Lady of stories

Natural Born Fantasy Writer. Specializes in doing what others tell her she can't do. Contrarian by profession. Caffeinated warrior. She/her.

[Stephen G. Rae @BardCumberland]

Merlin, driven mad with grief when his men were slaughtered in battle, found refuge in the Caledonian Forest. His loneliness was interrupted by visits from forest creatures and elementals, and he thereafter gained the gift of prophecy.

#mythologymonday #druids
art: Alan Lee

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

ETHERA GRAVE, the final book in The Graven, is out now

This genre-bending, roller coaster of a trilogy from bold new voice @EssaHansen is a must-read for all fans of space opera

UK: https://t.co/0vXpJMtUml
US: https://t.co/IVpXwff3Vy
#spaceopera #thegraven #queersf #sfbooks

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Celtic warrior’s bird helmet, 3rd century BC.

A remarkable iron helmet crowned by a bronze bird of prey with hinged wings which flapped when the wearer moved. Found amongst a warrior chieftain’s grave goods at Ciumești, Romania, in 1961. 📷 my own

#Archaeology

[Lady of stories @LadyAndreaCT]

awww

[Redanian Intelligence @RedanianIntel]

Thanedd director Loni Peristere on IG:

“This is what the result of hard work looks like. Coming into this season it was clear to both of these gentlemen that their fight was one for the ages. They both worked for months with Wolfgang Stegemann to make it happen. I don’t think @maheshjadu went anywhere without his 12kg staff. This particular bts moment of the two of them was after cut on the final day of photography. Henry had just called the crew in to praise his narrative enemy for being one of the best fighting partners he’d ever had. Cheers to hard work and to a great finale’ for these characters.”

[Frenchpostcardsofmegaliths @PhilWat09037421]

This card shows the surviving dolmen (out of an original 3) and a menhir at Ménardeix in Pionnat (Creuse). The caption tells us that “in the depths of night the timid passer by sees the flaming swords of war and hears fairies dancing their dishevelled rounds”. #FolkloreThursday.

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE GRAVEN IS HERE!

This wildly inventive space opera adventure will stretch the limits of your imagination. Perfect for fans of The Expanse and Becky Chambers!

ETHERA GRAVE by @EssaHansen is out now.
UK: https://t.co/8RtzifnjTh
US: https://t.co/5uTDPblCpE

[Lady of stories @LadyAndreaCT]

@EssaHansen Congrats! These are some of my favorite books ever! I hope you write many more :)

[Essa Hansen @EssaHansen]

This week, The Graven trilogy is officially complete and out from Orbit Books in the US and UK!

Deepest gratitude to all my readers who stuck with the series and are eager to see how the journey wraps up. I was only able to pull this off because of your enthusiasm and support ✨

[✵‿.•*´¯*✵ @WhiteWolf_14]

this scene will break my heart into a thousand pieces i'm sure about that 💔😭 #TheWitcher #HenryCavill

[Essa Hansen @EssaHansen]

Apparently the ebooks for books 1 and 2 of The Graven are ONLY $2.99 right now in the US!

The final book is out in 10 days so this is a great time to start the series (and give it a lil boost in the algorithms) 🖤🤍💜 Links in the quoted thread.

[Lady of stories @LadyAndreaCT]

@MapPornTweet where is Cyprus???

[Lady of stories @LadyAndreaCT]

@whencyclopedia https://t.co/wXoOB4JaV5

[Amazing Nature @AmazingNature00]

An Arctic Fox is in the process of changing from its winter coat to its summer one. 📸 @kevmorgans

[Eduardo García-Molina @eduardo_garcmol]

The gasp when I stumbled upon baby minotaur as I wandered the BnF Museum. Look at him!

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

From the Archives: New research drawing on both genetic sequencing and ancient art indicates that saffron was first domesticated in Bronze Age Greece, where the earliest depictions of the plant date to about 1600 B.C.

https://t.co/EQiaY13raK

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

Lore has it druids, using golden sickles, cut mistletoe from oak trees in sacred rituals at #midsummer, when the plant was said to harness the soul of the oak, & its powers of protection, healing & fertility were at their strongest. #FolkloreThursday #FaustianFriday

[The FolkLore Press @LandofLoreFilms]

"Cernunnos sleeps
The Old God sleeps
down in the dark, moist,
odorous underfoot,
waiting for us
to put down our roots"
~ J. M. Reinbold

Cernunnos, the Horned God of Celtic mythology

the god of fertility, of animals, of the Underworld

#mythologymonday #indiefilm

[Héraklès Citharède @HeraklesCithare]

Une façade à la polychromie remarquablement préservée. Le couple peint sur le tympan représenterait Hadès et Persephonè.

Tombe des Palmettes, Miéza, fin du IVe siècle av. J.-C.

[Trimontium Trust @TrimontiumTrust]

#Roman children played with many toys that modern children would recognise today. Roman dolls have been found such as this wooden jointed doll - rag dolls have been found that may have been owned by poorer children. Also pictured is a rattle for a baby and a pull along horse.