#antique tale

[toyastales]

A bracelet clasp with a Medusa on an emerald cameo. Gold is treated with diamond and enamel. 18th century. Made in England.

[descendinight]

Nuryniíth - Rosemary and thyme

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Florence Harrison, "The Defence of Guenevere" from Early Poems of William Morris (1914)

via internet archive

[bebemoon]

look for the name MARY GRACE (requested by @ratsandfashion) | enfants riches déprimés layered muslin baby doll dress w/ red text embroidery along skirt (s/s 2o22), brokenheirlooms (on etsy) handmade black onyx bead and blood red glass bead garnet rosary necklace w/ antique doll inside sacred heart pendant, dark tales "floating candles" limited halloween edition eau de parfum (frankincense, linen, candlewax, amber, violet, moss, vanilla), antique victorian-era lace-up black leather heeled boots, antique prayer book w/ gilded page edges and side lock (locking mechanism is missing) (c. 191o's), antique cilice and fabric belt choker (instrument of penance) (18th cent.)

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

Am i the asshole f'r getting mine own neighbour burn'd at the stake?

i wenteth to the farm'rs marketeth lasteth weekend, and hath bought mine own goat - daisy. I intend'd to selleth the cheese yond the lady maketh. Mine own neighbour claim'd yond t wast in fact h'r goat yond wond'r'd off of h'r landeth, and the lady wouldst liketh t backeth.

i didst not wisheth to shareth the cheese, and toldeth h'r to leaveth me beest.

i didst some bethinking, and realis'd the lady may has't been a beldams! how didst the lady knoweth yond daisy hath appeared at mine own doth'r lasteth weekend? daisy wast a gift from god, i sayeth!

i rep'rt'd h'r to the church and yest'rday the lady wast burn'd at the stake.

though i feeleth guilty. P'rhaps i wrongly accus'd h'r? h'r 16 children art v'ry upseteth (though, those gents shouldst beest greatly joyous as those gents receiveth half a bean m're f'r dinn'r) and i am not making much wage on the cheese.

so. Am i the asshole?

[lovehina019]

[zora-aurora]

JB Lippincott 1872

[illustratus]

The Abduction of Europa by Jean-François de Troy

[marzipanandminutiae]

The Handmaid’s Tale: this is an event venue in Washington DC!

Me: that is very clearly Casa Loma

Me: I can recognize the hallway that they also used as the hotel hallway in Crimson Peak

Me: and I have that stained glass ceiling in my blog header

Me: you’re not fooling anyone

[sailforvalinor]

*taps mic* This is a highly specific thing that irks me, but here we go: stop using the terms “canon” or “original” to refer to mythology, folklore, and fairytales. Canonicity is a modern concept (as in, the past several hundred years) that only applies to modern novels, films, and other such works. Stories like mythology, folklore, and fairytales that belong to large people groups, while different tellings may share certain fundamental details, by their nature will vary in their details great and small simply due their being told over and over again by different people over great swaths of time, and looking for the “original” is most often pointless, as these stories are usually so old that their first telling is lost to time, and calling the oldest source we have the “canon” version is incorrect, as in all likelihood the true “oldest” version has not been and never will be discovered, and doing this is a gross misunderstanding of how cultural storytelling functions—thus, mythology, folklore, and fairytales fundamentally cannot have a conclusive canon. *leaves stage*

[toyastales]

Gold swivel ring featuring an amethyst frog, from the New Kingdom period of Egypt, dating between 1550-1229 BC.

[lepetitdragonvert]

Kinder und Hausmaerchen der Brueder Grimm (sic)

Ca. 1895

Artist : Hermann Vogel

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Florence Harrison, "Riding Together" from Early Poems of William Morris (1914)

via internet archive

[wolfes-tales]

‘Browse through the shelves and see what you find

Trinkets and items and souls left behind

Tales within these pages confined

Hold memory, loss, and fate intertwined.’ ✨

Step inside the pages of Wolfe’s Tales, and discover the rich worlds contained in the nine short stories within. Each story is a different genre and style, linked by an antique store and the mysterious, ever-changing owner, Wolfe. Within these pages, you will find memory and loss, horrors and delights.

We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of our short story anthology, Wolfe’s Tales. We are a group of Flinders University students, undergoing this project as part of our final year of University. The anthology centres on the idea of antique shops, and the enigmatic and ever-different owner, Wolfe.

It has been an intense ride, but we are so happy to soon get to share our stories. Our book launch will be on the 12th of November at the Tavern at Flinders University, Adelaide (Australia) - times and further details to come! Make sure to follow us here to stay up to date with our process, and to be the first to know about the exciting things we have in the works (I have heard rumours of a giveaway 👀).

[gingermintpepper]

Hi!! I don't know if you remember me, but I'm the person you explained the Castalia thing to a few days ago. I've been following you for a while now, but I just managed to go through your blog well and proper, and I'm here to express both my gratitude for the amount of info and links you've shared (I did NOT know about the hepatoscopy and haruspicy, and I'm about to go down a lengthy rabbit hole) and my horror at once again being given a new hyperfixation (I didn't imagine wanting to read about liver-divination help).

Also, also, are you the author of Exeunt Phoebus Apollo on AO3 because that was the fic that sent me on this greek mythology spree, and it's so good I got obsessed with Apollo, and he's everywhere around me now. Thank you for writing it!

AAAAAA THIS IS SO SWEET?? THANK YOU!! I do remember you and hey man, I'm always happy to help <33

I'm so glad to recruit someone else to my hepatoscopy group because it is a long and storied tradition with many many different types of study and schools of thought dating all the way back to the Sumerians! It's an extremely underrated bit of study when it comes to sketching portraits of divination and prophecy when it comes to adaptations of imaginings of greek myth works - similar to bird augury (which was such a widespread skill that most people had some level of understanding of the basics of what the omens of common birds meant the way people now can look at the clouds over head and know if it'll rain and when approximately that rain'll happen).

It's a great and common misunderstanding that things like prophecy and magic were these fantastic elements that had no tangible features to their practices and while there's nothing wrong with interpreting things as more fantastical for the sake of coolness or aesthetic, I personally think these elements are interesting enough to be worth looking into and portraying!

Also yes, I did write Exeunt 😳I'm very very honoured that you enjoyed my work so much and I'm even more grateful that it could let you see the Apollo in everything 💖 Thank you for reading it!!

[sydney-carton-of-sour-milk]

these are my friends

see how they glisten

(porcelain figurines of Sydney Carton from 1940s Japan)