YULE COMMUNITY EVENT 2023

Wonderful idea. I will share some nice AI art later, as I am not an artist.

Looking forward to everyone else's submissions! :D

SSinHeartandSoul wrote:

Lovely initiative! I will likely share some recipes and some art :)

This looks very nice and positive.

Looking forward to add myself to this!

:3

SSinHeartandSoul wrote:

BE AWARE!
If you want to share personal pictures, know that you might reveal your identity. So make sure that there are no people, environment or anything else that could reveal your identity present in those pictures!

I suggest using a meta data remover for this, it's very important. (JG/Admin should edit this in thread)

https://www.metacleaner.com/#home

Great idea. :D

I am glad to see al those positive responses, i am looking forward to see what everyone comes up with. :D

Samkara wrote:

I suggest using a meta data remover for this, it's very important. (JG/Admin should edit this in thread)

https://www.metacleaner.com/#home

That's a good one, i will keep it in mind for the next competition / event.

Hello my dear family, happy Yuletide.

I will very likely draw something, and maybe even put some decorative arrangement together, should i post them here, or in the arts thread?

SSinHeartandSoul wrote:

I love this idea :D . I'm no artist, but I will do my best to draw something cool for this occassion.

TheWhiteGiant wrote:

Hello my dear family, happy Yuletide.

I will very likely draw something, and maybe even put some decorative arrangement together, should i post them here, or in the arts thread?

Happy Yuletide brother,

You can share it all in this here tread, If you want to share it in the arts tread you can do that as well of-course. This tread is made to hold all of the drawings, pictures and other fun stuff though.

This is an awesome idea! I hope this can inspire people to bring forth their creative abilities.

Although I personally can't afford to show my art publicly, I still hope to see everybody else's artwork. I'd like to imagine how the art posted by users here will inspire others to draw something themselves, too, especially when there's a festive element involved. I think it's a great way to engage the community in something we can all involve our heartfelt efforts in.

Art is an expression of the soul. I look forward to seeing everyone's submissions!

SSinHeartandSoul wrote:

The trees have shed their leaves, snow is falling from the skies, that can only mean one thing, Yuletide is around the corner once more. Santa (Satan) is coming to town so lets enjoy his presence & blessings all together. Have fun, share stories and have a good old friendly event.

We have done a great job on our latest blessing rituals, so lets unwind, laugh and enjoy this time together. The Yule season is a season of enjoyment, indulgence and feasting after all.

YULE COMMUNITY EVENT 2023

We want the whole community to enjoy this time together, fun is the most important ingredient here, to start the yule event we will start with a drawing event. Not only that, we want to encourage everyone to participate in the extra activities to make this thread even more fun and festive!

THIS YEAR'S YULE EVENT THEME

Satan (Santa) rewarding us based on our prior efforts.

Take this as a loose guideline, let you imagination run wild and have fun!

RULES

It is preferred to make your own art work, but if you want to share AI generated art work instead that is a-oke just be truthful about it.

Please share your artwork in a way so that everyone can see the artwork on the forum without the need to click a link to an external site.

Make this a fun and festive thread for everyone.

DURATION OF THE EVENT

This event will last from December 4th to December 20th

If you want to keep the festive spirit high even after the 20th of December you are more than welcome to stay, indulge yourself & have fun with everyone.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

The activities below are suggestions, if you know of other fun activities do share them down below.

1. Baking & Cooking
Recipe sharing

2. Story sharing

3. Picture sharing
Either pictures found online or personal pictures.

BE AWARE!
If you want to share personal pictures, know that you might reveal your identity. So make sure that there are no people, environment or anything else that could reveal your identity present in those pictures!

INFORMATION & LINKS ABOUT YULE

Yuletide

Santa and Yule - By High Priest Zevios
https://ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13665

Satan's Day Ritual - By High Priest Zevios (Old)
https://www.ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=66012&hilit=yule+satan

The Yule Season - Main Site
https://templeofzeus.org/Yule.html

Baal-Berith the father of Yule

Berith - Main Site
https://templeofzeus.org/Baal-Berith.php

COMMEMORATION TO BERITH

Baal-Berith also known as Nimrod is the father of Yule, here is a short story in commemoration to him:

The 25th of December was observed in Rome as the day when the victorious God reappeared on earth and was held at the Natalis invicti solis, "The birth-day of the unconquered Sun." Now the Yule Log represents the dead stock of Nimrod, known as the Sun-God, but cut down by his enemies; the Xmas-tree represents Nimrod- the slain God reborn. The ancient practice of kissing under the mistletoe bough, most common to the Druids, was derived from Babylon, and was a representation of the Messiah, "The man the branch." The mistletoe was regarded as a divine branch --a branch that came from heaven and grew upon a tree that sprung out of the earth. Nimrod, the God of nature, was symbolized by a great tree. But having been cut down and killed in his prime, he was now symbolized as a branchless tree stump, called the Yule Log. Then the great serpent came and wrapped itself around Nimrod (the stump). Miraculously, a new tree appeared at the side of the stump, which symbolized Nimrod’s resurrection and victory over death.

Lately I had been working on wanting to see the gods, and I keep in mind that it is not good to have a pre-established image of a god but I felt that this could help me understand some of their essence. The ones I did with AI were:
Astaroth

Furcas

Asmodeus

Andras

Shax

Thoth

Mastema

Caim

Gaap

Hagenti

Dagon

Mulciber

Amdusias

I hope you like it and happy Yule.

I am glad I can share with you something. This community is one of best gifts I have from the Gods.

This drawing is specially for this event!

Happy Yule family!!! :)

Greetings. I wanted to share my work but I forgot how to upload an image. I found a small squirrel sculpture around my house and I painted it, now it is really good looking. I think it suits the Yule Tree, I always imagined Yule Trees to have squirrels roaming trough them. 🎄

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This is a WONDERFUL idea ! 💙 Thank you and Happy Yule everyone!

This is a WONDERFUL idea ! 💙 Thank you and Happy Yule everyone!

1BlackTrail3 wrote:

I hope you like it and happy Yule.

There are some good ones in there :D i especially like Thoth and Astarte! Thank you for sharing this!

Draconi666 wrote:

I am glad I can share with you something. This community is one of best gifts I have from the Gods.

This drawing is specially for this event!

Happy Yule family!!! :)

For me as well brother, you probably noticed it but the image is not showing :( You probably copy / pasted the wrong code, you need the BBCode for it to show.

AsraArdwulfLeberecht wrote:

Greetings. I wanted to share my work but I forgot how to upload an image. I found a small squirrel sculpture around my house and I painted it, now it is really good looking. I think it suits the Yule Tree, I always imagined Yule Trees to have squirrels roaming trough them. 🎄

Sounds good, if you want to make a photograph do remove the meta data first from that picture. After that you can upload it on a site like tinypic, you will get a couple of options after uploading, take the BBCode from it and paste that on the forums.

So you are quite the artist huh, can't wait to see it. Do remember that everyone can see your painting on here, it can possibly reveal your identity.

Removing meta data:
https://www.metacleaner.com/External ↗

Uploading pictures / artwork:
https://tinypic.host/External ↗

Draconi666 wrote:

I am glad I can share with you something. This community is one of best gifts I have from the Gods.

This drawing is specially for this event!

Happy Yule family!!! :)

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Hope it shows now.

SSinHeartandSoul wrote:

It doesn't seem to work, but thank you for the advice. I may not apply it correctly.