Piney Posted August 28, 2019 #1876 Share Posted August 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: Hahahah. Interesting! I hope that's not a bad thing lol. I guess the Austrians, especially the mountain dwelling ones, are a pretty distinctive mix. Celtic, Italian, German, Slavic and gods know what else was living in the Alps. I have a friend from Linz (Upper Austria) who regularly gets mistaken for Italian or Spanish. The native mythology is also a very interesting symbiosis of Roman, Celtic, German and Slavic ideas and while the country is very Catholic, Christianity never quite managed to demonify the Elves, Dwarves and Goblins that populate the Alps as it did in the northern parts of the German world. Austrian Fairies (which are closer to English Elves) are always benevolent, beautiful women who visit babies and bestow gifts upon them, they never steal children or torment people. My Grandmother knew so many tales about those spirits. The "Fairy Godmothers" are right out of Baltic and Slavic mythology. Bestowing gifts on newborns. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted August 28, 2019 #1877 Share Posted August 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, Piney said: The "Fairy Godmothers" are right out of Baltic and Slavic mythology. Bestowing gifts on newborns. Huh, here I always thought they were adapted from the Roman Fates. But it makes sense. Austria has had a strong Slavic influence for centuries, it also shows in the local dialects in many places. Another Slavic Import in Austrian Folklore is the Forest Giant Rubezahl (Turnip Counter) a (mostly) benevolent spirit of the wild forests and mountain peaks of the Alps. His name is, irrc a corruption of his original Slavic name, but like it happened with Aphrodite in Greek Mythology, the Austrians made up a story to explain his name. He had abducted a princess to marry him and to provide guests for the wedding he transformed turnips into people. The Princess tricked him by saying that she wanted to know exactly how many turnips he had, so that she would know how many guests she could expect at her wedding. He had so many that he spent several days counting them, enough time for the princess to escape. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker007 Posted September 1, 2019 #1878 Share Posted September 1, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 9:19 AM, XenoFish said: Anyone ever tell you that you look like peewee Herman? No but I think only jealous people would say that who don't have any good looks themselves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker007 Posted September 1, 2019 #1879 Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) On 8/28/2019 at 9:19 AM, XenoFish said: Anyone ever tell you that you look like peewee Herman? Here is Pee Wee. Yea I look like him Xeno. Have you got your eyes checked lately? Edited September 1, 2019 by Truthseeker007 To small. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted September 1, 2019 #1880 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Close enough. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted September 1, 2019 #1881 Share Posted September 1, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 1:42 PM, Piney said: You look like a Austrian. I think it was the hat.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted September 1, 2019 #1882 Share Posted September 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, DieChecker said: I think it was the hat.... And the facial features and hair. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker007 Posted September 2, 2019 #1883 Share Posted September 2, 2019 19 hours ago, XenoFish said: Close enough. Ok well post your pic so we can make fun of you also!Are you scared? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker007 Posted September 2, 2019 #1884 Share Posted September 2, 2019 19 hours ago, XenoFish said: Close enough. Guess who is taking you into the new world Xeno? Pee Wee Herman!Got your Vaseline ready? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker007 Posted September 2, 2019 #1885 Share Posted September 2, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted September 2, 2019 #1886 Share Posted September 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Truthseeker007 said: Guess who is taking you into the new world Xeno? Pee Wee Herman!Got your Vaseline ready? With comments like this I'll never post a pic of myself. Too many weirdos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcgram Posted September 2, 2019 #1887 Share Posted September 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Truthseeker007 said: Ok well post your pic so we can make fun of you also!Are you scared? I've seen a picture of Xeno once; he's a good-looking guy as are all the men here on UM. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca-RoseElsie-Raemom1921 Posted September 3, 2019 #1888 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Rare not holding baby pic and hair properly brushed. Black and white to hide the mom tired dark circles. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scholar4Truth Posted September 7, 2019 #1891 Share Posted September 7, 2019 34 minutes ago, tcgram said: Great picture!! The shirt is the family crest. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThereWeAreThen Posted September 24, 2019 #1894 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Not my pretty face yet. All in good time. But I've finally got my first tattoo finished. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcgram Posted September 25, 2019 #1895 Share Posted September 25, 2019 3 hours ago, ThereWeAreThen said: Not my pretty face yet. All in good time. But I've finally got my first tattoo finished. Awesome artwork! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThereWeAreThen Posted September 25, 2019 #1896 Share Posted September 25, 2019 8 hours ago, tcgram said: Awesome artwork! Thanks. Hoping to be pretty much covered with in the next 5 years. Bloody expensive though! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomalocaris Posted October 1, 2019 #1897 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hi again, and keep it up with the nice vibes 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThereWeAreThen Posted October 1, 2019 #1898 Share Posted October 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Anomalocaris said: Hi again, and keep it up with the nice vibes Don't like smiling do you fella? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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