Aethelwulf is a valued member of the group who has been an invaluable member both for morale and artistic endeavors. In the first issue of Europe & Diaspora we even did an interview with him on his art. Despite being in South Africa Aethelwulf has never let his Northern Spirit waver. He is a true friend and I hope one day he can finally escape SA and run free like the wolf he is at heart. He is inspired by his Patron Fenrir to never give in and it is infectious. -TAO and HH
Just an adorable white mancub helping daddy shovel to brighten your day
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14 month old helps dad shovel snow... until he glitches
Apparently this sort of photo was a vintage halloween card though I need to dig a bit more, it might just be a new fangled photoshop thing -TAO
Vampires: Again this is far too complex for a single post but here goes, Vampires and similar creatures are a staple of European folklore. Though their name and core mythology comes ultimately from Eastern Europe, they have been influenced by many different creatures, legends, historical figures, and fiction writers. Originally the core legend of a vampire had it as a soul or astral projection of the vampire's corpse, while the body never left the grave. Others would have the ability to change size coming from a tiny opening in their place of burial and returning through the same small opening.
Traditionally beheading, sticking a clove of garlic in its mouth, and staking the corpse to the coffin and maybe dismemberment and burning on top of it were used to kill a Vampire. Which was often thought to be the cause of illness and death upon the village making more and more people into vampires. At times the ashes of the Vampire were used as a curative measure for the issues it had caused and were mixed into a drink given to its victims. While other legends hold that some people can be predisposed to being a vampire through a number of signs at birth from a caul, being born with teeth, to being the seventh child.
The number of ways to become a vampire also differs myth to myth, some are made others are turned like the Blutsauger of Germany which carries around dirt from its grave and sticks it in the victims mouth. If they swallow it they will become a Blutsauger as well. A moth shaped vampire-like creature named a Mahr from the Carpathian mountains that eats a bit of the soul each time it bites its victim is one of the few that can be destroyed by sunlight, otherwise most others are fine during the day. The idea of sunlight as a weakness was introduced in the film Nosferatu.
Vampire's are also intricately tied into two historical figures Vlad “Dracula” Tepes, and Elizabeth “The Blood Countess” Bathory. Both of whom have become intrinsically tied to the Vampire legend and have each added their own flavor to it. Dracula being far more notable due to both the novel by Bram Stoker and the legend that has only grown since then. While vampires can shapeshift, the form of a bat as one of their main forms is a modern invention of fiction writers after the continued romantization of vampires took off in numerous horror and romance novels around the turn of the 20th century. Another aspect of the vampire is that many were said to have rapacious sexual appetites and tried to lay with their wives from when they were alive. If wife accepted the vampire, she will give birth to a child who may one day become a vampire or a vampire hunter. Which is another part of the legend that was popularized in fiction far more than in folklore, especially regarding the figure of Van Helsing from Stoker's novel. There is far far more than can be said here on vampires as there are so many from ones with skin tight as drums to ones that shimmer in the light. They populate myths and legends all across Europe. If you are worried about them, it might be wise to sleep with some garlic and a sharp blade.
Traditionally beheading, sticking a clove of garlic in its mouth, and staking the corpse to the coffin and maybe dismemberment and burning on top of it were used to kill a Vampire. Which was often thought to be the cause of illness and death upon the village making more and more people into vampires. At times the ashes of the Vampire were used as a curative measure for the issues it had caused and were mixed into a drink given to its victims. While other legends hold that some people can be predisposed to being a vampire through a number of signs at birth from a caul, being born with teeth, to being the seventh child.
The number of ways to become a vampire also differs myth to myth, some are made others are turned like the Blutsauger of Germany which carries around dirt from its grave and sticks it in the victims mouth. If they swallow it they will become a Blutsauger as well. A moth shaped vampire-like creature named a Mahr from the Carpathian mountains that eats a bit of the soul each time it bites its victim is one of the few that can be destroyed by sunlight, otherwise most others are fine during the day. The idea of sunlight as a weakness was introduced in the film Nosferatu.
Vampire's are also intricately tied into two historical figures Vlad “Dracula” Tepes, and Elizabeth “The Blood Countess” Bathory. Both of whom have become intrinsically tied to the Vampire legend and have each added their own flavor to it. Dracula being far more notable due to both the novel by Bram Stoker and the legend that has only grown since then. While vampires can shapeshift, the form of a bat as one of their main forms is a modern invention of fiction writers after the continued romantization of vampires took off in numerous horror and romance novels around the turn of the 20th century. Another aspect of the vampire is that many were said to have rapacious sexual appetites and tried to lay with their wives from when they were alive. If wife accepted the vampire, she will give birth to a child who may one day become a vampire or a vampire hunter. Which is another part of the legend that was popularized in fiction far more than in folklore, especially regarding the figure of Van Helsing from Stoker's novel. There is far far more than can be said here on vampires as there are so many from ones with skin tight as drums to ones that shimmer in the light. They populate myths and legends all across Europe. If you are worried about them, it might be wise to sleep with some garlic and a sharp blade.