shadow's associations

nothing here is hard rule that need listen to. instead have this here so that understand why put certain things in charms that share. use your own associations as you please!
some come from welsh roots, some just find with time. ideally will list exactly where from beside each trait.

major wip~

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animals

spider:
  • protection ~ trap and eat bugs that may be pests or cause harm/damage
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    colours

    red:
  • x
  • orange:
  • x
  • yellow:
  • x
  • green:
  • growth & healing ~ as winter turn to spring, greenery sprout again
  • life ~ colour in grass, leaves, and plant life all around
  • blue:
  • calm ~ soft blue is colour in wide open, peaceful sky. often also on baby clothes and toys; time when people not know how much world can hurt, just curious and happy explore.
  • purple:
  • dreams ~
  • trance ~ often first colour in mind during shadow's trance experiences.
  • pink:
  • x
  • brown:
  • home & nostalgia ~ hot chocolate, old houses, family baking, beloved stuffed animals.
  • renewal ~ dirt and decomposition, how death allow for life.
  • safety ~ dirt again, as many animals burrow inside.
  • white:
  • discomfort and unease ~ medical trauma, sterile white rooms that feel both too small and too big.
  • grey:
  • x
  • black:
  • x
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    numbers

    7:
  • order ~ typical rainbow include 7 colours, in visually pleasing order that make little faery brain happy.
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    plants

    dandelion:
  • abundance & resilience ~ really, in how many weird places do dandelions grow?
  • hawthorn:
  • faery tree ~ at least in ireland, legends survive about hawthorn as faery tree and otherworldly portal. our court respect and love hawthorn in same way. those who hurt hawthorn tree suffer.
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    miscellaneous

    knife:
  • banish ~ in welsh folklore, faeries - especially gwyllion - may fear knives, and flee or vanish if one point at them.