“The city required no medical background for coroners, even though they were charged with determining cause of death. […] None of them were asked to pass a test in order to hold office, or exhibit any knowledge of the profession.
As a result, Wallstein found, death certificated were filled out with no effort at determining cause. Among the entries were “could be suicide or murder”, and “either assault or diabetes”. In one instance the coroner had attributed a death to “diabetes, tuberculosis or nervous indigestion”. A few death certificates simply read “act of God”. – The Poisoner’s Handbook. Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.
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Lynx cranium with blood staining, common in feline skulls. Theyre in peroxide right now and may go for an acetone soak later, still didnt find the two teeth that the fae stole from me
This is the way a prayer goes:
you are on a bed of hemlock and aconite; your soul is ravenous. You look at your hands and see it all – past muscles and sinew, your blood is too red, it burns your eyes. Your sharpened teeth in a mad smile brought by dissolution, the light so unbearable it blackens the rest. A word by clueless word, you offer it all to another: it is taken as if it were gold.
C. Winter
How to properly commune with Freya? What kind of offerings?
There’s a ton of ways to interact with any god or goddess. Trance, divination, learning to listen for their voice, ect.
As for offerings…as with all the Norse gods, she is fond of mead. She’s fond of honey as well, and in my experience honeycomb is accepted with great delight if you can get it.
Warm fresh bread, and fresh fruit.
She’s fond of coffee as well, and tea. Either of these sweetened with honey is very good. She likes perfume, and fresh flowers, and cosmetics. In the case of cosmetics and perfume, she likes it even more if you wear them and enjoy them.
Jewelry. Beautiful jewelry delights her. And same as cosmetics and perfume, it delights her to see her followers wear it in her honor.
Boldness pleases her as well, from her followers. I dedicate my time spent training in martial arts to her; she is a war goddess, remember, and such things please her.
Sex, if you enjoy sex. Dedicating sexual pleasure to her pleases her very much.
Learning more about magic. She taught Odin the art of sedir, remember, and Odin holds her abilities and advice in high regard.
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