Author Topic: Deerpocalypse 2015 (Read 2831 times)

HarpingHawke · « **on:** February 23, 2015, 12:02:53 pm »

There's this thing going on within a group of people that includes me. Someone's given it the name of Deerpocalypse.

The basics: as the name implies, it's a deer imagery-based explosion of apocalyptic proportions. (All the hyperbole). It pops up in dreams, online, and in meatspace, and can manifest itself in the strangest ways. Lee Pace as Thranduil is one of the stranger of these.

The people who got hit with it first in late November/early December have a feeling that Old One-Eye and Loki are involved. A friend of mine is pretty sure Baba Yaga is working with them, and I'm certain that even if he's not directly involved, Cernunnos knows something too. I've asked around and done a bit of divination and I'm not getting answers. There's a theme of liminality running through the whole thing, but other than that nobody knows anything.

Ideas? Questions? Comments?

Redfaery · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2015, 02:45:37 pm »

Quote from: HarpingHawke;171510

Ideas? Questions? Comments?

Ummm....so I read your post and just got a *feeling* and a comment from Loki of "Yeah? What about it?"

Tom · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:18:30 pm »

Quote from: HarpingHawke;171510

There's this thing going on within a group of people that includes me. Someone's given it the name of Deerpocalypse.

The basics: as the name implies, it's a deer imagery-based explosion of apocalyptic proportions. (All the hyperbole). It pops up in dreams, online, and in meatspace, and can manifest itself in the strangest ways. Lee Pace as Thranduil is one of the stranger of these.

The people who got hit with it first in late November/early December have a feeling that Old One-Eye and Loki are involved. A friend of mine is pretty sure Baba Yaga is working with them, and I'm certain that even if he's not directly involved, Cernunnos knows something too. I've asked around and done a bit of divination and I'm not getting answers. There's a theme of liminality running through the whole thing, but other than that nobody knows anything.

Ideas? Questions? Comments?

Has anyone considered Veles? -coughs- Not sure if he's specifically involved with deer, but some people see him as a lord of the beasts. Also he totally knows Baba Yaga.

savveir · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:20:39 pm »

Quote from: Tom;171543

Has anyone considered Veles? -coughs- Not sure if he's specifically involved with deer, but some people see him as a lord of the beasts. Also he totally knows Baba Yaga.

^this.

Faemon · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:38:38 pm »

Quote from: Redfaery;171524

Ummm....so I read your post and just got a *feeling* and a comment from Loki of "Yeah? What about it?"

"We have a Gotterdeermerung every Tuesday, after Bingo and shuffle board."

Maybe this has something to do with Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór?

Sobekemiti · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2015, 09:21:59 pm »

Quote from: HarpingHawke;171510

There's this thing going on within a group of people that includes me. Someone's given it the name of Deerpocalypse.

The basics: as the name implies, it's a deer imagery-based explosion of apocalyptic proportions. (All the hyperbole). It pops up in dreams, online, and in meatspace, and can manifest itself in the strangest ways. Lee Pace as Thranduil is one of the stranger of these.

The people who got hit with it first in late November/early December have a feeling that Old One-Eye and Loki are involved. A friend of mine is pretty sure Baba Yaga is working with them, and I'm certain that even if he's not directly involved, Cernunnos knows something too. I've asked around and done a bit of divination and I'm not getting answers. There's a theme of liminality running through the whole thing, but other than that nobody knows anything.

Ideas? Questions? Comments?

NGL, I just assumed it was a ~boho~hipster~ thing, given all the antlers and deer stuff I found at my local K-mart last week. I mean, I did pick up some plaster antlers, and a jar with a deer on top, so at least Artemis is happy? But IDK, I can't say I've noticed more deer than normal, least in this part of the world.

HarpingHawke · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2015, 09:31:13 pm »

Quote from: Faemon;171547

"We have a Gotterdeermerung every Tuesday, after Bingo and shuffle board."

Maybe this has something to do with Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór?

Just hangin' this here.

Alrighty guys. I see some great ideas, and thus have made a google doc that y'all can access as a means of making a chart or something workable. We can fill in info as we get it and I can stick it into a spreadsheet and maybe actually figure out what's going on. Possibly.

I hope I got the share-ability of it right. Have fun.

Nyktipolos · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2015, 12:18:01 am »

Quote from: Sobekemiti;171560

NGL, I just assumed it was a ~boho~hipster~ thing, given all the antlers and deer stuff I found at my local K-mart last week.

Thought: Same source, different result depending on the person?

Admittedly these things go through phases, and deer seem to be in the *in* thing, but I don't see some beings above using it as a source of energy?

Faemon · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2015, 12:27:33 am »

Quote from: HarpingHawke;171563

I hope I got the share-ability of it right.

Can view…but cannot edit or add to the document.

Sobekemiti · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2015, 12:28:41 am »

Quote from: Nyktipolos;171571

Thought: Same source, different result depending on the person?

Admittedly these things go through phases, and deer seem to be in the *in* thing, but I don't see some beings above using it as a source of energy?

Yeah, I mean, I haven't had quite the same bombardment of DEER that others seem to have had, but I have noticed a few more than I used to. Whether I'm noticing them because of Artemis or Kernunnnos or some other mundane reason, I can't say. I wouldn't put it past gods to take advantage of those sort of trends, though. Whether it's for any particular reason, or just gods trolling us because we can't help but find patterns in things, I can't say.

Liadine (dragonflyeyes) · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2015, 12:44:37 am »

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I wouldn't put it past gods to take advantage of those sort of trends, though. Whether it's for any particular reason, or just gods trolling us because we can't help but find patterns in things, I can't say.

That's more or less my thoughts on it as well. Deers are popular symbolically/aesthetically in the general culture right now (which is fine by me, since it means I can stock up on the antler/stag bits and bobs I could never find five years back), and if there's any deer-type deities riding on the back of that, I wouldn't be surprised. (My stag deity doesn't even have a *name* that I know of after ten years, so that's about all I have to offer - I can't exactly see if he's gained any more followers than usual lately.)

Sophia C · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2015, 02:38:04 am »

Quote from: Liadine (dragonflyeyes);171574

That's more or less my thoughts on it as well. Deers are popular symbolically/aesthetically in the general culture right now (which is fine by me, since it means I can stock up on the antler/stag bits and bobs I could never find five years back), and if there's any deer-type deities riding on the back of that, I wouldn't be surprised. (My stag deity doesn't even have a *name* that I know of after ten years, so that's about all I have to offer - I can't exactly see if he's gained any more followers than usual lately.)

Things can have both mundane and spiritual roots, I think...

The Cailleach is in my head reminding me that she has a thing for deer, BTW. (Not 'my' Cailleach (Bhearra) - the 'bigger' one.) I found an old deer ornament in a charity shop the other day and was compelled to buy it, even though Beara doesn't really want it on her altar. Now I'm not sure what to do with it.

It's on my prosperity shrine-area right now.

SunflowerP · « **Reply #12 on:** February 25, 2015, 04:48:47 am »

Quote from: Naomi J;171579

Things can have both mundane and spiritual roots, I think...

The Cailleach is in my head reminding me that she has a thing for deer, BTW. (Not 'my' Cailleach (Bhearra) - the 'bigger' one.) I found an old deer ornament in a charity shop the other day and was compelled to buy it, even though Beara doesn't really want it on her altar. Now I'm not sure what to do with it. It's on my prosperity shrine-area right now.

Kinda off-topic for the thread as a whole, but is it possible, in terms of your setup, to put things that are not Cailleach Bhearra things, but are Cailleachan things, near Beara's altar but not on it? Perhaps a side table, or a wall shelf?

Sunflower

Sophia C · « **Reply #13 on:** February 25, 2015, 04:58:11 am »

Quote from: SunflowerP;171646

Kinda off-topic for the thread as a whole, but is it possible, in terms of your setup, to put things that are not Cailleach Bhearra things, but are Cailleachan things, near Beara's altar but not on it? Perhaps a side table, or a wall shelf?

Sunflower

I think that's my endgame... But I'm still working out how the two relate and what to do with their the-same-but-different status in my head.

HarpingHawke · « **Reply #14 on:** February 25, 2015, 02:47:52 pm »

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Someone I was talking with this about just wrote an essay! With citations and everything! Some of the links don't work because he @'d me in it and I changed my URL, but it's really great and if you have the time to dig into it, please do!

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