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death's messengerby ~yruhauntingme

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~TickleMeHoHo Sep 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

This is fucking wicked dude, in fact this reminds me of the Morrigan... 8D

~yruhauntingme Sep 25, 2012

Thanks man. Morrigan the warrior?

~TickleMeHoHo Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

No, the Morrigan of Celtic mythology. She was a shapeshifting goddess of death, war, wealth, agriculture and fertility. She would take the form of a crow or a raven and fly overhead in battlefields, but she also takes the forms of a wolf, a cow, a horse, an eel and her human forms ranged from the form of an ugly old woman washing bloody rags at a riverbed. Some people refer to her in this form as the Washer at the Ford. Then there was the average-looking midwife. Then there was my favorite form of the Morrigan; a sexy young maiden completely naked but in blue warpaint covering her entire body... The Morrigan in this form is always depicted as having black hair, green eyes and a seductive attitude.

~yruhauntingme Sep 26, 2012

Sounds like a tale I've heard in many different cultures not just celtic. These center pieces of mythology are re-told and adapted over and over for thousands of years through many different cultures. I always think out of the box and wonder WHY these specific stories are re-told. Maybe there not just myths maybe they where immortal creatures that changed there name and looks to survive through the eons. (tinfoil hat is on)

~TickleMeHoHo Sep 27, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Well for the most part, the Morrigan is only the Celtic version of many other diety's of the same nature, only the Morrigan is more ancient than that of the Norse Valkyries for example. Who were similar to the Morrigan in the sense that they were shapeshifters that flew over battlefields in the form of a crow. I remember reading something about what you were talking about, how myths like these are re-told over the centuries. When you think about it, it is kind of mind boggling...

~yruhauntingme Sep 27, 2012

I love overwhelming underlying connections that almost make you want to say, " My mind was blown."

~TickleMeHoHo Sep 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I know right? Like it almost seems as if every culture in the world shares the same stories; same characters, different names... kinda makes me go back to what you were saying about how every living creature at one time must've shared all the same memories. Like how a spider somehow seems to already know how to spin its web, even for the first time in its life.

~yruhauntingme Sep 28, 2012

Exactly which brings so many more conversations about, how do babies know even after learning to breath air know how to hold there breath under water, why do we gather at certain places and automatically feel more at peace. (The ocean)

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~tso00 May 5, 2012

I must admit, this is rather well done, I have to say Matthew was one of my favorite characters.

~yruhauntingme May 6, 2012

Here I thought I was the only one.

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