mythology

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duskenpath:

oli-via:

duskenpath:

Rest stops on highways are liminal spaces where the veil is thin and nobody can tell me differently

Explain

The explanation is that liminal spaces are in between places that bridge Here with There, so in fairy tales we often have the Fairy Ring, the Forest Clearing, the Sudden Misty Foggy Forest, the Bridge, the River, graveyards, in some cases

We also have a ton of american urban mythology around famous roadways and sites off the sides of roads

Archetypes like these occur to mark the places in the world where the veil goes thin and humans can have extra-worldly experiences, out of the ordinary way of living

So why wouldn’t transient spaces like rest stops where everyone is just passing through from one place to the next, never stopping for too long, not be a liminal space where spirits frequent, too

Especially since nobody would know if they were real or not

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#you know they’ve got a point there #those places never do seem quite real #not even when it’s daytime and you’re wide awake

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comparativelysuperlative:

After checking Google and TVTropes, that thing about gods gaining power by being worshipped and fading away otherwise is definitely a modern invention. I should have expected that, because most gods are supposed to predate humans so it’d be weird for them to depend on them.

This is disappointing because the whole divine habit of “smite people who disrespect us” would make a lot more sense. An Athena who destroyed the earth’s best tapestry because she didn’t like the subject matter is kind of pathetic. An Athena who did that because if too many people view that tapestry and agree with it, it could end her family’s existence  is a much more interesting villain.

(Also now I’m picturing Indiana Jones showing up:
“You can’t destroy that! It belongs in a museum!”
“Do you WANT the Olympian dynasty overthrown? That is the single worst place it could be! I’ll turn you into a spider to teach you respect.”)

#actually I was picturing VeggieTales’ Minnesota Cuke  #and I really want to know about divine libel laws  #technically a misotheist  #about these particular gods at least  #do spiders even have the capacity for respect

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#interesting #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #(I laughed at ‘do spiders even have the capacity for respect’) #(but I was going to reblog it even before that bit)

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wretchedsilence:

echolalaphile:

headmeetsdesk:

radioactivemoose:

so for some reason hershey’s thinks that golden apples would be great to sell as valentine’s candy

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so i got one and wrote this on top:

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and left it on a table in the studio

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less than five minutes later people were fighting about it

my plan has thus far been a success

I love you

OMFG LATINING LOOK

Oh shit

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#dammit Eris #(but were they *actually* fighting about it?) #(or did they feel obligated to knowing how the story goes?)