Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 393
June 24, 2016
Ok. I've recently become quite obsessed with Hades/Persephone and I CRAVE all fanart/books that I can find but I'm not sure where to start. I've finished reveiver of many and am starting on destroyer of light, what else should I look into? Ah danke!
Hey! So to preface, my preferences for Hades/Persephone have been very, very specific. I’ve consumed a variety of books and fanart and webcomics, but I love these two in particular:
I haven’t liked any other Hades/Persephone book beyond Receiver of Many, so I can’t recommend any other book as wholeheartedly. However, you can also find a list of recommended books by Rachel Alexander herself here! Maybe you’ll find something that catches your eye.
June 23, 2016
kata-chthonia:
“Grow, she thought. Persephone felt her other...
“Grow, she thought. Persephone felt her other hand raise almost on its own, her fingers bending toward the earth, her wrist curling upward. A dark stalk sprouted out of the freezing earth, turning green and almost glowing as it lifted. One six-petal asphodel blossom opened along its length, then another….
In her mind she saw fire— Aidon’s chariot in the bowels of the earth outside Erebus, just before he claimed her. She saw the wreath from her hair, in her betrothed husband’s uplifted hand, the ashes flying away as the heat set it aflame. She remembered picking the asphodel to make that wreath from this very ground, how the red-orange anthers had ignited as they traveled through the fires of the earth.
As the buds opened in front of her outstretched hand, one ember emerged, then another, swirling, the flames increasing as more buds opened in orange flames. The fire itself became a blazing ring that stretched in front of them, flaring with heat, melting the snow that clung to the plants around them.
Through the ring of fire, Aidoneus saw the silver threads of the ether and smiled triumphantly. They pulled and tugged at the flames and latched themselves to a speck in the distance that grew wider, coming into focus and pulling their destination toward them. He could make out the garden of the palace, the stone walls, and the fields beyond. His mouth dropped open as a shiver crept up his spine in a mixture of arousal and astonishment. This was impossible— no one could bridge the ethereal reach this way. Except for his wife. Aidoneus had been wrong— intriguingly wrong about her— Persephone was a goddess beyond his reckoning.”
The time has come… I’m publishing Receiver of Many!
I’ll need your help getting it to print, and there are many rewards set aside for those who donate. Among those rewards will be signed art prints by the lovely and talented asphodelon and letterpress bookmarks and linocuts by Hungry Ronin Press.
The Kickstarter goes live at midnight (PST) on Wednesday, January 21.
June 22, 2016
victoriousvocabulary:
ASPHODEL
[noun]
1. an unidentified flower...
ASPHODEL
[noun]
1. an unidentified flower of Greek legend said to cover the Asphodel Fields, where ordinary souls were sent to live after death. Alternatively they were also thought to cover the Elysian Fields, where exceptional souls were sent to live after death. They were the flowers of Hades and the dead, sacred to Persephone.
2. any of various southern European plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, of the lily family, having white, pink, or yellow flowers in elongated clusters.
3. any of various other plants, as the daffodil.
Etymology: from Latin asphodelus < Greek asphódelos, “the asphodel”, of obscure origin.
June 21, 2016
zuzisdesigns:
Pomegranate Watercolor Digital Print,Poster, Wall...
Pomegranate Watercolor Digital Print,Poster, Wall Art, Home Decor, Kids Wall Art, College Wall Art
Happy first day of summer.
Happy first day of summer.
adventure1937:
Guess what turn up in my mail today! Thank you...
Guess what turn up in my mail today! Thank you so much Rachel Alexander for Receiver of Many and Destroyer of Light - they are truly beautiful! Xx
