#callieach

[patantasma]

Callieach from the new Glen Verna raid (Mabi KR test server)

[sapphickittykatherine]

ppl are like "why didn't they just shove a criminal slated for execution into the veil to close it?" and they're right. it would be kinda dishonourable, i guess, but you're gonna kill them anyway so . however, this problem could be avoided entirely by canon simply stating that the callieach demands a willing sacrifice, the same way that gwen had to enter the lake of her own accord in 5x09. according to kilgharrah, the veil doesn't ask for anything - the callieach is the one who demands a soul. maybe she'd just take any soul, but she kinda seems like the type who wants to be entertained. she wants to watch people trip over themselves to die, to betray each other and show their 'true faces'. it would work well and patch a plot hole considering arthur, merlin, and lancelot - who set out to sacrifice themselves - were all willing to enter the veil.

[glytchflower]

i need mabinogi old women yuri, and i will make it myself if need be

[fratricideknight]

headcannons about sir lancelot (the best knight)?

also, what is your favorite lancelot moment from s4/s5 (bc the darkest hour pt. 2 didn't happen obviously)

i thought you'd never ask

headcanons about sir lancelot

uhhh quite sad but: i think he's depressed and has a lot of unresolved trauma. there's literally a motif in the soundtrack called 'Lancelot Leaves' - he never stays, even when he finds something good and has people who will fight for him. it probably has something to do with the way his entire village was destroyed and his family killed when he was young. he doesn't want to become too attached in case everything is taken away from him again, but he wears his heart on his sleeve and is incapable of repressing completely and shutting himself off from others, so fleeing is the only defence he has. knowing him, there's probably also a sense of survivor's guilt which has morphed into "it's my fault that they died; i couldn't protect them." the guy dedicated "every waking moment since that day" to the art of combat, which is of course a healthy response. he dreamed solely of becoming a knight of camelot and yet even when arthur was fighting for him to stay, he left. because he lied, he felt unworthy of the knighthood, but i also think he's scared of having a home in case he loses it again, and perhaps feels that tragedy follows him. maybe he'd rather be miserable fighting others for the entertainment of bloodthirsty assholes than achieving his dream, because it validates the misery which lingers inside of him. it's emotional self-harm, basically. speaking of which: i think he, honestly, wants to find a way to die honourably. that is the perfect way out for him: he doesn't have to cope anymore, but he's not just giving up. i mean, the guy does borderline suicidal shit every episode he features in.

1x05: charging solo at a creature which took out an entire group of knights and is said to only be killable through magical means.

2x04: sacrificing himself so gwen can escape, knowing that he will be caught eventually and put to death by a bloodthirsty crowd.

3x13: going into a castle occupied by immortal soldiers, unaware that merlin has a means to kill them.

4x01: setting out on a mission against another unkillable foe (the dorocha).

4x02: actually sacrificing himself to the callieach.

to be fair, all the knights risk their lives constantly; it's in the job description. but it still feels particularly pronounced with him. this theory is contradicted by the line from 4x02, "I look at you and I wonder about myself. Would I knowingly give up my life for something?" but tbh i still feel that lancelot was always going to die, as much as i hate to say it. staying alive is ooc for him.

also, what is your favorite lancelot moment from s4/s5 (bc the darkest hour pt. 2 didn't happen obviously)

definitely when he said "it's lancin' time" and lanced all over and killed kilgharrah and deprogrammed merlin so he was a normal person again and convinced him to give mordred a chance and everything turned out fine.

okay, being serious: literally every single lancelot moment has a special place in my heart. the scene where merlin collapses and lance immediately runs to help him is SO adorable and so in character i LOVE it. his sheer wonderment when the vilia show themselves; he's such a sweetheart. he really just takes everything in stride and truly accepts magic unconditionally. also the moment where gwaine takes a bite out of an apple while the knights are sneaking around and lancelot shakes his head in exasperation. gwaincelot crumbs!! i have my head tipped back ninety degrees to retrieve them from the very base of the metaphorical crisp packet. he's just too damn sweet. i love him so much ;-;

i absolutely despise 4x09 but he's soooo sexy in that episode. when he rises from the fucking lake naked and dripping with water??? i didn't react in any way i really didn't

[bellamyblakru]

three thoughts while writing this incredibly lonely merlin fic: (1) why didnt kilibitch the large lizard offer himself to close the veil and fix his redemption arc? (2) why didn’t they shove morgana in since she opened it and then we could’ve had two seasons of magic reveal (3) why not force the Callieach into the veil? (i mean, if merlin couldve gone in and he is magic bitch boy himself, then that mf could’ve been forced in, too)

[howlersblog]

THE WIVES!! PANDORA AND CALLIEACH

Hextale belongs to @yoooitspage

[whumpookies]

Do you still like Merlin? Got any fav eps?

Anoni

I'm still a Merlin fan I was raised on Arthurian legends the history and stories always fascinated me, my grandfather used to tell me the stories of old many happy memories come from them....

Yet when you've watched every episode around six times wishing that.

Lancelot didn't go through that vail and Merlin stood up to callieach (seriously his a warlock she's just a gatekeeper!)

Merlin actually stood up to morgana and helped her 🤦🏼‍♀️

Arthur lived if Merlin called that bloody dragon!

The knights worked out the cup of life was the holy grail 🤦‍♀️

Leon actually Worked out he was immortal

Merlin went to Avalon and gave up staring at that bloody gate in the middle of that bloody lake!!

And it still doesn't bloody happen... Well, you kinda have to move on!

Ohh fave episodes lets see.....

ep5 intro to Lancelot,

season 2 episodes 4, 5 and 6.

Season 3 the coming of Arthur episodes 12 & 13.

Season 4 episodes 1 & 2, 6, 11, 12 and 13.

Season 5 episodes 3, 6, 10, 11, 12 and 13.

They are my favourites, but give me Santiago aka Lancelot any day 😈🥰

Whumpookies 🍪

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

Hot take: Episodes 4.01-4.02 (The Darkest Hour) was just a really messed up game of Phasmophobia.

[moonnfangofficial]

(via Darkest Matron // The Olde Ways | Moon Child Pagan)

[shinoods-blog]

Corn dolly for our Samhain celebrations tomorrow! #thanksveronica #keepingtraditionalive #samhain #corndollies #callieach #clan #tradionalwitchcraft (at Greenfields) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwtEKf8FTgM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xb5uehknlie9

[acemapleeh]

A Rough Timeline and Guide of the British Isles

In my findings for history week, I sort of compiled some headcanons as to when each of the countries that make up the Isles came to be, including the Ancients they descended from. This is by no means a historically accurate guide, a lot going off of myths and legends. I, personally, like combining myth into my works and dates are rough to pin down. Take it all with a grain of salt, I’m no historian. I also use the terms BCE (before common era) and CE (common era) instead of BC and AD respectively.

Hibernia/ Ériu (Arrived alongside the mythical Tuatha Dé Danann, and though the fifth and second to last group of people to settle in Ireland, they made up the pantheon of Celtic gods and goddesses; “child” of Danu (mother goddess and credited as being the land), roughly 1897 BCE with the first of their ruling kings; other legends say he arrived with the Milesians (sometime in the 1st millennium BCE), who represent the actual people and are considered to be the ancestors of the Celts and the true fathers of the Irish people; they were the last to settle of the mythic founding. They agreed with the Tuatha Dé Danann to divide the land between the Heavens and Earth before they fought, sending the Gods underground. Hibernia represents more Pre-Christian Ireland so I’m keener on him arriving alongside the pantheon of gods, representing nature, magic, and life. His health began to decline as Christianity overtook the country and the culture began to shift, beginning the path for modern Ireland)

Caledonia/ Celt (keep in mind there was little to no recorded history of Scotland until the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century CE; the creator of the land, Callieach, made the first and ancient rock of Caledonia which is said to be the island of Iona; she created every ascept of the country including its islands, mountains, lakes, and streams; her alter ego, Bride, was the goddess of spring and created the flowers and grass everywhere she walked; Cailleach, who was said to be the hag of winter, was infuriated and imprisoned Bride; Angus Og, the prince of eternal youth and green from Tír na nÓg, sees in a dream what is happening and sets out to find Bride; not long after Cailleach washed her plaid and draped it over the mountains (covering the land in ice and darkness), the prince arrived and battle ensued portraying the eternal struggle of life and death; Cailleach is defeated and driven back to Iona; Bride now free takes the hand of Angus Og and walk into the living Earth; Caledonia is said to have been born after these events, a mixture of the Earth and eternal youth and magic; timeline wise, arrived after Hibernia)

Britannia (historically speaking, she likely shouldn’t exist but I put her here for fiction’s sake; Britain before the Roman occupation mainly consisted of a diverse number of tribes that were collectively referred to as Britons; 'Britain' was just a geographical entity, and had no political meaning, and no single cultural identity; in the early days of the human population of the island not many dates stand out as of significance for Britain’s history; Britannia may have emerged with the first people to which we can give a name, the Beaker folk from the Low Countries and the middle Rhine who turned up in Britain in the Bronze Age (roughly 2,300 BCE); also could theorize she emerged during the British Iron Age (earliest dating to begin 800 BCE) which came with mass migrations of people to the southern half of Briton; Iron Age British tribes were not considered to be Celtic; Britain’s many regional cultures grew out of the preceding local Bronze Age, and did not derive from waves of continental 'Celtic' invaders; a lot of their language and tools resembled closer to mainland Europe’s Celtic (Gaul) rather than Insular Celtic; regardless, during this time was a great emergence of culture and identity and population increase; this one got off track a bit)

Ireland- Érie- Morgan O’Neill (Make them really old to be the one who arrived with the Milesians in the 1st century BCE (Ireland’s last name is O'Neill on account of the descendants of the Milesians include 'Niall of the Nine Hostages' where the O’Neill’s are descended from; fun fact side note, in the mid-1500s, Sean O’Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, was causing so many problems for the English crown that Elizabeth I banned the name O’Neill, on the punishment of death and forfeiture of property so you bet Morgan kept their name to piss Arthur off); you can say the Christian influence shifted Irish culture in about 431 with the first recorded account of the ordination of Pope Celestine I of Palladius as the first bishop to Irish Christians and they grew out of childhood with the changes growing in the country; regardless, they are the oldest of the siblings; they were a patchwork of kingdoms as Gaelic Ireland until the Lordship of Ireland (or Norman Ireland) in 1117, then the Kingdom of Ireland in 1542)

Scotland- Alba- Alistair Cunnynghame (Also said to have descended from the Milesians Gaels though he emerged after the migration from Ireland to Scotland; the Scots Gaels derive from the kingdom of Dál Riata which eventually became associated with the Gaelic Kingdom of Alba; though Scotland was alive before the emergence of this kingdom, it was at its height in the 6th and 7th century where he began to transition from child to teen; from the 5th to 10th centuries, early Scotland was home not only to the Gaels of Dál Riata but also the Picts, the Britons, Angles and lastly the Vikings; the Kingdom of Alba/ Scotland was said to be founded as a successor kingdom to Dál Riata and Pictland in 843)

Wales- Cymru- Dylan Llewellyn (410 emergences of Welsh Kingdoms and Roman garrison withdrawn from Britain (383 was the effective end of Roman rule in Wales) Kingdom of Gwynedd founded in 450; Principality of Wales founded in 1216)

England- Albion- Arthur Kirkland (appeared in 450 along the first emergence of Anglo-Saxon settlements; 927 the Kingdom of England emerged from unified Anglo-Saxon kingdoms)

Northern Ireland- Tuaisceart Éireann/ Norlin Airlann- Seán Donnelly (created in 1921 when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties; honestly I’m uncertain why Hima depicts him being around the same age as Ireland and older than England; he’s the baby brother; the oldest I could put him would be in the 1880′s with the rising resistance to the Home Rule, desire for Irish autonomy in internal affairs without breaking up the United Kingdom, and by 1912, the Ulster Covenant pledged for the county of Ulster to be excluded from Home Rule, WWI would delay the process of Home Rule)

[royal-wren]

I’m finally doing one of these because it just feels appropriate at this time for me despite the fact that this post will probably be a mess. I can’t say it enough, this is an 18+ blog considering that I do post nsfw content on here. That said, all my posts involving my religious practice are interactable and can be reblogged unless I say otherwise in the post. 

I love talking to people so if you ever just want to chat or ask any questions regardless of topic I will happily answer. Anon hate will be deleted.

I’m mainly a Hellenic Polytheist but I’m not restricting myself to that pantheon. I am a devotee of Hermes/Mercury (it’s complicated), Peitho, and the Kharites, and unofficially devoted to Athene, Rhea, and Hera. I worship Leto, Maia, The Pleiades & Hyades, the Nymphai as a whole, Hemera, Khaos, Aphrodite, Apollon, Artemis, Hekate, Styx, Tykhe, Hestia, Demeter, Diwia, Dionysos, Persephone(?), An Callieach, Grian, Aine, Mebd Lethderg, Ereshkigal, and Inanna. Penthesileia and Perseus are part of the heroes I honor and I do make posts and reblog content about them too.

I feel it’s important enough to also mention that my worship involves gods that are historically older, recorded as such. While I don’t like to label outright, I’m effectively a Mycenaean & Minoan era (and even anything before that) reconstructionist, local cultic practices from archaic and before influence a lot for me. Not to mention that Hermes (personally) stays as the god of the dead and the god of death while being a consort of Hekate in my practice as he carries on his status pre-Haides and Thanatos, while Hypnos doesn’t exist in my practice and is just an extension of Hermes that found life divorced from him for other’s worship. I also treat Haides, Thanatos, and Pan in the same way for my worship, not in a way to invalidate others but for my cosmology they aren’t found in it.

Upon request I will also be taking in paid devotional writing prompts of a deity and their epithet/aspect/domain you want covered in prayers found here: devotional masterpost. I also write freelance devotionals/devotional poetry (and non religious poetry as an option so long as I’m given a topic like the rest) found in these examples: one, two, three.  For further looks into anything I write the tag /my writing is chock-full of examples to skim through.

Finally, I am a godspouse to Hermes and godpartner to Artemis and Aphrodite, as well as potentially a fourth that’ll never be mentioned here due to both of our wishes. All I ask is that this last part is respected as I’m an adult and it’s not hurting anyone, if I wanted your criticism and distaste for it I will ask at a later date for just that.

Links:

Old tag / New tag for my other religious posts Worshipping Maia 101 Introduction to Worshipping Hemera Epithets of Leto Epithets of Hermes, Hermes Epithets Continuation Epithets of Athene Epithets of the Pleiades (and by extension, the Hyades) I find Hermes ___ I find Artemis ___ Want to worship Peitho? Here you go: one, two, three My Hermes playlist My Peitho playlist My Artemis playlist My Aphrodite playlist My Inanna Playlist My Penthesilea playlist

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[sapphickittykatherine]

maybe some of you are joking when you say that lancelot is a virgin but i'm not. that man was untouched 'til death. the callieach demanded a virgin sacrifice actually <3

[grandmawitch]

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔯 𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠 𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔰?

I’m particularly drawn to the aesthetics of 16th century Europe, the late Baroque/Rococo period in France, and late 1960s/early 1970s in the US

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔪𝔰?

Can I list 700?  No?  The Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn, The Wicker Man, The Lord of the Rings

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔯𝔢𝔰?

Folk rock, dream pop, post punk, whiskey mamaw country

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔶?

Crystal by Buckingham Nicks

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 (𝔦𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔪𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔶)?

Frau Holle, Baba Yaga, Hecate, Callieach, and Cerridwen.  I love my old grannies.

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔯𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔰?

Oh lord, I don’t have a clue.  Bill Crisafi?  I like a lot of artists on instagram and etsy but I haven’t really thought about this LOL.

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯?

Autumn when it finally starts getting chilly in Appalachia and winter.

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰?

Patchouli (to the point that I can’t really smell it anymore, I probably reek of it to everyone else), amber, jasmine, black pepper

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔞𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔰?

Hobbit goth, witch of the woods, cottagecore but make it inclusive and a little creepy.

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔶 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫?

Painting with my grandparents.  My maternal grandparents were divorced and remarried by the time I came along but they were both artists and I’m so glad they spent time encouraging my creativity when I was wee.

Thanks for tagging me @cultpartyrose, I’ll tag anyone that wants to do the thing (please do the thing!)

[pencildragons]

Thoughts on the darkest hour:

I find it interesting that the main mythological creature of these particular episodes is the Callieach, who is more of a scot gaelic myth than an irish one, although she turns up in both. The hag, the witch, associated with the black night - the darkest hour, if you will.

And the scot gaelic word for dark is dorcha...

...pronounced dorocha.

Make of that what you will, my lads.

[theoceanthatdrownthemoon-chaldea]

Not that I want to push the Cailleach - Morgan idea but Artoria so far only have summer variants. Meanwhile the Alter has both winter and summer variants. This is coincidental with the rotating rulership of Callieach and Brigid since the winter/summer Alter love to scream 'MORGAN'. Maybe I push it a little bit but if anything else, it's a fun theory for me.

Not really, I've been smacked in the face with Morrigan and Cailleach lore on the internet for the past two days.