#hic sunt leones

[palatinewolfsblog]

"Fairytales don't tell children that dragons exist.

Children already know that dragons exist.

Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed."

G.K. Chesterton.

[darthmatthewtwihard]

[darrowsrising]

How I imagine House Augustus' mansions (any of them), staircase edition:

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This is the Staircase at Augustusburg Palace, created by Balthasar Neumann and according to google:

– considered a work of creative genius – is a rapturous structure which unites a lively movement of marble and stucco, jasper columns and caryatids, and culminates in the astonishing frescoed ceiling of Carlo Carlone.

It just fits 💖🦁

[marcogiovenale]

da oggi al 16 giugno, a roma: iper_ festival delle periferie, al mattatoio

programma: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/iper-festival-024-hic-sunt-leo/828666505791709

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[pylonium]

RED RISING ITA BAG!

I have more Red Rising pins/paraphernalia in storage at home but this is what I’ve put together with what I have at the moment. so bloodydamn stoked for Pierce’s book tour later this month!!!

bag is from BlueRobotto

“haemanthus” flowers are from Michaels

“live for more” pin is from dreamyandco on Etsy

“summon the Howlers” pin is from BrioandBrandish on Etsy

Darrow and Sevro pins are from @sushiwestern (Mar B. Heilburg) on Redbubble

“hic sunt leones” and slingBlade/pitviper pins are from @itsiparwing on Redbubble

Pegasus Legion and “I would have lived in peace…” pins are from CreativeLeighCrafts on Etsy

and the constellation stickers are also from Michaels

[crocodilesareboring]

Differenze culturali tra me, emiliano, e @mermaidemilystuff, toscana:

Per me fuori città significa nella città di fianco.

Per lei fuori città significa che le mura medievali del centro non sono mai crollate, il quartiere dietro la piazza è abitato da barbari, dopo la tangenziale Google maps segna hic sunt leones

[t-annhauser]

un pomeriggio in Brianza

Tanti anni fa stavo aspettando l'autobus alla fermata, avevo appena finito di lavorare, era un pomeriggio caldo e luminoso, sarà stato maggio/giugno, anche la circonvallazione con la sua rotonda erbosa sembrava una riserva naturale, quando improvvisamente si ferma un fuoristrada e sento chiamare da lontano il mio nome. Io sorpreso, quasi allarmato, mi volto e vedo farmisi incontro un tizio che lì per lì non mi dice niente, eppure lui sembrava conoscermi benissimo. Sarà capitato anche a voi qualche volta, di un tizio che vi saluta e voi rimanete lì impalati col vuoto nella testa, situazione imbarazzantissima, insomma, questo mi viene incontro e mi saluta con tanto di pacche sulle spalle, io mi voglio fidare, sembra un tipo apposto, e ricambio il saluto nel modo più naturale possibile. Piano piano, una parola qua, una là, comincio a ripescare quella faccia dal fondo della memoria, era uno che veniva ogni tanto in studio parecchi anni prima, un amico del capo che aveva pure lui un'attività, un tipo bassino con una gran parlantina che guidava macchine più grandi di lui, un soggetto tipico della Brianza, insomma, la base elettorale di Forza Italia. Si vedeva chiaramente che mi compativa, io che non guidavo e aspettavo l'autobus, io soggetto poco imprenditoriale, una specie di disabile ai suoi occhi, però parlava e parlava e io intanto guardavo in direzione dell'autobus che si ostinava a non arrivare. Mi dava una confidenza sovradimensionata rispetto alla nostra precedente frequentazione, lui faceva i safari in Africa, una cosa esotica perché è risaputo che per il brianzolo tipo sotto la linea del Po è tutto hic sunt leones, terre popolati da esseri inferiori da colonizzare con le fabbriche o da sfruttare per il puro divertimento, aveva la jeep con lo snorkel per guadare i fiumi, tipo Tom è Gerry quando si tuffano in un laghetto per scampare a uno sciame di vespe e respirano con la cannuccia, insomma, una roba da sboroni. Aveva insistito per avere il mio numero di telefono, io avevo ceduto per togliermelo di torno meditando di metterlo prontamente nella black list una volta sparito, alla fine finalmente mi molla e mi fa il segno da lontano della cornetta del telefono, con la promessa solenne che ci saremmo risentiti. Morale della favola: io mi sono dimenticato di metterlo nella black list e lui non mi ha più telefonato. Questa è la Brianza, e questi sono i suoi personaggi da cinepanettone.

[thisisdecemberista]

Some fic offerings that I wrote for Fic in a Box:

Hic Sunt Leones: A Brothers’ Guide to Life, Love, and and the Latvian Long-Snout (Bill & Charlie & Percy, background Percy/Oliver | Teen)

Percy doesn’t know how to do romance, Bill thinks he can help – and Charlie’s just enjoying the ride. A series of letters between the older Weasley brothers, set after the Second Wizarding War.

& home & home & home (or, a time loop) (Sirius/Remus | Teen)

After Sirius falls through the veiled arch in the Department of Mysteries, he finds himself back in 1981. A time loop fix-it, of sorts.

thorns, in amber (Sirius/Lily | Explicit)

They both love James more than anyone else in the world; they would do anything for him. Or: Lily and Sirius have an affair.

M is for Midnight (Regulus & Narcissa, Regulus & Sirius | Teen)

Regulus lives – except it turns out that living is the hardest part.

Dirty Is The Hand That Strikes The Pure (Sirius/Bellatrix | Explicit)

Sirius and Bellatrix are born promised to each other. A short tragedy in three acts.

[treeofliferpg]

Ideas de rol: Hechizos

Recordamos que el siguiente texto no ha sido redactado por el staff de ToL, solo lo hemos traducido para que pueda llegar a más personas. La autoría pertenece a @goodbyedearfriends. Su tumblr está desactivado, pero podéis leer el post original en nuestro tumblr bajo la etiqueta "idioma original".

ab intra - desde dentro

ab origine - de la fuente

absit iniuria - “que el insulto esté ausente”

absit invidia - “que la envidia esté ausente”

absit omen - “que el presagio esté ausente”

ab uno disce omnes - de uno, aprenden todos

abyssus abyssum invocat - el abismo llama al abismo

a capite ad calcem - de pies a cabeza

acta non verba - acciones, no palabras

ad altiora tendo - “Me esfuerzo por cosas más altas”

ad astra - a las estrellas

ad fontes - a las fuentes

ad meliora - hacia mejores cosas

ad oculos - a los ojos

ad undas - a las olas

ad victoriam - a la victoria

adsum - Estoy aquí

a fortiori - desde la fuerza/fortaleza

a mari usque ad mare - de mar a mar

audeamus - atrevamonos

audentes fortuna iuvat - la fortuna favorece a los valientes

audi, vide, tace - escuchar, ver, callar

beatae memoriae - una memoria bendita

bona fide - de buena fe

bono malum superate - vence al mal con el bien

capax infiniti - sosteniendo el infinito

carpe diem - aprovecha el día

carpe noctem - aprovecha la noche

cave - cuidado

ceteris paribus - todas las cosas son iguales

circa - alrededor

citius, altius, fortius - más rápido, más alto, más fuerte

clavis aurea - llave dorada

cogito ergo sum - Pienso, luego existo

compos mentis - en control de la mente

concilio et labore - con sabiduría y esfuerzo

concordia cum veritate - en armonía con la verdad

concordia salus - bienestar a través de la armonía

coniunctis viribus - con fuerza conectada

consummatum est - estar/está completo

corruptus in extremis - corrupto al extremo

crescit eundo - crece a medida que avanza

de novo - de/desde lo nuevo

de profundis - de/desde lo profundo/profundidades

dies irae - días de ira

dona nobis pacem - danos paz

ego te provoco - te desafío

esse est percipi - ser en lugar de parecer

esse quam videri - ser es ser percibido

esto quod es - ser lo que eres

ex animo - desde el alma

ex luna scientia - de la luna, conocimiento

ex scientia tridens - del conocimiento, poder

ex silentio - de/desde el silencio

ex undis - de/desde las olas del mar

experientia docet - la experiencia enseña

fac et spera - hazlo y espera

fac fortia et patere - haz un acto valiente y aguanta

faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - haz lo que sea necesario

faciam ut mei memineris - Te haré recordar

facta, non verba - hechos no palabras

fortis et liber - fuerte y libre

fortis in arduis - fuerte en las dificultades

gloriosus et liber - glorioso y libre

hic abundant leones - aquí abundan los leones

hic et nunc - aquí y ahora

hic sunt dracones - aquí hay dragones

hinc illae lacrimae - por eso las lágrimas

hinc itur ad astra - desde aquí el camino conduce a las estrellas

igni ferroque - con fuego y hierro

in memoriam - en la memoria

in nocte consilium - el consejo llega de la noche a la mañana

libra - balance

littera scripta manet - las palabras escritas perduran

locus standi - derecho a estar en pie

luceo non uro - Brilla, no te quemes

luctor et emergo - lucho y emerjo

mare liberum - mar libre

memento vivere - recuerda vivir

more ferarum - como bestias

natura non contristatur - la naturaleza no se entristece

nec spe, nec metu - sin esperanza, sin miedo

noli me tangere - no me toques

ophidia in herba - una serpiente en la hierba

pro se - por uno mismo

propria manu - por la propia mano

quaere - buscar

quod abundat non obstat - lo que es abundante no obstaculiza

resurgam - me levantaré

semper ad meliora - siempre hacia cosas mejores

semper anticus - siempre adelante

semper apertus - siempre abierto

semper fortis - siempre valiente

semper liber - siempre libre

stet - dejaló descansar

tuebor - protegeré

vera causa - causa justa/verdadera

[latin-phrases-showdown]

Hic sunt dracones

"Here be dragons"

The phrase was found on two twins globes from the early 16th century - the one of the left was made with 2 parts of an ostrish's egg. It was weighted so it couldn't roll and invert North and South-

Fantastical -and usually scary- creatures were depicted in 16th century maps to design unknow lands or dangerous places. See Olaus Magnus' carta marina below :

In the middle ages, lions were the creatures used to mark such places, hence the phrase "hic sunt leones" (here be the lions), according to the Internet, but I have no formal proof of that.

You can read "hic abundant leones" (here lions are abundant) above the lion on this map, though :

Stephen King wrote a short story called "Here There Be Tygers"

[thepapersnail]

Frédéric Coché, from Hic sunt leones, 2007, oil on paper

[nando161mando]

Banner in solidarity with Kurdish guerrillas displayed during football match in Italy

A banner reading "Biji Guerila" (Long Live the Guerrilla) was displayed during a football match of Hic Sunt Leones team in Bologna.

The day chosen by the activists was not random as the liberation of the city from Nazism is celebrated on 21 April. The sports center is in fact named after Mauro Pizzoli, nom de guerre "Pzulein", a partisan barbarously killed by the Nazis on 29 October 1944 at the age of 20. The day was also characterized by the cowardly attack of Turkish fascist forces in the Metina region with air forces and artillery.

From the activists statement:

"Times change but ideals don't. Just as fascism doesn't change. They wear different names and clothes but retain the same ideas of murder and destruction as always. 'Biji Gerila' is, therefore, not just a banner but a message of full sharing and absolute closeness to the Kurdish partisans."

[marcogiovenale]

iper: festival delle periferie, roma, 10-16 giugno 2024, al mattatoio

programma: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/iper-festival-024-hic-sunt-leo/828666505791709

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if you’re hearing RUNNER UP by BAILEY SPINN playing, you have to know KENDRA CRANE (SHE/HER; FEMALE) is near by! the 31 year old 911 OPERATOR has been in denver for, like, 1 YEAR. they’re known to be quite PESSIMISTIC, but being HARDWORKING seems to balance that out. or maybe it’s the fact that they resemble KAT GRAHAM. personally, i’d love to know more about them seeing as how they’ve got those RAINBOW BOOKSHELVES, HALF DRAWN SKETCHES CRUMBLED IN THE TRASH, AND STAYING UP ALL NIGHT MAKING SOMETHING FOR OTHERS vibes. and maybe i’ll get my chance if i hang out around the CHERRY CREEK long enough!

This is probably going to be really long I am sorry. There are some wanted connections at the bottom as well as on my page!

Basic Info

Full Name: Kendra Anne Crane

Nicknames: Ken, Kenny

Age: 31

Birthday: January 18th, 1992

Zodiac: Aquarius

Occupation: 911 Operator

Schooling: Parsons School for Design

Hometown: New York City, New York

Ethnicity: Americo-Liberian, Ashkenazi Jewish

Languages Spoken: English, ASL, Hebrew, French

Gender: Cisfemale

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Relationship Status: Single

Living in: Cherry Creek District (Owen’s Crescent)

Family Info

Maternal Grandparents: Alan and Bertie Cohen lived in Denver most of their lives. Alan was a business owner and mayor for ten years before retiring while Bertie was a teacher. They left their home in Cherry Creek to their granddaughter Kendra.

Parents: Neil and Amelia Crane are well known Manhattanites who participate in many charitable functions within New York. Neil is the CEO of a Fortune 500 company and Amelia is a former fashion editor and socialite, sitting on the board of many charity groups.

Siblings: Mitchell Crane, the oldest of the Crane children, is a Yale School of Law graduate and a district attorney, on his way to becoming a judge and beginning his political career. Alana Crane, the youngest of the Crane children, is a socialite and social media influencer, having a hand in everything from modeling, travel, and small acting parts.

Pets: Mushu (ball python), Magnus Bane (cat), Oz (pitbull), Rowan and Aelin (lovebirds), Pax (horse)

Physical Info

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Green 

Height: 5’2”

Tattoos: ‘Love’ in Hebrew along her back below her shoulder blade, ‘Hic Sunt Leones’ on her left wrist

Piercings: Two in each lobe

Character Inspo: Monica Gellar (Friends), Brooke Davis (One Tree Hill), Jen Lindley (Dawson’s Creek), Feyre Archeron (ACOTAR), Grace Ryder (911: Lone Star), May Grant (911), Amanda Rollins (Law & Order SVU), Olive Smith (The Love Hypothesis)

Background

Kendra was the middle child of the Crane family, an upper class family from old money and history. The Cranes have been in politics, the stock market, car manufacturing… You name it, someone from their family was probably involved in it. While her mother came from a more simple background, she was still pretty well off as well. She has an older brother, Mitchell, who is following in their grandfather’s footsteps and getting into politics, gunning for Congress eventually, while her younger sister is more of a free spirit. 

Kendra was always the middle child, the scapegoat of the family. She was either ignored or being blamed for her sister’s problems, like somehow she was the reason her sister got super drunk at a party Kendra didn’t even attend. Alana had a lot of medical issues when she was born and almost didn’t make it, so she could do no wrong in her parent’s eyes. She got everything she ever wanted and the slightest accomplishment was ten times better than anything Kendra worked hard for. Sure, Kendra got straight As and an award in science, but Alana got homecoming queen.

Needless to say, there was always a bit of a competition between the two. Alana got all the praise, love, and attention, but she couldn’t match Kendra’s brilliance and talent. Kendra was super smart and talented in art. She got into Parsons School of Design easily while Alana decided to put college off and travel the world and finding herself (note: ten years later and she’s still ‘finding herself’).

Despite not getting much attention from her parents, she had the support of friends, grandparents, and professors who saw her talent and encouraged it. After graduating from Parsons, she started her own line of wedding dresses and became a huge hit very quickly. Her parents weren’t that impressed but at least other people saw her potential. 

Kendra met Daniel Trent at a party, which she was attending to meet people who may fund her next collection. He was charming, sweet, and made her feel like the only girl in the room. He was a hedge fund manager, making a stupid amount of money for stuff she didn’t quite understand, but he was supportive of her own passions and job and it was a great love story. They dated for years before getting engaged. But things all crashed weeks before the wedding.

That was when she walked in on her fiance sleeping with her sister. Turns out, they had been sneaking around behind her back for two years of their four year relationship. He admitted that he was in love with Alana and wanted to end their engagement. 

This wasn’t exactly new to Kendra. Alana had a history of stealing her friends, crushes, and boyfriends before. But she had thought that Daniel wouldn’t do that to her, that he only wanted her. She had seen her sister try to flirt with him when she first introduced him to her family, but he had ignored her. Apparently not as much as she had thought.

She had enough of her sister and yelled at her, really telling her what she thought of her. And wouldn’t you know it, her parents took her sister’s side, saying that there was nothing they could do and they should just let the lovebirds be. And Kendra had enough. She blew up at her parents as well, telling them they always took Alana’s side and didn’t care about her. Even her older brother was taking their side. So that was the last straw of being ignored by her family. She left.

The one family member that had always been on her side was her Bubbe Bertie. Spending time in Denver with her mother’s mother was a time when she didn’t have to compete for attention, it was just given freely as well as love. And a few years ago when her bubbe died, she had left Kendra her house in Denver, Colorado. Her maternal grandparents Alan and Bertie Cohen had lived in Denver most of their lives and Alan was even the mayor for several years. She had always been happy at their house, so she decided to go and live in the inherited house. She hadn’t been to Denver much in the few years, but it was far away from her family and that is what was important. 

Kendra couldn’t stand her own job though. Designing wedding dresses was just breaking her already fractured heart even more. She had worked months on designing and making her own wedding dress for the wedding that didn’t happen. She had plenty of money so she didn’t have to work, but she needed something to do to get her mind off things. Back in high school, she had done a volunteer program at a mental health crisis hotline, which then led her to helping out at a 911 call center later on. She had enjoyed being able to help people and was good at it, even though it was stressful. So she decided to do that again. 

Kendra has been settled in Denver for 6 months now, trying to rebuild her life and forget about her heartbreak from both her fiance and her family. She is focusing on her job, her books, and her pets. 

She is very dedicated to her pets and puts in a lot of effort researching all they need before adopting them. She also extensively trains them when needed. Kendra is a huge fan of books and has a huge library in her new home. She also enjoys cooking, especially sweets, and crafts like crocheting, knitting, and the like.

Kendra is stubborn through and through. When she made up her mind to cut off her family, she refuses to change it. She can hold a grudge when she feels it is justified. She is hard working and dedicated to whatever she decides to do. She is loyal where no one has ever been loyal to her. She is intelligent and loves puzzles and anything that makes her think. She is a huge animal lover and will gladly donate her money to animals in need. She is the type to sacrifice herself for others. She is very artistic but hasn’t drawn or sewn anything since the breakup. She is more guarded with her heart, not trusting that people will stay with her.

Wanted Connections

Childhood friends: Kendra spent a lot of summers, winter holidays, and spring breaks in Denver, so maybe your muse and hers were friends during that time

First Kiss/Crush/BF: It would be so cute if during those times she was in Denver, she had a little crush or something and they would send each other letters and emails and everything until it kind of just fizzled into friendship because long distance is hard

Coworkers: If your muse would work within emergency services, maybe they would know each other! They could grab drinks together after particularly bad days

Fan: Kendra was pretty well known and popular in the bridal fashion world, so maybe your muse is a huge fan of hers and doesn’t get why she’s not doing it any more. Maybe they even encourage her to design again

Knew Her Grandparents: Kendra’s grandparents were very involved in the social scene in Denver, so perhaps your muse knew them or heard of them before!