#Lia Fáil

[stairnaheireann]

Fáilas

Fáilas was one of the four cities of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with Gorias, Findias, and Murias, whence they came to Ireland. Morfessa was the instructor of learning there. In their departure the Tuatha Dé Danann took the magical stone of Fál with them. That stone would cry out to choose the rightful King of Ireland.

[bletheringskite]

Lia Fáil

Also known as the Stone of Destiny or Speaking Stone

Some Scottish chroniclers, such as John of Fordun and Hector Boece from the thirteenth century, treat the Lia Fáil the same as the Stone of Scone in Scotland.

According to this account, the Lia Fáil left Tara in AD 500 when the High King of Ireland Murtagh MacEirc loaned it to his great-uncle, Fergus (later known as Fergus the Great) for the latter's coronation in Scotland. Fergus's sub-kingdom, Dalriada, had by this time expanded to include the north-east part of Ulster and parts of western Scotland. Not long after Fergus's coronation in Scotland, he and his inner circle were caught in a freak storm off the County Antrim coast in which all perished.

The stone remained in Scotland, which is why Murtagh MacEirc is recorded in history as the last Irish King to be crowned on it.

However, historian William Forbes Skene commented: "It is somewhat remarkable that while the Scottish legend brings the stone at Scone from Ireland, the Irish legend brings the stone at Tara from Scotland

[merymoonbeam]

Light and Dark

Cc3 spoilers. You have been warned. 🫡

My obsession with this connection started when I saw @silverlinedeyes post about the six-pointed star in hosab and I added how I thought it resembled the TT scene elriel has.

We have the six pointed star in hosab and ithan-Hypaxia explained it like this.

Ithan angled his head. “A six-pointed star,” he said. Like the one Bryce had made between the Gates this spring, with the seventh candle at its center. “It’s a symbol of balance,” she explained, moving away a foot, but keeping the dagger at her side. Her crown of cloudberries seemed to glow with an inner light. “Two intersecting triangles. Male and female, dark and light, above and below … and the power that lies in the place where they meet.”

And we have the Elriel TT scene.

Elain looked up at Azriel, their eyes meeting, his hand still lingering on the hilt of the blade. I saw the painting in my mind: the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two. The only bridge of connection … that knife.

So as you can see by the same color highlighted parts. It matches quiet well. But we are gonna focus on the green highlighted part now.

As you can see ithan thinks that it resembled a six-pointed star when bryce made the drop with the Heart Gate.

Hypaxia said, “Look at the Gates.” The quartz Gates across the city began to glow. Red, then orange, then gold, then white. Firstlight erupted from them. Lines of it speared out in every direction. The lights flowed down the ley lines between the Gates, connecting them along the main avenues. It formed a perfect, six-pointed star. The lines of light began to spread. Curving around the city walls. Cutting off the demons now aiming for the lands beyond. Light met light met light met light. Until the city was ringed with it. Until every street was glowing. And Bryce was still making the Drop. It was joy and life and death and pain and song and silence.

The important part is here that it was the Heart Gate. The center of the crescent city. Map:

One of seven in this city, all carved from enormous blocks of quartz hewn from the Laconian Mountains to the north, the Old Square Gate was often called the Heart Gate, thanks to its location in the dead center of Lunathion, with the other six Gates located equidistant from it, each one opening onto a road out of the walled city.

So it is the...heart. you know what is described as heart in acotar? RAMIEL.

Ramiel. The sacred mountain. The heart of not only Illyria, but the entirety of the Night Court.

A little elain quote:

“When I sleep,” she murmured, “I can hear your heart beating through the stone.” She angled her head, as if the city view held some answer. “Can you hear mine?”

And in my wild hunt post I theorized that Ramiel felt like the gates in a way. Because I think sarah took inspo from the Lia Fail stone from myths. It is one of the four treasures of Tuantha De Danaan. I went into more detail in my wild hunt post I link so Im not gonna add everything here again.

So Lia Fail.

The Lia Fáil was thought to be magical: when the rightful High King of Ireland put his feet on it, the stone was said to roar in joy. The stone is also credited with the power to rejuvenate the king and also to endow him with a long reign.

And we know that ramiel stone heals.

“Who healed you?” Nesta pulled back to survey them. “How are you even here?” “The stone,” Emerie explained, features soft with wonder. “It healed every wound on us the moment it brought us out of the Rite. We arrived here, of all places.”“I think it knew where we were needed most,” Gwyn said quietly, and Nesta smiled.

And we know that with firstlight you can heal. Does the ramiel stone consist firstlight and it works in a gate like way? It literally teleported them? How can it do that?

In hosab we have this:

“Your power came from the Gate—with a shit-ton of firstlight mixed in. So your magic—beyond the light, I mean— needs to be powered up. It relies on firstlight, or any other form of energy it can get. You’re literally a Gate: you can take in power and offer it. But it seems the similarity ends there. The Gates can store power indefinitely, while yours clearly peters out after a while.”

So a gate can take power and offer it and it can store indefinitely. If we take the ramiel as a first light storage of daglan with the ramiel stone it is working like a gate would?? Because in hofas the daglan under prison said they hid many things...under mountains as well.

Vesperus backed up a half step, hissing at the gleaming weapon. “We hid pockets of our power throughout the lands, in case the vermin should cause … problems. It seems our wisdom did not fail us.” “There are no such places,” Azriel countered coldly. “Are there not?” Vesperus grinned broadly, showing all of her too-white teeth. “Have you looked beneath every sacred mountain? At their very roots? The magic draws all sorts of creatures. I can sense them even now, slithering about, gnawing on the magic. My magic. They’re as much vermin as the rest of you.”

We have another light and dark scene with important sword and dagger. The dagger that was in the elriel scene—TT and Gwydion.

They are white and dark light—Alpha and Omega.(I have a post about this)

The male drew it, and Bryce flinched.

Flinched, but—“What the fuck?” The knife could have been the twin of the Starsword: black hilted and bladed. It was its twin. The Starsword began to hum within its sheath, glittering white light leaking from where leather met the dark hilt. The dagger— The male dropped the dagger to the plush carpet. All of them retreated as it flared with dark light, as if in answer. Alpha and Omega. “Gwydion,” the dark-haired female whispered, indicating the Starsword.

And whats important is that with her power bryce can unite them to open a portal to nowhere.

Polaris’s eyes widened as Bryce plunged the blades into her chest. And as those blades thrust through skin and bone, the star in Bryce’s own chest flared out to meet them. It collided with the blades, and both sword and knife blazed bright, as if white-hot. The light extended up through Bryce’s hands, her arms, her body, turning her incandescent— Into a star. A sun.

What's important is that as bryce collects Theia's power that was parted into three parts she starts to realize it is taking a touch of darkness...

Bryce rolled her eyes, but for a heartbeat, Hunt wondered if Thanatos was right: Bryce had explained how the prism in the Autumn King’s office had revealed her light to now be laced with darkness, as if it had become the fading light of day, of twilight—

And we go to that scene...

With a prayer to Cthona, she sent twin beams of light arcing around the prisms, shooting straight into them.Twin bursts of that light flared from either prism, gunning for each other. Bands of light falling into darkness, her power stripped to its most elemental, basic form. They shot for each other, and where they met, light and darkness and darkness and light slamming into each other—Bryce stepped into the explosion in the heart of it. Stepped into her power.It lit her up from the inside, lit up her very blood. Her hair drifted above her head, pens and papers and other office detritus flowing upward with it. Such light and darkness—the power lay in the meeting of the two of them. She understood it now, how the darkness shaped the light.

And the purple highlighted part...it is exactly the same as the six pointed star.

Ithan angled his head. “A six-pointed star,” he said. Like the one Bryce had made between the Gates this spring, with the seventh candle at its center. “It’s a symbol of balance,” she explained, moving away a foot, but keeping the dagger at her side. Her crown of cloudberries seemed to glow with an inner light. “Two intersecting triangles. Male and female, dark and light, above and below … and the power that lies in the place where they meet.”

And if we go by the elriel scene...

Elain looked up at Azriel, their eyes meeting, his hand still lingering on the hilt of the blade. I saw the painting in my mind: the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two. The only bridge of connection … that knife.

Can you see the connection?

Also that elemental part in bryce's scene. we learn about that in acosf.

Cassian forced himself to sit perfectly still as Rhys dragged a hand through his black hair. “Once, the High Fae were more elemental, more given to reading the stars and crafting masterpieces of art and jewelry and weaponry. Their gifts were rawer, more connected to nature, and they could imbue objects with that power.”

And we know how theia and her line can use the TT and Starsword bc she helped them make them.

Theia extended her hands toward the water, the offered blades. And on phantom wings, sword and dagger soared for her. Summoned to her hands.Starlight flared from Theia as she snatched the sword and knife out of the air, the blades glowing with their own starlight. My mother returned that day with only Pelias and my father’s blades. As she had helped Make them, they answered to the call in her blood. To her very power.

So maybe Azriel and Elain have some kind of elemental magic as well?

Also the stone on top of ramiel...sings.

But when he’d touched the onyx monolith, when he’d felt that ancient force sing into his blood in the heartbeat before it had whisked him back to the safety of Devlon’s camp … It had been worth it. To feel that. With a solemn bow of his head toward Ramiel and the living stone atop it, Cassian caught another swift wind and soared southward.(acofas)

TT and Gwydion also sing.

“Let’s go,” Azriel said, and released her hand. Because the sword and dagger weren’t merely tugging now. They were singing, and all she had to do was reach out for them—

What's more interesting is @icedflames made a post about Fragarach and about the connection between gwydion and tt which came true in cc2 as we learned they were connected.

You have to stand on top of Lia Fail stone with Fragarach.

In Irish mythology, Fragarach (or Freagarthach), known as "The Whisperer", "The Answerer", or "The Retaliator", was the sword of Nuada, the first high king. The sword was forged by the gods and was meant to be wielded only by those who posed above the stone of destiny (the Lia Fail) which roared and the sword whispered in response.

So do we need to take Gwydion and TT to Ramiel? To that Stone? We need Elriel to do it bc all of them are "light and dark"? What will happen if they are all there?

Also dont forget about book of breathings prophecy.

Life and death and rebirth

Sun and moon and dark

Rot and bloom and bones

Hello, sweet thing. Hello, lady of night, princess of decay. Hello, fanged beast and trembling fawn. Love me, touch me, sing me.

Also Fionn dipped the Gwydion to Cauldron.

Another shift of memory, and Fionn pulled a long blade from the Cauldron, dripping water. A black blade, whose dark metal absorbed any trace of light around it. Bryce’s knees weakened. The Starsword. Two other figures stood there, veiled in the thick snow, but Bryce hardly got a chance to wonder about them before Silene’s narration began anew.

And Cauldron sits upon Ramiel.

“The Cauldron,” Nesta said hours later, pointing to yet another carving on the wall. It indeed showed a giant cauldron, perched atop what seemed to be a barren mountain peak with three stars above it. Azriel halted, angling his head. “That’s Ramiel.” At Bryce’s questioning look, he explained, “A mountain sacred to the Illyrians.”

So we are going to ramiel with gwydion and tt? 🫡

[moiraimyths]

Where would the line of succession go if Aífe/Flannán didn't have an heir? What are the succession laws for the other world?

This is a little situational! At the moment, if Flannán were to die suddenly, it is quite possible the "Unseelie" as a distinct nation state would quickly cease to be, as they would be vulnerable to the Seelie swooping in to reclaim the lost territory while they have the opportunity to do so. That said! In terms of the technical process of selecting a new monarch, it may surprise you to learn it would come down to a vote! Not from the "common" people, mind you, but among the regional lords of the Seelie/Unseelie sides. Eligible persons for the throne would make their cases for why they ought to rule instead, and the candidate with the most support would be the next monarch. Typically candidates consisted of other lords who could claim shared ancestry with the previous monarch, but in the Unseelie's case, since both Lugaid and Flannán were common born and their ancestries were not tracked, the election would be dubiously open to all lords, or close confidants like Maeve who command the people's respect. This is how Aífe became queen, actually! Of course, the fact she was chosen by Lia Fáil (the ancient coronation stone) also helped her case.

If you're wondering, this system does have a basis in Brehon law (ancient Irish law), specifically under a system called tanistry. The Tuatha Dé's current system is not quite the same as the historic system, though: After the Tuatha Dé were defeated by the Milesians, many of the ancient laws were revisited/revised to encourage stability (submission to a central state power) and thereby clamp down on territory grabs, cattle raids, etc. between lords (or, then, petty kings). In any case, one change to the law was establishing a line of succession based on age and the familial relation, with direct descendants preferred over brothers or sisters, etc. Voting in a new monarch is now more or less a "final resort".

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Love it when games give bards their "disney princess" moments. Not even being sarcastic here, like they're genuinely always so cool to come across. I will never get tired of this trope.

The Wolven Storm from the Witcher 3, Leliana's song from DA Origins, Canaid Lia Fáil from AC Valhalla, Lohse's song from Divinity 2, the Weeping Dawn from BG3...I always end up just sitting there with big 'ol hearteyes like 'pls let me lay my head on your lap and listen to you sing all day uwu'

[lucientelrunya]

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people.

I was tagged by @forerussake thank you!!

L - Long way home by Walk off the Earth & Lindsey Stirling

U - Undone by Tommee Profitt & Fleurie

C -Canaid Lia Fáil (feat. Julie Fowlis) by Einar Selvik

I - In the flood by Lovisa Berdahl

E - Eye on you by WONHO

N - Nightlight by Illenium & Annika Wells

T - Throne by Bring Me The Horizon

E -Endless War by Within Temptation

L - Love like Ghosts by Lord Huron

R - Red Light by Stray Kids

U - Unter meiner Haut by Gestört aber GeiL, Koby Funk, Wincent Weiss

N - Narcissistic Cannibal by EarlyRise

Y - Ya'aburnee by Halsey

A - Animal I have become by Three Days Grace

Phew, that was a lot. I don’t have that many songs with an U... and I surely don't have that many people to tag. Let's see:

@s1utspeare, @kholran, @sunriseverse, @daydreamorama, @lacommunarde, @nope4ever, @mausyi, @adelaiderowan and everyone else who wants to do this!!

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Ciara Ingen Medba

[disparate-dawn]

So Tara wasn't actually a place where people lived in a traditional sense, it was (and is) more of a cultural and religious site. For the ancient Irish people it was the site of numerous burial sites and religious grounds, and even into the medieval era it was the site where the Irish High Kings were inaugurated.

So I can definitely see folks wanting to stop an arsonist. It would be like if the same guy kept burning down the Vatican every year. You'd definitely find at least a few folks contesting this guy.

The fire-breathing Aillén, a wicked musician of the Tuatha dé Danann who was the bane of Tara for 23 years.

[stairnaheireann]

Fáilas

Fáilas was one of the four cities of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with Gorias, Findias, and Murias, whence they came to Ireland. Morfessa was the instructor of learning there. In their departure the Tuatha Dé Danann took the magical stone of Fál with them. That stone would cry out to choose the rightful King of Ireland.

[azvolrien]

Ireland - Day 4

Today took me out of the city for the first time, as I’d booked a coach trip, so I got up a little earlier to give me plenty of time to reach the pickup point. The day dawned cloudy and cool again, and unlike yesterday it generally stayed that way.

I met up with the rest of the tour group outside the euphemistically-named Ned Kelly Sports Club (actually a casino, as far as I could tell) to wait for the coach, which arrived to pick us up right on time. On board we were greeted by the tour guide, who clearly runs her tour business herself rather than via an agent as she was who I booked with directly over email. She is, usefully for a tour guide, significantly better at talking than she is at typing, as she spent the entire drive from central Dublin to the Hill of Tara filling us in on all the relevant background of Irish history and prehistory, from the very first Stone Age settlers all the way forwards through the Bronze and Iron Age Celts, the golden age of monastic settlement after the fall of Rome, the arrival and settlement of the Vikings, the Anglo-Norman invasion, the Great Famine and the mass emigration that followed, the struggle for independence and the economic boom of more recent decades, and all the stuff in between. Most of this probably wasn’t strictly necessary for understanding the context of the day’s largely Neolithic sites, but it was still interesting. The Battle of the Boyne also came up in passing – as our guide put it, ‘a Scot and a Dutchman fighting in Ireland over the throne of England’ – but mainly because the drive took us past the battlefield site.

As mentioned, the first stop on the tour was the Hill of Tara, capital of the ancient kings of Ireland. The site covers a pretty huge area and we only had about an hour there so I didn’t have time to explore it in detail, but I was still able to look around the old burial cairn called the Mound of the Hostages and see the ancient henge-like earthworks around the Lia Fáil, the Stone of Destiny (not our one, a different one) at the highest point of the site. It was a breezy day and I almost lost my hat before I tightened the chin-strap, but I got a great view out over the surrounding countryside including an old tower on a distant hilltop that our guide said was the remnant of St Columba’s pre-Iona monastery.

We got back in the coach and drove a little further to the Brú na Bóinne (‘Palace of the Boyne’) visitor centre, the access point for the famous passage graves of the area. The visitor centre houses a good exhibition about the Neolithic history of the sites as well as the later excavations, and also has a gift shop and cafe where we stopped for lunch before walking over the bridge across the Boyne and boarding the little shuttle bus to Knowth. This site isn’t quite as famous as Newgrange, but I thought it was even more impressive. It consists of one huge central burial mound, completely surrounded by richly-carved boulders and with two passages in from opposite sides of the hill, both ending in burial chambers without actually meeting in the middle. The Great Mound only makes up part of what must have been a high-status cemetery, as it sits among many similar but smaller burial mounds, some complete and others with their burial chambers open to the sky. The site reminded me a lot of Maeshowe and the other Neolithic cairns of Orkney, and when I brought this up to the guide (a different guide to the tour operator, in the employ of the visitor centre) she agreed that it was probably much the same culture, with a lot of similarities both in the structure of the cairns and the abstract, geometric style of the carvings.

We also got caught in a brief but heavy and almost horizontal shower of rain, but were able to dry off a little watching a short film about the excavations at Knowth before we moved on to Newgrange.

Unlike Knowth, the mound at Newgrange stands alone, surrounded by similar but mostly uncarved kerbstones and, a little further out, a ring of standing stones. Also unlike Knowth, which was reused as the base of a hillfort in the mediaeval period, Newgrange survived largely intact since the Stone Age, possibly due to its local rep as a fairy mound scaring people away from raiding it for building materials. The Fair Folk did not, however, scare off the archaeologists, and later excavations uncovered the entrance stone – a huge boulder carved as elaborately as any at Knowth with its famous triskele designs – and the entrance itself. The white stones that face the tomb today are a modern reconstruction – the stones were found at the site, but whether they made up a facade back in the Neolithic is anyone’s guess – but the long, low and narrow passage and the cruciform chamber at the heart of the mound are almost untouched from their original status, and that ‘almost’ is only there to cover a few extra braces and the addition of electric lights.

The ancient burial chamber is tall enough to stand up in, but pretty cramped area-wise, so we split into two smaller groups to file down the entrance passage. I know people were a bit shorter back in the Neolithic, but I think even they would have found it a tight squeeze; there were a couple of points where I had to stoop and twist sideways to get through before reaching the chamber. Once inside, three alcoves opposite the entrance and to either side hold more carvings and basin-line stones whose purpose we can only guess at. The chamber is cool, utterly silent save for the visitors’ breathing, and pitch-dark with the lights off except for once a year at sunrise on the winter solstice, when the passage admits one narrow shaft of light to illuminate the chamber floor. The actual solar alignment is only accessible via an annual lottery, but a lamp in the passage provides a reasonable simulation.

I’m not one to believe in the Otherworld, but after the chamber at Newgrange, I can see how people could feel close to the gods down there.

We headed back to the visitor centre, where I bought some postcards and my usual pin badge, t-shirt and fridge magnet in the gift shop (the dark powers of the Sidhe are no match for the lure of the gift shop) and got back on the coach to Dublin. I bought some stamps in the General Post Office on O’Connell Street – I actually hadn’t realised it was still a working post office, having assumed it had been converted into a museum to the Easter Rising – and returned to the hotel to write up my postcards before venturing back out for something to eat. Tonight’s choice was a little pizzeria I’d spotted called Wallace’s Taverna, which served a good margherita a lot like the recipe they use at Matto in Edinburgh with a hazelnut mousse in a crisp chocolate shell for afterwards.

[tuatha-de-danann-blog]

The Lia Fáil

The Lia Fáil is one of the treasures of the Tuatha de Danann. It cried out under the foot of whoever was king.

Currently at Tara is this stone called Lia Fail, but it's just a stone from a ditch set up as a monument to some soldiers, if memory serves.

I like to imagine the Lia Fáil would have looked like medieval coronation stones, as shown below.

[nancypullen]

Tuesday

I don't know whether to keep posting pics and info from Ireland or just move on. You've probably had enough, right? I haven't talked about Galway, or Hill of Tara, or the many places in between. How about just a quick bit about Hill of Tara, because there was something kind of special there.

Alright, a bit of background -

The Hill of Tara has been important since the late Stone Age, when a passage tomb was built there. However, the site became truly significant in the Iron Age (600 BC to 400 AD) and into the Early Christian Period when it rose to supreme prominence – as the seat of the high kings of Ireland. All old Irish roads lead to this critical site.

St Patrick himself went there in the fifth century. As Christianity achieved dominance over the following centuries, Tara’s importance became symbolic. Its halls and palaces have now disappeared and only earthworks remain.

There are still remarkable sights to be seen, however. Just one example is the Lia Fáil – the great coronation stone and one of the four legendary treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann – which stands proudly on the monument known as An Forradh.

Here's an aeriel view - you can see the two long parallel lines, the foundation of what was once a huge banqueting hall, and the ceremonial mounds are visible as well.

From up on the hill you can see for miles in every direction - emerald green, rolling hills dotted with cottages and sheep as far as the eye can see. I can imagine ancient Irish kings taking in that same view.

You can see the ring around the top of the hill, that's Ráith na Ríg or Fort of the Kings. Built during the Iron Age, it is 1 kilometer in circumference. Well, here's the blurb that I snapped from a sign.

And here's a bit more about why the Irish cherish this spot.

Pagan kings? I'm in! We walked where they walked thousands of years ago. It was fascinating. The Stone of Destiny! Used for royal inaugurations for thousands of years (and yes, it is a phallic symbol).

This burial mound is a Neolithic passage tomb that marks Tara’s beginnings as a prehistoric burial place in 3350 BC (holy cow!) , a practice that continued for three and a half thousand years. Inside you can see intricate carvings of early megalithic art on the passage walls.

If you're curious read about King Cormac, who ruled wisely and fairly from Tara for forty years until he choked to death on a salmon bone. At least that's the story, rumor has it there was a curse upon him and that perhaps he'd made the faeries unhappy. And that, my friends, is why I wanted to visit Tara. The Irish embrace superstition and the supernatural. They'll divert a road to avoid cutting down a fairy tree. A pragmatic banker or accountant will refuse to cut a limb from a fairy tree, "just in case". Fairy trees are usually Hawthorne trees and you'll often see them standing alone in a field with rows plowed around them, or undisturbed in a round-about or parking lot. No one messes with the wee folk. Having said that, there's a well known fairy tree on the Hill of Tara. See the ribbons fluttering from those branches on the right side of the photo?

There's a path that leads right to that Hawthorne tree because people climb the hill and visit that tree to tie a ribbon or string to a limb and make a wish, a request for the fairies.

That was my goal as well. Why yes, I am sixty years old. What's your point? I believe it was Roald Dahl who said, "Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." I'll go to my grave believing(and seeing it!). Obviously, I'm not alone. I'd meant to pack a pink ribbon for just this moment, and had forgotten it. Thank goodness I travel with a photographer who always has little cloths to clean his lens.

I tied that white cloth on a small limb and made my wish. Since I haven't read or heard anything about fairy wishes that suggests it won't come true if shared, here's what I wished. My wish was for my dear grandgirl, and it was simple. I wished that she'd be "okay" all of the days of her life. I didn't wish for happiness every day of her life, that's impossible. We all experience heartache and disappointment. I just want her to be okay even in her worst times, to know that it will pass and that she'll be fine. I suppose that's actually just emotional strength, or confidence in her worth, but it all boils down to just being okay no matter what plot twist comes her way. Being sad or mad or feeling betrayed is much easier to handle when at your core you know you'll be fine. I'm crossing my fingers that the fey folk understand and grant my wish. I'd die a happy woman.

And speaking of happy, the frame that I ordered for my Dingle purchase arrived today! I mentioned a blog or two ago about what a fun, artsy town Dingle is and that I'd picked up a little watercolor. That's what I usually bring home from our trips, something that can be framed and kept. I like to see our souvenirs every day, it makes me happy. This is the watercolor that I purchased,

and now it's ready for hanging!

It's titled "A Ray of Sunshine" and it feels like the perfect capture of the weather, colors, and attitude of Ireland. I love it! That's where I'll leave you, with fairies and sunshine. Can't think of a better place. I hope that every wish you make comes true. It helps if you believe in magic.

Stay safe, stay well, and make a wish! XOXO, Nancy

[moiraimyths]

Have any of you seen the Lia Fáil? What's it like?

Indeed. It's impossible to miss if you venture into the city square.

It's just a rock.

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Hello~! I'm here to ask you to list 5 of your favorite songs!! Then send this ask to 10 of your followers!! :) Have fun with it!!

Ooooh 5 of my favorite songs, lemme think...

"花になって - Be a flower" by Ryokuoushoku Shakai

"Canaid Lia Fáil" by Einar Selvik, Julie Fowlis, Assassin's Creed

Literally just the entire Wizard101 OST

"Rattle and Run (Valhalla Remix)" by 2WEI, Assassin's Creed

Literally just the entire Assassin's Creed Valhalla OST

[i-cast-bardic-inspiration]

People I’d like to know better

Tagged by @pedros-immaculate-vibes ! Thaaaaanks~ 💓

P.S. I know my main blog @fairy-cat-mother was tagged but I make posts/reblog from this one, I just can’t like posts from here too 🥲 so I hope you don’t mind me making this post from here.

Last song:

Before this, though, I was listening to the Halsin playlist that Dave Jones made, The Piccolo Snare song in particular <3

I listen to a lot of Nordic/Celtic stuff though in general…Wardruna, Faun, Skald, etc. And some cinematic stuff too—like music by Two Steps From Hell.

Favourite Colour:

Sage Green or Lavender Purple

I wear lots of neutral colours though like black, brown, and cream, with a lil forest-y green thrown in the mix. Love me some old knitted sweaters 🤗

Currently Watching: Not currently watching anything…except if watching my Durge attempt to romance Halsin counts lolol Baldur’s Gate 3 has me in a chokehold and I’ve been playing in any spare time I get hahaaaaa. Also had exams for my herbal medicine course this past Friday so uhhh technically I was watching a bunch of recorded lectures? 😅

Last Movie / TV Show: Fuck, it’s been a while…ummmm, I thiiiink the last show I watched was Loki? And the last movie…my younger brother and sister-in-law wanted to watch Five Nights At Freddy’s so I watched it with them haha wasn’t my favourite but wasn’t the worst I’ve ever seen.

Spicy / Savoury / Sweet: I have a baby tongue that cannot handle spice and yet I always go for the spice lol. I do like all three though. Probably overall, savoury would be my go-to. I love ✨soup✨

Relationship Status: Happily married to my big, burly, ginger-bearded Irishman and I love his grumpy-but-really-a-softy ass with my whole heart 🥰

Current Obsession: Halsin. Times infinity. Can’t stop, won’t stop. Man has GANKED my heart 😩 Also BG3 in general—also can’t stop, won’t stop ����

Last Thing I Googled:

“Durge bg3 scene with Halsin”

It was for research…

I was trying to find out if the resist scene would work with Halsin. It sadly does not. 👀 Y e t 👀 LARIAN PLEASE MAKE ONE FOR OUR DRUID I BEG YOU 😭🙏

P L E A S E

People I’d like to know better:

@autistichalsin

@orehuna

@cakenpiewhyohmy

@jiiigen

@tasmaniandevilworshipper

@minatofnowhere

If you don’t wanna do it, no worries! Or if you were already tagged, my baaaaad—I just went by the peeps who interacted here/on my main 🥳 either way, y’all are cool and thank you for interacting!

Anywayyy, peace out until next time duuuudes~ 😎✌️