#nephilim.

[saintgothicsoul]

wounded angel

[queenie-ofthe-void]

Steve knows the kids are obsessed with the newest up and coming metal band, Corroded Coffin, even though their music is actually terrible. But when Robin of all people begs Steve take them to the band's next gig, he relents.

Everything starts to make a lot more sense when they walk up to the stage and there's an honest to god Siren behind the microphone, a guitar slung low on his hips with magic wafting off him in waves over the crowd.

The singer clocks him immediately and quickly schools the flash of surprise in his eyes into something more flirtatious.

Steve smiles, the cat that caught the canary. He was right. Their music really does suck, and he can't wait until tomorrow when he can rub it in his tiny human friends' faces.

Tonight, however, he's going to ruffle a pretty boy's feathers.

~~~

Eddie knows his music's horse shit, tailor made for humans- sue him, they needed the money. So he's always a little surprised when another creature finds their way to his concerts. It happens on occasion, and of course they're always welcomed. He's seen all sorts on their tour.

But something as beautifully unholy as a Nephilim?

The man with the auburn hair and hazel eyes surrounded by a gaggle of children glows with a golden aura so soft and warm Eddie's almost left speechless. Almost.

He's caught staring, but he can't take his eyes away. So Eddie does what Sirens do best. He preens, puffs his sleek black feathers just enough for only the man in the crowd to see and sings. A move typically saved for encores, the crowd goes wild with energy and pushes their way towards the stage.

The Nephi laughs, full-bodied with mirth at the antics. A beacon of golden light bursts from him, control of his halo slipping just the slightest.

It's unearthly, it's sinful, and Eddie falls to his knees in worship. The men and women caught in the halo turn to him, smiling and leaning in and touching what is Eddie's--

But the Angel relaxes, the halo draws back, and the peoples' hands fall away even though their eyes linger.

None of that matters when the Angel blows him a kiss. Eddie knows, deep in the hollows of his bones, that when he finds him after the show, he'll stretch his Angel's wings and show him just how bright his halo can glow.

[seraphmaws]

Sanrio Overlay Frames!

[Hello Kitty -> My Melody -> Kuromi -> Cinnamoroll -> Pompompurin -> Keroppi -> Chococat -> Aggretsuko]

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I know there’s already a hello kitty mask floating around out there, but i made masks of some other popular sanrio characters as well! some of these aren’t as clean as the others, but eh, minor oversight /s. have fun with these! (the dimensions for these are 768x768 btw!)

[cheeseproducts]

KawoShin Week Day 1!

Prompt: Eldritch Horror/Non-Human appearance

Kaworu takes more after his dear departed dad this time, but he's the same thoughtful, lonely person on the inside. Hopefully Shinji will be able to see that once he gets used to how he looks!

There's an accompanying fic on my aO3 :)

Looking forward to all the awesome pieces/fics coming in the next week 💜💙

[whathehonestfuk]

Dragon!Eddie that collects the outcasts and shunned by society (his lost sheep)

Whose dragon instincts tell him to add Steve to his hoard after November of 84 and his fall from grace

Eddie is supremely grumpy because he is trying to suppress his hoarding instincts for the first time and it is not going well

I want Steve to also be a creature but can't decide which one

Selkie Steve could go angsty (dragons keep their hoard, and selkies are terrified of being kept) or fluffy (selkies love to be kept as long as they want to be kept by the person)

Werewolf Steve whose never had a proper pack (though he's starting to form one with the party)

Nephilim! Steve that has never been accepted, yeah humans love him for his Divine aura but he is seen as abomination unholy in his holiness

[ars-supreme]

Nephilim, Emile Corsi (Fake, AI Art).

[winchester-girlfriend]

This is funny and sad and so real at the same time

[tasiakosh]

Tolerance

[whereserpentswalk]

There are fallen angels all around your city. They don't do much, but they're always there. They're probably the most common cryptid in the city by far, they're almost a mascot for your city now. Your city used to be protected by actual normal angels, but history happened, now they're all fallen, their relationship with humanity forgotten, the ancient alliance lost. You don't think there was a betrayal, humanity just didn't need them anymore, they moved on, and now the fallen are just one of countless cryptids who landed here from another dimension.

Some look almost like humans, pretty humans, pretty humans wearing tattered and dirty clothing, but with wrong things about them, too many eyes, too many fingers, or just something off about them. Others look like their old angel selves more, but with time catching up to them, armor rusted, feathers unclean, the golden light turned cold and pale. Others look distorted, ghostly, like glitches in reality, sometimes monstrous and demonic in eldritch and terrifying ways. They say those were the most radiant before they fell.

Everyone kind of just knows to ignore them. Sometimes you'll see one, in an abandoned store, just on the street, in a subway station or an alleyway. But you know not to stop and stare like you would for other cryptids. They're common, and perhaps dangerous, at least unclean. And beyond that sad and unpleasant, and this twenty-first century world does not want to look at sad or unpleasant things. All the anger and little joy in the world is in a single cellphone, why bother taking a moment to pay respect.

There was that one time that one flew at you, with big, bloodstained wings, and a sword in its hands. It terrified you. But it was nothing, it didn't hurt you, you were just afraid. They set up traps for them, and places to make sure they don't rest. Little demonic sigils on pieces of architecture to make sure they don't perch there. Or pedants on shops so that they can never go in. Even a security camera, and a monster hunter's number, in case they're seen in the wrong place. They scare you sometimes, and to some creatures scaring a human is a crime that could cost them their lives. It's just how it is.

You gave some food to one, just some meat. She was small, would have looked like a pretty human girl wearing nothing but an old black coat she found, would have looked human if it wasn't for her featherless wings twitching in the rain. You let her come close to you. She didn't want to be touched. But you sung to her, and she liked your song. She told you that she used to sing before she was fallen, used to have shinning golden wings, and sing in the finest of restaurants. You let her sing back to you for a bit. You didn't ask her name. It would be weird to. But you hoped she was ok. Hoped she didn't pay the price of someone's fear.

You didn't see her again. But you think about her sometimes. It's silly to wonder if such a creature is ok. It's just a cryptid, the lowest and most forgettable of cryptids. It wouldn't affect you if anything happened, but you'd weep just to think of the possibility.

[angel-hole]

SUPTOBER 02 - pumpkin patch

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

— Genesis 6:4

[yage-bejing]

[celestiall0tus]

May I requeat sleepy duck (cause that's me right now lol)

get yo ass to bed bitch.

Also, a little something something special.

[writerwhowritesao3]

Mildly obsessed with the idea that angels (and nephilim) see more colors than humans do.

Jack doesn't realize that sometimes he sees things that Sam and Dean don't. It just never comes up.

But then one day, he and Sam are poking around one of the storage rooms in the bunker, and Sam discovers a big box of prisms in various shapes and sizes.

"Oh man, I used to love playing with these when I was a kid!" he says with a huge smile.

"Are they game pieces?" Jack asks, picking a pyramid-shaped one.

"They're called prisms," Sam says. "Come on, I'll show you."

Sam takes Jack up to the roof, the latter carefully carrying the box. On the way up, he explains about light refractions. Jack listens with rapt attention, as he always does whenever Sam teaches him things. He's pretty sure that Sam is the smartest human in the world. Or, at least, the smartest human that Jack has ever met.

When they get to the roof, Sam shows him how to angle the prisms just right so that a rainbow appears on the floor.

"It's like magic!" Jack exclaims.

"Nah, it's just science," Sam laughs.

Science was so freakin' cool.

They spend the next few minutes holding up multiple prisms, trying to get the perfect angles to combine the rainbows together into one big super-rainbow.

"Okay, I got these four to merge," Jack says, holding two prisms between the fingers of each hand.

"Almost." Sam nods. "I think if you maybe lift them higher, you can get the colors to touch."

"They are touching," Jack says. "See?"

Sam looks at the ground again. There's about an inch and a half of space between each rainbow.

"The color right next to the violet on this one is overlapping with the color next to the red on that one, and then also the color next to that color," Jack continues.

Sam moves his gaze from the ground to Jack. He tries to spot the kid's usual tells—the ones he has whenever he tries to pull a prank on him, Dean, or Cas.

"What are the names of those colors, by the way?" Jack asks, and then clarifies: "The English names. I only know them in Enochian."

Sam realizes that Jack isn't joking around.

"It's so weird. These colors are everywhere, but I've never been able to find crayons that match them," Jack continues.

"Um...I don't know, buddy," Sam says. He tries to keep his tone casual. "I bet Cas knows, though."

"Probably," Jack agrees. "Cas pretty much knows everything."

Sam chuckles and shoots a quick text to Dean:

something weird on roof. bring cas

Dean and Cas materialize on the roof a few seconds later. Castiel almost never flies in the bunker; he's learned that most humans find it unsettling and rude to suddenly appear before them, and he doesn't want to make his human family uncomfortable in their own home—and he wants to set a good example for Jack.

Cas looks worried. He wouldn't fly if he didn't think it was absolutely necessary. Sam feels mildly guilty for how he phrased his text.

"What's wrong?" Dean immediately asks, already scanning the roof for potential threats.

"Nothing's wrong," Sam says. "Can both of you come over here real quick?"

When they do, Sam points at the colors on the ground.

"Are these rainbows touching?" he asks.

"No," Dean says, at the same time that Cas says, "Yes."

"You and Dean can't see these colors?" Jack asks, bewildered.

"They can't," Cas answers. "Humans can only see a certain spectrum of color. Other species, like mantis shrimp, can see more. But still not as many as angelic beings."

"So you and Jack just see a bunch of crazy colors all the time?" Dean says. "That's trippy as hell."

"How are we just learning about this now?" Sam says.

"It's never come up," Cas shrugs. He goes over to Jack and picks a couple more prisms out of the box to inspect and angle in the sunlight.

They stay on the roof to watch the sunset. Sam and Dean ask Cas and Jack if they see any extra colors. They do.

Later that night, Jack tries to describe the colors that he and Cas can see. He's unsuccessful, but the effort is appreciated.

One of the ways Jack tries to describe the colors is in terms of taste, physical sensation, and sound. Which is how Sam and Dean learn that angels and nephilim experience varying degrees of synesthesia.

[seraphmaws]

:: Tomie and Bibi Rentry Graphics ✧

for @cherryshh ‘s 850+ event

prompt: characters from two different medias who you think would get along OR characters from two different medias who are opposites

Hear me out ok, I may have only read half of i love Amy but these two give me similar vibes… and I may have gone a lil overboard with these graphics

Free to use, just rb + credit

[thesirenisles]

Sirens, The 12th House, and Biblical Texts

“And the women of the angels who went astray will become sirens.”

-1 Enoch 19:1

Academic disclaimer: Quotes used are translations and may differ per translated version.

Siren History

Most know the tales of dangerously seductive mermaids luring sailors to the depths for a watery demise or winged beasts with talons perched on the beach shore singing haunting tunes. But, there is quite a bit more to this story.

Siren lore and mythology has been most commonly associated with the Greco-Roman origins. Within the literature and mythology, the first mention of sirens is attributed to Book 12 of Homer's "Odyssey", composed around 8th century BCE. They are a central antagonist along the journey of the protagonist.

Homer's description of Sirens (Odyssey 12.50-54): "There are two rocks, and the sirens sit on them, and their voices are lovely to hear, but they are evil in their hearts. Their faces are like those of women, but their bodies are like those of birds."

Siren's depicted with a fish or mermaid's tail come up later:

(Conrad Gessner, Historiae Animalium, 1551): "The Sirens are said to be a kind of fish-like creature with the upper part of a woman and the lower part a fish's tail…"

It is worth mentioning that Siren-like myths did exist within Egypt as well.

Tales of creatures like "The Red Sea Siren", also called "The Siren of the Nile" or "El Naddaha" are not as well documented, of course. (History is written and kept by those in power). But, they do exist.

Below is an account stating Pharaoh Djoser famously kept one of these sirens as a novelty or for guest entertainment in his royal court in 2654 BC. They were ferocious and widely feared creatures, more fierce than even the Nile crocodiles.

The Metamorphoses

But, how were these creatures made?

We get a more descriptive take on the actual transformation of the Sirens in Italian author, Ovid's, Metamorphoses (8 C.E.)

Transformation into Birds (Metamorphoses 14. 776–779): "But when Persephone was married to Pluto, and the gods, in jealousy, turned them into birds, they were given wings and claws, and from that time on, they began to sing their luring song."

In this text, we are shown that this is a divine punishment of some sort dished out by a divine being. There is another tale quite similar.

The Abyss: Biblical Texts

Sirens come up again in Dante's "Divine Comedy", although this time, we see mention of the word "Abyss".

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (early 14th century):“In that abyss, we are twofold creatures; we have the shape of women but the behavior of sirens…” (Dante, Inferno, Canto XIX)

The use of the word "abyss" is very interesting here.

Here's why:

The texts of our current Holy Bible are said to have quite a few missing books, including some found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

A very important one being:

"The Book of Enoch"

This book tells of creatures and beings beyond our Earthly conception, but it is not considered fiction. Among the mentioned, are a group of fallen angels: Watchers.

The Watchers, a sort of guardian, were drawn to the beauty of the human women. Against the word of God, it is said the angels mated with these beautiful women.

They created a half human, half angel race called Nephilim. This "Unholy Union" was disrespect in the eyes of the divine.

The Watchers, the Nephilim, and the women were all punished for their parts in the disgrace.

🪽The Nephilim were destroyed in a great flood.

This is where the mention of deep waters come in. Similar to the great flood and Noah's Arc etc. We have God unleashing powerful waters as punishment.

🪽The Watchers are said to have been imprisoned in Tartarus or "The Abyss".

Tartarus can symbolically connote to hell, the depths, or even the abyss. In Greek mythology, this is said to be even lower than Hades' Underworld and the prison of the Titans.

Tartarus itself is very similar to the description of "The Abyss". It is described as a dark, desolate watery grave for fallen Angels. A bottomless wasteland of mystery and even judgement.

It is often considered a most heinous section of the underworld, reserved for powerful beings. Not many mortals make it here, unless they did something really out of the norm to infuriate the Gods.

You have probably seen another depiction of "The Watchers" in "Noah" (2014). In the film, they were also fallen angels, punished for descending to help humanity. Their bodies were imprisoned in rocks (Earth element) to diminish their divinity.

🪽The women who mated with the angels were cursed to become mermaids or "sirens".

Similar to the Greek texts, we see another mention of divine punishment dished out and causing the metamorphosis of the women known as sirens:

1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand the angels who have united with women, and their spirits, taking many different forms, are corrupting mankind and leading them astray to worship demons as gods. Here they shall remain until the day of the great judgment when they will be judged and brought to an end. 2 And the women of the angels who went astray will become sirens.' 3 And I, Enoch, alone saw the vision, the ends of all things: and no man shall see as I have seen.

12th House Symbolism

The themes mentioned within these texts add and highlight so much symbolism to the 12th house, often depicted as the Primordial Waters.

It is the final house of completion, maybe even the symbolism for the Great Flood that was to come... ending what was and simultaneously creating something new in the 1st house.

Traditional vs Modern Astrology

🧜🏾‍♀️Traditional tends to have a more negative take on the 12th house with it representing isolation, hidden enemies, self-undoing and hidden weaknesses, spiritual growth, and even karma.

🧜🏿‍♂️Modern astrology 12th house themes focuses on the unconscious mind, spirituality, past trauma healing, psychic abilities, and endings or transitions.

However, we can notice all of these themes within the texts mentioned:

The primordial waters are symbolic of endings and transitions within the book of Enoch.

Within these primordial waters or "Hell", the angels and sirens are in a state of isolation, forever doomed to relive their past trauma, enduring eternal punishment as their karma for their own choices or self-undoing.

We see the sirens who are hidden enemies and lure men to their own self-undoing, utilizing their hidden weaknesses. Their unconscious mind is the weakness, playing into the theme of illusions.

Odysseus' Response (Odyssey 12.44-46): "But they were deceiving me, for they sang to me with a voice so sweet…"

The psychic abilities, intuition, and spiritual side of this can be seen as well:

The Sirens' Song (Odyssey 12.39-42): "Come here, Odysseus! … All you who are alive, come and listen to us. We know everything that happens on the face of the earth. … We know all things that will be, and all things that have been."

In the odyssey, the protagonist's spiritual strength is tested and he must endure the sirens call while guiding his crew to safety.

Conclusion

The story of Pisces in the context of Aquarius and Capricorn is quite interesting. You have the death of Osiris in Capricorn, his bottom half symbolically replaced with a fish upon resurrection by Isis. The fish of the Nile are said to have eaten his genitals and thus, become apart of him.

Aquarius is pouring the waters of knowledge and perhaps, the great flood. Pisces or Neptune is the king of the depths, maybe the elevated form of Osiris / Saturn? His death and rebirth? He even carries a trident, which can be compared to the pitchfork of the Devil... and is said to be trapped in Tartarus himself.

You have Isis who is depicted in many forms among different cultures, including with wings and as a mermaid.

The theories here are endless. I genuinely enjoyed diving into this mythology and literature when I began to notice the similarities here. The story continues.

Thank you for reading!

Check out my blog for more mythology and astrology posts!

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[whathehonestfuk]

Nephilim! Steve who has powers but not a body equipped to handle them causing him damage every time he uses them

Steve who's used them to help fight monsters ever time

Who used them to heal max and Eddie after fighting vecna

Who used them on every subsequent scratch and bruise and let's himself be a science experiment and a form of entertainment because his kids deserve to be happy and move on from the monsters they've fought

Robin who suspects something going on but doesn't have experience with the supernatural outside of the upside down so she doesn't know

Eddie whose mom wasn't nephilim but was another type of creature who slowly withered herself away in much the same way to try and please his dad

Eddie who is pissed when he fully realizes what Steve is doing

Eddie who spills it to the rest of the party pissing Steve off majorly but also stopping him from slowly killing himself for the amusement of others