Welcome

 

Armored combat and fencing practices are generally held year round. As of July 15, 2025, they take place on Tuesdays at 7:00pm at Pallas Fitness, 241 Cherry St., Ithaca. This is a large indoor space with room for non-fighters to work on their projects or hang out and watch the activities.

Archery and Thrown Weapons: DONE UNTIL 2026, but then weekly from mid-May through mid-October.

Arts & Sciences meetings. Third Thursday of the month at the Crosston Annex. Watch Facebook or our email list for announcements of any special topics, otherwise bring your own projects and work on them in the company of other artisans. (See footer for details on subscribing to the email list.)

Dancing / Dance Practices. First Thursday of the month at the Danby Firehall, 6:30-9:00, led by Sir Lorimer.

See our meetings page for further details, directions, and other notes.

 

Founded in 1974, the Dominion of Myrkfaelinn is the Ithaca-based chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA), a 50-year-old, not-for-profit, educational organization dedicated to studying and recreating the best aspects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance!

We invite you to join us in exploring medieval cultures during our weekly educational meetings and presentations.

We also hold regular weekly practices as well as day-long events for a more immersive experience. In most cases, we have loaner gear and garb so that you can test the waters of the SCA before jumping in.

Myrkfaelinn includes the areas of Ithaca, Elmira, and Corning, New York. We are part of the SCA Kingdom of Æthelmearc.

See our list of activities for the many things our members enjoy at our regular meetings and practices.

Local Members’ Devices

Argent, a wheel sable between three gouttes de sang, a bordure checky gules and argent. Argent, on a fess cotised sable, three plates. Per pale argent and sable, in sinister a vine of three pea pods Or. Or, on a sun sable, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent, issuant from base a mountain vert. Per chevron inverted azure and vert, in chief a cat dormant Or and issuant from dexter base three wolf’s teeth argent. Argent, estencelé sable, an ash tree proper issuant from a mountain sable. Gules, a patriarchal cross bottony Or, and on a chief argent two cockatrices vert. Sable, a bend argent between two prickspurs fesswise reversed Or, a bordure embattled argent. Per bend sinister azure and sable, an eagle rising argent maintaining a sheaf of arrows fesswise reversed and a bow bendwise sinister Or. Sable, a bee skep Or within a bordure Or semy of bees sable. Per fess engrailed argent and azure, a natural catfish haurient embowed and a bordure counterchanged. Azure, two chicken’s legs inverted conjoined in base and issuant from base a la quise argent armed Or. Per chevron chevronelly Or and gules, and Or, in base a ship in full sail gules, all within a bordure embattled sable. Sable, a pair of shears bendwise inverted Or. Azure, a drakkar argent and a mountain Or, a chief argent.

24 people in medieval clothing.
Group shot taken Dec., 2017.
Dec 6, 2025 @ 11:12 am