seamu5
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Pronouns: Barbarian
Religion: Gaelic Polytheism
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Post by seamu5 on Feb 3, 2015 20:16:08 GMT -6
I don't know how much this counts, but about two years ago I started getting intense feeling for the sea, boats, etc. I've lived my whole life in the Midwest, I've been out to California a few times to see family and enjoyed it, but nothing to this extreme. I just chalked it up to "Mannanán feels" and simply ignored them/him.
Kind of along the lines of "No, go away. Busy.", this went on for about a week till finally my living room flooded in a freak accident from the upstairs neighbors. Luckily nothing was damaged,but still. Mannanán can be a real ass hat sometimes. After that I kept him as a main figure in religion.
I really doubt it had anything to do with him, but I sure as hell like to blame him.
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Post by brimstonne on Feb 3, 2015 21:15:07 GMT -6
I don't know how much this counts, but about two years ago I started getting intense feeling for the sea, boats, etc. I've lived my whole life in the Midwest, I've been out to California a few times to see family and enjoyed it, but nothing to this extreme. I just chalked it up to "Mannanán feels" and simply ignored them/him. Kind of along the lines of "No, go away. Busy.", this went on for about a week till finally my living room flooded in a freak accident from the upstairs neighbors. Luckily nothing was damaged,but still. Mannanán can be a real ass hat sometimes. After that I kept him as a main figure in religion. I really doubt it had anything to do with him, but I sure as hell like to blame him. See this is why I tend to avoid water loving deities who happen to be tricksters haha (I cant swim, or float for that matter) and I always feel like the water sprites want to keep me under for too long. I sank one time with a life jacket on, and I swear it felt like someone had grabbed my legs and was trying to pull me to the bottom of the lake
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Ciar Lionheart
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And I love you like a mountain.
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Pronouns: Ey/Em or He/Him
Religion: Irish Polytheist
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Post by Ciar Lionheart on Feb 3, 2015 23:00:57 GMT -6
This has nothing to do with UPG but KALINDA GIF HELL YES THE GOOD WIFE.
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IronBloodWood
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Religion: Animism
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Post by IronBloodWood on Mar 21, 2015 13:36:36 GMT -6
Whilst I was trying to work out which deities were contacting me, Cernunnos made it very clear in every qspect that it was him. Flidais on the other hand did everything but tell me her name. I was having a pendulum yes/no conversation with her, asking if I wasn't practised enough to hear her properly or if she didn't have a name etc, everything until I bluntly asked, "Do you kniw but you're just not telling me?" (cue a resounding yes) "Do you want me to work it out for myself?" (Big yes) "Are you frustrated with me not having worked it out yet?" (Full big yes swing.) "Oh."
I dont know if other people find Flidais to be like this, but she always gives me the impression that she's not necessarily impatient (I can tell she's been around me for many years waiting for me to find her) but she's a bit intolerant to faffing around.
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Redfaery
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Pronouns: she/her/hers
Religion: Buddhist Polytheism
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Post by Redfaery on Mar 22, 2015 15:40:57 GMT -6
Sarasvati/Benzaiten likes cheetos. I once asked her about this, and she yelled into my ear "THEY'RE CHEESE FRITTERS!!!" I think they remind her of pakoras. She likes the bright color and the strong salty taste. It's actually very reminiscent of Indian cuisine once you switch off the part of your brain that recognizes that it's junk food. Haha.
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Post by saintfelicity on Mar 24, 2015 20:02:19 GMT -6
Whilst I was trying to work out which deities were contacting me, Cernunnos made it very clear in every qspect that it was him. Flidais on the other hand did everything but tell me her name. I was having a pendulum yes/no conversation with her, asking if I wasn't practised enough to hear her properly or if she didn't have a name etc, everything until I bluntly asked, "Do you kniw but you're just not telling me?" (cue a resounding yes) "Do you want me to work it out for myself?" (Big yes) "Are you frustrated with me not having worked it out yet?" (Full big yes swing.) "Oh." I dont know if other people find Flidais to be like this, but she always gives me the impression that she's not necessarily impatient (I can tell she's been around me for many years waiting for me to find her) but she's a bit intolerant to faffing around. I definitely see this! I don't want to describe her as... flighty, but I tend to find her not necessarily perfectly straightforward and I generally get the sense that she wants me to make an effort. Whereas I think Brigid, for me again, anyway, is much more, okay here, let me hold your hand. Which is good, I need both of those things sometimes.
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Redfaery
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Pronouns: she/her/hers
Religion: Buddhist Polytheism
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Post by Redfaery on Jan 27, 2016 5:19:47 GMT -6
Ok so I was babbling to myself in my head about what the feminine equivalent of "bromance" would be.
I came up with a number of terms. Girlcrush was one. Sorormance was another.
But then My Lady quietly interjected, "the proper term is Womance."
I thought this was just an example of Saraswati bring BETTER AT THE WORDS!!! than me...until I mentioned it to a friend who told me that, um... "Womance" is a THING.
I did not know that. Saraswati did.
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Post by Radha Ní Dhaimhín on Feb 10, 2016 8:41:50 GMT -6
Whilst I was trying to work out which deities were contacting me, Cernunnos made it very clear in every qspect that it was him. Flidais on the other hand did everything but tell me her name. I was having a pendulum yes/no conversation with her, asking if I wasn't practised enough to hear her properly or if she didn't have a name etc, everything until I bluntly asked, "Do you kniw but you're just not telling me?" (cue a resounding yes) "Do you want me to work it out for myself?" (Big yes) "Are you frustrated with me not having worked it out yet?" (Full big yes swing.) "Oh." I dont know if other people find Flidais to be like this, but she always gives me the impression that she's not necessarily impatient (I can tell she's been around me for many years waiting for me to find her) but she's a bit intolerant to faffing around. I definitely see this! I don't want to describe her as... flighty, but I tend to find her not necessarily perfectly straightforward and I generally get the sense that she wants me to make an effort. Whereas I think Brigid, for me again, anyway, is much more, okay here, let me hold your hand. Which is good, I need both of those things sometimes. Haha, I had the same experience with Flidais! I'm calling SPG. Literally felt like pulling teeth to figure out who She was.
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Scrivener
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Religion: Gaelic Polytheist
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Post by Scrivener on Apr 10, 2016 0:36:17 GMT -6
This isn't a upg with a God, but just a particularly mischievous house spirit or ghost or something. I and all the roommates often see shadow figures or feel presences. But the further I get in my practice, the more entities start showing up or checking in.
I was walking to my room and I look at my roommate's door because I hear what sounds like one of the cats messing around in his room. I look down and I see the crappy carpeting being what I imagined was pawed at. So I get a little bit frustrated and open his door to let the kitty out. Nothing, nada. There was no cat in there. But as soon as I opened the door, I felt this little feeling of satisfaction at a good-natured pranking that was definitely not from me.
So tricksy.
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Post by Allec on Apr 11, 2016 14:53:38 GMT -6
This isn't a upg with a God, but just a particularly mischievous house spirit or ghost or something. I and all the roommates often see shadow figures or feel presences. But the further I get in my practice, the more entities start showing up or checking in. I was walking to my room and I look at my roommate's door because I hear what sounds like one of the cats messing around in his room. I look down and I see the crappy carpeting being what I imagined was pawed at. So I get a little bit frustrated and open his door to let the kitty out. Nothing, nada. There was no cat in there. But as soon as I opened the door, I felt this little feeling of satisfaction at a good-natured pranking that was definitely not from me. So tricksy. SO tricksy! What a good prank for a spirit to do though
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freespirit
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Post by freespirit on Apr 18, 2016 23:54:31 GMT -6
Working on an art project at school today, I was talking to another girl in my class, and we strayed on to the topic of horses (as any conversation with me is wont to do). I said we equestrians can usually recognize our own, because there's an air of snobbishness that hangs around us. She basically said, "Yeah, I can see that." I asked if I came off that way, and she said I do.
Now I've been having a very tumultuous mental health day, but I've managed to stay on the right side of my brain so that I don't go catatonic. Having fought the self-hate demon once already this morning, this brought me back to square one. Walking to the bus after I was done, I was stewing in my "I'm a pretentious know-it-all that nobody likes or wants to have around" and I heard this laughter in the back of my mind. Sure enough, it's Mannanan, chuckling at my response to such a fleeting comment.
I can always count on my Gods to keep it real!
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wattleandsnowgums
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Religion: Luciferianism/Irish leaning Gaelic Polytheism
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Post by wattleandsnowgums on Apr 22, 2016 19:35:08 GMT -6
This will sound really weird probably, as I'm a complete beginner in her lore (the lore of all the irish gods in general tbh) but whenever I read something on or see a visual depiction of Brigid, I feel this immense pull. This warm, confident feeling. I really think I'm going to become a Brigid devotee. You can never TRULY be sure of spiritual things as they obviously aren't grounded in objective fact, but it's this grounded stable pull that has existed ever since I learned about her.
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Post by Allec on Apr 23, 2016 14:38:44 GMT -6
That doesn't sound weird Jameswelch Brighid is definitely one of those deities that will do that to people
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aneczyk
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Pronouns: he/they
Religion: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but mostly Hellenic revivalist
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Post by aneczyk on Feb 12, 2017 21:24:17 GMT -6
This isn't a upg with a God, but just a particularly mischievous house spirit or ghost or something. I and all the roommates often see shadow figures or feel presences. But the further I get in my practice, the more entities start showing up or checking in. I was walking to my room and I look at my roommate's door because I hear what sounds like one of the cats messing around in his room. I look down and I see the crappy carpeting being what I imagined was pawed at. So I get a little bit frustrated and open his door to let the kitty out. Nothing, nada. There was no cat in there. But as soon as I opened the door, I felt this little feeling of satisfaction at a good-natured pranking that was definitely not from me. So tricksy. This sounds like the time an entity - I think poltergeist - started haunting my room and slamming the door open and shut just because it got amusement from pissing me off. The entity stayed for months and I named it Ghostie.
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