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Guardian Goddess in Manhattan.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels."Our Princess grew up around a woman whose keen intellect we rely on to protect us from unseen enemies," Saint Marie's voice became deeper and more threatening. "At the age of ten, she," Saint Marie looked my way as my hand shot up mimicking Aya's identical plea for attention."Yes Ishara?" Saint Marie chose to acknowledge me."She's nine.""Fine. At the age of nine, she earned an honorific, Mamētu me eda, which I didn't accomplish until my 19th year." 'Yes Ladies, I'm an epic bad-ass and I've been out-performed by a child'."She was kidnapped along with the Head of House Ishara. They tortured her by clipping off two of her digits, one at a time, then seared the damage with a blowtorch. She gave them nothing. At the end of the encounter, the two of them managed to defeat thirty Seven Pillar's commandos, over fifteen she disabled personally.""After killing nearly half as many enemies as the 35 I have personally dispatched in my entire career, she crossed a mile and a half of barren rock in the midst of a Category 4 Typhoon. Cáel Ishara only helped her half of the way because he was engaged with the last two members of the Seven Pillar's team.""I have utter confidence the madness here today, while assisted by House Epona and Ishara, was the brainchild of Krasimira. I say 'assisted' because Cáel Ishara spared Kwenhamai's life on the battlefield. Katrina Epona removed Kwenhamai from Romanian custody to keep her out of the hands of those who wished us harm. I was aware Kwenhamai was in New York, but not her precise location.""My read on the situation is this:"Aya of Kururiyahhssi was aware of Kwenhamai and Krasimira's plot to adopt her into the bloodline of the first Amazon.""She was not aware of Kwenhamai's plan to exit the Host in the manner she chose. I read the shock and pain in, Aya's face.""Our Princess has not given me a single order and I am the only voice here today that matters, I am the Golden Mare and the Council has consistently failed to agree on a Regency.""Krasimira, why have you done this?" Saint Marie abruptly asked for either a denial, or acquiescence of her perception of events."As directed by the Ancestors, the statute of a goddess of a First House was recast then returned to her perpetual spot. It brought new light to a dark, sacred and painful place. In that moment I realized that for the first time in nearly 3,200 years, the descendants of every Amazon gathered before the walls of Wilusa (Troy) had been reunited.""I was troubled. Was this a portent the augurs couldn't divine? In their council (the augurs) then came up with the words 'speak to our eldest'."Oh shit, the rest of the Council was racking their minds trying to figure who was the oldest surviving Amazon. I knew for a fact they were overlooking the two top candidates."I sought out the eldest Amazon alive. They claimed to not have the answer for my worries. She had far more numerous things weighing on her mind such as her intimate demise. Though I hated sharing the same air with her, I asked her to tell me her greatest regret.""I had given up on the Amazon Race until an Amazon reminded me, through martial effort, valiant spirit and a kind heart, I was wrong to abandon my faith with my people. Now I will die, unable to pass on my renewed hope because the one Amazon I would trust with my legacy is equally childless.""I asked her the name of this Amazon she felt was worthy of her legacy. Then I informed her she was wrong and the Amazon in question did indeed have a daughter. She asked to meet the daughter,""Last night I requested the presence of a female child residing with members of House Epona," the Keeper of Records looked up at the Golden Mare. "I provided neither the resident female (Caitlyn, Aya's Mother), or the House Head with an explanation."Female childSince my revival, Amazons were using 'female' child a lot more often. This meant, the motheer had never told her daughter farewell. The true fate of Aya of Epona would never officially be recorded. She has been born, but never recorded as an Amazon of her true House."The three of us met alone. The two embraced; birth mother and daughter. The eldest of us proclaimed she saw the light of Kururiyahhssi in her daughter's eyes. Words were exchanged. The child agreed to be adopted then departed. Further arrangements were made without the child's knowledge as we have recently observed.""I testify that there is only one Amazon alive today who knows what transpired and I will take those conversations to my grave. Does that suffice?" Krasimira finished. I was already regurgitating my mental quandary with my Isharans. Was Aya really a daughter of Kururiyahhssi?"I will leave it to the others to contemplate your, bizarre actions, Krasimira," Saint Marie frowned. "As for the rest of you, Aya has impressed me. If she has not impressed you, I do not care. I think she is definitely influenced by those two," Saint Marie motioned to Katrina and me. "It is a given since Katrina was of her blood and she has risked much in the presence of a man she calls 'Atta' and he calls 'Duma'.""Katrina is a cold, heartless snake and I am convinced she is one of the best 'First Bearer of the Sun Spear through the Halls of Night and Death' the Host been served by in a long, long time.” Saint Marie paused then looked at me while she said; “ Cáel is a fool who leads with his heart when he should let better women take charge. Fortunately for the rest of us, he is reliably successful despite his multitude of handicaps."Was I upset about being insulted? No. The truth hurts and a Man needs to learn to roll with the punches. Buffy I could deal with. Katrina most likely appreciated being associated with a dangerous reptile. Saint Marie hadn't forgotten Katrina threating Saint Marie's daughter that was for sure."I am considering much of what our Princess would like me/us to do, because it is based in keen insight and well-reasoned thought. She wishes to spare our sons so we will have more warriors in the fight. We have already added men to Havenstone and one to the Council, as was the Will of the Ancestors.""Let me see, she wishes a bodyguard of fourteen (2 First House and 1 from Africa, Asia, Europe and North & South America, the Amazon presence in Australia was minimal and I doubted they would bring someone up from Antarctica, plus the seven matching Runners) without removing permanent members of any House and allowing all Houses to have access to our future Queen. I approve. It is a fine idea and I wish I had thought of it.""Should we add Runners directly into the Royal House? She doesn't think so and I feel this decision shows a remarkably insightful into the long history of our People and protects the Council's sensitivity on such matters. I approve.""Placing our sons into the care of the Royal House? We need to free up as many sisters as possible. Men under the care of the Royal House will be tradesmen and help-mates. Not a single weapon will be in their hands. If none of you have realized herlike will take two decades to implement, it only increases my eagerness to see her become 'casted'."Aya's hand shot up again.Yes?""I would hope the Council, or the Regents, will consider a 'like' which is not mine. It is a man's and it should be of no surprise the idea is Cáel's.""If you feel it holds merit, Aya, tell us," Saint Marie deferred."The 9 Clans have shown some interest in a children exchange programs among our youth as it would provide new techniques we can add to our arsenal an a new avenue to experiment with new ideas. I find the idea to be promising as the Host takes part in affairs beyond our own immediate needs. It would also supply partners between families to be shared for a season or two."Translation: Amazon women could breed with men of allied Secret Societies to reduce our dependence on our own, much smaller, male population. In the short term, it would go a long way to rectifying the Host's child-bearing problems.The Council's quarrelsome behavior was biting them in the ass big time. Saint Marie was right, the only opinion that mattered was hers until the Council elected a Regency. Had we not been at war, the Council would have ruled, but we were, so we took orders from the Golden Mare. Even if the High Priestess had been alive, she would have deferred to our designated War Leader on most things."Cáel Ish, Cáel Wakko Ishara is a very dangerous and devious male, Aya. Be careful of any council he gives," Saint Marie's caution was more playful than menacing."I'll be okay," Aya peeped. "He doesn't have sex with any woman until she is eighteen." That wasn't what the Golden Mare was cautioning her about. We all knew it. Aya was working to defuse a sticky bit of mental juggling, listening to a man's advice."On that we can agree," Saint Marie conceded. "Back to what I would 'like' to say. The New Directive is being implemented. I feel it goes beyond the purview of my mandate. I will leave it for the Regency to deal with. Katrina and Tessa have already invested in the groundwork in this endeavor, so I will endorse it if that is the decision of the Regency.""I have zero desire to add a single Runner to the Security Detail. I will open up slots in the training program if that is what the Regency demands. Each House's policy for dealing with the First Directive is their business, not mine. If any of you wish to consider something the Princess considers to be important, so be it. The idea of 1,000 Isharans does not appeal to me. Look how much trouble their tiny numbers have already caused us and take heed."Buffy began growling, which amused/worried the Houses on either side of us. Unlike me, Buffy didn't 'roll with the blows' and considered all manner of insults to me, House Ishara and her Isharan sisters to be answerable with violence. I loved her so. There was also no way I'd let her go after Saint Marie. The Golden Mare would crush her; I had no doubt."The unwelcome blood feud: are both House Heads ignorant of my forbiddance of such things? Apparently so. Both defied me by tossing insults back and forth. Considering we are at war with two of the most powerful Secret factions, I am angered by both for their idiocy.""The solution the Princess likes is rather novel," Saint Marie was punishing both Messina and me with her low voice and fiery gaze. Krasimira coughed."Yes?" Saint Marie suspended her anger."The suggested resolution is not without precedence," Krasimira spoke with a scholarly detachment. "In our early days, the Host settled such disputes in Spring and Fall gatherings by contests of foot speed, hunting, horsewomanship, archery and wrestling. If we revive the tradition, the competing Houses could nominate one woman for each contest to settle the matter. Only the hand-to-hand match would risk either contestant's health.""I will consider it and render judgement before the Sun sets today," Saint Marie nodded. "The final like pleases me greatly. Dealing with the 52 of you is, Cáel?"I was on the spot. I couldn't let down my fan base of one, Aya. Perhaps it was five, Buffy (who would never admit it), Daphne (who liked me), Katrina (because she liked fucking with my head) and Desiree (who was less likely to admit she found me funny than Buffy).I felt I gave a decent effort."'A ginormous pain in my hemorrhoids?' the basic one.""'More painful than having my cornea scrapped with a spoon?' more gruesome.""'Enough to make me want to give Sakuniyas a surprise French kiss?' most likely to be fatal.""'Worse than waking up to discover I'm related to Cáel Wakko Ishara?' most horrifying, for both of us.""'Inspiring me to toss it all away and take up Professional Bikini Mud Wrestling?' a personal fantasy of mine.""Why do we put up with him again?" one House Head remarked."Because I am worried that one," motioning to Buffy, "will stab me in the elevator after a meeting.""My First, are you acting psychotic around the Council members?" I looked over my shoulder at Buffy."Wakko Ishara, it is not an act. I am psychotic," she responded deadpan."Are you still packing that thermite grenade?""No Wakko Ishara. Daphne stole it from me and hid it," was her quick delivery."I love working with you two," Daphne whispered."What is it with you, your unsubtle sexual innuendo and me in a bikini?" Saint Marie stared at me."I find the combination of brilliance and lethality sexy. Just ask Elsa," I grinned. Then I grimaced as Buffy stomped on my toes. The House Heads and Apprentices on either side of me noticed and clearly expected me to do something, like to show outrage (because she was my underling), or start crying (because I was a guy)."Prestige," Daphne hissed quietly. "Prestige." She was reminding Buffy that beating me up in public made the other Amazons think even less of me than they already did."I will go with (B), the cornea scrapping," Saint Marie gave me a nod."Damn it," I muttered. I also got my foot out of the way before someone did any more damage to my phalanges.'Best Daddy Ever,' Aya mouthed to me. Back to the main action."It is not my place to order the rest of you to elect Shawnee, Rhada and Buffy to be the Regency. I do admit I admire the mixture of candidates," Saint Marie declared. I shot Rhada a quick look. She seemed really, really enamored of the idea of being part of the Regency, thus staying in New York for the next decade, or so."Before the idea is rejected out of hand, I suggest we ask the three people our Princess would like to be part of the Regency if they would accept the nomination," the Golden Mare continued. "Shawnee Arinniti?""I bow to the logic and reason of the proposal," Shawnee replied."Rhada Meenakshi?""I wish to join my sisters in battle, yet I accept the reasoning behind the proposal," Rhada nodded. "If my Head of House agrees, I will stay and do my part for our People." What was she saying to me? 'You are going to whip me, beat me, torture me, humiliate me and push me to beyond the limits of any pain I have experienced until I pass out ~ repeatedly'."I despair of finding any other compromise," Mahdi frowned. "If my Apprentice understands the greater difficulty she will face gaining prestige among her House-mates, I will consent to this proposal." Essentially a 'yes'."Buffy Ishara?""I was really looking forward to ripping the spines out of still living foes, but I would be a fool to go against Aya of Kururiyahhssi's smarts. If Wakko Ishara wants to walk out of this room unassisted, he will see the wisdom of this decision as well," she gave me a shark's smile. Daphne had surpassed her limit and punched Buffy."Hell ya, I agree," I exclaimed. "Now I know there will be certain times of the day when she isn't stalking me.""I'll work more pain into our limited schedule," Buffy grumbled."Are we sure he is the House Head and she is the Apprentice?" Yet another House Head joined the 'shit on me' train.It was telling of our group dynamic how we accepted the Pyramid of Pain. The underlings dispensed advice and violence as they felt necessary without their 'superior' getting pissy about it. Buffy felt totally justified hitting me and accepted being hit by Daphne, who continued to act unimpeded as Buffy's rapid-fire translator."If I was House Head, I'd handcuff him to me," Buffy clarified for her."What she said," I pointed a thumb Buffy's way. I'd have used a finger, but she might have grabbed, twisted and made me scream in pain."Perhaps the Council can vote on this as their second order of business," Saint Marie cloaked her command as a suggestion."Cáel Wakko Ishara, can I ask you a personal question?" Kohar of Marda caught my attention."Shoot, wait, probably not the best terminology in this crowd. Ask away," I replied."Have you faced a House challenge yet?""Yes. Just last night in fact. We free-climbed the north-face of Havenstone. I beat the next closest contender by three floors. I also had Princess Aya on the roof dropping bricks on anyone who attempted to get past me.""That means he isn't going to answer you," Beyoncé  interpreted for my audience."Can't you ever take these meetings seriously?" Febe Mielikki glowered."La, Febe, in the past few minutes I have watched the person I love most in the world get her life shat on," I shook my head."The only thing worse than seeing this happen to Aya is knowing this is her sole opportunity to not lose her soul, so I'm sucking up my heart's pain and putting forward a jester's persona so I don't put any more pressure on her than she's already been subjected to. Like me, she doesn't want the distinction of being a Person of Note.""Like me, she knows she must sacrifice her dreams for the sake of our People, the Amazon Host. Trust me, you would rather have 'me, the jester' than 'me, the Amazon' furious with the destiny that has foisted this pain on her'. Do any of you take responsibility for forcing the events of this morning?" I growled. If they wanted to see the other side of the Janus, so be it."Had you chosen a Regency in the fucking weeks you've been bickering, Kwenhamai could have been dealt with privately. The fate of the Royal House could have been put off a few years. Had you not all been so dead-set on being heroines of the Host, three of you would have sacrificed your bloodlust, your birthright and the future accolades you could recite on your final night (before taking themselves to the cliff), but none of you did.""Instead, you set the stage for dumping all of your indecisiveness on the slender shoulders of a nine year old girl most of you had written off as too fractured and frail to survive her 12th year only three months ago. So Febe how do you like the honest 'me'?" I finished off furiously.It was not lost on anyone in the chamber I was an Amazon raging against the cruelty of fate. Every other bitch in the room knew they had discarded my daughter's life as trivial and I was prepared to unleash violence on the next one to show an ounce of disrespect over Aya's surrendering of her destiny and my grief at failing to find a way to stop this from coming to pass. St Marie had just reminded them that I was 'reliably" successful despite my handicaps. Not an enemy anyone in the room wanted any part of. Saku would have been proud.A Note:I have been remiss in informing my readers of the names of the 53 Houses, even though I created it some time ago. I have made a few alterations to the original version as I've had to rethink certain parts of this tale, but here is the list I now use.List of Goddesses:The First Twenty Houses in no particular order :1) Ishara, Oaths, Medicine and War (to North America) (died out 450 CE; Reborn in 2014)2)   (Deceased) Anat, Goddess of War, Fury and Blood Sacrifice (died out 6th cent. BCE) ~ possibly resurrected by Sakunyias3) Anahit, water, wisdom and war (to North America)4) Arinniti, Sun Goddess (to North America)5) Hanwasuit, Sovereign Goddess6) Illuyankamunus, Dragon God (to North America) (Special Case)7) Inara, the Hunter Goddess8)  au ka, fertility, War, healing9) Kamrusepa, Healing medicine magic (to Africa)10) Lelwani, Goddess of the Underworld (to Africa)11) Hapantali, Pastoral Goddess.12) Hatepuna, Sea Goddess (to India)13) Hannahannah, Mother Goddess14) Moirai, Fate15) Selardi, Lunar Goddess (to Africa)16) Nammu, Primordial Sea, sailing, sailors (to India) (to Indonesia)17) Uttu, Goddess of plants (to Africa)18) Lahar, Cattle Goddess (to Africa)19) Ereshkigal, Queen of the underworld (to India)20) Istustaya and Papaya, Twin Goddesses of Destiny (to North America)Additional Houses, founded in Europe:(Code: Sc = Scythian; T = Thracian, P, Phrygian, C = Celtic, R = Roman, Sl = Slavic)21) (Sc) Marda, the One-Eyed Goddess/Vengeance {fantasy creation}22) (Sc) Farānak, A Scythian Goddess also known as the Lynx Goddess and the Silent Huntress (Dora)23) (Sc) Stolgos, Monstrous Slayer of Greeks (known to the Greeks as the Gorgon Stheno) {semi-historical}24) (T) Cotyttia, Thracian Goddess of Sex, War and Slaughter (to North America)25) (T) Bendis, Thracian Goddess of the Moon and Hunting.26) (T) Semele/Rajah, Thracian Goddess of the Earth and Birth (to India)27) (T) Hylonome, Centaur Goddess28) (P) Cybele, Phrygians Earth Goddess on Lion's throne (to the Amazon)29) (C) Andraste, War Goddess; also Goddess of the Moon and Divination; 'the Rabbit Goddess'30) (C) Epona, Horses (to North America)31) (C) Cyhiraeth, Goddess of springs whose war cry precedes death (to Africa)32) (C) Maeve, War Goddess, the Enslaver of Men33)   (Deceased) (C) Nantosuelta, Earth, Fire and Fertility (died out 1st cent. BCE)34) (C) Artio, the Bear Goddess (to North America)35) (C) Nemain, Goddess of War and Panic36) (R) Minerva, Roman Goddess of War & Strategy37)   (Deceased) (R) Diana, Hunting and Archery (died out in India 16th cent. CE)38) (Sl)  iva, Love and Fertility49) (Sl) Morė, Goddess of harvest, witchcraft, winter and death (to North America)40) (Sl) Zorja, The twin Guardians (Evening/Morning Stars)41)   (Sl) Oźwiena, fame and glory (died out in 1944)42)   (Sl) Koliada, Sky Goddess and deity of sunrises/dawn (died out 17th cent CE)43) (F) Mielikki, Goddess of the Hunt44) (N) Ska i, giantess, Goddess of bow-hunting, skiing, winter, and mountainsAdditional Houses, founded in In dia:45) (I) Mookambika, Demon Slayers46) (I) Bhadra, Goddess of the Hunt (to Indonesia)47) (I) Meenakshi, The Liberator (Rhada and Madi's House)48) (I) Durga (Dark Mother) (to Indonesia)49) (I) Chandala Bhikshuki, Queen of Night, Death, Destruction and Rebirth50) (I) Jaya (Goddess of Victory)51)   (I) Chelamma, the Scorpion Queen (died out 16th cent.)Additional Houses, founded in Africa:52) (A) Oshun, (Yoruba Goddess of Love, Sexuality, Beauty and Diplomacy; Lady of the Orisha ~ life spirits)53) (A) Yemonja, Mother of Rivers (to the Amazon)54) (A) Oba, Goddess of Betrayal and Exile55) (A) Ox ssi, Goddess of Hunting, Forests, Animals and Wealth56) (A) Jengu, Goddess of Jungles and Water SpiritsAdditional Houses: founded in North America(NT = Native Tribal)57) (NT) Uusheenhiton (noo'uusooo' heeninouhuusei hitoniho') (Arapaho), Storm Horse Sister {fantasy creation}58) (NT) Gahe, Apache (supernatural spirits who live in the mountains)Prospective House:59) New, (Hittite) SzelAnya, the Dragon's DaughterCurrent Number of Central Houses:12 in North America (9+Ishara from Europe and 2 native)10 in Africa (6 from Europe and 5 native)3 in Amazonia (1 from Africa and 2 from Europe)8 in India (3 from Europe and 7 native)3 in Indonesia (2 from India and 1 from Europe)17 in Europe6 Deceased{7:35 am Sunday, September 7th ~ Last day}Right where we left offMy rage over Aya wasn't called into question or challenged. Practicality had trumped tradition in the inevitable Amazon fashion. The only one elevated in anyone's eyes was Aya. Krasimira's apparent political adventurism was probably hard for the others to deal with. But in context, only Mahdi, Katrina and Saint Marie had seen her denounce Hayden, so this seemed a new side of Krasimira to most people in the room.Krasimira wasn't the spiritual authority, that was Hayden. She wasn't the Generalissimo, that was Saint Marie. Katrina and I were both appointed officials, we retained our House status. Saint Marie would die a member of House Inara and join her ancestors with pride. Her litany of accomplishments were well known to the Host.But Krasimira? She would die a member of House Cybele unheralded. The Keeper of Records recorded the feats of others, not their own. Nearly two generations ago, a young Krasimira had joined the Keeper's House as a guardian to an un-remembered (save by her) augur. The augur passed and she took up other duties within the house.When the old Keeper faced her final months, she elevated Krasimira to her spot. High Priestess Hayden had approved the choice without really knowing who Krasimira was. (No one outside the House of the Keeper had personal bonds with her anymore.) Seamlessly, she had sat in the old Keeper's seat and the Council kept chugging along.For the past eight years, she had sat quietly at Hayden's side and only speaking when addressed. Mostly, she did nothing overt. The actual note-taking was done by an underling. The Keeper took her own private notes squirreled away in her mind, to be written when she was by herself. Those notes would be handed over to her successor, for the Keepers' eyes and theirs alone.I don't think Krasimira knew me in particular when she dutifully followed Hayden into these chambers the day my death, or life in a cage, was bantered about. It was the day we first crossed paths. She would have known of Shawnee's request for the tooth of an Isharan, though she lacked the authority to ask why. (She wasn't a voting member of the Council.)But when Shawnee made her claim, Krasimira hadn't balked in her support, despite the oddity of Shawnee's declarations, I was indeed Ishara and my sisters could not dispose of me. The outrage of the others meant nothing to her. She pursued her obligations with true Amazon fearlessness both inside and outside of the Council.On the night of the 2nd Betrayal, a Keeper had sat there in silence as her fellow Amazons, the Ash Men, were sentenced to an unjust death. She'd had neither the numbers nor the authority to alter events, what else could she have done?So the Keepers kept track of the names of nineteen 'unaccounted for' Ash Men. For what purpose? An episode of Amazon history no one would ever want to revisit? Yet in my hour of need, coming back 2,600 years was the name 'Vranus of Ishara', sitting only a few keystrokes away. No one, save a few Arinniti diehards, wanted to know the truth of the Amazon Ash Men; and even they didn't want to remember us as individuals. To them, Vranus existed as a notation on the secret Charter of the Arinniti Sons.To Krasimira, Vranus had been a living, breathing warrior of the Host, not even dead, still mythically fighting the enemies of our race because his death had never been officially recorded. With my appearance, I stood in mute testimony to his death, and that of his sons and their sons for a damn long time.Still, I hated playing catch-up.With the Amazon custom of adoption, had no one asked if another possible Isharan heritage still persisted?I would bet they had. And I'd bet they had sought for that knowledge in the Rolls of the Host, always finding that pathway devoid of hope. But if the Keeper had known, why had she kept quiet?Pride, shame, Krasimira's words: we show anger when we should show humility. We are proud of our shame. We are arrogant of our weaknesses. We have heaped insult upon insult on our ancestors, yet are now aghast that they turn away from us, I had confused her soliloquy with that of an accusation, not the long held understanding of her office.Even staring extinction in face, the modern Host hadn't truly accepted the answer, the line of Vranus. Faced with the truth, the Amazons would have 'forgotten' the descendants of Vranus all those centuries ago in the same way they 'forgot' all the other Ash Men on the day I was brought into the Host.But the Keepers did something more than maintain the rolls and records of the Amazons, more than watch over the augurs and make sure their messages made it to the proper ears. They safeguarded the truth. No matter what the Council decided and the High Priestess commanded, the Keepers remained honest stewards of the real history of the Amazons.Why?The Amazons were terribly practical and the truth could run contrary to the needs of political reality. Honesty wasn't a highly stressed Amazon virtue, loyalty was. So was bravery. And thus generation after generation of Keepers had lied to the Council and the High Priestesses. Every time those august personages had committed something to 'the nothingness', the Keepers had defied them and not forgotten.The first heads of the first twenty houses had surrendered their names for the unity of their people, but the Keepers remembered. All twenty of those women had been of the Amazon tribe of the Pala people living on the southern coast of the Black Sea when the Trojan Wars began. Over time, their true blood descendants had founded new houses and been adopted into others.Aya was truly a daughter of Kururiyahhssi; I had no doubt of that anymore. Had she not shared the same blood as the first Amazon, Krasimira wouldn't have brought Aya and Kwen together. Resurrecting an ancient tradition in a complicated fallacious coup attempt wasn't in her; nor was such a maneuver even a necessity. The Host would elect a Regency eventually and Saint Marie was handling the war in a highly competent fashion.So Krasimira hadn't sought out the heirs of Vranus, yet when one appeared, she welcomed 'him'. And when she stepped into the President's office with Hayden while waiting for me to be brought upstairs to face judgement that night, I imagined sending Hayden to the cliffs was the farthest thing from her mind.The rest were playing politics, gender politics, and couldn't see the truth staring Krasimira in the face. The truth was a bitch and didn't play favorites, or worry about the sensibilities of others. Krasimira had seen her sisters refusing to acknowledge the ugly reality they had created for themselves.Krasimira wasn't an advocate for Ishara, that was my job, and my crappy performance was something between Dot and me. She wasn't an advocate for the males and the New Directive. That was what Katrina was for. No, like a hundred Keepers before her, Krasimira was the silent sentinel for the Truth and, the Truth didn't care about anything but the Truth."The assassin is indeed in this room. Its name is Amazon was a rather grand pronouncement from the Chief Librarian, wasn't it? Krasimira didn't chastise Hayden. That wasn't her place. Technically, neither was she disputing Hayden's ability to rule.This wasn't the climax of a dinner-theater 'Who Done It'. The crime before the High Priestess was High Treason and I was the pre-ordained guilty party. My 'ally', Katrina Epona, had not been an advocate for my defense. No. Again in my Hour of Need it was Krasimira.Lacking any true authority, she had defied her sisters and made her definitive statement. What truly transpired was Krasimira staring Hayden straight in the eyes and saying 'you cannot lie your way out of this one, High Priestess. We (as in all the Keepers past and present) will not let you'.Had she used those words, Saint Marie would have gotten around to asking what Krasimira meant. Krasimira would have rather died, because once those bitches discovered their nerdy sisters hadn't erased a damn thing in 3,000 years, they would insist they do so immediately. Krasimira wasn't about to do that. Thanks to the chaos surrounding Hayden's departure, no one had confronted her over her crucial action.To put it more precisely, the Golden Mare had been too busy and Mahdi had been wrapped up in Hayden's Decree and the resulting pressure on the Heads of House to pick the Regency. Katrina was probably a case of I'm not going to ask you so you don't have to lie to me. The only other living person in the room when Hayden's fate was sealed was me, and I'd had my hands full as well.I had to think about what I should and could do. I couldn't beat her up over Aya anymore than I could punish my Isharans for their misplaced arrogance. I decided to extend a 'thank you'; and not only for myself, but for every conceited bitch who had ever sat at this table, or all the other physical mediums the Council had used before this one.We held three votes: The Council couldn't collectively decide on how to implement Aya's other likes (1), so they agreed on her suggestion for a Regency instead (2). The final vote was to set a date for the next Council meeting (3). A date within 9 days of the Winter Solstice with the Regency to decide the precise date and give the House Heads two weeks warning.The last calamity at the meeting was initiated by a question of etiquette."How do we address the Princess at Council meetings?" the Head of House Hanwasuit inquired of Krasimira."There is no precedent for addressing the Iwaruwa alone. By our laws, she is not truly Dumalugal Aya either. She is Nasusara," Krasimira responded. Queen."She is a child," a third House Head declared, "not an Amazon.""No," Mahdi shook her head. "A, Aya is 'un-casted'. She bears an honorific presented to her by the leader of an established stronghold (Summer Camp) and confirmed by the Golden Mare minutes ago.""Congratulations my mamētu me eda," I winked to my past and present Princess, "you've just become a single-digit aged teenager.""Go Aya," Daphne and Buffy whispered behind me. Aya raised her hand, waiting for Saint Marie's recognition.However, Saint Marie moved steadily forward, declaring: "Until the Regency alters my decision, I decline assigning anyone to the Iwaruwa (heiress) whose sole purpose would be to stop her from sneaking off to endure her 12th Year Test. I judge it to be better we know where we placed her as opposed to failing to outsmart her as she needlessly proves to the Host she is, in fact, already an Amazon of the Host." Aya lowered her hand.Thus,'Yes, Aya is an Amazon of the Host' and 'Aya will take her 12th Year Test because she wants to take it, won't let us talk her out of taking it and the rest of us had better accept it'."So, she is our Queen then?"No one appeared to have an answer. Aya raised her hand once more."Yes?" the Golden Mare smiled down at her."Am I in charge?" Aya's other hand squeezed Saint Marie's as she spoke in a barely audible voice."Perhaps.""If I was in charge, I would like it if there was a law that declared the Queen of the Amazons would be officially represented by a Regency until she becomes casted, and antedate the law by one hour so this never, ever comes up again," Aya kept looking up at Saint Marie."Aya," Katrina exhaled.The council chamber was a mixture of awe, resentment and amusement. If Aya was Queen, she could make such a law. The Queen-ship was a Bronze Age autocratic institution designed to provide leadership to a 'state' in near-constant warfare with is neighbors.It was guided by oral traditions and military necessity, not written laws. As long as the queens provided successes on the battlefield and through diplomacy, she was deemed fit to rule. The traditional way of choosing a House Head was the same for the Royal House, the ruling Queen chose an heir.In the long list of Queens, less than half had been the 'eldest' child. No, those ancient War Leaders picked the bravest, smartest and most successful daughters to succeed them. Their wisdom in those selections showed in the fact the Amazons had held off a male-dominated world for over 600 years before fatally marching off to answer an ally's call to fight in the Trojan War."I advise against it," Saint Marie shook her head. "You are young. You are also the only Royal we have. Duty demands and sisters must always answer their sister's call."Translation: Aya was an adult now. It was similar to the first lesson Pamela gave me upon learning I was Ishara. We lived with bitches, it doesn't pay to play nice with bitches."Thank you," Aya nodded. She was 'thanking' Saint Marie for the lesson, no matter how hard it was to accept. Krasimira coughed."Now that the matter is settled," she spoke. The matter wasn't settled. Krasimira was steamrollering the discussion. "What do we call you?", to Aya."I, oh," in a very small voice. Aya's brow furrowed and her tiny nose wiggled. "I wish to be known by the legacy of my Anna (mother) and Atta (me, Cáel). I will be Assiyai hamai.""Love song?" Daphne murmured to Buffy."Assiyai hamai?" Krasimira asked for clarification. 'Love-song' was hardly the name of a 'fierce' Amazon Queen."The only other name I could come up with was Markappidusmene, which seemed less auspicious," she meeped. Markappidusmene meant 'Tiny Smile'."Perhaps Talliyahulla would be more auspicious?" Saint Marie nudged Aya. 'War Cry'."Oh no!" Aya balked. "That's your job.""What do you think your job is?" the Golden Mare questioned, suddenly realizing she'd made the mistake of making assumptions where Aya was concerned."To go to the cliffs with twice as many Amazon daughters, each equal to the likes of Saint Marie, Katrina, Oneida, Buffy, Elsa, Kohar and Tad fi as exist today. We must not 'survive', or simply replenish our numbers."We must become stronger because the World is a terribly messed up place," she raised her wounded hand and splayed her digits for the others to see the two she was missing, "and has become too small for us to seek safety in hidden freeholds any longer. If we cannot hide, we must rule openly. We are Amazons. Having no equals, we must rule alone. The only people we can trust, really trust, are the sisters at our sides."My job is to advance my People's cause with both compassion and cruelty and I will do so alone, because the Amazon Queen has no equals, only daughters."Not a sound. I could count out the individual fan blades recycling the air."Let our enemies tremble," Saint Marie nodded, repeating an earlier declaration."Assiyai hamai," Krasimira intoned, making Aya's royal name official before adding, "Assiyai hamai, you are mistaken about one thing. You are not alone. You have a mamētu me eda.""Oh," she perked up, shedding the gloom which surrounded her. She looked at me, our eyes met and we both grinned, then she giggled...and yet again, up her hand went."Yes?" Saint Marie looked upon Aya respectfully and then at me with much suspicion."Is the mamētu me eda of my mamētu me eda also my mamētu me eda?" Aya asked.Just like old times, only Katrina was ahead of the game. "Oh, by Epona," the Spy-mistress snorted."Cáel Wakko Ishara, who is your mamētu me eda, oh no," Saint Marie bristled."Ah, indeed," Krasimira nodded. "An unlooked for bonus.""Does someone care to enlighten the rest of us?" the head of House Nemain prodded."Oh!" That was Elsa."That's right!" Oneida, she was definitely a fan of me and my spasmodic lifestyle."Wakko Ishara's mamētu me eda, other mamētu me eda, is Temujin, Great Khan of the Reborn Mongol-Turkish Khanate and ally of the Host," Saint Marie let them know. "They are bonded by Cáel risking his own life to save Temujin's. It is actually a privately understood and publically declared fact.""In Temujin's words to the international press when our Cáel and our new Queen were kidnapped : I believe Cáel is still alive. If he wasn't, we would be seeing piles upon piles of dead enemy around him and his 'boon companion', clearly visible from orbit. Until they discover this carnal pit from Hell, I am sure they are both still alive," Oneida added. Rhada flashed ill-distilled hate her way."Shawnee, is your Apprentice's mind addled with the birthing hormones of their child?" Mahdi snipped. That was merely a cultural zing, not an attempt to expose my sinister erotic misdoings. Unfortunately, she was somewhat correct. Okay, she was totally correct."That was uncalled for," Shawnee graciously chided Mahdi, thus demonstrating her ignorance of the facts soon to be in evidence."Yes, I am carrying a child of Arinniti and Ishara," Oneida proclaimed loud and proud. "We share a Warrior's Love."I wasn't really sure how anyone else reacted to the news because House Ishara exploded into violence. That is the politic way of saying Daphne and Juanita were trying to stop Buffy from beating me to death. Here was yet another Ishara-baby and it wasn't gestating inside her. I was too stunned to defend myself.And the old refrain: 'and then it got worse'."Ta  ah kattanda!" (IN HITTITE for 'you pig's ass'), Rhada howled. I missed her drawing her blade, vaulting to the top of the table and lunging at Oneida. Most of the Amazons in the room stood, yet held their ground.They weren't shocked into indecisiveness, only trying to understand the nature of the conflict before intervening. This was not the first 'your Amazon did something my Amazon found infuriating' public threat they had to have dealt with. Rhada was more volatile than the average woman of her breed and station, true, but a violent in-chamber assault?That wasn't the 'worse' though. Oneida drawing her blade in an open challenge to Rhada wasn't the worse either, nor was her shouting."He loves me! He merely saved you!"Saint Marie yelling 'Ishara! Ishara!' over and over again, demanding I put my house back in order wasn't the end of my woes, nope.Me being yanked free of my House fur-ball into the volcanic gaze of Elsa as she seethed, "Rhada?" Oh yeah, Elsa's people and Rhada's people had a bit of a blood feud going on, how could I have forgotten that?But wait!"Not Fabiola!" gasped Messina, bizarrely assuming I slept with, okay, not such a huge assumption."Gael?" voiced by the Head of House Bendis, followed by Gael's "I'm late.""Damn it!" I pulled away from Elsa (slightly)."No. She only lets me ejaculate on 'safe days'," to Messina, Fabiola's Mom."Oh, come on! We had sex one time!" to Gael of Bendis, and finally,"Stop it!" to Rhada and Oneida, (deep breathe). "Really?" with my most believable happy face plastered on. "This is great news!"No. No it wasn't, and I could read the ugly emotional undercurrents on the faces of everyone present, except Aya, who kept the faith."Ishara," Saint Marie rumbled. I held up one finger to forestall her wrath."Oneida, Rhada and I have already decided to name our daughter Parvati. My daughter by Tad fi, ordained by the Goddess to be the first born, will be named Shala while my first son will be called Harki heni (White Hair, I'd call him Raider when we were in the 'outside' world).""My daughter by Miyako Yuri will be named Suwais-urāni, Fushichou in her Mother's tongue, in honor of Sakuniyas. My, other relationships," I would have liked to say 'none of your business', except Amazon mothers, or not, those children would be of Ishara's blood and potentially their kin.

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Thank you for joining us for your tour within Haven. Haven Inkwell is a Halloween collaborative production by the Chaos Crew of audio drama creators. The GrottoThe Morbid Forest AudistoriumSoul OperatorMortis MaledictumSyntaxIt's All in the Cards The Liminal LandsDo You CopyEthics Town Cryptically Yours Content Warnings: Episode TranscriptsOn today's episode, you've heard “Denouement '' written by Waymon Alexander of The Liminal Lands Podcast . Narration provided by: Grace Stone as Maryiln the Tour GuideThe Liminal Lands Links:Show: https://pod.link/1631178384Twitter: https://x.com/TheliminallandsWebsite: https://www.theliminallands.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/liminallandsKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/theliminallandsPaige is played by Survival of the ArtistReed is played by Clay ClarkMr. Moirai is played by Waymon AlexanderTheme Music provided by Joseph Rutledge Story and sound editing by Waymon AlexanderConnective script written by Grace Stone and edited by Naomi RichardsCover Art by Kit Paterson Episode Art by Kaila Crockett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jordan and I find ourselves in what was once a forest, framed by the charred corpses of organia. Before us looms our Oak erection which, yielding to precedent, is in acute decline. The Moirai schlep our porcine persons t'ward the wilted trunk, Atropos routinely glancing back over her shoulder with a wicked grin and making the "snip-snip" motion with her fingers. Her nails (predictably, on reflection) are a manicured, sultry red. We don't know how we ended up here. There is the sense of an absence of a memory of a "why", but its inaudible squawks are stifled beneath a landslide of inattention and unpardonably byzantine prose. Camouflaged as we have been, concealed from the sweet, tempering sunshine of others' gaze, with naught but the Spooky Puppeteers and, inescapably, each other for company, we have succumbed to a climate of grotesque permissiveness. A calendar governed not by heavenly bodies but by earthly vagaries. An oral system unmitigated by normal human limits. Writings suggestive of an omni-cibarious yogurt parfait, where digging through each layer brings not nourishment but simply more. Somewhere along our sylvan traipse, yes, we grew unable to see the wood for the trees. We are IN the wood, though. To be fair, like. But perhaps escape is possible... On this quasi-penultimate episode, Jordan reviews the first season of MR. BIRCHUM (with none of the presumptuousness that "first" implies), the second season of SMILING FRIENDS (but the whole thing, really), GAME CHANGER (the whole thing, really) and the first season of DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON (an uncontroversial "first".) Otherwise, he kindly invites me to participate in the podcast with evaluations of the ninth and final series of INSIDE NO. 9 (with allusions to the whole thing), FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS and IN A VIOLENT NATURE (hol fings), the first season or fourteenth series of DOCTOR WHO (depending on your orientation to the universe) and WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY 2 (yes, the whole. Damn. Thing.) ...Winnie the- -Oh God, is this the Hundred Acre Wood..? Not gonna be Milne's, though, is it? It gonna be Frake-fucking-Waterfield's. Oh, smother.

Check out the Divine Feminine App! Click at the link below to view and register for free, or download the app on your phone. https://thedfapp.com/v2/dashboard#a_aid=ChthoniaWebsite: https://chthonia.netPatreon: https://patreon.com/chthoniaSocial media: chthoniapodcast (IG, X, and YouTube), Chthonia Podcast (FB)As March closes out, we look at the idea of Fate. In mythology Fate is often represented as three women who spin the thread of life, measure it, and then cut it at the time of death. This podcast is an overview of the subject, looking at the relationship between fate and free will, the function of time and reason with regard to fate, and specific mythologies of Fate including the Greek Moirai, the Keres (Spirits of Doom and Violent Death) and the Nordic Norns. 

It's our 3rd anniversary! To celebrate, here's a special on The Fates from across the world, divining our fate in most ancient cultures. What do the Fates represent? Why are the other gods so frightened of them? Find out this week!Support the showYou can find us on -Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.ukSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...Google Podcasts: ...

With the release of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+, the Muses thought our listeners might like to know the stories behind some of the characters and creatures they'll meet in the series! In Minisode 1, we meet the Furies: goddesses of vengeance, tormenters of the wicked, and protectors of Athens. [Transcript for Minisode 1] More on the Furies:  Mythopedia: Erinyes (Furies) History Cooperative: The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance or Justice? World History Encyclopedia: Furies Video: See U in History/Mythology, "Furies (Erinyes): The Terrible Avenging Deities" Video: World History Encyclopedia, "The Moirai and Erinyes of Greek Mythology"  

Understanding gambling illuminates the amalgam of desire, risk, and reward that defines our interactions with a capricious world. The lure of gambling, entwined within the fabric of human history, irresistibly draws us to its mesmerizing dance of fortune and chance. Exploring the gambler's psyche, we'll discover the psychospiritual elements that pull us towards Lady Luck. Gambling's allure is steeped in mythology. The concept of chance, the Moirai of Greek lore, the Roman Goddess Fortuna, and the I Ching from ancient China evoke the numinous aspect of luck, symbolically guiding us through its enigmas. This mythological lens offers a universal perspective. The Gambler, a mercurial figure inhabiting conscious and unconscious realms, represents our inherent wish to transcend known boundaries. Presenting in various forms - the trickster, dreamer, and adventurer - the Gambler embodies the tension between control and surrender, resonating with our struggle to balance familiarity and novelty. Eros and Thanatos, the opposing drives of life and death, fuel the gambling world. The lure of infinite possibilities animates Eros within the gambler, who, in his euphoria, overlooks his vulnerabilities—fear and desire mix, producing a potent cocktail. Temporarily, the gambler escapes this reality through the exhilarating throws of chance, finding aliveness in this tension. The capricious Fortuna, goddess of luck, fate, and fortune, reigns over the gambling world. Her symbol, the Wheel of Fortune, reflects the perpetual rise and fall of fortunes, echoing the rhythm of life itself. In her dual nature - benevolent Fortuna Bona and disastrous Fortuna Mala - she challenges the gambler to confront control's limits and embrace uncertainty. Tyche, Greek counterpart to Fortuna, carries a cornucopia of rewards for life's risk-takers who dare to pursue success, a heroic vision central to the modern entrepreneur. In the end, the gambler's relationship with chance is a mirror that reflects the essential human condition, for we are all, in a sense, gamblers, poised on the precipice of the unknown. As we journey through life, we must learn to embrace the uncertainties and risks that define our existence, for it is in the very act of embracing the gamble that we find the courage to forge our destinies. BECOME A DREAM INTERPRETER: We've created DREAM SCHOOL to teach others how to work with their dreams. A vibrant community has constellated around this mission, and we think you'll love it. Check it out.  PLEASE GIVE US A HAND: Hey folks -- We need your help. So please BECOME OUR PATRON and keep This Jungian Life podcast up and running.  SHARE YOUR DREAM WITH US: SUBMIT YOUR DREAM HERE FOR A POSSIBLE PODCAST INTERPRETATION.  FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN, TWITTER, YOUTUBE  INTERESTED IN BECOMING A JUNGIAN ANALYST? Enroll in the PHILADELPHIA JUNGIAN SEMINAR and start your journey to become an analyst.  LET'S STAY in TOUCH: SUBSCRIBE to our free newsletter. 

The year of the lucky rabbit is upon us! On this week's episode we discuss the secret mechanism behind the mysterious function of the universe we call “luck,” what it has to do with fate and how we can bend it to our will. We discuss classical Greek and Norse mythology, time honored superstitions, randomness in computing and if it's even possible to affect our fate at all. In the extended portion of the episode we discuss miracles, probability sorcery of Chaos Magick, the problem of determinism, how divination works, Thelema's dog's of reason and the gods of fate in Ancient Egypt. Thank you and enjoy the show!In the free show we disscuss:Is Luck Personal?The Moirai / Three FatesThe Norns of Norse MythologyFateRegional SuperstitionsRandom Number GenerationAlgorithmic LuckIn the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:MiraclesInfluencing Probability with Peter J. CarrollLuck Favors the BoldThe Equations of MagickDeterminism vs. Free WillHow Divination worksAncient Egyptian Shai and RenenutetThe Seven HathorsThe Book of the Law and Dogs of ReasonEach host is responsible for writing and creating the content they present.Where to find The Whole Rabbit:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitTwitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbitSources:The Teachings of Ptahhotep:https://www.amazon.com/Teachings-Ptahhotep-Oldest-Book-World/dp/1614279306/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1TDG0PPN7R94N&keywords=teachings+of+ptahhotep&qid=1673827405&sprefix=teachings+of+ptahhotep%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-3Fate in Ancient Egypt (JAAUTH):https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/article_147397_75f6adf55792a5613e935b1e65b893b7.pdfFour Leaf Clovers:http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/what-are-your-chances-finding-four-leaf-cloverRabbits Can Break Their Own Spines:https://petfixclub.com/rabbit-spinal-injury/Broken Mirrors:https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2021/06/06_conversation_broken_mirror.php#.Y8TginbMKUkRandom Number Generation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generationPhilosophy of Freedom by Rudolph Steiner:https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Freedom-Spiritual-Activity-Scientific/dp/B084Z4HQZS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BHBBV0IS7FVI&keywords=philosophy+of+freedom&qid=1674021760&sprefix=philosophy+of+freedom%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1E.A. Wallis Budge on Neter: The Egyptian Word for God:Support the show

Law and order! Today, we are talking about laws and the crimes that shaped them. Welcome to the season finally!

This episode was fated to be as the sisters have declared it and if your wondering who these sisters are they are the Moirai also know as the Fates listen along as Silver,Kaotic, and Special guest Selendrea as they discuss the sisters and get into some mayhem ======================================================================================================================= Guest Links https://www.twitch.tv/selendrea https://twitter.com/Selendrea_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgWswE0COtFrlrOn9IuJN6A https://www.tiktok.com/@selendrea_ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Podcast Links https://discord.gg/F9wtSUYzAN Discord https://twitter.com/MmMayhemPodcast Twitter https://www.twitch.tv/kaoticleigh Twitch https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyRags?ref=notif_nfyfs&order=date_desc§ion_id=37632532 merch https://www.patreon.com/MonstersMythsMayhem Patreon https://www.etsy.com/shop/WrappedinKaos?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1310105575 Etsy writing

In this episode we will delve into the story of the Moirai, also known as the Fates and what they represented - past present and future. They were believed to control one's destiny among other things - and sometimes that can feel very familiar. How often do  we feel like we need that type of control over outcomes? Over our destiny or that of our partner or children? They also offered hope. Hope is a very powerful emotion that is scientifically proven to rewire our brains. How people perceive the future greatly influences their behavior as well as how they experience their day to day life. And, as an added bonus, the presence of hope makes our bodies healthier. So in this episode we will discuss how to release the notion that we have control or that we have to have control over all aspects of our life as well as practical ways to let that feeling go, hopefulness - what it is and why it's important for our minds, and mindfulness - the key to our happiness. Music sourced from tunetank.com Visit soulshinemomma.com or follow along on instagram and facebook @soulshinemomma

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Do you believe everything that happens on this big marble is by chance or do you believe your life path is predetermined?  In Greek mythology the Moirai or the fates determine your best life.  Yasmine breaks it down for us in the first half of the episode.  Then we dive into a historical true crime from 1898 in Bucksport, Maine that remains unsolved despite trials and multiple shady suspects.  This one is a doozy with a severed head, courtroom drama, a town-wide conspiracy, and a haunting.  Part 2 coming next week!Spooky season is almost here!  Connect with us and share your paranormal encounters!!We love to hear from our listeners!  Tell us what myths/lore/legends/paranormal/folktales/fables/fairy tales you would like to hear covered on the show.  Want to be a guest?  Let us know by connecting with us:mavensofmisdeeds@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/MavensofMisdeeds/https://www.instagram.com/mavensofmisdeeds/Twitter:  @mavensmisdeedsTikTok:  @mavensofmisdeedshttps://www.mavensofmisdeeds.com/

What is Team Moirai, and does it really capture the essence of Moirai with a team twist? Let me know what you think!

Building on my Adaptive talk, this explains what I think is the optimal approach to Moirai.

Shelly wonders how much she has changed. A conversation with The Moirai helps her realise that speaking very precisely is how a mortal survives in the fairy world. Filthy Henry and Dru discuss Cathal's usage of the hurley stick, wondering if the right person has been found for the job. Medb and Lauren think up of a way to skirt The Rules when the final conflict approaches, because you can never trust a villain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

مقدمة:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين. سبحانك اللهم لا علم لنا إلا ما علمتنا أنك انت العليم الحكيم.أي شخص مطلع على الأدب او يلعب ألعاب فيديو أو يقرأ قصص مصورة أو يشاهد أفلام انمي يعلم مدى أثر الأساطير اليونانية على المخرجات الترفيهية. بل أن الأساطير، بالإضافة للأدب اليوناني، أثرت حتى على العلوم الإنسانية مثل الآتي:• علم النفس: مصطلح اضطراب الشخصية النرجسية نسبة لنرجس الأسطورة (Narcissus) • علم النفس والمسرح: عقدة أوديب (Oedipus Complex) التي ذكرها فرويد في كتابه تفسير الأحلام والمبنية على المسرحية اليونانية (أوديب ملكا) للمؤلف المسرحي سوفوكليس (Sophocles) والمذكورين في كتاب الأوديسة لهومر.• علم الجغرافيا: موسوعات الخرائط نسبة لأطلس حامل الأرض (Atlas).• في الطب: المخدر المورفين نسبة لمورفيوس إله تكوين الأحلام. (Morpheus).• قي الرياضة: الألعاب الأولمبية وشعلة النار بروميثيوس (Prometheus)• في تقنية المعلومات: حصان طروادة يطلق على الفيروس المتسلسل والمأخوذ من ملحمة هوميروس الإلياذة (Trojan Horse)• في أنظمة الدفاع "كعب أخيل" (Achilles Heel): والمقصود بها نقطة الضعف في أي نظام دفاعي والمأخوذة من موت أخيل في ملحمة طروادة عن طريق رميه بسهم مسموم في كعبه.• في الفن: "تأثير بيجماليون"، نسبة إلى بجيماليون النحات الكاره للنساء، ونحت تمثال لامرأة من العاج ووقع في حبها. وتعني لمن يقع في حب الشيء الذي يبتكره وبالتالي يصبح استثنائياًوغيرها الكثير من الأمثلة واليوم سوف تكون حلقتنا عن الوجود وقصص ميلاد الآلهة اليونانية وانوه ان لأصدقائنا الذين يستمعون إلينا عبر سحابة أدب بأن مدة الحلقة 45 دقيقة ولذا تجدون التكملة في الجزء التالي من هذه الحلقة.وأود ان أوضح التالي:• أن حلقات هاوس زوفي من الناحية العلمية ليست أكاديمية وهي أقرب للدردشة العلمية والتي ربما نخطئ في معلومة او نكون غير دقيقين في بعضها ورغم ذلك سنبذل جهدنا بإيصال المعلومة الصحيحة مع ذكر مرجعها.• اعتمدت على رسم شجرة الأنساب اليونانية عن طريق المايكروسوفت ورد نظام الهيكل الإداري وهو ليس برنامج فعال لرسم الشجر بصفة عامة وبصفة خاصة لشجرة النسب اليوناني الآلهي وستعرفون مدى تعقد الأنساب اليونانية في هذه الحلقة. لذا جعلت الذكر باللون الأزرق والأنثى باللون الأخضر افتراضا مني انهم ذكور واناث.في البداية لابد ان نأخذ نبذة مختصرة جدا عن:• أهم الكتب التراثية وبعض المراجع الحديثة.• أنساب الشعب اليوناني وارتباطها بنسب الآلهة.• طبيعة وجغرافية أرض اليونان.أهم الكتب اليونانيةبالنسبة لأهم الكتب لقصص وأساطير الشعب اليوناني:• كتب الأساطير والملاحم:o ميلاد او نسب الآلهة (Theogony) لهيسيود (Hesiod) وهو كتاب صغير لكن عظيم يذكر فيه تزاوج الآلهة والطيتان والكيانات الأولية والوحوش.o الأشغال والأيام (Work and Days) كذلك لهيسيود (Hesiod) كتبه لأخيه بيرسيس (Perses) الذي اغتصب ارضه بالتعاون مع أحد القضاء ويخبره لابد من التعب للحصول على الأرض وهذا كله بسبب الآلهة والمشاكل التي فيما بينها وهو كتاب مهم يوضح فيه قصص واجيال البشر عند الإغريق وكذلك يحكي فيه قصة باندورا وكيف المرأة بلاء على الرجال من زيوس.o كتاب المرأة (Catalogue of woman) او إييا (Ehoiai) لهيسيود (Hesiod) كتاب مفقود لم توجد منه إلا شذرات قليلة رغم ذلك به معلومات مهمة عن نسب اليونانيين وغير انساب اليونانيين.o ملحمة الإلياذة (Iliad) لهوميروس (Homer): قصة حرب الطرواديين (The Trojans) مع الآخيين (Achaean) والتي استمرت 10 سنوات، واختطاف باريس (Paris) الطروادي لهيلين (Helen Troy) زوجة ملك أسبرطة (Sparta) ميلنيوس (Menelaus). وقصص الأبطال: آخيل (Achilles)، باتروكلُس (Patroclus)، هيكتور (Hector)، أوديسيوس (Odysseus) وحصان طروادة الشهير. o ملحمة الأوديسة (Odyssey) لهوميروس (Homer): الملحمة الثانية لهوميروس والتي تأتي أحداثها بعد حرب طروادة (Trojan War) مباشرة. وبطلها أوديسيوس (Odysseus) ملك إيثكا (Ithaca) الذي تاه في البلاد والبحار 10 سنوات بسبب لعنة بسيادون (Poseidon) إله البحر وقصة زوجته بينولبي (Penelope) مع الذين أرادوا الزواج منها للاستيلاء على مُلك أوديسيوس.o ملحمة الأرجونوتيكا ((Argonautica لأبولونيوس الرودسي (Apollonius of Rhodes) التي تحكي قصة جيسون (Jason) مع بحارة الأرجون (The Argo) والصوف الذهبي (Golden Fleece)o أشغال هرقل (The Labors of Heracles): قصة أعمال هرقل الاثنا عشر كلف بها للتكفير عن خطاياه بسبب لعنة هيرا (Hera) زوجة زوس (Zeus) وكل مهمة أصعب من الأخرى وفي كل مرة كان يقتل وحش أسطوري مثل الأسد النيمي (the Nemean lion) والهيدرا (Lernaean Hydra) وأشهر كتاب القصة هو بيسندار (Peisander) وهو اول من ذكر ان هرقل بعد ان قتل الأسد النيمي سلخه وارتدى جلده. وقد عملنا حلقة في بودكاست كارتونيشن عن أعمال هرقل مقارنة بفيلم ديزني (Hercules). • بعض المراجع لمن أراد الاستزادة:o كتاب المكتبة اليونانية Bibliotheca او مكتبة أبولودورس الزائف (Pseudo-Apollodorus) وهذا كتاب مهم جدا فهو يسرد التاريخ اليوناني الأسطوري بطريقة سلسلة جدا وهو أسهل الكتب رغم كتابته بعد القرن الأول للميلاد.o الأدب اليوناني - من سلسلة زدني علما o الميتولوجيا اليونانية -من سلسلة زدني علماo تاريخ الأدب اليوناني – الدكتور علاء صابر -مكتبة لبنان ناشرونo كتاب التحولات أو مسخ الكائنات (The Metamorphoses) لأوفيد (Ovid) وهو شاعر روماني كتبه في القرن الثامن فقد جمع القصص اليونانية والرومانية الشفهية وتوجد ترجمتين:o مسخ الكائنات - نسخة دار المعارف - محمد عكاشةo التحولات – ترجمة أدونيس.o وانا انصح بكتاب باللغة الإنجليزي وهو دليل جيد يجمع لك القصص ومصادرها واهمها واسمه:o A brief guide to the Greek myths by Stephen p. Kershawنسب الشعب اليوناني الأسطورينسب الشعب اليوناني:الشعب اليوناني مصنف اصطلاحياً من الشعب الهندو-أوربي الشعوب التي هاجرت من منقطة بين اسيا وأوربا ولكن يهمنا هنا الفكرة الأسطورية وليس الفكرة الأنثروبولوجيه. فهم يعتقدون ان نسبهم امتداد ومتصل بالآلهة الأولمبية والطيتان فالقصة تحكي ان هناك شخص اسمه دوكيليان (Deucalion) وزوجته بيرا (Pyrra) وهو يمثل نوح في الأخبار التوحيدية فله قصة مشابهة لقصة نوح عليه السلام والطوفان سنذكرها في حينه.• دوكيليان قيل انه بن بروميثيوس خالق البشر ومختلف في امه قيل انها هيسيوني (Hesione) وفقاً لهيسيود.• بيرا هي ابنة ابيمثيوس (Epimetheus)، اخ بروميثيوس، وامها باندورا (Pandora) صاحبة قصة الصندوق وكذلك سنذكرها في حينه.• دوكيليان وبيرا لديهم ثلاثة أبناء يمثلون السلالة والقبائل اليونانية:o هيلين وثيا وباندورا الثانية• هيلين هذا ما يطلقون به اليونانيين أنفسهم حتى اليوم لذا تجد ان اليونان اسمها الجمهورية الهيلينية وتجد في جوازهم الجنسية هيليني. o هيلين لديه ثلاثة أبناء من حورية ماء الـ(nymph)أورسيس (Orseis): أيوليس (Aeolus) اب (الأيوليين)  دوروس (Dorus) اب الدوريين) زاذس (Xuthus) وهذا زاذس لديه ابنين:• أخايس (Achaeus) اب الآخيون.• واخيراً أيونيس (Iones) أب الأيونين وقيل ان العرب اسمتهم اليونانيين بناءاً عليه.• ثيا قيل انها حبلت بواسطة زيوس (Zeus) وانجبت:o ماجنس (magnes)o ومقدون (Macedon) سلالة الإسكندر الأكبر (Alexander the Great) والفيلسوف ارسطو (Aristotle) ولهذا السبب قيل انه لم يرث اكاديمية افلاطون (Plato) لأنه ليس أثينيي (هيليني)• باندورا الثانية حبلت أيضا بواسطة زيوس وأنجب جرايكوس (Gragecus) وأبناء هذا جرايكوس كانوا من اول المهاجرين لبلاد روما (إيطاليا) وبسبب ذلك سمي الشعب اليوناني بالإغريق.o جرايكوس (Gragecus) لديه حسب هيسيود (Hesiod) بن اسمه لاتينوس (Latinus) هل هو أب اللاتينيين؟ هل هو لاتينوس المذكور في الإنيادة (Aeneid) للشاعر الروماني فيرجل (Virgil)؟ هل فيرجل (Virgil) هو المذكور في الكوميديا الإلهية (Divine Comedy) للشاعر الإيطالي دانتي (Dante)؟ دانتي وفيرجل من ديفل ماي كراي (Devil may cry)؟ الله أعلم.o إضافة أخيرة للأنساب: وفقاً لهيسيود في كتاب المرأة هناك شخص اسمه عربوس (Arabus) او عريبيوس (Arabius) هو بن هرميس (Hermes) وثرونيا (Thronia).وهذا نبذة جدا مبسطة لسلالة الشعب اليوناني ودائما ما تجد عند التعمق في السلالات اليونانية حتى بعد الامتداد نجد ان نسباً لأحدى الآلهات او الطيتان بطريقة او بأخرى.الطبيعة الجغرافية والسياسية لليونانالطبيعة الجغرافية: اليونان شبه جزيرة طبيعتها وعرة وكثيرة الجبال وحولها جزر صغيرة كثيرة داخلها جبال ومرتفعات كذلك.  ولهذا كان الاتصال بين المدن شبه صعب بسبب وعارة الطرق وقيل هذا أحد أسباب عدم توحدهم كدولة وحدة الا في عهد الإسكندر.ولكن الملاحة البحرية بين الجزر في بحر ايجة شبه عوضت التواصل ولهذا التجارة الملاحية في كانت مثمرة بينهم وكأن البحر عوض ووحد ما فرقته الجبال والأرض. وقد سكنوا اليونانيين في أجزاء من مصر بالإسكندرية، وكذلك على الساحل الغربي في تركيا وقيل ان هناك حصلت معركة الإلياذة الشهيرة في مدينة طروادة.الطبيعة السياسية:ذكرنا ان صعوبة التواصل بين اليونانيين بسبب الظروف الجغرافية للمنطقة كانت أحد أسباب عدم توحدهم في دولة وحدة لذا كانت المدن والجزر اليونانية عبارة عن دول مستقلة صغيرة (City State) بعضها جزر ومدن ممالك، بعضها جزر ومدن جمهورية، بعضها جزر ومدن عشائر وقبائل.وهكذا نكون انتهينا من مقدمة الحلقة ونبدأ بقصص ميلاد الآلهة.ميلاد الآلهةمصدر القصص والأنسلب لهذا البودكاست:o بالنسبة لميلاد الآلهة سأذكر التي بها قصص واظن انه مهم، معتمداً على كتاب هيسيود ميلاد الآلهة.o الشعب اليوناني كان يتداول هذا القصص بشكل شفهي والكتب التي ذكرناها كتبت لاحقا في أعمال شعرية واعمال ملحمية وأعمال مسرحية.كيف يبدأ هيسيود ميلاد الآلهة: يذكر هيسيود بأنها إلهام من الميوسيس (The Muses)، ربات الفنون التسعة والتي ظهرن في فيلم ديزني هرقل، وأنهن يرقصن وينشدن في جبل هيليكون (Helicon Mount) وقد اهدياه غصن زيتون وسيلة تواصل بينه وبين ربات الفنون ومن خلال ألهم بقصيدة الثيوجني (Theogony).o ذكر هيسيود ان ربات الفنون التسعة، إذا فضلن ملك من الملوك، فبمجرد ميلاده يصببن من ريقهن في فمه فيصبح عذب الكلام.o وهن بنات زيوس من امهم نيموزين، في انمي بهذا الاسم، آلهة الذاكرة وهي أحد بنات اورانوس وجايا.o زيوس تشكل في شكل بشري وواقع نيموزين (Mnemosyne) تسعة ليالي وفي كل يوم كانت تنجب أنثى وهن: كليو ربة التاريخ (Cleo) اوتربي ربة الموسيقى (Euterpe) تالي ربة الكوميديا (Thalia) ملبومين للمأساة او التراجيديا (Melpomene) ترببسيكور للرقص (Terpsichore)  اراتوا للشعر الغنائي او به وصف حسي (Erato) بوليمني للمسرح (Polyhymnia) اوراني للفلك (Urania) كاليوب للشعر الملحمي (Calliope).وقد ذكرت مقدمة هيسيود عن ربات الفنون لأن القارئ للأدب او الملاحم اليونانية دائما ما سيجد أن المؤلف يبدأ بالابتهال لهؤلاء التسعة.قصص الوجود:نجد في قصص الميلاد أو أنساب الآلهة أن الوجود وجد قبل ميلاد الآلهة. والآلهة بعد ذلك أتت لكي تنظم الوجود. وانتهز هذه الفرصة في ذكر أنواع الكائنات عند اليونان:• الكيانات الأولية (Primordial):الكيانات التي ظهرت مع بداية الوجود وتمثل الطبيعة وظواهرها، وظهر منهم أول من حكم العالم.• الجبابرة (Titans):الجبابرة: الجيل الثاني والذي أزاح الكيانات من الحكم وأخذ مكانهم.• الأولمبيين (The Olympians):الجيل الثالث والذي خاض حرب ضد الجبابرة (Titanomachy) وحكم العالم. وأطلق عليهم الأولمبيين لاتخاذهم جبل أوليمبس سكن لهم.• المخلوقات الأسطورية (Mythical Creatures): الوحوش (Monsters)، الحوريات (Nymphs)، القنطور (Centaur)، وغيرهم من ابناء الجبابرة وملعوني الأولمبيين.• أنصاف الآلهة (Demi-God):كائنات نصفها آلهة ونصفها بشر وهؤلاء كثير منهم أبطال وكثير منهم أبناء زوس مثل: بيرسيوس (Perseus)، هيراكليس (Heracles)، آخيل (Achilles) وهؤلاء لديهم الفرصة للترقي ويصبحون آلهة مثل داينوسيس (Dionysus).• البشر:هؤلاء الذين عاصروا وعبدوا الآلهة منذ جيلهم الذهبي (Golden Age) وحتى الجيل الحديدي (Iron Age) وسنذكر قصصهم بالتفصيل ان شاء الله.الكائنات الأولية:• أول الكيانات وجوداً هو كايوس (Chaos) ويمثل الخواء وقد ظهر في لعبة هيديس (Hades Video Game). • ثم ظهرت جايا (Gaia) وهي تمثل الأرض، وظهر تارتورس (Tartarus) ويمثل قاع قاع الأرض وظهر كذلك ايروس (Eros) وهو يمثل الرغبة.o قيل ان هؤلاء الثلاث هم أبناء كايوس وقيل انهم ظهروا مع كايوس.• كايوس لديه أبناء آخرين:o نيكس (Nyx) وتمثل الليل. وظهرت في لعبة هيديسo ايريبس (Erebus) يمثل الظلام.• نيكس واخاها ايريبس قرروا انهم ينجبوا كيانات أخرى وسنرى ان إنجاب الأخ من أخته طبيعي جداً عند الآلهة اليونانية:• هيمرا (Hemera) وهو يمثل النهار.• ايثر (Aether) وهو غطاء السماء التي تتنفسه الكيانات لذا في الألعاب الروائية (Table-top RPG) والعاب الفيديو (RPG Games) نجد ان الذي ينعش نقاط السحر المستخدمة او المفقودة مشروب الإيثر (Ether).وطبيعي جدا ان الكيانات ممكن تقرر الإنجاب بدون أي تواصل جنسي ومن ذاتها بالفيض مثل أبناء نيكس (Nyx):• ثانتوس (Thanatos) وهو مثل ملك الموت وهو ظهر في لعبة هيديس• موروس (Moros) وهو يمثل الهلاك (Doom).• هيبنوس (Hypnos) وهو يمثل النوم وقد ظهر في لعبة هيديس أيضاً.• أونيروس (Oneiros) وهو يمثل الأحلام.• مومس (Momus) ويمثل اللوم السخرية او إله الساتير (Satir) كائن اسطوري.• اوزيس (Oziys) ويمثل الويل.• وعندها كذلك الكيريس (The Keres) هن كائنات بأجنحة يمثلن المصير الموت المفجع ولهن دور مثل الفالكيريس لكن هن لا يأخذن الموتى من المقاتلين للجنة إنما لقاع الجحيم. • والثلاثي الميوري (Moirai) سيدات القدر:o كلوثو التي تغزل وتلف الخيطo ليتشيس التي تمد خيطo أتروبوس التي تقطع الخيط• وكذلك عندها الهيسبريديس (Hesperides) حوريات الغسق (Evening Nymphs)، حارسات التفاح الذهبي وقيل انهن سبع.• نيميسيس (Nemesis) ويمثل القصاص ولهذا يسمى العدو الأكبر للأبطال بالنميسيس • أباتي (Apate) تمثل التضليل (Deception)• جيراس (Geras) ويمثل الشيوخة.• فيلوتيس (Philotes) ويمثل المحبة او الصداقة.• ديسكورد (Discord) نعم ديسكورد أو ايريس (Eris) وتمثل الخلاف.ما ذكرت هذا نموذج لميلاد او تزاوج الآلهة وكتاب هيسيود يذكر عشرات الآلهة المولودة بالتزاوج، محارم او بغير محارم، أو بالفيض. ومن هؤلاء الآلهة كريتوس (Kreatos) ويمثل القوة أو القدرة هو بن الجبار بالاس (Pallas) ونهر الجحيم (Styx) واكتفي بهذا القدر من نموذج ميلاد الآلهة وندخل على أول الملاحم.أولى الدماء بين الآلهةجايا (Gaia) واقعت ابنها أورانوس (Uranus) وأنجبوا الذين يطلق عليهم:• الجبابرة أو التيتان او إذا نقحرت الطيتان (The Titans) وهم اثنا عشر: 1. اوكيانوس (Okeanos) وهذا شيخ كبير واب لكثيرين.2. كويوس ((Coeus.3. كريوس (Crius).4. هايبريون (Hyperion).5. ايابتوس (Iapetus).6. ثيا (Theia).7. ريا (Rhea).8. ثيميس (Themis).9. نيموزين (Mnemosyne) أم ربات الفنون.10. فيبي (Phoebe) وليست فيبي من (Friends).11. تيثس (Tethys).12. كرونوس (Cronus) أصغرهم وله قصة مهمة سنذكرها بعد قليل.• وأنجبوا الثلاثي السايكلوبس (Cyclops) وهم الذين صنعوا الأسلحة لزيوس واخوته وهو دور مشابه للأقزام (Dwarfs) في الأساطير النورسية (Norse Mythology):1. برونتوس (Brontes) ويمثل الرعد.2. ستروبس (Steropes) ويمثل البرق.3. ارجس (Arges) ويمثل الوميض.• ذو المئة اليد (the Hecatoncheires) والذين يجب الا يذكروا حسب هيسيود ولكن يذكرهم:1. كوتاس (Cottus).2. برورياس (Briareus)3. جايجيس (Gyges).أترون كل هؤلاء الأبناء؟ اورانوس كان لا يحبهم ويكرههم، بالذات الثلاثي الأخير، وكان كل ولد من هؤلاء عندما تلده جايا يقوم اورانوس بحبسه في مكان سري داخل جايا وقيل داخل تارتروس (Tartus). طبيعي جدا هذا كان يزعج جايا فقد تمددت وترهلت بسبب هذا الحشي، ولذلك بغضت ابنها اورانوس وقامت بصناعة سلاح أسود مكون من مادة الأدمانتيوم (adamantium) يشبح المنجل (Sickle) أو المحش (Scythe) وأعلنت بعد ذلك لجميع أبنائها من يقوم بالإنتقام من ابيهم ويساعدها؟ فتطوع لذلك إبنها الأصغر كرونوس وأخذ المنجل وانتظر اللحظة الحاسمة؛ فقد كان اورانوس يهبط من السماء دائما على الأرض لجايا وينام. هنا اتى كرونوس (Cronos)بضربة واحدة قام بخصي اباه اورانوس. وهنا تناثرت الدماء وبعض قطرات المني وهبطت على الأرض والبحر:• فقطرات الدماء التي سقطت على جايا الأرض بعدها مباشرة ولدوا:1. الساخطات (The Furies) او الإيرنيس (The Erinyes): اليكتو (Alecto)، تيسفوني (Tisphone)، وميجرا (Megra) وهؤلاء يتنقمن من الذي يحنث قسمه للآلهة او يقسم بالآلهة قسم كاذب.2. العمالقة (Giants)3. حوريات المُران (Ash-tree Nypmhs)• أما قطرات المني فسقطت على البحر وتحولت إلى رغوة فولدت أفروديت (Aphrodite).بعد ذلك قام كرونوس بتحرير أخوته من الجبابرة الأثناعشر، ماعدا السايكلوبس وذو المئة يد! وكأنه يقول المشكلة منكما فعلاً! (it's not you. It is you!). وهذا مجدداً أغضب جايا فهي لم تتكبد هذا العناء لكي يظلوا أبنائهم حبسى.ميلاد الأولمبيينلعنة أورانوس:الكيان أورانوس (Uranus) غضب على ابنه كرونوس (Cronos) وتنبأ بأن من أبنائه من سيأخذ من الحكم بسبب فعلته تلك. ولم يفت من كرونوس أخطار تلك النبوءة، فقد أختار كرونوس اخته ريا (Rhea) زوجة له وأجبت له الأولمبيين. ولكي يتجنب لعنة أباه أورانوس كان كرونوس بمجرد ميلاد أبنائه يبلعهم مباشرة دون ان ينظر إليهم وكان من ابتلعهم كرونوس بالترتيب هم:1. هيستيا (Hestia).2. ديميتر (Dimeter).3. هيرا (Hera).4. هيديس (Hades).5. بوسيدون (Poseidon).ميلاد زوس:هذا أحزن وأغضب زوجة كرونوس، ريا. وقد كانت ريا حامل بجنين أخير ولا تريد له مصير أخوته السابقين. فقامت ريا بالشكوى لصاحبة التجربة جايا. فأشارت جايا على ريا ان تلد مولودها في معبد بجزيرة كريت (Crete) وهو الأبن الأخير لكرونوس، سيد الآلهة، الماجن، المتحول، اب الكثيرين، وزوج وعاشق لكثيرات الآله زوس (Zeus). بعد ولادة زوس أودعته ريا لدى جايا، ثم ذهب جايا لكرونوس معها حجر ملفوف برداء كأنه طفل حديث الولادة، وأعطته كرونوس، والأخير قام مباشرة بابتلاعه دون النظر في الرداء.نشأ زوس جبل آيدا (Mount Ida) في كريت وقام بتربيته شياطين الجبل (The Kouretes)، قد قيل إنهم حوريات لكن اخترت شياطين من باب التنويع وهن من أولاد جايا ولا نعلم من اين أتوا، فجايا ام لكثيرين، وكن يرقصن ويصرخن عندما يبكي او يصرخ زوس. والتي أرضعت زوس هي أميثليا (Amaltheia) ابنة الشمس هيلوس (Helios) وهي كائن أقرب للمعزة للبشر وكانت تحتضنه عندما تريد اخفاؤه عن كرونوس. وعندما بلغ سن الرجولة ذهب زوس لإنقاذ اخوته بالتعاون مع جايا وأمه وبن عمته ميتيس (Metis) ابنة أوكيانوس (Okeanos)، التي صنعت دواء مقيئ، وزعم مني التي قامت بإعطاء كرونوس الدواء هي ريا. وبمجرد شربه استفرغ أولا الحجر، ثم بسايدون، هيديس، هيرا، ديميتر وأخيراً هستيا. لذا تقنيا زوس أصبح الأكبر الآن وهيستيا هي الصغرى، وهنا قامت حرب العشر سنوات، الملحمة التيتانية (Titanomachy).الحرب التيتانيةالحرب:اتخذ زوس جبل أولمبيا مقرا له (Mount Olympus)، واجتمع مع اخوته وبقية الآلهة التيتانية وأخبرهم بأنه سيخوض الحرب ضد أبيه كرونوس ووعد الذين سيشاركون الحرب معه، في حال انتصاره، سيعطيهم مكافآت وسيحافظون على مناصبهم التي نالوها مع الجبابرة.أستجاب بعضهم ورفض بعضهم وأشهر من استجاب لدعوة زوس هو بروميثيوس (Prometheus) ابن الجبار ايابتوس (Iapetus) وكان معنى اسمه بعيد النظر، وحث بقية اخوه ابيمثيوس (Epimetheus) ومعنى اسمه قليل العقل او قصير النظر، وكذلك حث اخوه أطلس (Atlas) واستجاب الأول ورفض الأخير.وبدأت الحرب واستمرت 10 سنوات سجالاً، لا نعلم ماهي حيثيات الحرب ولا المعارك التي حدثت، ولكن نعلم ان زوس استشار جدته جايا كيف ينتصر على ابيه؟ فأخبرته ان عليه تحرير أبنائها الثلاثي سايكلوب وكذلك ذوي المئة يد، وهم سيحققون النصر، وفعلا قام زوس بالهبوط إلى تارتروس وقتل حارسة السجن كامبي (Kampe) وحررهم.طلب زوس بعد ذلك منهم المساعدة، فقام الثلاثي باختراع ثلاث أسلحة: الصواعق لزوس (Thunder Bolts)، خوذة الإخفاء لهيديس (Hades Helmet) والرماح ذي الثلاث شعب لبسايدون (Trident).  وبفضل الأسلحة استطاع زوس أخيرا الانتصار ثم حبس من حاربه من الجبابرة في اقصى قاع الأرض وبذلك أنتصر أخيرا زوس وحكم الأرض.لكن هذا الانتصار ليس نهاية الحروب، لأن جايا الأرض، أزعجها مجدداً حبس أبنائها. فكل ما تريد جايا فقط ان يكون جميع أبنائها أحراراً! قتلوا، نهبوا، استولوا لا يهم! المهم ان يكونوا أحراراً. فبدأت مجددا بحياكة حبكة أخرى تنتقم فيها من زوس في ملحمة أخرى، تسمى الـ(Gigantomachy) وسنعرض تفاصيلها الحلقة القادمة ان شاء الله. 

[Episode 3.2] Welcome back! This month barSILENCE is celebrating the Masters of VGM podcasting event with this episode in the series. We are going to listen to the enduring and memorable music of Akira Yamaoka and Shinji Hosoe. If you are interested in learning more about the Masters of VGM Event, and the other 20+ shows that are participating, head to mastersofvgm.com. You can also follow along on Twitter by using the hashtag #MastersOfVGM Track Listing: 00:00:00 - Relic of Moirai by Akira Yamaoka [Contra Shattered Soldier] 00:06:03 - S-Power by Akira Yamaoka [Contra Shattered Soldier] 00:06:59 - Hell Drive by Akira Yamaoka [Contra Shattered Soldier] 00:09:29 - Fortress by Akira Yamaoka [Contra Shattered Soldier] 00:12:26 - A Man and The World by Akira Yamaoka [SDATCHER] 00:16:18 - Alloy Selector Spider by Akira Yamaoka [Sine Mora] 00:22:50 - Heaven's Night by Akira Yamaoka [Silent Hill 2] 00:24:53 - Alone in Town by Akira Yamaoka [Silent Hill 2] 00:27:07 - End of Small Sanctuary by Akira Yamaoka [Silent Hill 3] 00:28:46 - Maternal Heart by Akira Yamaoka [Silent Hill 3] 00:31:38 - Nightmarish Waltz by Akira Yamaoka [Silent Hill 4] 00:36:37 - Ridge Racer by Shinji Hosoe [Ridge Racer] 00:40:09 - Rhythm Shift by Shinji Hosoe [Ridge Racer] 00:46:05 - User's Entry Come Again by Shinji Hosoe [iS: Internal Section] 00:47:41 - Wind Ride Kids by Shinji Hosoe [Cyber Cycles] 00:51:51 - Dream Virus R by Shinji Hosoe [Mega Man Network Transmission 00:55:47 - Can't Come Back? by Shinji Hosoe [Under Defeat] 01:02:07 - Running Up! (Solo II) by Shinji Hosoe [Dirtfox] barSILENCE is a monthly podcast crafted to celebrate and explore the best game audio from past and present. You're here because you enjoy the same thing that I do, and I am grateful for that. This episode is brought to you in part by our kind Patreon subscribers, and by our show's sponsor, Bold Pickins Specialty Pickles. Find them in stores near you: boldpickins.com Shout-outs are also in order for Professor Tom of the Shujin Academy VGM Club Podcast! You can and should check out his show by going to his site. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Legion of VGM, consider subscribing to the show on Patreon. As a thank you for subscribing, you will get access to an exclusive Bonus Beats show each month! Click here to learn more! Connect with the show! Patreon - /barSILENCE Twitter - @barSilenceVGM Instagram - @barSILENCE Threads - @barSILENCE BlueSky - @barsilencevgm.bsky.social Tumblr - barSilenceVGM More ways to listen: Listen to past episodes at barsilence.com 8Beats Radio - 24/7 VGM Music & Mixes Terra Player App - VGM & Gaming Podcasts & More YouTube - Monthly Videos This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

On this second part of Greek mythology, we learn about the 3 sisters of fate. The givers and takers of life.

Manfromleng and Nate 'Lost in Time and Space' Winslow review Jacob Morrison (3) and Shrine of Moirai (3) from Into the Maelstrom, the sixth mythos pack in the Innsmouth Conspiracy cycle for the Arkham Horror LCG!

Moirai (Pronounced Moy-rye in English or Mee-reh in Greek) were the 3 sisters and goddesses of fate according to Hesiod. This episode gives a bit of overview about them and their disputed origins. https://www.linktr.ee/theworldofmomus/

This week the Buddies discuss breakfasts, important things for your dwelling, and how many tong clicks are appropriate for a BBQ. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Dice Knight: Mystery of the Moirai (video game), No Mans Sky (video game), Red vs. Blue (machinima video series)

As principal of Moirai Capital and CEO of The Moirai Group, one of New Jersey's largest investment firms, Cory Reed has a long track record of success, engaging in over $50 Million in real estate transactions during his tenure. Cory has been featured in various podcasts and hired by other top investment firms across the country for consulting work in the real estate space. Prior to founding The Moirai Group, he was employed as a Sales Executive for Costar, the world's largest commercial real estate data provider. In addition, Cory has also served in the United States Army as an 18D, Special Forces Medical Sergeant. To learn more about or connect with Cory, check out his instagram @corycharlesreed. For any questions, comments, or inquiries contact us at carriedinterestpodcast@gmail.com

Pandora, Icarus and Mayes race to interpret signs from the Fates. 'Life of the Party: The Delphos Saga' is a D&D 5e actual play show, intended for audiences aged 15 & over. Some heavy themes, mild use of language, depictions of alcohol consumption, mild horror and fantasy violence. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoQYYtvxswwXQHJaIJSZqVQ/join Check out the 'join' button under the channel to get early access to videos, custom chat emojis, a private news feed and private livestreams, and more! GET DISCOUNTS ON WYRMWOOD GAMING SUPPLIES! ► https://wyrmwoodgaming.com/ For free US shipping use code LIFEOFPARTY For $10 off International shipping use code LIFEOFPARTYINT GET 10% OFF FOUND FAMILIAR COFFEE! ► http://www.foundfamiliar.com/LOTP For 10% off use code LOTPDND You can also support us on Patreon! Check out our brand new selection of perks including beta access to new parts of our project, bonus LOTP content and more. Support what we do from just $3 over at https://www.patreon.com/nyxrising Follow the Life of the Party! We're a new D&D series with episodes every week, so be sure to subscribe and click the bell icon to ensure you never miss an episode. Follow Life of the Party around the web: ► http://www.lifeofthepartydnd.com ► http://www.twitter.com/LifeOTPartyDND ► http://www.instagram.com/lifeofthepartydnd ► http://lifeofthepartydnd.tumblr.com We now also have MERCH available, thanks to our wonderful Indiegogo backers! Peruse our wares at http://www.teespring.com/stores/lifeofthepartydnd Get access to our exclusive members-only discord too at: ► https://indiegogo.com/projects/life-of-the-party-a-dungeons-dragons-series/x/6039770 Executive Producers: Alexandra Johnson, Liam Moran, Katelyn Ferguson, Alissa, Stef Sharp and Emily Hogarth. LIFE OF THE PARTY is also available to listen to as an audio podcast! Visit http://www.lifeofthepartydnd.co.uk for more details or search for us on Spotify and iTunes. Find our party online! Dungeon Master R: ► http://www.twitter.com/paperstorms ► http://www.instagram.com/paper.storms Icarus: ► http://www.twitter.com/0becki ► http://www.instagram.com/zer0becki Pandora: ► http://www.twitter.com/roguearcanis ► http://www.instagram.com/roguearcanis Mayes: ► http://www.twitter.com/electr0spectrum ► http://www.instagram.com/electrospectrum Filmed & Edited by Nyx & NyxRising Industries Official art by Bee - https://beebooart.wixsite.com/portfolio Music provided by Epidemic Sound

In this episode, Carl Jung is in conversation with his Soul about the gift of magic. Satya Doyle Byock reflects on the uncanny similarity between Jung and Rilke on fate and future, she explores the meaning of Shuddering and Jung’s journey into embodiment through the Grimms’ fairy tale “The Youth Who Goes off in Search of Fear.” Carol Ferris explores Jung's many paintings in this section, hexagram 38 of the I Ching, the symbolism of snake bites, the Greek Moirai, Anthropos, and astrologer Liz Greene. Ann Caroll provides a translation for “Solace” and a discussion of comfort which leads to a new reading of this chapter. Q&A explores potentiality, the Gospel of Thomas, Yoda and The Force, Stanislav Grof, and the tools of Magic. Chapter: “The Gift of Magic” Astrological Horoscopes for Episode 24 Jung: Magic: 2020 The Gift of Magic Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: Quarterlife.org Recorded September 27, 2020

Out of time and out of options, Wax, Sprocket and Spitfire fight to escape the underground hideout before it becomes their tomb.Played in Cyberpunk Red (Beta) courtesy of R. Talsorian GamesMade possible by the support of our Patrons including -Elliot Jay O'NeillThank you*******************************************Baby Beard Media are:Sean as Spitfire James - https://twitter.com/SlierlChris as Wax - https://twitter.com/BondingChrisPhil as the GM - https://twitter.com/SkkrufEllen as Sprocket Volkov - https://www.instagram.com/ellybean96/Music by Paul GoodmanArtwork by Jack SumnerPATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/babybeardFACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/BabyBeardMediaTWITTERhttps://www.twitter.com/BabyBeardMediaINSTAGRAMhttps://www.instagram.com/BabyBeardMedia/PODCASTShttps://www.spreaker.com/user/babybeardmediaWhat's your escape plan? Tell us here, or on our social media.Drop us a like or leave a review on iTunes. All our episodes are on Spreaker, Spotify, Youtube, or wherever you find good podcasts.

Franziska Grohmann, known professionally as Dehlia de France, is a German singer, songwriter, producer and visual artist. Her collaboration with Robot Koch, "Moirai's Choir", is featured in the Cloak & Dagger episode Restless Energy and on the original soundtrack of the second season. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mG6Dc70lALiwXwkk6vR0t?si=JKthavNLT22kWK-6NMzdDQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delhia_de_france/ “..a voice like a sequined razor blade” (Raw Ramp UK) With a back catalogue of collaborations that reads like the who's-who of underground electronic dance music, Delhia de France has been forging her solo career between Berlin and LA since the last 2 years, giving melancholia a shape with her darker sides of Altpop Electronica. The writer, producer and performer has released her solo debut EP Moirai in 2018 with her sophomore Oceanides EP out in June 2019. Co-produced with renowned Robot Koch, with whom Delhia has been working closely over the years, she is seeing support by Spotify, XL8R, Clash Magazine, Kaltblut Magazine, BBC, KEXP, KCRW. “There is something about the darkness of the music and the lightness of her voice and delivery that is undeniably sultry and sexy – like a siren from another plain.” says Blog Higherplain Music (UK) about her sound. Creating a sonically as well as visually stunning world Delhia collaborates with talented visionaries for her artwork as well as on stage.

In this episode, we discuss who the Moirai are and why we chose them to represent our podcast. We also dive into the deep recesses of our memory on how we gained our moral compass. Spoiler alert, it's not what you think it should be. That's the corn, beans, and squash of it all.

The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1911) Chapter 3: The Gods of Gaul and the Continental Celts by J. A. MacCulloch A discussion of the innumerable Gods of Gaul and the influence of the Roman gods on the continental deities.   Names Used in this Section Apollo Juppiter Minerva Dispater Jupiter Taranis Apollo Grannus Augustus Lares Belenos Augustus Holder's Altceltischer Sprachschatz Anwyl Allobrogi Pliny Arverni Puy de Dôme Artaios Mercurius Cultor at Wurtemberg Moccus Cimiacinus Ogmíos Lucian Dumias Borvo, Bormo, or Bormanus Ausonius Belinuntia Maponos Bonus Puer Mogons or Mogounos Diodorus Boreads Caturix Belatu-Cadros Albiorix Rigisamus Toutatis, Totatis, and Tutatis Seckau, York, and Old Carlisle Professor Rhŷs Taranis Neton Camulos Cumal Fionn Braciaca Cernunnos Esus or Silvanus Taranoos and Taranucnos Sucellos Kulhwych Mycenæans Neter Alexandrian Serapis Nantosvelta M. D'Arbois Balor Autun Vandoeuvres Reims Saintes Beaune Dennevy Malmaison M. Mowat Bran Janus Smertullos Silvanus Salzbach Aeracura Ober-Seebach Tarvos Trigaranos M. Reinach Cúchulainn garanus trikeras trikarenos Esugenos Poeninus Vosges mountains, Vosegus Dii Casses Cassiterides Dea Bibracte, Nemausus, and Vasio Bibracte, Nimes, and Vaison Belisama Nemetona Cathubodua, Badb-catha Andrasta Andarta of the Voconces Boudicca Bellona of the Scordisci Camma Cæsarius of Arles Stanna Perigueux Vesunna and Aventia, Vesona and Avanche Seine, Sequana Bormo, Bormana, Damona Dea Brixia was the consort of Luxovius, Luxeuil Clota, Clyde Sabrina, Severn Icauna was goddess of the Yonne Sinnan of the Shannon Deoe Matres Berecynthia Hathors in Egypt, the Moirai, Gorgons, and Graiæ of Greece, the Roman Fates, and the Norse Nornæ Juno with Clivana   Religion of the Ancient Celts can be found on Sacred Texts. You can find out more about J. A. McCulloch on Wikipedia. Try the Celtic Myth Podshow for a dramatic re-telling of the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts at http://celticmythpodshow.com or in Apple Podcasts. Our theme music is "Gander at the Pratie Hole" by Sláinte.  You can find their music on the Free Music Archive.

In De Wachtruimte staan tijd en wachten centraal. In deze aflevering spreekt klinisch ethicus Erwin Kompanje over de mensen die in de intensive care komen en daar blijven. De Wachtruimte is onderdeel van het project Moirai van Siba Sahabi, een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject over de wachtervaring van de patiënt in het ziekenhuis. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://moirai.nu/ De podcast De Wachtruimte is geproduceerd door documentairemaker Chris Rijksen. De interviews werden voorbereid in samenwerking met kunstenares Siba Sahabi en psycholoog Marcelino Lopez.

In De Wachtruimte staan tijd en wachten centraal. In deze aflevering is neuroloog Pieter van Eijsden aan het woord over hoe hij patienten die nog weinig tijd hebben meer wil laten wachten. De Wachtruimte is onderdeel van het project Moirai van Siba Sahabi, een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject over de wachtervaring van de patiënt in het ziekenhuis. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://moirai.nu/ De podcast De Wachtruimte is geproduceerd door documentairemaker Chris Rijksen. De interviews werden voorbereid in samenwerking met kunstenares Siba Sahabi en psycholoog Marcelino Lopez.

In De Wachtruimte staan tijd en wachten centraal. In deze aflevering is kinderverpleegkundige Eva aan het woord en vertelt zij over het ziekenhuis, en de kinderen en ouders die daar soms langere tijd verblijven. De Wachtruimte is onderdeel van het project Moirai van Siba Sahabi, een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject over de wachtervaring van de patiënt in het ziekenhuis. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://moirai.nu/ De podcast De Wachtruimte is geproduceerd door documentairemaker Chris Rijksen. De interviews werden voorbereid in samenwerking met kunstenares Siba Sahabi en psycholoog Marcelino Lopez.

In De Wachtruimte staan tijd en wachten centraal. In deze aflevering gaat het over tijd en eindigheid, en wat er met je gebeurt als er opeens tegen je gezegd wordt dat je er misschien over een jaar niet meer bent. Kristel maakte zoiets mee en vertelt daar over. De Wachtruimte is onderdeel van het project Moirai van Siba Sahabi, een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject over de wachtervaring van de patiënt in het ziekenhuis. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://moirai.nu/ De podcast De Wachtruimte is geproduceerd door documentairemaker Chris Rijksen. De interviews werden voorbereid in samenwerking met kunstenares Siba Sahabi en psycholoog Marcelino Lopez.

In De Wachtruimte staan tijd en wachten centraal. In deze aflevering gaat het over 'verwachten'. Edmee is over twee dagen uitgerekend. De Wachtruimte is onderdeel van het project Moirai van Siba Sahabi, een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject over de wachtervaring van de patiënt in het ziekenhuis. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://moirai.nu/ De podcast De Wachtruimte is geproduceerd door documentairemaker Chris Rijksen. De interviews werden voorbereid in samenwerking met kunstenares Siba Sahabi en psycholoog Marcelino Lopez.

In De Wachtruimte staan tijd en wachten centraal. In deze aflevering is Cor-Jan aan het woord over tijd, en hoe dingen in perspectief komen te staan nu hij in het midden van zijn transitie zit. De Wachtruimte is onderdeel van het project Moirai van Siba Sahabi, een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject over de wachtervaring van de patiënt in het ziekenhuis. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://moirai.nu/ De podcast De Wachtruimte is geproduceerd door documentairemaker Chris Rijksen. De interviews werden voorbereid in samenwerking met kunstenares Siba Sahabi en psycholoog Marcelino Lopez.

"Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift."  — Dante Alighieri The three join to spin, measure and cut a handful of lives that span time and worlds.   The Fool's Journey is designed by Cheyenne Wall-Grimes and published by Glittercats Fine Amusements. Check out our rules primer here. The Framing: We're assuming the roles of the three fates, Atropos, Lachesis, and Clothos and using the following script for our framing. One Player: We are the three, sometimes called women, sometimes goddesses, sometimes one who is three, sometimes three who are one. Those who have loved us call us the Graces, those who fear us the Furies. They have called us the Parcae, Matronae, the Norns, the Moirai, the Fates. 1st: The first of us, youngest and oldest, is Clotho - the spinner, who creates the thread from the raw stuffs   2nd: The second of us, the eternal and ever-changing, is Lachesis - the allotter, who measures the thread and tests its strength   3rd: The last of us all, the oldest and the youngest, is Atropos - the unturnable, who cuts the thread and marks the end.   1st: Sisters, we have come to the table to tell a life Hand each player a suit of cards and place the Major Arcana Aside 2nd: Sisters, we begin as all lives begin, a fool at the start and a death at the end Place the Death Card to the right and the fool card to the left, shuffle the rest of the arcana 3rd: Sisters, we will take measure of this life and test its integrity PHASE ONE 1st: Sisters, we can stir the pool before the child emerges. I choose to...2nd: Sisters, we can adjust the slope of the path before the child steps. I choose to…3rd: Sisters, we can darken the sky before the child opens their eyes. I choose to…PHASE TWO.UNISON: This life is spun, measured, and cut. The Tarot: We're using the Aquarian Tarot from David Palladini Find Joe DeSimone on twitter @iheartfargo  Find John on twitter @LordJoho Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways. Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."  — Ralph Waldo Emerson The three join to spin, measure and cut a handful of lives that span time and worlds. The Fool's Journey is designed by Cheyenne Wall-Grimes and published by Glittercats Fine Amusements. Check out our rules primer here. The Framing: We're assuming the roles of the three fates, Atropos, Lachesis, and Clothos and using the following script for our framing. One Player: We are the three, sometimes called women, sometimes goddesses, sometimes one who is three, sometimes three who are one. Those who have loved us call us the Graces, those who fear us the Furies. They have called us the Parcae, Matronae, the Norns, the Moirai, the Fates. 1st: The first of us, youngest and oldest, is Clotho - the spinner, who creates the thread from the raw stuffs   2nd: The second of us, the eternal and ever-changing, is Lachesis - the allotter, who measures the thread and tests its strength   3rd: The last of us all, the oldest and the youngest, is Atropos - the unturnable, who cuts the thread and marks the end.   1st: Sisters, we have come to the table to tell a life Hand each player a suit of cards and place the Major Arcana Aside 2nd: Sisters, we begin as all lives begin, a fool at the start and a death at the end Place the Death Card to the right and the fool card to the left, shuffle the rest of the arcana 3rd: Sisters, we will take measure of this life and test its integrity PHASE ONE 1st: Sisters, we can stir the pool before the child emerges. I choose to...2nd: Sisters, we can adjust the slope of the path before the child steps. I choose to…3rd: Sisters, we can darken the sky before the child opens their eyes. I choose to…PHASE TWO.UNISON: This life is spun, measured, and cut. The Tarot: We're using the Aquarian Tarot from David Palladini Find Joe DeSimone on twitter @iheartfargo  Find John on twitter @LordJoho Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways. Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

Where our Gods set out to prove that death is no escape from The Drama. Parvati is out of the picture, Ares is out for blood, Ami is out for love, Apep is out one cave, Prophecies are out in the open, Moirai is out of patience, and Tyr is selling out! Series theme music: https://youtu.be/5GHXEGz3PJg Session inspiration music: https://youtu.be/zAPhp9LYq44 More session inspiration music: https://youtu.be/498zUzNGQxY Tyr's tribute performance: https://youtu.be/JTeKpWp8Psw Amaterasu's memorial performance: https://youtu.be/SgSC6Kh0N5s Set's incarnation scene: https://youtu.be/qPrdfvBVaA8

Wherein we over-indulgently build our characters & world. Get to know Tyr, The Moirai, Amaterasu, & fucking Apep as they settle into their Atlantic City home. Series Theme Music: https://youtu.be/5GHXEGz3PJg

Games spoken of: Beat Cop Moirai

The ancient Greeks believed in three goddesses, more powerful than any others. Sometimes they were depicted as a maiden, a matron, and an old hag. Three days after a child was born, they would arrive at the cradle to determine the course of the baby’s time on earth. The first goddess spun the thread of life. The second determined the length of the thread. And the third—the most feared, known as “the inevitable”—cut the life-thread. The child’s path was fixed from that moment on. The Greeks called them the Moirai. In modern folklore, we know them as The Fates. In 21st century America, not many of us still believe in the three goddesses with their spindle and shears. Yet we have replaced them with a modern substitute: genetics. Western medicine still believes that there are diseases and disorders that are 100 percent genetically determined. No matter how you live or where you live, if you have the genetic predisposition for certain conditions, you will inevitably fall victim to them. This is the modern-day equivalent of the Moirai. And according to the proselytes of the Veganism, movement the only way to escape this inescapable fate is through Veganism. And anyone who doesn’t believe this is no longer a proselyte, they’re an apostate.

Pete, Thompson and Sean are away at NYCC with the rest of the Pals this week, but the show must go on! Andy is holding down the fort with our first-ever guest eSports reporter and all around cool lady, Peggy Forde a.k.a. Moirai. They're talking Star Wars Battlefront 2 (both old and new), the drama around Bethesada hating Nazis and the state of loot boxes. PLUS: Follow Peggy on twitter: @MoiraiOW What We're Playing RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK DA NEWS: 1. New Mario Oddessy trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcXvnb7dHZk 2. WOW are people mad at Bethesda https://twitter.com/wolfenstein/status/916075551382585344 a link to the weet 3. Netflix puts out Stranger Things mobile game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgLQLA2CQMI 4. OverWatch Halloween skins leak: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/09/overwatch-halloween-terror-event-skins-leaked 5. Star Wars Battlefront II (2005) gets multiplayer update and PC Crossplay: https://www.gog.com/news/star_wars_battlefront_ii_now_supports_crossplay 6. Battlefront II (The new one) had a multiplayer beta this weekend: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2-beta-extended-for-ps4-xbox/1100-6453903/ MEAT AND POTATOES: How do you feel about the rise of loot-box based progression in AAA games? Forza 7 and Shadow of War have gotten panned for their loot systems, which many have accused of being “play to win” Battlefront II feels in danger of going that way. Is this acceptable? Is it better to do it the way Overwatch/PUBG do it wherein you get cosmetics through boxes and can buy them but still earn them by playing? Or should it be the league model where you just buy what you want without gambling on it? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire

Join Matt & Dave in a two-game review this week! They checked out Moirai and Mandagon this episode. Moirai was created by Chris Johnson, Brad Barrett, & John Oestman. Mandagon was a Steam Greenlight game from Blind Sky Studios, released in August 2016. Did they find trash, treasure, or a little bit of both? Next episode they'll be watching Embers (2015) on Netflix! Join in for the festivities!

Matt and Dave had a blast at CES, and are back delving through dumpsters to find something good. This episode, they had a little help from a friend with a recommendation for ARQ, available on Netflix. It feels a bit like cheating, since this is a Netflix original, and they've done generally good work, so we've raised the bar with this episode. Does it meet our exacting standards? Do we have standards at all, at this point? Tune in to find out! Also, for our next episode, we'll be doing a gaming twofer with Moirai and Mandagon, both available for free on Steam, and both are relatively short games, so however you fancy them, they won't eat up too much of your time.

Coming in a little rougher than usual thanks to the December climate, the guys sit down to cough their way through the likes of Dead Rising 3, Ryse's installation process, Starbound, Deus Ex: Directors Cut, Master Spy, Skyrim, Moirai, Contagion and more. It was the ninth before Christmas. Theme music: Anamanaguchi 'Densmore'

Shaun, Mike and Joe return to usher in the future of gaming with the Xbox One and Oculus Rift. Not that this would mean anything without games however, so expect chat about Forza 5, Battlefied 4, Minecraft, Calm Time, Moirai, Batman Arkham Origins, GTA Online and many more along with the regular news, rumours and tomfoolery. Don't worry, how you feel is perfectly normal. We've missed you too. Theme music: Anamanaguchi 'John Hughes'

Hosts: Jim, Jon & KentGuest: Charles White of Fabled Environments We create a fantasy city where the holy orders are involved in almost every level of society. The various factions of Epilareus are each guided by their religion, and it is up to the king to keep everything moving along and prevent the various orders from seizing too much power. All while seeing to the needs of the populace and protecting them from invasion.Image courtesy of ImgurFabled Environments' products can be found on DrivethruRPG.Mentioned in this Episode:PoseidonPantheon / The PantheonSandman / The EndlessTheocracyGeorge RR Martin / Faceless MenThe FatesForgotten Realms / Forgotten Realms DeitiesLankhmarMongolsConstitutional Monarchy / Parliament / PrimogenitureConstantineArtificial IslandColossus of Rhodes / Lighthouse of AlexandriaCommune / CollectiveGaneshaNecropolisNCISThanatologyParliament / House of Lords / House of CommonsPlebeian CouncilThe People's CourtIllyriaBehind the Name / 20,000 NamesRudolph ValentinoOphiuchusMonsignorEberron / The Sovereign Host / The Dark SixKris  Episode 21 - Epilareus Download