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<title>Laguz</title>
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<h1>Laguz</h1>

<p>Traditional meaning: water</p>

<p>Meanings when upright:</p>

<ul>
	<li>use of magical energy</li>
	<li>sexual tension</li>
	<li>shape-shifting</li>
	<li>manifestation of desire</li>
	<li>creation of magical illusions/glamours</li>
	<li>bending the will of others</li>
</ul>

<p>Laguz can be useful for:</p>

<ul>
	<li>manipulating magical energy</li>
	<li>shifting one's awareness to other layers of reality</li>
	<li>bending people to your will</li>
	<li>feeding/creating a magical illusion</li>
</ul>

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<p>Anglo-Saxon rune poem:</p>

<blockquote>Lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht,<br>gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum<br>and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ<br>and se brimhengest bridles ne gym[eð].</blockquote>

<blockquote>The ocean seems interminable to men,<br>if they venture on the rolling bark<br>and the waves of the sea terrify them<br>and the courser of the deep heed not its bridle.</blockquote>

<p>Norwegian rune poem:</p>

<blockquote>Lo,gr er, fællr ór fjalle<br>foss; en gull ero nosser.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side;<br>but ornaments are of gold.</blockquote>

<p>A modern poem:</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>"I've always found it strange<br/>
	that, in hypotheticals<br/>
	of you losing control and going feral,<br/>
	you always imagine your draconic form.<br/>
	Not the one, the chaotic, proven to,<br/>
	when lost control, cause massive harm.<br/>
	What's up with that, Lethe?<br/>
	I mean,<br/>
	I'm not saying I want either to happen,<br/>
	but you're so focused on one<br/>
	that you discount the other's chances."</p>

	<p>I... I don't know, in all honesty.<br/>
	I have no concrete answers to give,<br/>
	no easy explanation that will relieve.</p>

	<p>I guess because...<br/>
	in the former form I'm slender and elegant,<br/>
	and maybe I associate it with intelligence,<br/>
	and so I'm more likely to retain<br/>
	some semblance of myself amidst the insane?</p>

	<p>Because part of the fantasy<br/>
	is you managing to rescue me?</p>

	<p>I know you said<br/>
	you wanted to spend<br/>
	your whole life at my side,<br/>
	but I don't want you here if to you<br/>
	this is just another sacrifice,<br/>
	if you're throwing away your happiness<br/>
	just to keep the worlds in safety and bliss-</p>

	<p>"That's... not what I meant at all.<br/>
	I just want us to be prepared<br/>
	in case you ever come under the thrall<br/>
	of another evil-seeking god.<br/>
	You <i>eat</i> gods, you know. Are you aware?<br/>
	With your tail you reave whole worlds to shreds<br/>
	and suck souls dry until there's nothing left.<br/>
	If you must be in the hands of someone,<br/>
	let those hands be mine,<br/>
	who has loved you since what feels like<br/>
	the beginning of time<br/>
	itself.<br/>
	You trust me, don't you?<br/>
	To not put you through hell?"</p>

	<p>Of course. I trust you with all that I am<br/>
	even after my very last death knell.<br/>
	I think, if I should ever go feral,<br/>
	it should be in the form that forgets the least<br/>
	so you can bring me back to sanity<br/>
	with the utmost of ease.<br/>
	After all, I think I'd like to remain<br/>
	an (arch)angel for the rest of my days<br/>
	since only then do I have the hands,<br/>
	the face, the voice to say:</p>

	<p>"I love you."</p>
</blockquote>