#halo headdress

[stanford-photography]

Portrait of Ursula By Jeff Stanford, 2024 Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[rissahs]

me: oh the trophy for the chinese gp looks really fucking cool with its nod to the traditional laurel wreath design combined with dragon scales, i wonder if there's any pics on tumblr-

[finds post where everyone in the tags is making omegaverse dog collar jokes because the trophy lights up when you wear it around your neck]

me: nevermind i forgot this place was a godless wasteland

[nighthawkes]

if I’d bought myself any of the sultry, ostentatious indulgences I’ve lusted over in the past year then I wouldn’t be in this position <- doesn’t have a Halloween costume

[blancamzlooksat]

1) Aileen Pringle as Zara in The Mystic (1925). Costume designed by Erté.

2) Marchesa Luisa Casati in a costume representing light, for a party in 1922. Costume designed by House of Worth.

3) Myrna Darby of the Ziegfried Follies.

[jollmaster]

redesign trivia: Sera

her real name is Harahel, the 59th of Shem Ha'Meforash

patroness of archives, libraries, female fertility and child obedience

also sexless, but predominantly feminine

freckled

very tall

angel-coded with bluish skintone

clothes without jewelry

headdress resembling both a halo and the headdresses of married women of Renaissance

even in human form she appears aloof

CHARLIE'S GANG: Charlie, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Niffty, sir Pentious (and egg boiz), Cherri Bomb, Husk, Alastor (+ gang as humans)

HEAVEN: Adam, Eve, Lute, Emily

ADAM AND EVE'S CHILDREN: Cain, Abel, Seth, Awan, Azura

HELL: Lilith, Lucifer, Seviathan, Helsa, Razzle and Dazzle, Baxter

SINS: Asmodeus [Lust], Beelzebub [Gluttony], Satan [Wrath], Mammon [Greed] (and Fizz), Belphegor [Sloth]

LUCIFER'S WIVES: Eisheth Zenunim, Naamah, Agrat bat Mahlat

VEES: Vox, Valentino, Velvette

OVERLORDS: Zestial, Rosie, Carmilla Carmine (and her daughters, Odette and Clara), Flaming Skull Guy

FRIENDS AND RELATIVES: Mimzy, Arackniss, Molly, Alastor's mom, Alastor's father

[divinum-pacis]

Lakota Trinity by the late artist Father John Giuliani

"In this image, the great Father—Wakan Tanka—appears with a full headdress of eagle feathers in a halo of light.

His open hands deliver the Son, a victorious Sioux warrior whose raised arms and open hands reflect a similar gesture of self-giving.

He wears a richly decorated buckskin war shirt—heavily fringed, beaded and painted with the four color circle of the universe as its breast plate.

The eagle represents the Holy Spirit and completes the spiral of trinitarian love and unity."

From the Catholic Extension Society.

[demigoddessqueens]

Happy valentines request from @nathscalet

Dracula marrying another human lady?

♡ [ dolled up ] to get them dressed up for a date

A/n - or rather, a wedding 💒 is always a special date 😉

Prompts HERE

VALENTINES LIST

Your heart was hammering as you dressed for the occasion. The dress was an artifact from a different time, his time when he was warm and human.

Now he was cold and otherworldly, but still filled with a warmth for you. Hence this intimately joyous occasion of your wed to each other.

The white robes covered your arms, legs, and back with the strands of pearls and beads lining along your arms and back. A beaded headdress adorned your head as your hair was framed with a halo. To him, you would have looked like a goddess of the Old World that he heard stories of centuries ago.

As you walked into the candle lit halls and rooms, Dracula could hear the pounding of your heart as he drank in the heavenly sight of you.

Rings in hand, he extended his hands to you as a welcoming gesture. It would be a small intimate ceremony, perfect for you both.

“You are absolutely mesmerizing, an angel for a wretch like me.”

[nerdygaymormon]

I hear so many people hating on the Olympics for showing drag queens reenacting the Last Supper. That does seem pretty blasphemous. I'm curious to hear your thoughts about that

The morning after the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, my mom expressed her disgust at drag queens recreating da Vinci’s "Last Supper" and said it’s fine if they don’t believe but they shouldn’t mock others. I had no idea what she was talking about, I watched the opening ceremonies but I missed that. She admitted she didn't notice it either but it was all over her morning news.

Tbh, I figured if she was going to be offended by anything, it would be the multi-racial ménage à trois

Or possibly the guillotined Marie Antoinette holding her head

I found online that what she was referring to is what took place on a bridge over the river Seine. There was a table with a red carpet down the middle which served as a catwalk. At the center of the table was seated a woman wearing a silver headdress, surrounded by some drag queens and dozens of dancers and artists. Models featuring fashions from France's most promising young designers walked the runway.

The specific part of the ceremony that caused the offense was a closeup of the people at the table. The tableau was reportedly based on a painting by Dutch artist Jan Harmensz van Biljert called "Feast of the Gods," painted in 1635, and is housed in the Musée Magnin in Dijon, France. In the painting, the Greek gods on Mount Olympus have a banquet to celebrate the marriage of Thetis and Peleus.

The figure seated at the center of the table is Apollo, being the sun god he has a halo of light around his head.

One thing I liked is they updated the idea of Apollo with his lute to be portrayed by French DJ Barbara Butch with her equipment. Barbara advocates for several causes, such as acceptance of obese people and lesbian rights. She says her "aim is to unite people, gather humans & share love through music for all of Us to dance & make our hearts beat at unisson! Music sounds better with all of Us!"

They also had a blue Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, fruit, vegetation, and festivities.

All that meaning wasn't explained during the broadcast and went over my head, but I guess it makes sense to have a scene in the Olympics that gives a nod to the Greek gods, where the Olympics began, and which is meant to convey celebratory festivities, and is based on a painting housed in a French museum.

Even though there was no iconography like bread, wine, or even a bag of gold coins, having a bunch of folks on one side of the table reminded some people of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" painting.

The ceremony’s artistic director Thomas Jolly has said it was meant to celebrate diversity and pay tribute to feasting and French gastronomy. "The idea was to create a big pagan party in link with the God of Mount Olympus — and you will never find in me, or in my work, any desire of mocking anyone," Jolly said.

My guess is that if drag queens wanted to portray the Last Supper, they're talented enough that it would've been clear that was the intent.

Even if they meant to portray the "Last Supper," that painting has been recreated in many creative ways and I've never heard anyone upset about it, but maybe in this case they're upset because there were queer people involved. They forget that it is a queer painting, having been done by one of the most famous gay men in history, with one of the characters at the table being modeled on da Vinci's own lover Salaì.

Let's say the Olympic organizers did intend for this scene to be reminiscent of the "Last Supper," I'm good with it. Jesus would invite everyone to have a seat at the table, which is a good message for the Olympics to convey, all are welcome. No person at that table would be excluded from Jesus' table, but there's a number of Christians who would exclude themselves if it meant not having to sit with queer people and others they perceive as sinners, which is ironic since Christianity teaches that we're all sinners.

In summary, I think some people misinterpreted the intention of what was presented, and a group of conservative media types promoted that misinterpretation to cause outrage because that would generate views and clicks. Most people who are angry by this weren't upset when they saw it originally aired, they are furious because they were told that they should be upset about it.

[you-see-something-strange-here]

I want tommy to get a badass costume similar to billy’s….if he’s the embodiment and/or cosmic entity of time, then he should have a cool costume upgrade!! give my boy a halo/headdress/crown and a flowing green cape please and thanks

there’s nothing wrong with his current costume, other than the fact that he’s had it for nearly twenty years. I mean if it ain’t broke don’t fix it but tommy come on -

[freakywizard]

and yeah actually arcane's portrayal of radicalization and how fascists rise to power is actually really cool. ambessa wearing a headdress that looks like a halo, framing herself as a god-leader savior of the people. ambessa using residual class rage to inspire action. references to "degeneracy" to frame the action as a form of cleansing, maintaining purity. using the rhetoric of us (chosen) vs them (wrong). the power of rhythm, aesthetics. welcome back triumph of the will (1935)

[kittenfangirl20]

*back in the past Lucifer and Lilith were called to Heaven’s embassy talk about the solution to the alarming rate the population of Hell was growing, the pair walked into the embassy see an angel sitting at the table waiting for them, the angel wore robes with gold spikes at the collar and some sort of design on the robes that looked like an A, he wore a mask with gold eyes and gold fangs as well as a horned headdress, if it wasn’t for the gold halo and gold wings Lucifer would have thought that this was a demon, on each side of the angel were a pair of angels dressed in black and silver who also wore masks except one eye was an x and they had silver instead of gold*

Lilith: We have read over the proposition of Extermination Day and we will not accept Heaven coming down once a year to slaughter our people.

The angel: I am quite surprised that you care about something that isn’t yourself, you were such an unbearable bitch in life and I am sure you still are now that you are the Demon Bitch Queen of Hell.

Lucifer: Adam.

*Lucifer was shocked that his former friend was going to lead the charge against Sinners*

Adam (the angel): Frankly I am shocked you are still with Lilith, I would have thought that you would have eventually seen the mistake you made and dumped her.

*Lucifer flipped the very large table and flew across the room so he could pin Adam against the wall while the two angels at Adam’s side now had their spears pointed at Lucifer*

Lucifer: Don’t speak of my wife that way!!!!!!!!

Adam: You are in no position to make demands, but I can be generous. We only go after Sinners but your family and Hell Born will be left alone. If you don’t agree to this Sera will have the other archangels ask God to destroy Hell, do you want your daughter to be destroyed, I would do anything to protect my children.

*Adam hoped Lucifer would see his plan was preferable to Sera’s plan*

Lilith: Don’t agree to Extermination Day, we can rise up against Heaven.

Adam: That attitude is why is why Heaven must take action against Hell.

*faces Lucifer*

Adam: I know you are not truly evil, sacrifice some Sinners to save your daughter and Cain.

*Lucifer let go of Adam, he saw a glimmer of the man he once was in Eden*

Lucifer: Fine, you can have your Extermination Day for Charlie.

*Lilith grit her teeth as Lucifer signed the agreement and left, Lilith waited for the two angels to leave and cornered Adam just placing one hand on his chest and leaned close to him in an almost intimate manner, it pleased her to feel her ex husband tremble at her touch*

Lilith: Know this, you may have your little victory today, but I still have Lucifer’s love, it’s something you will never have because you were always such a hideous creature. In fact it looks like you have become a bit of a fat ass now.

*Lilith let her hand move down and she squeezed his stomach, she laughed when instead of feeling the firm abs he used to have, his stomach felt a little round and soft*

Adam: Don’t fucking touch me bitch.

*Adam was trying to sound tough, but his his voice was strained as if he was about to start crying, Lilith smiled and kissed Adam’s masked lips knowing he would hate that*

Lilith: Farewell Adam.

*Lilith left and Adam went back to Heaven and quickly handed to agreement to Sera before flying to his home where Eve was waiting for him, Eve gently peeled off only the mask leaving the headdress, tears were falling from Adam’s eyes and more were threatening to fall*

Eve: It’s ok my love, I am here.

*Eve caressed his cheek and Adam just leaned into it*

[avelynnss]

concept for a fake hero shooter with olga and all of the alternate skins she would have. i have been playing a lot of marvel rivals if you couldn't tell

she would be another support character, mostly because she's one of my favorite sims and i'm a support main :) since she's a lunar witch, her abilities would all be moonlight based, with a moonlight orb primary fire that would boomerang back to her like invisible woman. i like invisible woman's kit with all the shielding and i think something similar would work well for her, but i'll flesh it out in the stat block.

rest of the cast coming soon!

cc links under the cut

base skin: hair by: @thatonegreenleaf blouse by: @bluerose-sims (simsfinds) skirt by: @trillyke choker by: @pralinesims

moon goddess: hair by: @simandy dress by: @mssims headdress and jewelry by: @lam-z halo by: @sugarowl

beach day: hair by: @thatonegreenleaf swimsuit by: @sentate hat by: @madlensims

zodiac - capricorn: hair by: @clumsyalienn top by: @okruee pants by: @saruin horns by: @sp-creates

queen serenity: hair by: @miikocc outfit and jewelry by: @silvermoonsims4

rapunzel: hair by: @thatonegreenleaf dress by: @elfdor (simsfinds) necklace by: @clumsyalienn

bewitching: hair by: @thatonegreenleaf dress by; @joliebean hat by: @saurusness necklace by: toksik

russian folk: hair by: @sunivaa dress by: panyashan flower crown by: @satterlly

thank you to all cc creators!

[bi-numi-aliyani]

Hello, friends! I apologize for my absence as of late, I unfortunately ended up in a situation where I didn't have access to the internet for a little while and had to get everything sorted out. There's a lot of things I'm excited to do here, but for now I'd just like to hopefully make up for it with these sketches of ancient symbols of 𒀭El-Elyon and 𒀭Lady Ashirat :)

Great Seal of 𒀭Ashirat: This is the Asherah-tree symbol as it appears on the famous Pithos A from the Kuntillet Ajrud site. It probably came from around the early 8th century BCE when the former Judean outpost was under Northern Israelite control and bears a now-famous inscription mentioning “𒀭Yahweh of Samaria and His 𒀭Asherah.” The ornately-depicted Sacred Tree nourishes two flanking ibex, the sacred animal of 𒀭Ashirat, and rests above a lion which symbolizes a Deity's strength in ancient Canaanite iconography.

Small Seal of 𒀭Ashirat: This more simplistic iteration of the Tree-and-Ibex symbol is found on the famous Lachish ewer from the end of the Bronze Age and is most notable for its remarkable resemblance to the Menorah of the later Temple of 𒀭Yahweh at Jerusalem.

Small Solar Seal of 𒀭El: This design is found on the head of a sceptre held by a bronze seated figurine of 𒀭El in intact gold leaf from a Bronze-Age Temple at Megiddo (Tel Megiddo). It was made around the same time as the Lachish ewer and is believed to invoke the Sun and its beams in a similar way to more recognizable Egyptian or Mesopotamian solar symbols. Another theory holds that it depicts a flower.

Seal of the House of 𒀭El: Yet another 13th century BCE find, this peculiar insignia is featured on a bronze sceptre head coated in silver leaf which would have been inserted into a wooden pole to be grasped by a life-sized cult statue of 𒀭El. A stylized human face is flanked by serpents and zigzag lines topped with an upturned crescent. At the bottom and the top is another sign resembling the omega-shaped womb symbol originally associated with the Mother Goddess 𒀭Ninhursag of the Sumerian Pantheon (cf. the cow uterus headdress of the ancient Egyptian childbirth Goddess 𒀭Meskhenet and the “Hathoric curls” hairstyle associated with 𒀭Lady Ashtart and 𒀭Qadesh). This design was described as a “cult standard” by the archaeological team who discovered it in a destruction layer at Hazor (Tel Hazor) in the 1950s and I've interpreted it to symbolize the House of 𒀭El which is also the House of all the Gods and Goddesses. The artifact was found in what appeared to be a small shrine indicating it possibly received some kind of veneration of its own.

Great Solar Seal of 𒀭El: This is from another bronze sceptre head with silver leaf and was discovered in a 12th century BCE layer at the site of a Canaanite Temple in Lachish (Tell ed-Duweir). I've followed the interpretation that this is a solar symbol similar to the one from Megiddo. A solar disc with three nesting circles is backed by a sort of oblong "halo" which represents the Firmament of Heaven in my view. The Sun with its life-giving rays shown descending upon the Earth here has been interpreted as an anthropomorphic figure as well. I can also see the broad outer bands and the thin inner streams having to do with 𒀭El's Abode of Mount Lalu being located “at the Source of the Two Rivers, at the Confluence of the Channels of the Two Deeps” according to Ugaritic texts.

Thanks so much for checking this out!

My source for the pictures of and information on the 𒀭El sceptres is “The sceptres of life-sized divine statues from Canaanite Lachish and Hazor” by Yosef Garfinkel in Antiquity 94:375 (2020), pp. 669–685, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.44.

[jawbonemotif]

self deification

[image description: a digital drawing of my dnd character, brontel woldrock. he's a pale dwarf with curly black hair and beard. he has red eyeshadow and lipstick. he's wearing a tight green silk dress with a paler bodice with yellow flowers. his hands are clasped before him and he has a gold headdress and halo. the background is dark red. end id]

[myluckymoon]

Selfaware bsd x imposter sagau (ch 1

It had been a couple months since bsd cast had come to the real world, things so far have been going smoothly, but…I have been getting these strange dreams ... .of this biblical accurate type being. There is also a golden star on my forehead…it's weird. 

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Reader pov.

“Huh!? Oh …it's this place again”

An angel-like being appears, two white ribbons with golden edges that cross horizontally over its head, golden eyes on said ribbons. A head dress draped on its head, its color was snow white with rich golden edges, the back of it faded to white towards the bottom of it. Golden stars on golden chains hung from under the headdress. A gold star similar to mine on its forehead. A pair of small white wings were in the place where ears would have been. Golden halo hovers atop its head, shining with pure light and power. Long white robes cover its body, detailed with golden stars. Two large white wings, golden on the inside of them.

“Don't be afraid my child, I am not here to harm you ….” The being spoke, it's aura one of purity.

“Wh-what are you…. And why do you keep visiting me?” I asked, very confused as to why it was here, much less visiting me.

“I am th-”

I wake up to the smell of food, more specifically French toast and eggs. I also hear faint sounds of chuuya telling osamu to get out of the kitchen. Another chance to get answers wasted. I would have to try and take a nap later and hope that it would visit me. I sigh. I try to go back to sleep only to be woken up by a certain jester. “Wakey wakey, eggs and backy!” The platinum Blonde magician exclaims. “Five more minutesssss please” I mumble into the pillow, still tired and wanting answers from the being I keep seeing in my dreams. Unfortunately, he did not agree. “No, can do birdy.” I feel the mattress that I am on Creek with his weight. “Ok, I will get up” I groan, accepting defeat. “Wonderful, the chihuahua is making breakfast.” “I HEARD THAT YA ASS!” Chuuya yells from the kitchen, not happy about being called a dog.

“But it's true chuuuyaaaa.” Dazai teases.

“Shut it Markle!” Chuuya shouts at the taller male.

……………………………………………………

Hayo, it moon. This took a little longer than expected to doo, and I don't really know how to continue but I kinda have an idea. Hope you guys enjoyed it tho, till next time

[crepes-suzette-373]

Garuda, Judge, Germa 66, The Divine

@sangerie Perfect timing that you bring up Garuda in your reply, because I remembered a while ago that I didn't check what Judge's current belt looks like when I made that other post and I was just about to make a new post about my findings.

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I messed up and completely forgot to check when I made that other post. That was just more of an idle thought, though, not something I really wanted to analyse or make theories out of. This one is the (conspiracy) theory/analysis post.

Artistically this is big enough difference that I cannot chalk it off as "simplification/wonky artwork because of image size":

Plus, the "simpler" shape from the MADS flashbacks would be drawn long after the WCI arc. So this has to be a purposeful change on sensei's part.

What was it beforehand and why the change? What is the newer shape supposed to be?

So anyway, that realisation prompted me to look into Karura (the Japanese interpretation of Garuda) because I thought the current belt shape looks like the helmet Judge is wearing, which in turn vaguely reminds me of headdresses in Buddhist gods' statuary.

I think there could be connection between the two in terms of design:

Like, his hair could look reminiscent of the Karura's "fire halo".

The Karura in Japan is a being who is heavily associated with flames (which happens to also look like number 6 spirals in the statue, very interestingly). Some Buddhist teaching even say the Karura either manifests itself as flames, or lends its flames in support to other deities.

Karura's "fire halo" behind Fudou Myou'ou:

This I find to be even more curious, because in the first place Garuda is divine being, and Garuda's "holy flame" is something that purifies evil. Judge seems to be awful in every way, so why give him a nickname that's based on a holy being? Is this just irony, or is this a hint that there's something weird going on that has yet to be revealed? (something in their ancient history?)

Also, about the "69" in the skull's eyes. Even Sanji's Stealth Black/Osoba Mask belt has that "69" element, even if it's in the little wings on the sides and not the skull's eyes. Is that symbol so important that it needs to be everywhere? (to sangerie, if you see this: Niji's belt still has that 69, even much later in the cover story, it just sometimes look wonky in the art because it's too small)

That symbol is known in Japan as "two tomoe" (considered different from yin yang by the Japanese). A tomoe is that comma like shape, and the Germa one is specifically the "right curling" one, because there are versions of it that goes the opposite direction.

A tomoe is also a divine symbol, so it's very frequently seen as the "crest" of shrines. Funnily enough the origin of the tomoe symbol is actually water, but I'm not sure if sensei would go out of his way to research that. If he was using this as a purposeful symbol I feel like he's using it more in the generic divine/shrine related usage.

It's a symbol you see in the drums used by the the Raijin (god of thunder), which also was the design inspiration for Enel.

Interesting thunder/lightning connection there. It's 3, though, and not 2, so I'm not sure if this means anything.

You see that exact symbol with just two in Wano, though it's turned 90 degrees anticlockwise:

I have wondered multiple times if the Vinsmokes have connection to Wano in their past. Even literally just a few hours ago I made a post mentioning the same thing. I always worry that I'm making too deep of a reach, but every now and then I still wonder.

It also has historical connection in Japan, since a two tomoe design is a common samurai crest. I highly doubt it's related to this, but that exact "69" shaped crest is the crest strongly associated with the 47 Ronin.

The interesting thing about the 47 Ronin is that even though they're typically celebrated as heroes who defeated an evil lord even to this day, by historical accounts the 47 ronin were actually the ones in the wrong and the guy they had revenge on wasn't a tyrant or corrupt official. Still, I don't think this has any relevance.

I mean, there's nothing about Germa that suggests that "they seem evil, but actually they're secretly good".

I will admit there is a part of me that is developing a suspicion that there could be a random twist where Germa's whole point was "their motivation/end goal is not bad, but their methods is what's really absolutely disgusting" for various reasons. As in, what if their desire to conquer the North Blue is not just for greed or power, but for a bigger goal beyond it, and this "bigger goal" might not be entirely bad.

I doubt it, because so far everything that we've been shown is just nasty. I'm just automatically suspicious because the World Government labelled them evil, and I don't trust WG.

It could just be something like "they're so evil, that even demons are disgusted", though.