“I Recover From Fatigue”

About Iso'onna

Halloween is just around the corner so let's talk about something similar to a vampire. Blood sucking yōkai is rare in Japanese Folklore, but there is one kind of vampire-like (in terms of sucking the victims blood) yōkai indigenous throughout Kyūshū Region [九州地方] called Iso'onna [磯女] (blow) (or Isohime [磯姫] including other regional variations).

Generally, Iso'onna is described as a anthropomorphic, serpentine yōkai with a women-like appearance with long dark hair, but in most cases, observers fails to distinguish her with any ordinary coastal rock due to her elusiveness when lurking near or in the ocean for hunting her victims. ①

Similar legend ① is also told in Amakusa City [天草市] (Kumamoto Prefecture). Locals are warned not to sleep in a fishing boat with the fishing net still casted on its sides because Iso'onna would use that net to climb onboard to suck the blood of sleeping fisherman using her hair.

While she does possess a Siren like quality as well. A legend ② from Minami-shimabara City [南島原市] (Nagasaki Prefecture) tells a story of a man spotting a woman at the coast who was idly looking at the tides. Then as soon as the man called her out as he approached her, the woman suddenly turned around and after making an ear piercing screech, she wrapped her long body around the man and began draining all the from him via her long dark hair. This is the reason why the locals are warned to not approach a woman near the coast especially during the night of New Years and Obon ③.

In a particular case ④, the locals of Ojika Town [小値賀町] (Kitamatsu'ura Dist. [北松浦郡], Nagasaki Prefecture) believes that the true identity of Iso'onna are the souls lost at sea who appears on the surface on a calm day; begging to return the souls within the sea back to the land.

Meanwhile, the legend ② of a perhaps identical yōkai called Isohime [磯女] from Nagashima Town [長島町] (Izumi Dist. [出水郡], Kagoshima Prefecture) is told to not only attack anyone near sea coasts to suck-out their blood, but some may die only by looking at her even a glimpse.

Sources:

1. "Yōkai-jiten" [妖怪事典] (2000) by Kenji Murakami [村上 健司](1968-present)

2. "Sōgō-nihon-minzoku-goi" (1st Edition) [綜合日本民俗語彙 (第1巻)] (1955) by Tokihiko Ōtō [大藤 時彦] (1902-1990) & et al

3. "Gensō-dōbutsu-jiten" [幻想動物事典] (1997) by Takumi Kusano [草野 巧] (n/a)

4. "Jōmin: Gotōrettō-ojikashima Chōsahōkokusho" [常民: 五島列島小値賀島 調査報告書] (1963) by Chūō University's Society of Flolkloristics [中央大学民俗研究会]

Shadow Work Prompts 3

53. how can I cope with sadness in a healthy way?

54. which behavior that I know is wrong and has negative effects, do I repeat over and over again?

55.how long do I reflect on failures or mistakes? do I have difficulties in coming to terms with them or vice versa - do I suppress such experiences

56. do I find it hard to forgive?

57. how long do I need to forgive?

58. am I honest with myself about my feelings?

59. am I honest with other people about my feelings?

60. do I completely accept and love myself the way I am?

61. do I reward myself when I accomplish something productive?

62. how do I deal with failures?

63. what is it that I would like to heal from?

64. what are my negative personality traits and, when do they emerge?

65. what is a pattern in my life that keeps showing up.

66. where am I struggling the most?

67. how does the feeling of envy show up in my life? where does it stem from? how would I feel if I obtained the things I am envious of?

68. in what ways do I consciously or unconsciously punish myself? how can I be kinder to myself?

69. what should I forgive myself for? why haven't I yet? how can I now?

70. what unhealthy attachments do I hold onto? what fears do I have around the idea of ending these attachments? what do I have to gain from ending these attachments?

71. what negative emotions am I most comfortable feeling? how often and why do these emotions show up in my day to day?

72. in what ways do I hold myself to a higher standard than others? vice versa?

73. what is a grudge/incident I'm holding onto? why do I choose to hold onto this weight? how can I let it go?

74. how do I show up for others and fail to show up for myself?

75. how important am I to myself? how highly do I prioritize myself?

76. what am I addicted to?

77. what are my delusions?

78. how have I been ignorant?

79. how have I been distracting myself?

80. What are some things you've said to yourself recently that weren't so nice? Would you say that to somebody else? How would you react if somebody else said those things to you?

90. Name 5-10 negative beliefs you have about yourself. Where do they come from? Do they have any validity? Why or why not?

91. Do you over-think, what causes this?

92. What are your morals? How do those morals make you feel - do they come from you, or someone else?

93. What are some qualities you wish you had, why?

94. what is my go-to self-destructive act? what is my love language? are they connected?

95. what would I tell my future self?

96. What are some intrusive thoughts you've had recently? What triggered those thoughts? What do you think the root cause is?

97. what are my weaknesses?

98. If you had the people who've hurt you in a position where they were forced to listen to what you had to say and take everything to heart, what would you say to them?

99. what will I never forget?

100. Think of a person you hate for "no reason". What are some things about them that bother you? Do these things remind you of yourself or someone who hurt you?

requested by : @ms-circely

it was a good request since i think a lot of us need this.

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Shadow Work Prompts 2

21. What qualities in your family members do you most dislike or have trouble dealing with? What might these qualities in your loved ones secretly reveal about you?

22. In which areas of life do you tend to expect others to conform to your beliefs? (Also, what scares you the most about allowing others to have their own beliefs in that area?)

23. When are you the most critical of yourself? Explore what your self-talk sounds like below.

24. Describe five things you love about yourself and feel gratitude about.

25. How judged do you tend to feel on a daily basis? Explore how much of that perceived judgment is real and how much is imagined.

26. Take a look at the best and most enjoyable aspect of your life right now. What is your underlying fear in that area and why?

27. Write about the last time you tried to manipulate a situation to your advantage and examine how you feel about that in hindsight.

28. If you could say one thing to the person who's hurt you the most right now, what would it be and why?

29. What do you currently envy in someone else's life and why?

30. which of my weaknesses could have potential?

31. what makes me feel the happiest

32. how worthy do I honestly believe I am?

33. if I could communicate with the person I was 10 years ago today, I would say...

34. why do I have issues with trust?

35. the way I spend my daily life is how I will spend the rest of my life. how do I feel about this idea?

36. do I trust myself?

37. how can I have more trust?

38. which situations have shaped my personality and why?

39. while reflecting on my childhood, what makes me extremely angry or sad to this day?

40. my absolute dream life: how does my perfect day begin?

41. do I handle my feelings in a healthy and constructive way?

42. do I project certain aspects of myself onto others?

43. did my parents provide me with everything I needed?

44. what makes me really angry and why?

45. would I describe my childhood as happy?

46. what is it that makes me sad?

47. what do I consider the most challenging for me?

48. have I forgiven myself?

49. have I forgiven all the people who ever hurt me?

50. if I were to write a letter to a person who hurt me, what would it say?

51. how do I react when something does not turn out the way it should?

52. if I could write a letter to myself, apologizing for all the self-blame, what would it say?

FJÓLDÖYSTAVE will cause someone to slowly curse themselves as they spread lies.

The curse of the Fjóldöystave will cause the target to experience an increasing sense of “being dead inside”, growing in intensity every time a lie or false rumour is spread by the person.

The staves themselves are to be painted onto a piece of parchment or paper with ink mixed from charcoal and spit. The parchment is then folded up and wrapped in black cloth. Once this is done, the staves are to be hidden inside, or if not possible; simply near the home of your target.

The purpose of this is not to stop the lies from being spread, but rather cause the target to start even more lies and rumours. As this escalates, the lies will also become gradually more and more incredible, to the point where others will start to realise the obvious falseness and cause the web of lies to collapse in on itself, taking the target’s ego and all credibility with it.

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Sigil: “My heart will stop aching.”

A request from one of our followers. We all know that intense feeling of heartbreak and pain. It seems to bubble up from an endless well, so cold to the touch that it burns. It’s a wound you can’t touch, and at time it seems like the ache will never fade. But it does. Numb at first. Then roaring back to life when even accidentally touched. Eventually, it becomes a dull bruise, reminding you to step gingerly around it.

And then, when you least expect it, the pain is replaced by something else. The memory of that pain will always be there – it’s a scar, and a part of you – but it’s no longer the burning thing it was. That’s healing, and while it always seems to take far longer than it should, it does happen.

Sometimes you may need a little help – someone to talk to, someone to reset the break, someone to help you stitch the wound – but as long as you’re still breathing in and out, you can heal.

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Fantasizing about a reality where it's far more socially acceptable to be polytheistic and there are many temples around the city like there are mosques and churches where i can join communities with other polytheists and make friends and enjoy my life and be openly religious without feeling the awkward weight of having to explain my religion to someone

Pin the Mouth Shut

A curse for someone who likes to aggressively shove their opinions in others faces.

What you need:

- an apple or lemon

- pins

- cayenne or chili powder

- black salt

- a taglock, or a paper with the target’s name on it

- a black candle

Light your candle, you want it to melt a little so you can use the wax. Cut your apple or lemon into wedges. They look like little smiles don’t they? Good, you’ll need two of the wedges. Take the taglock or paper and push it into the wedge, letting the juice soak it.

Say, “your vicious words will sour on your tongue”.

Sprinkle the cayenne over the wedge and taglock. Say, “your mouth will burn more with each harsh word until you cannot bear it”.

Sprinkle the black salt over the wedge and taglock. Say “your throat will dry until you choke on each cruel word”.

Now take your second wedge and place it atop the taglock and spices. Carefully stick your pins into the wedges, making sure at least one goes through where the taglock is. Imagine the target’s mouth being clamped shut, unable to spew their vitriol. Lastly, carefully pour wax from your candle over the seams where the wedges meet (blow the flame out first!) and store it in a plastic bag in a dark place.

To break the curse, cut the wax and carefully un-pin the fruit, taking the wedges apart and bury it away from your property.

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