#aka norse greek and japan

[crypticroyals]

Ok. This might sound controversial but I need to get this out there.

Some people (not a lot and definitely not everyone) are saying it's cultural appropriation to use their or native American folklores for things outside of the native's context.

Alright I guess Greek and Norse and Japanese mythology can't ever be used again anymore guys. Remove all the fiction we have ever made. Library of Alexandria style.

Like, yes, I get the concept of not bastardizing a folk myth in the sense of like, "oh here's a w*ndigo, they're a hero!" when the creature is an embodiment of evil and represents all the negative things racist people ever associated with native Americans. Yeah I get that, but that shouldn't mean someone can't take the story and use it in their own in the right context.

That's what native America groups have done in so many different tribes. There is like 5+ different versions of the myth that are all native culture (all are Algonquian in close region iirc but still they have different things) so why can't I keep the main features that all cultures explain, use it in the same context but the lore is changed slightly to fit the story I'm representing it in?

THAT IS WHAT FOLKLORE IS

Don't get me wrong, if someone took a creature/being from folklore and made it something completely different and than tried to use the name of it, that isn't the same myth anymore and should be given a different name, not the one they tried to say was their new depiction. But that still shouldn't mean I can't use a myth. The main reason Im upset about this is because you have a small amount of people saying it's bad and shouldn't be done even if used accurately even tho pretty much every other culture does.

Norse mythology? Look at Marvel with it's Odin, Thor, Hel and Loki. Greek mythology? That existed years ago and a few modern day pagan Greeks use it outside context and allow others to use it because it's ancient stories full of culture heritage. Same with Roman mythology which is basically Greek mythology but changed for a new context and many use that. Hell we have planets named after them!

I'm not saying "take a myth and make it something no longer that myth but claim it is" because that would be super rude as it ruins what the myth ment and stood for. But things change constantly. No two versions of a myth are exactly the same. Who's to say I can't represent it in my own way? I love learning about cultures and all sorts of myths and tales and cuisines and traditions. But if people can represent Zues or a Kirin and no one bats an eye than why do some people get mad when someone uses a native spirit of greed and winter hm? I know some people of native groups prefer to not speak certain terms as they see it as taboo. The W*nd*go for example. But some do. So why can't I represent cultures in a fantasy setting? Sure the myths aren't real life and consist from cultures all over with different contexts, but if we can't use windigos why can we use fairies and elves and gnomes? Is it because those are white myths? If so that seems very rude. But I'm not sure that's what it is because we have Asian myths and Greek myths in which are used. So I suppose it's because how people back than treated Africa and the Americas. That and how some "modern" takes resemble nothing of the cultures' actually things. Like in Africa Voodoo is now some "heebe jeebies murder witchcraft" and in Algonquian cultures the windigos are now for some reason weird deer minotaurs???? Like, why are they deer now? That's a new thing now, give it a new name please.

Anyways, I do not wish for people to believe this is some angry rant about how people should be allowed to steal and bastardize cultures. Because that isn't true. That's also something wrong people really shouldn't do. But what I guess I mean by all this, is that cultures spread and change over times everywhere and so many connect and change and show heritage and history. We should love each other and other's cultures no matter differences. In the end, we're all human. We shouldn't be fighting someone who wants to make a story about some sorcerers and rogues trying to hunt down a monstrous thing of evil that has been torturing a scared town that represents native cultures. We should be fighting the people who try to make a movie about a myth for the thrill factors that completely change the myth till nothing of the old tale remains and dare to call it the same.

I'm pretty sure this won't get a lot of representation besides hate from the few I spoke about but I felt the need to at least get this off my chest and I apologize if this offends anyone no matter how.

Hopefully one day humanity can get along better than it does. 🤞💕🤝

[brookston]

Holidays 1.5

Holidays

American Divorce Day

Apple Howling Day

Carnival begins (Old Bohemia)

Carnaval Blancos Negros, Day 2: The Day of the Blacks (Colombia)

Dia de la Toma (Spain)

Eve of Wonder

Fair Deal Day

Fathers' Day (Оци; Serbia)

501st Legion Day (UK)

Flint Day (French Republic)

FM Radio Day

George Washington Carver Day

Get on the Computer Day

International Declutter Day

International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Kamakura, Japan)

Kappa Alpha Psi Day

Little Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Monopoly Game Day

Mr. Ed Day

National Bird Day

National Day of Dialogue

National Don’t Talk Day

National Ellen Day

National Screenwriters Day

National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day

Nellie Ross Day (Wyoming)

Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria)

Red Hackle Anniversary Day of the Black Watch

Review Your Wrestling Holds Day

Right of Self Determination Day (Pakistan)

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney; Australia)

Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro)

Turn Up the Heat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Can Opener Day

Granny Smith Day

National Keto Day

National Whipped Cream Day

Sausage Day (UK)

Strawberry Day (Ichigo No Hi; Japan)

Take the Cake Day

Whipped Cream Day

1st Friday in January

Gals Night Out [1st Friday]

Thermopolis Day (Wyoming) [1st Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Ajdinland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Monarchy of Craztonia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Pitchfork Union (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Seirlandia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

Burning of the Evergreen (Pagan)

Charles of Mount Argus (Christian)

The Eve of Epiphany (Christian; Transition Between Christmas & Carnival Season)

Feast of Poseidon (Ancient Greece)

Festival of Kore (Greek Goddess of Good Fortune & Zeal)

Festival of Lares Compitales (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Pyrotechnics

Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hayao Miyazaki (Jayism)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Nicolas de Staël (Artology)

Noche De Reyes (Three Wise Men; Mexico)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Telesphorus, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Tucindan (Old Serbian Pagan Folk Festival)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Umberto Eco (Jayism)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

Yves Tanguy (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Any Rags? (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Buddy the Gob (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies, by Clark Ashton Smith (Short Stories; 1935)

Desire, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)

The Dud Avocado, by Elaine Dundy (Novel; 1958)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Happily N’Ever After (Animated Film; 2007)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (UK TV Series; 1981)

In the American Grain, by William Carlos Williams (History Book; 1925)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Maze Craze (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

The Swiss Summer, by Stella Gibbons (Novel; 1951)

Three Little Bops (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney SS Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

What’s Sweepin’ (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

Who’s Kitten Who? (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2024; 361 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 1 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 24 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 24 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 5 White; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2023

Moon: 35%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 31)

[mentality-of-wukong-au]

Greek gods don’t act like this. Also the world would’ve been destroyed 3000 years ago if the gods went to sleep.

And now my good anon, you gave me a good place to put a desclaimer… Ahem.

!Desclaimer!

The whole concept of being asleep for 3000 years is a WIP story I’m making and testing within the world of MOW.

However it is a story separate from MOW so it’s not gonna be all like this…

The main point however is that the Major gods (Except Hades) went to sleep, while some gods stayed awake. Aka the 12 Olympian gods…the rest of the gods maintained the world while they slumbered…

For example: Dionysus’ son that he had with Ariadne is the personification of grapes.

However they weren’t Major deities/weren’t well known even in modern times. (Ex: Eros who is also the god of love, yet his story is rather vague and sometimes mixed with Aphrodite, where instead of her rising upon the sea, it was Eros and in the Psyche and Eros story he’s her son, so it kinda gets confusing from there)

As for their personalities, I’m still working on that, which is why MOW is being used as a testing grounds… (Honestly he had already did when I made an original story for myself but have yet to work on the lore)

So to summarize:

1.) The Greek Mythology arc is a testing grounds for a story I’m making and currently planning that has NOTHING to do with MOW or LMK.

2.) The Major gods were the ones that went to sleep, while the rest of the gods that weren’t well known (Yes that could mean Hercules is alive- I’m not really sure about that though) maintained the world around them. (I also read somewhere that the Sea is also a personification like Gaea? Though that’s something I’m not sure of)

3.) Personalities are also still WIP, they’re not the final result, I could make Ares more of a bully if you want. I based Hermes’ personality off of ‘Epic the Musical’ because it seems to fit his personality as a trickster god.

4.) If you’re wondering about the monsters, some of them went extinct during the time the gods slept.

5.) In MOW, there are other deities maintaining the world around them, though Jade Emperor’s Mythology is mainly called ‘Chinese gods’ it’s because most of their beliefs are directed at China (I.E JTTW is a mix of Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism) however, I have implied that they DO maintain the world around them, not just China, they’re just stronger there. (Probably in Japan as well) They can’t be called ‘Asian gods’ because some Asians don’t believe in them and have different beliefs. (Like the Philippines, which is mostly Christianity)

6.) The reason I did that is because I tried to do a Rick Riordan kinda thing, where deities of Egyptian Mythology, Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology and Norse Mythology are involved in the same world. (Like Percy Jackson meeting Kane Chronicles or Magnus Chase being related to Annabeth Chase despite Annabeth being Greek Mythology and Magnus being Norse Mythology)

So yeah….uhm if you have any thing to criticize, I’m free for it.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

is the issue with casting that they cast the gods as black, or that they cast them as non-greek? were the gods played by mixed race black&greek actors would that be fine ?

Hi! We are talking about US movies now and perhaps the Greek ones, yes? I don't speak for every single Greek here, I just say what I've seen in the reception of Greek audiences through the years.

In Greece, the "race" categorization is not a thing, so I'll speak with a bit different terms. As I always repeat, the desire of Greeks is to see the gods as their depictions have been, aka like Mediterraneans. That's it. The gods looking Irish or Norse pale is usually also frowned upon for the same reason. I think appearance is the first thing Greek audiences look for, and then there's the culture.

Now, if a Greek is not found in big productions but someone non-Greek who looks like the average Greek is cast, then there is no issue. Like, if the actor/actress in the USian movie is Syrian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Bulgarian, or Greek-Syrian, Greek-Egyptian etc, Greek audiences wouldn't care as long as the actors fit the depictions.

Same goes for Greek people/citizens. Like a short blond Greek wouldn't qualify for Hades in the Greek public's eyes, like me not qualifying to play Aphrodite (I am far from the ancient and modern beauty standards), similarly, a Taiwanese-Greek woman wouldn't qualify for Hestia and a Greek-Nigerian wouldn't qualify for Poseidon. Everyone's appearance matters for the cast, even if one comes from no other ethnicity except Greek, for the last 600 years. Are you a white dark (μελαχρινός, aka black-haired man capable of tanning) Greek in your fifties and want to play Apollo? Nope, that won't pass the appearance test, I am afraid.

Likewise, if my child was Greek-Taiwanese in Taiwan and looked entirely Mediterranean, I don't think they'd qualify to play a Taiwanese deity, for obvious appearance reasons. Alternatively, if I was in Uganda and my "mixed-race" Greek-Ugandan child looked the part, according to how the locals imagined their ancient gods, then they could be given the role. But if they looked a lot like me, they wouldn't be given the role. It's simple, right?

There might be exceptions, like, if a local community want to honor my child as an immigrant, and they see no issue in giving them the role. That's up to the locals to decide. If the movie is to be played for the whole country, I would like the majority country to agree with the casting choice. Similarly, for Greek immigrants in Greece who don't look like the depictions (there are many Greek immigrants, even from N. Africa and the Middle East, who do), most of the country must feel comfortable with changing a depiction of 3.000 years.

If the actor comes from the culture that's great, but appearance goes first, from what I know. I am not saying all discussions should seize on this matter, but I am writing the opinion of the majority of Greeks.

I'd like to note that not being able to play the gods of the nation you reside in, doesn't make you less of that ethnicity. (And that still qualifies you to play literally any Greek person in a series, except the historical ones who don't share your appearance). For example, there are Black people in Japan who were born there and know the culture in and out, and there is no reason to not see them as Japanese. At the same time, the Japanese don't cast them as figures that were never depicted as Black in their culture.

P.S. I'm not talking about the cases where people in a country that has no Mediterranean-like people want to make a production on Greek or any other mythology. Obviously, there the gods or foreign people will be played by the only people available around.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.5

Holidays

American Divorce Day

Apple Howling Day

Carnival begins (Old Bohemia)

Carnaval Blancos Negros, Day 2: The Day of the Blacks (Colombia)

Dia de la Toma (Spain)

Eve of Wonder

Fair Deal Day

Fathers' Day (Оци; Serbia)

501st Legion Day (UK)

Flint Day (French Republic)

FM Radio Day

George Washington Carver Day

Get on the Computer Day

International Declutter Day

International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Kamakura, Japan)

Kappa Alpha Psi Day

Little Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Monopoly Game Day

Mr. Ed Day

National Bird Day

National Day of Dialogue

National Don’t Talk Day

National Ellen Day

National Screenwriters Day

National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day

Nellie Ross Day (Wyoming)

Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria)

Red Hackle Anniversary Day of the Black Watch

Review Your Wrestling Holds Day

Right of Self Determination Day (Pakistan)

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney; Australia)

Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro)

Turn Up the Heat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Can Opener Day

Granny Smith Day

National Keto Day

National Whipped Cream Day

Sausage Day (UK)

Strawberry Day (Ichigo No Hi; Japan)

Take the Cake Day

Whipped Cream Day

1st Friday in January

Gals Night Out [1st Friday]

Thermopolis Day (Wyoming) [1st Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Ajdinland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Monarchy of Craztonia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Pitchfork Union (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Seirlandia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

Burning of the Evergreen (Pagan)

Charles of Mount Argus (Christian)

The Eve of Epiphany (Christian; Transition Between Christmas & Carnival Season)

Feast of Poseidon (Ancient Greece)

Festival of Kore (Greek Goddess of Good Fortune & Zeal)

Festival of Lares Compitales (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Pyrotechnics

Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hayao Miyazaki (Jayism)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Nicolas de Staël (Artology)

Noche De Reyes (Three Wise Men; Mexico)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Telesphorus, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Tucindan (Old Serbian Pagan Folk Festival)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Umberto Eco (Jayism)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

Yves Tanguy (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Any Rags? (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Buddy the Gob (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies, by Clark Ashton Smith (Short Stories; 1935)

Desire, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)

The Dud Avocado, by Elaine Dundy (Novel; 1958)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Happily N’Ever After (Animated Film; 2007)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (UK TV Series; 1981)

In the American Grain, by William Carlos Williams (History Book; 1925)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Maze Craze (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

The Swiss Summer, by Stella Gibbons (Novel; 1951)

Three Little Bops (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney SS Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

What’s Sweepin’ (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

Who’s Kitten Who? (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2024; 361 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 1 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 24 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 24 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 5 White; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2023

Moon: 35%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 31)

[hiraethidity-m]

s.b: What’re you going to ramble on now about, Nyx?  Well, I’m glad you asked there dear person, because this time, we are going to babble on about OPHELIA : Kyoko’s witch’s state !. or aka, her final form. Primarily, just observations about it that I’m reading about. Because once I’ve read a lot more into it, every detail really makes sense, and I just want to share that knowledge. 

                          OPEHILA :

[in magia record]The Doppel of abandonment. Its form is a Wǔdàn. The master of this emotion doesn’t trust her Doppel’s enigmatic power, borrowing its weapon in order to bear arms by herself. Judging by this Doppel’s abilities– manipulating mist, producing illusions, using suspicious hypnosis magic– one may imagine that its master only sees it as a loathsome reminder of her past. Nevertheless, her Doppel holds the past regrets that she stowed away in the depths of her emotions, and despite being suspicious of it, she allows it to assist her somewhat in attacking once it’s been summoned. Also, the candle holder that runs around while carrying the master appears to be a separate individual from the fluttering robe; the latter is the Doppel’s main body.

OBSERVATIONS ! ( the main thing I want to focus on ):

Ophelia can be thought of as a headless horseman.

Technically, the witch seems to have an eye below the flame, making Ophelia more of a candle-headed horseman. The impression of being headless is likely intentional, as the witch's "head" is flat enough to resemble a neck.

In Kyouko's puppet show in episode 7, candles are strongly associated with her father. They appear next to him several times, most notably during a sermon. When she describes how he killed the rest of her family and hung himself, his puppet falls with its head consumed by flame and ignites the rest of the puppets.

Ophelia's familiars are colorfully attired warriors, most of whom march around aimlessly. One has a dragon's head emerge from its neck for a powerful melee attack. Another has the ability to summon melee familiars by ringing a bell, and a long-range fire attack. The two reflect the hybrid abilities of Kyoko who possesses both strong melee abilities and range abilities with her weapon.

The ringing of bells have their place in religious ceremonies, rituals and traditions. In the Eastern world, the traditional forms of bells are temple and palace bells, small ones being rung by a sharp rap with a stick, and very large ones rung by a blow from the outside by a large swinging beam. The bell used by the familiar is a Suzu bell, that is traditionally used to summon kami.

There are various colored fish swimming in her barrier. They are part of the scenery and not actually familiars. Fish have various symbolic meanings:

Early Christians used a fish symbol to represent the Christian faith.

In Buddhism, fish can represent abundance and fertility, or living beings who practice the dharma need have no fear to drown in the ocean of suffering, and can freely migrate (chose their rebirth) like fish in the water.

Adaptability, change, and transformation in Greco-Roman, East Indian, and Norse mythology.

Goldfish are associated with fortune and wealth. One of the eight auspicious signs of Buddhism is a pair of goldfish, representing the state of fearless suspension in a harmless ocean of samsara.

Ophelia is fought on a narrow, confined area blocked off on either side by her barriers, somewhat reminiscent of the alley where Kyoko fought Sayaka in Episode 5. It allows her to maximize her use of Rosso Fantasma (previously a lost ability to Kyoko) to create duplicates of herself. These duplicates are not purely illusionary. They are capable of powerful melee attacks. Ophelia can transform into a spear for a long-range attack.

The walls and floors of her barrier are largely unadorned and lined with dark red bricks.

It is suggested that the symbolism of the unicorn represents innocence. The fact that Ophelia is riding a horse, instead of a unicorn, has been speculated that the horse represents the loss of innocence and nobility. The image ingrains the idea that the unicorn has lost its horn along with its splendor and that it has become a regular equestrian animal.

If a unicorn is a symbol of purity and grace, then this may imply Kyoko lost both before she turned into the witch.

Ophelia's witch kiss looks like a heraldic banner.

The official website for Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable refers to Ophelia as the witch of wǔdàn (武旦). A wǔdàn is a fierce female warrior in traditional Chinese opera.

The spear was the symbol of the god Wodan and the most common weapon in Germanic armies; it was cheap to produce because it didn't need much iron and most types could be used for both stabbing or throwing. Most Germanic horsemen carried a shield and a spear though the footmen sometimes carried multiple spears; at the start of a battle these were thrown at the enemy and the last one was saved for close combat. According to Tacitus, the Germans were able to throw these spears immense distances.

The name Ophelia is derived from the Greek οφελος (ophelos), meaning "help". This name was probably created by the 15th-century poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem 'Arcadia'.

Ophelia of Shakespeare's Hamlet was a young woman who had a famous and highly romanticized suicide. While she lived, Ophelia's main conflict was between obeying her father or her love interest. She had a fear of intimacy and eventually went mad under the pressure of her father's death and her lover's rejection of her. Kyoko lost her family (her father being the driving force behind that) and was spurned by Sayaka.

Ophelia's famous death scene is represented in various paintings, including one painting by Millais.

Shakespeare readers have interpreted the Ophelia character to be linked to the idea of regret, corrupted innocence, and unrequited love.

Horse meat is known as "sakura" in japan, which is also Kyoko's last name.

Ophelia's familiars are based off the rokurokubi, a type of Japanese supernatural creature that look like normal humans by day but gain the ability to elongate their necks at night.

The rokurokubi are related to the nukekubi, a similar monster that detaches it's head completely. This may tie into Ophelia resembling a headless horseman.

Ophelia might be based off the Little Matchstick Girl, since it is written by the same writer of the Little Mermaid, Sayaka's witch form, Hans Kristian Andersen.

Ophelia also appears in Mami's Heart Pounding Tiro Finale game.

[hiraethidity]

s.b: what’re you going to ramble on now about, nyx? Well, I’m glad you asked there dear person, because this time, we are going to babble on about OPHELIA : Kyoko’s witch’s state !. or aka, her final form. Primarily, just observations about it that I’m reading about. Because once I’ve read a lot more into it, every detail really makes sense, and I just want to share that knowledge.

                         OPEHILA :

[in magia record]The Doppel of abandonment. Its form is a Wǔdàn. The master of this emotion doesn’t trust her Doppel’s enigmatic power, borrowing its weapon in order to bear arms by herself. Judging by this Doppel’s abilities– manipulating mist, producing illusions, using suspicious hypnosis magic– one may imagine that its master only sees it as a loathsome reminder of her past. Nevertheless, her Doppel holds the past regrets that she stowed away in the depths of her emotions, and despite being suspicious of it, she allows it to assist her somewhat in attacking once it’s been summoned. Also, the candle holder that runs around while carrying the master appears to be a separate individual from the fluttering robe; the latter is the Doppel’s main body.

OBSERVATIONS ! ( THE MAIN THING I WANT TO FOCUS ON ):

Ophelia can be thought of as a headless horseman.

Technically, the witch seems to have an eye below the flame, making Ophelia more of a candle-headed horseman. The impression of being headless is likely intentional, as the witch’s “head” is flat enough to resemble a neck.

In Kyouko’s puppet show in episode 7, candles are strongly associated with her father. They appear next to him several times, most notably during a sermon. When she describes how he killed the rest of her family and hung himself, his puppet falls with its head consumed by flame and ignites the rest of the puppets.

Ophelia’s familiars are colorfully attired warriors, most of whom march around aimlessly. One has a dragon’s head emerge from its neck for a powerful melee attack. Another has the ability to summon melee familiars by ringing a bell, and a long-range fire attack. The two reflect the hybrid abilities of Kyoko who possesses both strong melee abilities and range abilities with her weapon.

The ringing of BELLS have their place in religious ceremonies, rituals and traditions. In the Eastern world, the traditional forms of bells are temple and palace bells, small ones being rung by a sharp rap with a stick, and very large ones rung by a blow from the outside by a large swinging beam. The bell used by the familiar is a SUZU BELL, that is traditionally used to summon KAMI.

There are various colored fish swimming in her barrier. They are part of the scenery and not actually familiars. Fish have various symbolic meanings:

Early Christians used a FISH SYMBOL to represent the Christian faith.

In Buddhism, fish can represent abundance and fertility, or living beings who practice the dharma need have no fear to drown in the ocean of suffering, and can freely migrate (chose their rebirth) like fish in the water.

Adaptability, change, and transformation in Greco-Roman, East Indian, and Norse mythology.

Goldfish are associated with fortune and wealth. One of the EIGHT AUSPICIOUS SIGNS of Buddhism is a pair of goldfish, representing the state of fearless suspension in a harmless ocean of SAMSARA.

Ophelia is fought on a narrow, confined area blocked off on either side by her barriers, somewhat reminiscent of the alley where Kyoko fought Sayaka in EPISODE 5. It allows her to maximize her use of ROSSO FANTASMA(previously a lost ability to Kyoko) to create duplicates of herself. These duplicates are not purely illusionary. They are capable of powerful melee attacks. Ophelia can transform into a spear for a long-range attack.

The walls and floors of her barrier are largely unadorned and lined with dark red bricks.

It is suggested that THE SYMBOLISM OF THE UNICORN represents innocence. The fact that Ophelia is riding a horse, instead of a unicorn, has been speculated that the horse represents the loss of innocence and nobility. The image ingrains the idea that the unicorn has lost its horn along with its splendor and that it has become a regular equestrian animal.

If a unicorn is a symbol of purity and grace, then this may imply Kyoko lost both before she turned into the witch.

Ophelia’s witch kiss looks like a HERALDIC BANNER.

The official website for PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA PORTABLE refers to Ophelia as the witch of wǔdàn (武旦). A WǓDÀN is a fierce female warrior in traditional Chinese opera.

The spear was the symbol of the god WODAN and the most common weapon in Germanic armies; it was cheap to produce because it didn’t need much iron and most types could be used for both stabbing or throwing. Most Germanic horsemen carried a shield and a spear though the footmen sometimes carried multiple spears; at the start of a battle these were thrown at the enemy and the last one was saved for close combat. According to Tacitus, the Germans were able to throw these spears immense distances.

The name Ophelia is derived from the Greek οφελος (ophelos), meaning “help”. This name was probably created by the 15th-century poet JACOPO SANNAZARO for a character in his poem ‘Arcadia’.

OPHELIA OF SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET was a young woman who had a famous and highly romanticized suicide. While she lived, Ophelia’s main conflict was between obeying her father or her love interest. She had a fear of intimacy and eventually went mad under the pressure of her father’s death and her lover’s rejection of her. Kyoko lost her family (her father being the driving force behind that) and was spurned by Sayaka.

Ophelia’s famous death scene is represented in various paintings, including one painting by MILLAIS.

Shakespeare readers have interpreted the Ophelia character to be linked to the idea of regret, corrupted innocence, and unrequited love.

Horse meat is known as “sakura” in japan, which is also Kyoko’s last name.

Ophelia’s familiars are based off the ROKUROKUBI, a type of Japanese supernatural creature that look like normal humans by day but gain the ability to elongate their necks at night.

The rokurokubi are related to the NUKEKUBI, a similar monster that detaches it’s head completely. This may tie into Ophelia resembling a headless horseman.

Ophelia might be based off the Little Matchstick Girl, since it is written by the same writer of the Little Mermaid, Sayaka’s witch form, Hans Kristian Andersen.

Ophelia also appears in Mami’s Heart Pounding Tiro Finale game.

[ponymakescharacters]

Scion: Foundation (Step 1 and 2)

The Setting: Scion is a fantastic game where Titans and Gods face off with Earth (and subsequently all life on it) is caught in the mix. The neat thing is, people are vaguely aware of this fight and of the existence of all thing mythic and magical, so no need to hide identities or anything.  Or is there? Caveat: The catch is, Gods are largely formed and influenced by the mythos surrounding them. This is categorized in the game by a mechanic called Fatebinding. Basically, if the gods meddle in things too much, people start rethinking their mythos and in a world where things go viral in seconds and opinions go rabid so quickly, it actually changes the gods on a fundamental level. Because of this, they don’t like to get involved in things much. But the titans still wanna destroy things. So what’s a god to do? That’s where the player character comes in. A god can choose someone to work on their behalf. 

Step 1: Pick a god, Any god

Here’s the pantheons you get to pick from in the book Aesir (Norse. Thor, Freya etc) Deva (South Asia. Ganesh, Kali, etc) Kami (Japan. Amaterasu, Hotei, etc) Manitou (Native American. Winonah, Pukawiss, etc) Netjer (Egypt. Sobek, Anubis, etc) Orisha (Africa (loosely). Papa Legba, Erzulie, etc) Shen (China. Chang'e, Sun Wukong, etc) Teotl (Aztec Quetzacoatl, Chantico, etc) Theoi (Greek. Zeus, Artemis, etc) Tuatha De Danann (Irish. Brigid, The Morrigan, etc)  Keep in mind, a few of these are an amalgamation of pantheons, gathered under one heading for the sake of categorization. This includes the Manitou, which is largely Algonquin based, but is by no mean indicative of all Native American beliefs, and the Orisha/Yoruba, which, similarly, is only a glimpse into the very widely varied legends/pantheons represented from African lore. Nor are these complere lists of each pantheon (Deva and Theoi both, just as examples, leave out a LOT of divine beings) So pick a “family” to start with, then pick a god from that family that interests you 

Step 1.5: How are you, you? 

There’s four ways people become underlings wards for the gods. It’s not mechanically important, but it definitely affects role play Born: You are either a direct or distant descendant of a god’s romantic night with a mortal. (Hercules, Percy Jackson, etc) Chosen: You are fully mortal, but have done soemthing that caught the eye of a deity and they’ve taken you under their wing (Arthur Pendragon, perhaps, Moses) Made: A god made you by forming flame into a person or breathing life into a twisted tree branch or something (Wonder Woman’s comic origin, molded from clay and brought to life via Zeus) Incarnate: You are a small piece or manifestation of a god, sent to earth to act on their behalf. (best example is probably Jesus, although he also fits in ‘Born’ I suppose)

Got that sorted? then on to... 

Step 2: Who are you? (aka: Concept)

Think of a vague idea of your character. Are they a frazzled college student, trying to hold things together? Are they a rock star at the height of fame? Maybe a Pro Gamer on the rise? A war veteran? A farmer that loves literature?  It’s okay to be vague here. You’ll flesh it out more throughout the rest of the process, but just kinda think of the sort of person you’d like to play and what kind of life they lead. 

Done? Okay! Then we’ll move on to the next steps! 

[brookston]

Holidays 1.5

Holidays

Apple Howling Day

Avian Day (Pagan)

Carnival begins (Old Bohemia)

Eve of Wonder

Fair Deal Day

FM Radio Day

George Washington Carver Day

Get on the Computer Day

International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Kamakura, Japan)

Kappa Alpha Psi Day

Little Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Monopoly Game Day

Mr. Ed Day

National Bird Day

National Ellen Day

National Screenwriters Day

National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day

Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria)

Review Your Wrestling Holds Day

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney; Australia)

Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro)

Turn Up the Heat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Can Opener Day

Granny Smith Day

National Keto Day

National Whipped Cream Day

Sausage Day (UK)

Strawberry Day (Ichigo No Hi; Japan)

Take the Cake Day

Independence Days

Monarchy of Craztonia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

Charles of Mount Argus (Christian)

Feast of Poseidon (Ancient Greece)

Festival of Kore (Greek Goddess of Good Fortune & Zeal)

Festival of Lares Compitales (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Pyrotechnics

Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hayao Miyazaki (Jayism)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

Pope Telesphorus (Christian; Saint)

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Umberto Eco (Jayism)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2023; 360 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 52 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 14 (Gui-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 12 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 12 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 5 Aer; Fiveday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2022

Moon: 98%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz (Yew) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.5

Holidays

Apple Howling Day

Avian Day (Pagan)

Carnival begins (Old Bohemia)

Eve of Wonder

Fair Deal Day

FM Radio Day

George Washington Carver Day

Get on the Computer Day

International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Kamakura, Japan)

Kappa Alpha Psi Day

Little Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Monopoly Game Day

Mr. Ed Day

National Bird Day

National Ellen Day

National Screenwriters Day

National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day

Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria)

Review Your Wrestling Holds Day

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney; Australia)

Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro)

Turn Up the Heat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Can Opener Day

Granny Smith Day

National Keto Day

National Whipped Cream Day

Sausage Day (UK)

Strawberry Day (Ichigo No Hi; Japan)

Take the Cake Day

Independence Days

Monarchy of Craztonia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

Charles of Mount Argus (Christian)

Feast of Poseidon (Ancient Greece)

Festival of Kore (Greek Goddess of Good Fortune & Zeal)

Festival of Lares Compitales (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Pyrotechnics

Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hayao Miyazaki (Jayism)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

Pope Telesphorus (Christian; Saint)

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Umberto Eco (Jayism)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2023; 360 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 52 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 14 (Gui-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 12 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 12 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 5 Aer; Fiveday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2022

Moon: 98%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz (Yew) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 30)