Women of Sinai -Al-‘Arish
The Sinai dress is a masterpiece of art. Some dresses are predominantly red and are only worn by married women, while the blue ones are worn by widows. Dresses with a mixture of blue and red are an indication that the wearer has ended her period of mourning and is now ready to marry again.
The number of colors and the geometric designs embroidered by the women of Sinai on their dresses makes the latter a marvelous background for their kind of jewelry. It is the same as the Palestinian dress known as the Bir Sab' dress, with reference to the Palestinian area adiacent to the borders of the Sinai Peninsula.
The burgu', or veil, is an important piece of adornment worn only by the married Bedouin women of Sinai. It can almost be considered a piece of jewelry, for it is covered with quantities of hilyat, or round pieces of silver or white metal, or even gold, and sometimes old metal coins. The burgu is also sometimes adorned with a number of chains attached to both sides of the veil, ending in silver units covered with primitive designs stamped onto them, or ending with units of tube coral.
There are only two types of veil in Sinai, the short one worn by the women of the Akharsa tribe and with it a silver necklace or pendant, and the long veil worn by the women of the Bayyada tribe. Unmarried girls leave their faces uncovered so that young men may see their beauty and seek to marry them.
The Sinai Peninsula is inhabited by a number of Bedouin tribes who migrated to Egypt from the Arab peninsula and Palestine in ancient times. They settled, mixed, and intermarried with the different communities of inhabitants surrounding the peninsula, starting with the people of the Egyptian governorate of Sharqiya to the inhabitants of Bir Sab' in Palestine. The borders were open then and an active trade exchange flourished. Moreover, the Palestinian towns and cities were a market for Egyptian products. As a result of the intermarriages, there is a great resemblance between the jewelry worn in Sinai and the jewelry worn in Palestine, so much so that some jewelry workshops in Cairo specialize in producing the pieces of jewelry sold in Palestinian markets.
- Sinai: Land of turquoise (The Traditional Jewelry of Egypt)
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Dag.
God of the day.
Half Asir and half Jöttunn.
Half brother of the Sun goddess.
Child of the Night and Delling of the Dawn.
Dag, he who rides the bright-maned horse Skinfaxe, gifted to him by the all-father in the beggining of all things.
Dag. He who stands behind Dellings door and strike fear in all trolls.
Dag the bright light of the heavens litghtbringer of Midgard.
"The son of Delling urged on his horse adorned with precious jewels.Over Mannheim shines the horse's mane,the steed Dvalin's deluder dew in his chariot"
Drawing is my own version inspierd by Peter Nicolai Arbo painting of Dag from 1874.
Sometimes I like to draw things inspierd by other artist before me, like a fusion of the old and the new.
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YOU TAUGHT ME A LESSON
PEOPLE ARE STUPID IN THE DARK
PEOPLE ARE USELESS IN THE MOONLIGHT
PEOPLE ARE MEANT TO BE LOVED
LOVED WITHOUT THOUGHT
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Dag
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Age: 30
Height: 4'11"
Pronouns: he
Sexuality: pan
Relationship style: solo poly
Species: half elf
(picrew)
Relationships
BG3: Halsin
Star signs: pisces sun, virgo moon, taurus rising
Alignment: lawful neutral
Soul Coin: green with little line brown trails around it, swirling and striping it. Fuzzy and soft to the touch, a bit cool like the ground after a rain.
Backstory:
Dag is a bit feral. Somewhere between the dirt guy from Atlantis and Radagast from LOTR, but in a petite femme body. He's not bothering with coming off as being useful to others, so most people don't give him the time of day.
Dag was raised by a loner monk, being the intermediary between the old man and the rest of society. He learned how people, in general, work from this perspective. He also learned a lot about the forest, how to survive in it and how to help it thrive. The monk who raised him was very stern, boring, and goal oriented. He taught Dag about values and morales, many of which Dag still holds as taught. The monk has since moved away in his final years to die among his family, and left Dag his home and property.
He's very passionate about nature, seeing it as his friend and also his means of survival. He's not a druid or a monk himself though..... He's a warlock because of course he is.
Dag understands plants and mushrooms, so he's really good at foraging.
He has mushrooms tattooed up his inner thighs 🥺
He's friends with the crew and sometimes ventures out of the forest with them, but he cowers behind Turgi or Mix the whole time, or holds Sasli's hand and follows her.
Fear: Mostly he's just afraid of being alone. He feels weak and wants to be taken care of. Mix and Turgi help him feel secure and happy so he's nice and content with them.
Food: Dag is all about texture - he likes thick but soft things.....like mushrooms.
Misc Q&A answers, collected
-Dag smells like wet dirt probably
- He would probably think his biggest weakness is not being spiritual enough, as he was raised by a monk but is completely unfit for monkhood 😂 He is plenty spiritual in a natural way, but not via intellectual thought or anything.
- To drink, he likes dry hard ciders, especially if brewed with wild berries or something unique to the pub he's at. He also loves like all kinds of green tea, he makes his own matcha from scratch (he's a mossy boy).
- Could care less about physical touch, but if it's affectionate, he will melt.
- Love Language: Deep pressure. Dag will try and fail to crush you (bc he smol).
- If he raided be closet, Dag would would wear my patchwork stuff. Flowy skirts, cargo pants, bellbottoms. Clogs. Oversized sweatshirts. He'd also get dibs on all my overalls and coveralls, and everything knitted or crocheted.
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