Sob o Luar 🌙

@sobluar.bsky.social

Blogue criado em 2016 com o objetivo de ajudar e orientar as comunidades pagãs de língua portuguesa, oferecendo recursos sobre Paganismo, Bruxaria, Espiritualidade e outros. 🚫 AI. | 💖 🏳️‍🌈 | 🌐 https://alexiasophii.carrd.co/

🌹 25 de Abril, dia em que celebramos a Revolução dos Cravos. A Liberdade passa todos os dias por aqui - nas ideias, nas escolhas, e na investigação que nos ajuda a construir o futuro todos os dias. Liberdade para questionar. Liberdade para errar. Liberdade para descobrir. #CEI #25deabril

Bild

The new project mapping 7,000+ ancient letters is impressive: romanletters.org . The database & geolocation (although noting Pleiades rather than just AWMC would be nice) are great. But I absolutely cannot get over use of AI—however transparent—for translation. 🚨 Value human translators 🚨

AI translation transparency
Modern English translations were produced using Claude (Anthropic), working from either the Latin/Greek original or an existing 19th-century English version. Translation work was guided by two internal documents: a translation guide covering late antique epistolary conventions, rhetorical register, and how to handle common formulaic phrases; and a modern voice guide specifying tone, vocabulary level, and how to avoid archaism while remaining faithful to the original.
Al-generated translations are clearly marked in the interface. They are provided for accessibility and research convenience, not as authoritative scholarly translations. The original Latin or Greek is preserved alongside every translation, and 19th-century English versions are shown where available. Corrections from domain experts are
welcome.

Today, we remember Doreen Valiente, the Mother of Modern Witchcraft. Initiated by Gerald Gardner in 1953, her poetic brilliance shaped Wiccan liturgy. Her legacy lives on in every witch who speaks her words, every seeker who finds empowerment in the path she helped illuminate. #PaganSky #WitchSky

Bild

Folklore walks. Not just across imagined lines on maps of nations, not just across time itself. Folklore instinctively walks towards landmarks. When stories see a ruin, a notable tomb or impressive tree, they travel towards them to tether themselves in the landscape. – Dr. M. Benn #Folklore

Bild