experiences that have defined his career so far.

You can follow Tim's work as a professional storyteller at www.timralphs.com, or follow him on Twitter @TimRalphs.

[vanessagillings]

Something a little different today! The main illustration project I’m working on at the moment is a large gallery show opening next year. I’m going to keep most of the art hush hush for now, but here’s a tiny preview of one of the pieces! There’ll be a collection of spots like this as well as full-bleed pieces. I’ll tell you more about it closer to. Happy Friday, friends! 🌿

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC Camp

The Batfam force Damian to go to summer camp to socialize with kids his own age and have some normal childhood experiences

That’s all well and good, but normal does not describe his cabin’s councilor, one Daniel “for the love of Ancients call me Danny” Fenton

Between the son of the bat and a Fenton, camp is going to be weird

[foldingfittedsheets]

My mom longs for traditions but lacks the wherewithal to actually develop any. Growing up she’d always try to make some new Christmas gimmick that we could do each year. They never stuck. She’d forget, or we wouldn’t want to continue and she’d give up.

One year she had us sew our own stockings. This wasn’t a huge hit as I was requested to sew immediately upon waking, a skill I largely lack. My brother hated his inadequacy as I don’t think he’d gotten even the cursory education I had with a needle and thread. I think mom thought we’d make new ones each year and they’d be like a fun memento. Our dissatisfaction with the whole thing meant we skipped it the next year and I’ve been using the same janky stocking that I sewed half asleep ever since.

For two years she tried to do holiday cookie decorating but my dad griped about all the sugar in the house while gorging on cookies and the tradition faded away.

For a few years she remembered to always put a geode in the stocking that we could break open with a hammer. It was fun at first, but I had to eventually ask her to stop because I didn’t have anywhere to keep a million geodes.

We went to movies some years but trying to find a film we all wanted to see proved troublesome enough that it fizzled out.

This last holiday she just announced they’d be leaving for December and didn’t do anything with family at all.

She pines for familial connection while having little idea of how to maintain relationships. It’s more important for her to have a smiling picture as a memory than to actually be happy. She wants a picture perfect family that gets along and is constantly disappointed by what she has instead.

One of her favorite photos is the last camping trip we went on as a family, me and my siblings with their kids. She croons about how nice it was to have us all together and I don’t say that all I remember from the trip is learning my brother was a drug addict and seeing my sister hit my nephew across the face.

I reached out recently to suggest that since we’ve all got bikes now and my parents are both officially retired we can do a weekly bike ride. This was met with delight and excitement.

We had our first ride today and it was genuinely pretty fun. We’ll see if it can last a month.

[kelogsloops]

A little story about a kid who dreamt of becoming an artist 🥹 Only a few days left to grab the artbook before the campaign ends here: The Art of Kelogsloops I still remember the day I sat down with mum and told her I wanted to pursue art. “Don’t do it” she said. I think many people know the feeling of having their dreams shut down — it sucks. I even remember the fear of taking those first steps towards chasing this dream: it was scary, tiring and filled with uncertainty. But in the past few months spent writing this book, going back and reflecting on this journey has made me realise how far I’ve come and how it all started. I really am grateful that I get to do this each day and every day, so I truly owe a heartfelt thank you to everyone (except Mrs. T) Wherever you are right now, whatever it is you’re doing or want to do, keep going! #brbchasingdreams

[andahmer]

my old creepypasta sketches from 2019 🥀

[afreakingmilkshake]

mk holding a stick cus why not ?

[sopuu]

guys you’d never guess who i just drew 🤯

[ludinusdaleth]

"We may not look like much, but we have power. And we are capable. And so am I. And my heart desires to make a difference."

-Critical Role Campaign 3, Episode 105, "Collecting Legends"

[princesskuragina]

When a relationship is "like family" but in a bad way. "Like family" in the sense that it becomes the only allowable place to seek care. In that it legitimizes the isolation and violence of an us-vs-them mentality. In that it creates hierarchical power structures and conditions where abuse and control are both easily rationalized and near impossible to break out of. Where the only way to escape your subjugation is to stop being the child and become the parent, starting the cycle anew. And this is both expected and encouraged. Where you feel obligated to repay your caretaker by becoming the kind of person they want you to be. Where everyone looks a little too much like you.

[talesofloreandlegend]

The Hart & The Hind

SERIES · I  EPISODE · X

Storyteller: Sebastian Odell Host: Rick Scott

Thomas now reached the end of his last tale. When it was done, all his listeners were breathless. Other skies and suns, the Fortunate isle, a gift from the Queen of Elfland herself…  they could hardly believe that it was all true, except that it had tumbled from the lips of True Thomas, he who was never heard to speak a lie...

​As  Thomas the Rhymer regales the gathered throng at the feast in his Tower  at Ercildoune, the eyes of the hidden folk are watching…

Seb and Rick close the series by discussing the fate of Thomas the Rhymer, the landscape and geopolitics of Elf-Land, and what they've learned from the experience of creating Lore & Legend season one. Stay tuned for our next Lore Talk, our monthly guest episodes, our holiday specials, and Season 2, out in 2020.

FOLK SONGS INSPIRED BY THIS SEASON OF LORE AND LEGEND

We've curated a list of folk songs on Spotify which are versions of tales from series one, or closely related to their ideas and themes.  We round out the collection with the famous Steel Eye Span version of the Thomas the Rhymer ballad.

Be sure to follow the playlist on Spotify, and watch out for future playlists from the Lore & Legend team!

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SOURCE MATERIAL

Medieval Romance Thomas, the Rhymer, 1220?-1297?; Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 The romance and prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune : printed from five manuscripts, with illustrations from the prophetic literature of the 15th and 16th centuries, Published 1875

Songs & Ballads "Thomas Rymer, no. 37", Child's Collected Ballads by Francis James Child

"Thomas the Rhymer and the Queen of Elfland" in Jamieson, Robert, 1780?-1844, Popular ballads and songs, from tradition, manuscripts, and scarce editions; with translations of similar pieces from the ancient Danish language, and a few originals by the editor, Volume 2,  Published 1806 "Thomas the Rhymer" in Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832, Minstrelsy of the Scottish border; consisting of historical and romantic ballads, Volume 2, Published 1802 "Thomas the Rhymer/True Thomas" on Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music

Research Sources

"Thomas the Rhymer." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 May. 2019. Web. 28 Jun. 2019.

[gudgurkan]

Page 45 of my upcoming fantasy journal book - Armor Revenant

Kickstarter link

[leapdayowo]

some pre-ISAT art 👀

Bummer :(( I thought I had taken a least one more process picture but I guess I didn’t :P oh well, this piece had more blocks of color to paint in rather than dynamic lighting/shadows so a timelapse probably would have looked better

Anyways, my brain latched onto Isa and Mira’s relationship right when they met each other and before they met the others 👀 I have a more light hearted painting at the sketch phase of them (I have a bit more time this week to work on stuff, so fingers crossed I can get some more art done!)