#I feel like the north would be mermaids and mermen while the south would be werewolves.

[the-genius-az]

Who do you think would be a werewolf and who would be a vampire in atla? Or what do you think their nations would mainly be

or any other monster

Thanks for the question, Amor!

I like the idea of Azula witch, Mai vampire and Ty Lee female werewolf, that's cool.

But if we talk about all Nations and that monsters exist, well here it goes!

For the water tribes, women would be mermaids, while men would be werewolves, but there are always exceptions.

The air nomads would be mummies, because they are already dead.

The Earth Kingdom would be vampires, you know, because of Ba Sing Se's hypnosis, and because of the fear of the sun.

And the Fire Nation would be witches, why? for an inside joke.

[phynxrizng]

SEA SHELLS, THEIR MEANINGS AND MAGICK

SeastarsMermaidsCove MENU AND WIDGETS Day 21~ Sea Shells, their Meanings and Magick

Long before fancy new-age tools became readily available through specialty shops, our magic-using ancestors turned to nature for their power objects. Natural objects are imbued with spiritual energies that we can harness for our own use in spells and charms. Seashells in particular have a long history of magical uses, as they were associated with the powers of various sea gods and goddesses of different cultures.



Being born of the ocean, shells are strongly associated with the element of water. They are also associated with the moon, which drives ocean tides. Both the element of water and the moon have strong feminine energies that are receptive in nature, so shells are primarily used in magic to draw things you desire into your life.

Shells taken from the ocean need little ritual preparation for magical uses; however, if your shells were bought from a store or have been stashed in a box for a while, they may benefit from cleansing and recharging. To do this, place your shells in a bowl of water mixed with sea salt. Set them aside to soak for a day or overnight. Recharge them by setting the bowl in the sun or under the light of the full moon for several hours.

Love

One of the main symbols for Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, is the seashell. Invoke the power of Aphrodite for love spells using shells by wearing seashell jewelry or hair ornaments to attract a mate. Use a hinged seashell with the two parts still attached as a powerful love talisman to keep two lovers together. Write the initials of the lovers on the inside of the shell, one on each side, then seal it shut with glue.

Prosperity

Many cultures used shells as a form of currency. Cowrie shells were used in Africa and North America, and Native Americans used wampum—beads made from clam shells—as money. Because of this, shells are suitable for money spells. Fill a small green or gold pouch with seashells, a silver coin and mint, which is a money-drawing herb. Hang the bag where you do business, and rub it when you desire prosperity. Place a small seashell in your wallet or purse to continually keep money coming to it.

Protection

Protection is a shell’s primary purpose in nature, as it is made to keep small, defenseless sea creatures safe from harm. Because of this, shells have strong protective energies. Many cultures in coastal areas use shells in folk magic to protect the home by placing strings of shells over windows and doors. Necklaces of strung shells can be worn by children to keep them close to home and safe from harm. Placing a small, round shell on the collars of your pets will keep them safe should they wander from home.

Seashells that wash up on the shore come from a netherworld where ocean meets land. Because of the Moon’s influence on the tides, these seashells hold the energy of the Moon goddess. Many shells, particularly sea snails and the chambered nautilus, form or contain a spiral—the powerful symbol of the Great Mother Goddess. Spiral shells can be used to stimulate energy in your home or in ritual. Other shells have a calming effect because of their smooth surfaces. Shells can be placed anywhere singly, or they may be in jars, bowls, and baskets. A summer wreath for the front door could include a few seashells to add their magic to the energy that enters your home.



“Shells are gentle healers and messengers, and very powerful tools of transformation. Each seashell was created as its home by an individual animal who had their own package of DNA and their own consciousness. Each shell, therefore, has its own bundle of information to share with us. That information is waiting to be accessed whenever we hold a particular shell, or even just look at one in a photograph.”  Tracy Holmes Shells and their Meanings

Sea Shells can be used as a magical component for any spell. Naturally, each type of shell has its own particular associated which lend itself more to some spells than others.

Abalone:

Abalone Shells have a strong elemental bond with the Earth and it’s healing capabilities. Abalone is closely connected to that of the Water element and the vibrations of Love, Beauty, Gentleness, Caring, Compassion and Peace.

Abalone Shell has been used in jewelry making and religious spiritual ceremonies for countless ages. It is also known as “the Sea Ears” because of it’s flattened, oval shape with iridescent interior. It was used by Native Northwest American Indians for cleansing, offerings and prayers. Usually Abalone is found off the coasts of South America, Japan and China.

On an intuitive level, Abalone helps to stimulate psychic development and intuition while promoting the power of imagination. It has a soothing vibration that can help calm emotions during deep healing and will emotionally support the growth of Self.

Physically, Abalone can heal the body within the Chakras but resonates most with the Third Eye, Heart and Solar Plexus Chakras. Within Third Eye Chakra, it will stimulate psychic intuition. Within the Heart Chakra it will help to gently clear and release emotions of fear, sorrow or any other negative feelings held. Within the Solar Plexus, it will use the power of Nature to re-instill the Power of Self.

Abalone can be used for chakra balancing because abalone has all of the colors of the rainbow, abalone can be used with almost any chakra balancing techniques you have learned.

Abalone will help with anxiety and stress related issues in high strung individuals. It will also help with relief with arthritis, joint disorders, muscular problems, the heart and the digestive system. It is very helpful for athletes that would like to help build and protect healthy muscle tissue while strengthening the heart muscles!

I use mine as a Smudge pot!!

Lined the bottom with a bit of tin foil to protect the shell from being scorched and made cleaning it much easier!!

Abalones power to protect from negativity helps protect your magick spells and rituals. Incense burned in an abalone shell incense holder is empowered for any kind of magick.

You can also use to contain empowered herbs, and stones.

The Abalone is useful for finding things hidden and good fortune. It is also a good shell for meditating upon inner beauty and strengthening self love.

 Common Atlantic Auger shells Auger: Frequently found on local beaches, lovely shades of purples and periwinkle blue.

This is a large family of very long and slender shells, ranging in size and with numerous whorls. Due to it’s phallic shape it may be used for any male oriented magic, e.g. fertility, courage, power and in the aid to healing male ailments.

 Knobby Cerithium Shells Ceriths-also plentiful on Gulf beaches

Most species of this major family are also small, long and thin. Due to its phallic shape it may be used for any male oriented magic, as well.

 Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1486) Clam (Many families of Clams, Tridacna, Mactra, Solenidae, Cultellidae, Veneridae)

The giant clams are a small but well known family of large to very large shells. The Goddess Venus is often depicted standing in a Clam (the Tridacna Gigas). This shell is perfect for Goddess related spells and rituals. It is also ideal for love and friendship spells.

Used for purification and love. A small clam shell may be etched with a rune and made into a potent talisman.

Cockle: The basis of the expression “warming the cockles of the heart,” this shell is best used in spells for love, friendship, relationships, emotions.

This is a large and very well known family, composed chiefly of edible bivalves, which live in worldwide locations in both shallow and deep water. This shell is suitable for spells of love, friendship, family and emotions and we are reminded of it with the saying “to warm the cockles of my heart”.

THESE are plentiful in January and February here!! I use them as dishes for everything!!

 Queen Conch Conch: When blown, this shell produces a loud noise. It can be used effectively in spells of summoning, for difficulties in communicating, and as an aid in clearing up misconceptions.

The conch shell was one of Buddhism’s eight auspicious symbols, signifying truthful  speech and strength.  It also appears in the Hindu tradition of prayer, and was the weapon of choice of mystical mermaids and mermen, looking up to the magnitude of waves across the ocean.  As such, its mystical meaning  alludes to strength and fortitude.

The Queen Conch is the epitome of the femaleness of the sea!! She stands in for the Goddess on my altar alongside the Horse Conch for the God.

 Horagai The conch, or shankh, is the most ancient musical instrument known to man.

Horagai  are large conch shells that have been used as trumpets in Japan for many centuries. They are used for religious purposes or as a signal for samurai.

Obtained as a gift from the great ocean, it was held as sacred, and reference is found all over ancient Indian literature.  It is seen in the hands of almost all gods and goddesses, whenever they were happy or going off to war.  In Buddhism the conch shell’s call is meant to awaken one from ignorance, and is a sign of victory over suffering.  In Chinese Buddhism, the conch shell signifies a prosperous journey, and in Islam it represents  hearing the divine world.

The spiral formation inside the conch is symbolic of infinity.  The space , which gradually expands in a clock-wise direction.  The shell is like the human journey of life.  The hard casing protects life.  The pearl inside (a scallop or oyster), and its aquatic nature associates it with the feminine, lunar, and virginity that is symbolic in music. The conch shell’s spiral form and relation to water cause it to represent the beginning of existence.

 Horse Conch Horse Conch, Florida’s official state shell since 1969. This large conch is called a ‘horse’ for a good reason. The Horse has long held deep and rich symbol meanings which would apply to the Horse Conch.

Power Grace Beauty Nobility Strength Freedom Forward Movement  Fighting Conch The Fighting Conch has a richly deserved reputation. A small, scrappy shell it is very aggressive in its defense. If you find one of these the Message is to ‘stand your ground’ and even ‘put up your dukes’. Sometimes we have to defend what we believe in, what matters the most, what our principles stand for.

 Crown Conch Crown Conch is a small royal purple shell with a ‘crown’ of protruding spines. Reminds us to remember our own Royal Divinity, as Daughters and Sons of the Sea Goddess.

Cones– May suggest it is time to “take charge” of a situation you have been hoping someone else would address. Conversely, it may suggest that it is time to “give up command “ of a situation, retreat or take cover… “circle the wagons”, or just plain, “lead by example”

There are many cone shell varieties but they are similar in their appearance and the meaning remains the same for each.

Cowry: Just look at a cowrie shell and you can guess why it has traditionally been used as a symbol of fertility. If you look closely you will see that it resembles the female genitalia.   Shaped like labia, small cowries were sewn into the hems of Indian women’s dresses to encourage love and fertility.

This shell can be used for female magic, in particular fertility, pregnancy, birth, menstrual problems, difficult menopause and female sexuality.

 Jingles Jingles-Money and Prosperity

Put a handful loosely in your hand and see why they are called ‘jingles’. Like a pocket of change they tinkle!!

 rough key hole limpet LIMPETS: Courage, confidence, physical strength. These funny looking little shells look like a volcano , with its conical shape and opening at the top.

There are certainly situations which require endurance, confidence, courage and physical strength just dont go overboard. Finding a Limpet is either saying more is called for or less is  more. You’ll know which is which.

Olives

Lettered Olives are just that, markings that look like an ancient script.

They are Messengers of Friendship, Hope and Healing.

A Love Letter from the Sea!

 Tigers Eye Moon Snail Moon snail: As its name implies, the shell resembles a small moon.

It can be used for lunar magick of all types.

Psychic awareness, purification, and peace.

It’s spiral pattern speaks of the Continuity of Life reminding you life is ever unfolding, developing and progressing.  The final chapter has yet to be written.

Murex: The sharp spikes of the murex shell immediately suggest it can be used for protection, defense, and preservation.

We call these ‘jewel boxes’ because of the soft pink interior, like the velvet inside a jewelry boxes. They always remind me of my own ‘treasures’, to not take one day, one friendship for granted. Then someone comes to mind who needs a call, a visit, a reminder of their own that they are treasured by me!!





Nautilus: (meaning “sailor” in Greek) Most of its existence is spent in some of the deepest regions of the sea, and when seen, only seems to come out at night. The Nautilus shell, being a sacred representation for growth and rejuvenation, forms into progressively greater chambers throughout its life, and they are coated with mother-of-pearl.

The Nautilus has in fact been around since the time of the dinosaurs. It starts as a very small shell to protect the animal inside. As the animal grows, it outgrows it’s safe chamber and the Nautilus shell grows a new chamber to accommodate it (slightly larger). This continues until the animal dies. If you have ever seen a cross section of a Nautilus shell you will notice all the small chambers that spiral around and around. These are all the ‘homes’ the shell has created.

In Hindu mythology, the sacred Nautilus Shell symbolized the multiplicity of creation. The internal elegance of nature can also be represented by the Nautilus Shell. The golden mean number (known as PHI – 1.6180339…) can also be found in the shape of the Nautilus Shell.  The universal design of the golden mean seems to be a geometrical blueprint for life itself. PHI can be seen in all biological configurations such as the seed pattern of a sunflower, the spiral pattern of a sea shell, the proportions of human and animal skeletons, and in the patterns of certain types of cactus plants. This value was known by Plato as being “the key to the physics of the cosmos.”

From a symbolic viewpoint, it is interpreted that the Nautilus is therefore about growth and evolution.This shell, which is shaped almost exactly like the brain, can be used for any mentally related spells. This would include term papers, examinations, and writings of any kind.

Oyster: Due to their pearl generating abilities, oysters are best used in spells for good fortune and also banishment.

In order to protect itself from irritating grain of sand, the oyster will quickly begin covering the uninvited visitor with layers of nacre — the mineral substance that fashions the mollusk’s shells. Layer upon layer of nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, coat the grain of sand until the iridescent gem is formed.

This is the Oysters greatest message. To take our irritants and make them into something beautiful.

 Pen Shell Pen Shell– These interesting creatures feed in wet shallow sands, the tip dug down deep looking for smaller mollusks. Usually you find them in pieces but on a good day you may well find one more or less intact. On a GREAT day you will find the entire shell, void of occupant, just waiting for you to scoop up and take home to place on your altar!!

Shaped like a quill or “pen” they are excellent for writers, artists and other creative types to help dig in and draw from that well deep within to bring forth the beauty we are called to do.

They are often covered with barnacles which writers, artists and other creative types know are those nagging voices of self-doubt and self-criticism. Let it remind you that if you couldnt do it, then it wouldn’t have been given (inspired) to you to do.

Scallop: Scallop shells are good all-purpose shells. They can be used in place of any other shell.

Because of the diversity of pattern and colour, and because they are easy to store, the scallops are very popular with collectors. It is a large group with several hundred species, occuring worldwide. Most are found in tropical waters. Because of its diversity, the Scallop Shell may be used in any form of magic, especially when you can’t find just the right shell for the job.

Their meaning relates to Travel and movement and could speak of temporary move “a trip” or an actual change of address.

 Sundial Sundials These lovelies speak to the Power of the Sun, of Solar timing, Success and Victory.

They are Messengers of Hope and Encouragement.

If you’ve been struggling, then Dawn is just around the corner. Hold on just a little bit longer. Your answer is on its way. Victory is assured.

Banded Tulip– these little beauties are found in grassy beds and among mangrove roots. They speak to the ‘ties which bind’ (bands) and those who ‘encircle’ us, our ‘posse’ as it were. If a Banded Tulip comes into your life it is telling you to look at your ties, are there some who are tied too close? Other ties which need ‘tightening’ which happens when life gets in the way. Or perhaps you are feeling ‘hemmed in’ and needing a longer (or less) leash.

Whelk: A curved shell that is easy on which to get a grip, whelk shells are used for spells when you need to ‘get a handle’ on things and gain control of a situation. They make great ‘dippers’ and I have one which had a hole on the bottom, turned over, filled with lamp oil, add a wick and I have a great Lamp for my altar!!

There are a great many Whelk varieties. All but one rotate clockwise, all but the Lightning Whelk, it rotates counter clockwise. Just hold it up by its ‘stem’ with the opening facing you and you will see which way is which.

 Lightning Whelk The lightning whelk  is an edible species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk.  This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

Sometimes when you think you need to go right, left is better. Don’t see those detours in life as you losing your way. Rather choose to see the Universe working in your favor, preventing you from falling in a hole or  making a mistake. Sometimes Left is Right!!

 Pear Whelk Pear Whelk

Smooth and right hand whorled, like other Whelks it tells us to ‘get a grip’, take charge and move forward!



Egg casings are a great find, their spiral form full of the potential of new life.

Sign of happy Whelks who find the waters more than satisfactory to meet their needs. Happy Whelks means healthy Ocean.

Worm snail-not the prettiest of seashells but the most tenacious, these little buggers are they which bore through other shells and slurp up the contents (hence the holes seen on other shells found). Thus is the cycle of life! We owe a great debt of gratitude to the Worm snail for many of the shells we find (seabirds account for many of the rest).

This shell grows, at first as a corkscrew but the older it gets the more elongated it becomes.

Our life is like that, at first full of twists and turns, as we find ourselves, our way. If this turns up in your beach bucket either you or someone you love is going through seemingly twisted and turned life but the Worm Shell sends out a Message, all is not lost. You (or they) will soon find their way.

These are a ‘few’ of my favorite things!!

Waves of Blessings~~

Seastar

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