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Little raven I made for my brothers boyfriend as a Christmas surprise present!! I hope he likes it!

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My pagan ancestors watching me live my best life and transing my gender :

Yes… look at our son! He has truly made it, changing forms and looking stunning in any form. His mortal form shall not define him!

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Priestess of Delphi /detail/ -  John Collier

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Head of Zeus at the Piraeus Museum

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The full moon during a “blood moon” eclipse over the temple of Apollo in Corinth on July 27, 2018.

Image: Valerie Gache/AFP

(Facebook: Apollon)

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The blood moon is framed by the statues of Hera and Apollo in Athens, 27 July 2018 (x)

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you: summer

me, an intellectual: apollo season

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Hellenic Blessings for Closeted Trans People

May Ares give you the strength to face your family every day, and help you persevere through being deadnamed and hearing violent rhetoric against you.

May Aphrodite help you feel comfortable in your own skin as often as you can.

May Hestia help your house feel like a home even when it’s not, and guide you to people who can be your chosen family.

May Persephone give you the confidence to be secure in your own life choices, no matter what anyone else thinks.

May Apollo help you remember to stay safe and take care of yourself physically through your body dysphoria.

May Hermes help you hide your conversations with the people you’re out to and any purchases that your family can’t know about.

May Dionysus help you feel gender euphoria and be proud of your identity.

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“Ode to Hermes, friend of man, Great Messenger of the Gods Fleet footed athlete, Nimble fingered thief, Honey tongued God. I sing Your praise, Of Your hallowed glory. With pride, I cry out Your many feats And proclaim Your Majesty. I give You thanks, My Lord, For every blessing You’ve given me.”

— part iv of i don’t know how to write poetry and probably never will (x)

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— Euripides, Bacchae 506 (tr. Reginald Gibbons)

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“They say that Artemis never loved before Orion That he was her first and her last But they seem to forgot that Artemis had a heart as big as the forests she hunted in Artemis loved every animal she came across She loved the thrill of the hunt and what the woods looked like at night Most of all she loved her maidens She loved the sound of their laughter How their pounding feet ran right beside hers She loved how devoted they were to their fellow girls How much they loved and were loved in return Artemis has always been a loving goddess One just has to look a bit deeper to see”

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Rare Gold Drachm from Thasos, C. 380 BC

The obverse has the image Dionysos wearing an ivy-wreath and the reverse has the inscription ��AΣION behind Herakles, who’s wearing a lion’s skin headdress, kneeling and shooting an arrow, a K is inscribed on the right, all within a linear square within an incuse square. This rare coin sold at auction for around 82,500 USD.

Thasos is an island off the ancient Thracian coast in the northern Agean Sea. The island was important in wine trade and also controlled rich gold and silver mines on the mainland. It was colonized at an early date by Phoenicians who founded a temple to the god Melqart, whom the Greeks identified as “Tyrian Heracles.” The temple still existed in the time of Herodotus.

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all of the lists i’ve seen of Hellenic Polytheists blogs are from several years ago, with a lot of the blogs linked gone. i know how fast things can change, blogs names change, people leave, and new people come in! 

my goal is to make an updated list that people can use to connect with other Hellenic Polytheists! 

if you’re interested in being on that list, please reblog and tag with the Deities  you worship and post for on your blog! 

i know a lot of people are very vocal about this and it isn’t always hard to find them, but i’d also like everyone to be able to consent to being on the list! 

also if you’re a resource blog, feel free to reblog as well! 

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Detail of an ancient Roman statue of Apollo, dated to c. 150 CE. Found in Hadrian’s Villa, the statue is now located in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. Photo taken by Carole Raddato. 

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How to Build Kharis

Kharis is the reciprocal grace and love between you and a Theos. It can be built up over time, and here are some of the ways you can begin adding to it:

❇ Give an offering. Food, drink, music, poetry, prose, and objects are all good offerings. An offering could be anything. Flowers and incense, or a burning candle work. Just giving an offering will help you build kharis! ❇ Write a hymn or poem about the Theos. Not only will you be praising them, but you’ll feel closer to the god as well. ❇ Give something you really love to the god as an offering. Maybe a piece of your favourite blanket,  a splash of your most prized perfume, or even a keepsake. Sharing something special to you will make a beautiful sacrifice. ❇ Read and write about the gods. Even if all you do is read the myths or talk about how great they are, you’re devoting time and energy to get to know them better. ❇ Tell someone you know would like to hear about Hellenismos about the particular Theos. Maybe they’re confused on something, and you can fill them in. It’s an act of devotion.