#Dodecatheon

[oliviarosaline]

Eastern Shooting Star

Primula meadia syn. Dodecatheon meadia

This native perennial has a range that spans throughout the central and eastern United States, where it can be found growing in a variety of habitats with acidic to neutral soils. Its nodding flowers resemble a shooting star and are usually white or lilac in color.

This particular plant was growing in a dolomite glade, but I've also found this species growing in moist, open forests over sandstone before.

April 18th, 2024

Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[rokry]

My king! My king!

Character belongs to Myself and @vondieerde!

[aphroditeadorer]

It honestly just never ceases to amaze me like just how amazing Aphrodite is, she's so multifaceted and just is like everything idk!! I'm rereading biography of desire and it's just wow. Everything about her is just so insane to think about and so hard to wrap my head around. She is the force that brings together atoms and lovers, societies and cells, hatred and war, life and death, the mixing up and bringing together and apart of everything, I honestly don't get how someone can't appreciate her "darker" epithets as well, it's all just so fascinating and everything about her just leaves me so awestruck! she's so many things in one, I wish I had better words to describe it

[cedar-glade]

Primula meadia (once again)

Dodecatheon meadia (was)

Midland shooting-star, semi-acidic glacial deposit rocky hillside

[coyote-mints]

Shooting stars at work (Dodecatheon meadia)

[apexpoet]

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) is an ephemeral spring wildflower native to the central and eastern U.S. It consists of a basal rosette out of which a stalk of flowers emerges, ranging from white to lavender. Shooting Star be found in a wide range of habitats but will only demonstrate abundance in high quality habitat. Shooting Star’s most frequent visitor is the queen bumblebee.

[thebotanicalarcade]

Ohio Spring Wildflower Field Guide

[gemsofgreece]

RE: the Anon about bad Greek representation in the game Hades 2

Hello, I answered your ask last night however I was soon notified that the link you added came from a YouTuber who, apart from the incidental valid points made in this particular video, has altogether different motives and beliefs than the ones I wish this blog to be associated with. So I deleted the ask with the link but I am giving you my original answer regarding problematic Greek representation intact. Besides, this video does not analyze why such representation in the context of Greek mythology and identity is questionable but rather disregards diversity in media just for the sake of it. So any person interested in Greek matters won’t learn much from watching it.

Like I said the basis of his points in this video makes sense. However, I don't know, I feel like all this discourse regarding the poor, agenda driven Greek representation and the appropriation of the mythology drains me and for no good reason.

Unfortunately, I have realised that the people who support such questionable treatment of the Greek cultural heritage among other things, supposedly for the sake of the greater good of inclusivity and diversity, are absolutely not open to feedback and other opinions and appear unable to entertain the possibility that they have chosen toxic, problematic and - above all - counterproductive ways to support those very important values. The same exact thing is happening with companies - say Netflix and Disney - which are left scratching their heads about what is going wrong and all their new projects are bombing so bad. It is funny how so many people around the world consider the answer obvious but the companies are still having crisis meetings to solve the impossible challenge.

There are several reasons I do not bother much with it. First of all, all this discourse and the urgency for a diverse Dodecatheon is an exclusively American concern through and through. People from Africa, Asia and South America resolutely couldn't care less and I have read in several comments that many people feel weird about how North Americans and a few West Europeans act regarding those matters. I feel disconnected from all these people both in terms of age and interests and as a Greek I also feel entirely disconnected from all these "Greek inspired" products. We all know very well that there's nothing Greek about the Hades videogame, the LO comic, Percy Jackson, Kratos and so on. Literally nothing whatsoever.

The most annoying thing about it is that these people genuinely think they "know" Greek culture. But honestly I think at some point soon they will grow out of it. Most of them are really young and act young about it, you know? At some point the companies also will either shut down or change tactics and content. Because the "piss on" trend of course doesn't affect only the Greek culture but many other fields, i.e European history, classic literature, traditional fairytales, Norse mythology etc

Because this world operates so much on money, simply not giving something your money is your most effective way to voice your opinion. Don't pay for that movie or that game or that book. And maybe leave a review phrased in the manner of constructive criticism, not an aggressive attack, because this leaves you vulnerable in front of these ahistorical people who call every mere different perspective as "fascism" (the irony XD).

I am always far more alarmed by actual historical revisionism, especially the one that is happening around us, in places next to us, waaaay more than I care about a random teen in the other side of the globe who wants an Asian Hestia girlboss or else they can't sleep easy at night. You have to realise that such a person doesn't truly think this is how a Greek is supposed to or usually looks like. Such a person actually doesn't give a shit about the Greek look or anything Greek at all. All they care is what the videogame they play looks like and how much the designers agree with them or include features they have. The fact that the character comes from Greece is entirely irrelevant and incidental. They do not care. So I now feel it's a lost cause to even try to discuss this with them. Judging from comments I have read, they downright don't understand and they are visibly unwilling to understand what we say.

And I am always way more irritated by the double standards with which the Greek civilization is studied , the very real discriminations against Modern Greeks, the toxic levels of academic classicism, the historical appropriation in the West and in the Balkans for different reasons and above all else the amazing inability of our nation to care, address the problem and at least attempt to protect our identity with dignity and confidence. Compared to these, all the whims of fanfiction readers and videogame players just pale to me. I do react some times but it's not a regular thing.

[couchtaro]

Yancy

Guess whoooooooo forgot to post her art for months and months again it’s me! Here's the second of my floriograph D&D party portraits; Yancy the smoke genasi shadow magic sorcerer belongs to @coffeecakecafe, and our DM is @bacoj8

Flowers

American cowslip (Dodecatheon): treasure finding

Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano): shadow, blackness

 Ash-leaved trumpet flower (Campsis radicans): separation. Campsis radicans has an extreme flammability rating, so wise landscapers are careful not to plant it too close to houses. All his life, Yancy has moved from home to home--he has never had a place to belong that has not been destroyed.

 Cactus (Cactacae/Opuntia): Love, endurance, warmth, I burn, physical love, you left me

 Garden anemone (Anemone): love, being forsaken, estrangement, withered hopes

 Hellebore (Hellborus): calumny, scandal

Bindweed (convulvulus): Bonds, spontaneity, uncertainty

 Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis): trustworthiness, return to happiness, unconscious sweetness

 Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): Young sons and daughters

Check out the rest of the Pringles Party!

Theseus | Izen | Phaela | “Red”

[pep-the-artemis]

Loyalty

Odysseus - I'm so happy i cannot put it into words... you're the most amazing woman in the world to stay loyal for over 18 years to me.

Penelope - (:!

Odysseus - ...you did stay loyal right?

Penelope - (:!!!!!!

Odysseus - YOU CHEATED ON ME?!!! Babe, how could you?

Penelope - its not all bad, Telemachus always said he wanted a little brother.

Odysseus - YOU HAD A CHILD?!!!

Penelope - I feel like you're over-reacting.

Apollo - *coming out of the shower in a tower* hey babe, who's this?

Odysseus - YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH THE GOD APOLLO!

Penelope - who wouldn't?

Odysseus - ME!

Penelope - really?... not even with Apollo.

Apollo - I know this is kinda a private conversation but I just want to say.... would 😉.

Odysseus - silence! I just... I just can't believe you... after I stayed loyal in love with you.

Circe - *walking in carrying baby Telegonus who's holding a stingray binky* Odysseus! You said you would pay child support!

Penelope - (:

Odysseus - (:!

Penelope - what was that you said?

Odysseus - (:!!!!

Penelope - you know, the part about cheating and having a child with a god?

*meanwhile in the Dodecatheon*

Hera - *watching this unfold through the orb*

Pan - *sitting on Hera's lap* who is that with mummy and daddy? :3

[rokry]

Sentorus, God of Storms, The Hunt, and Knowledge.

Belongs to Myself and @vondieerde tho I mostly handle Sentorus' development :D

[civilight-eterna]

dodecatheon meadia

Fandom: Ex Astris, slight crossover into Arknights territory

Pairings: Vi/Yan focus, background/parallel souls chenmiya

Rating: M for off-screen sexual content

A/N: under the cut to avoid spoilers since this game is fairly new. Following above link will lead to a slightly spoilery summary.

This was a bit of an anomaly as far as things I write in a lot of ways, but I feel like these girls-even as much as I wished they'd been a little more fleshed-out in-game-taught me a lot about how I write and how I respond to what a character wants to do. I can't even count the number of times a section was rewritten because the dialogue felt too easy to be natural to Yan! Ugh. Anyway, I felt really confused by the way the ending happened in the game and felt like…the human arm would've been the way to go to get Vi back. And then the fact that no matter what arm you choose you get the same letter post-credits? I'm not knocking it. But I guess I did kinda rewrite the whole ending and middle a bit to get to where I wanted because the way that Yan just. Does whatever will help Vi and slowly comes out of her shell while doing so just tickled me. Vi is so sweet and they both deserved so much better. I think the game was so stylish and beautiful-I wanted to know more and more about it and I hope we get more. But I also hope that if you came away from the ending feeling kinda like "what happened what was that exactly"…that I got you with this story. ;)

[gingermintpepper]

Is there a definitive age order of the Olympians? I seem to find conflicting answers. If not, how do you see the Olympian sibling dynamics?

Ooh, age order huh? Well, there's only a definite age order for the first six Olympians - Hestia is the first born, followed by Demeter, Hera, Hades and then Poseidon! When Rhea's swallowed children were spat up again, they are largely considered as being 'reborn' which makes Zeus - who was never swallowed - the eldest, followed by Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and then Hestia as the new youngest sibling. Following either of those orders seems to be the most mythologically sound, or the most 'definitive' as you put it, but of course people take many liberties with interpreting it!

The latter six Olympians though - that's a lot trickier as there is straight up no attested order for them being born. Based on the stories of everyone's birth though? The most sensible order to me is Aphrodite - who is born as soon as Kronos' testes hit the ocean, Athena - born from Zeus' first wife Metis, Hephaestus - born from Hera as a response to Athena and then Ares who is the first son born properly to Zeus and Hera as a couple. Last of this set would be the twins, Artemis and Apollo, born out of wedlock as Zeus' first bastard children. Later, after Hades leaves the Dodecatheon and takes his place as a Chthonic god, Hermes would be born to Maia and then much, much later Dionysus would be born to Semele and fill Hestia's spot.

Altogether, that means the most definitive, uncomplicated mythological age order I can give for the Olympians is: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Aphrodite, Athena, Hephaestus, Ares, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes and finally, Dionysus.

Of course, this can be infinitely more complicated but like, (and many, many people prefer to use the pre-swallowed age order even after Rhea's children are spat up i.e Hestia and Hades as the eldest boy and girl respectively, Zeus as the kid brother) but if you're wondering why there's so many conflicting sources about it, just know that with Greek mythology, it can always get more complicated LMAO.

Now sibling dynamics - this is also an extremely fun question! I have a lot of different ideas about this but for the sake of brevity, I'll make a separate post going over those since I know I'll go ham detailling the sibling dynamics between the elder six and latter six Olympians (minus Aphrodite of course, since she's a Titaness in her own right and not really anyone's sibling).

Thank you so much for asking your questions :D

[yamayuandadu]

In my opinion, instead of constant clamoring for Greek mythology retellings where largely or entirely villainous or monstrous female figures are reinvented as heroic, what we need is more media which acknowledges any goddesses from outside the conventional groupings of “main” Olympians (which is something variable, the version of the dodecatheon from Olympia had the personified river Alpheios and the  Charites in it , but that’s beside the point). Multiple of them actually have well defined, more or less consistent characters in myths and it’s mind-boggling that they are losing the quest for popcultural relevance with “what if Medusa was the central protagonist of Greek mythology” text posts. Off the top of my head, some good examples of such goddesses would be:

Hecate, who despite being portrayed firmly positively in her two main mythical roles, in the Homeric Hymn Demeter (where she helps Demeter look for Persephone and is later tasked with escorting her on her annual journey) and in the Theogony (where she aids Zeus and co. during the titanomachy), only ever appears as a villain in modern media, often with the point of reference being godawful new age literature or worse. The only two works of media which actually try to do something broadly accurate to her character in myths would be Theia Mania and, of all things, Touhou.

Selene, who basically doesn’t exist as a separate character in modern media because her gimmick has been reassigned to Artemis. To be fair, it’s been this way for centuries, but she actually has a plenty to offer if treated as separate. She has a very distinct iconography (lunar crescent behind the shoulders looks so cool), and at least according to Seneca a very warm relationship with her brother (in his Phaedra he fills in for her every now and then so that she can spend time with Endymion). There’s also a bonkers addition to the Labors of Heracles where she’s credited with raising Nemean Lion from the moon.

Iris, who acts as a messenger of the gods (or specifically Hera) pretty often, including during the titanomachy. She also has a unique genealogy, and an “evil twin”, Arke, who acted as the messenger for the titans and to my knowledge plays no other role anywhere otherwise. One of the only references to offerings made to Iris mentions cheesecake which one surely could turn into a personality quirk if the actual literary texts are not enough, too.

Eos, dawn, the OTHER sister of Helios, who persistently appears in myths indicating she was the one female deity sort of trying to keep up with male gods in the “romancing mortals” department. One of her lovers turned into a cicada because she forgot to ask for eternal youth when asking for eternal life for him which feels like it came out of a modern parody.

Styx, who I think basically is entirely forgotten as a personified deity in modern fiction, despite being portrayed as one of Zeus’ key allies in the Theogony, and as the mother of his various minor courtiers. You’d think a character as edgy as the personification of the arguably most famous location in the underworld would not be entirely absent from mythology adaptations but alas, she basically is. 

I would also like Thetis to not be portrayed as antagonistic in media, both of her highest profile adaptations in recent years essentially are. Thetis is the best character in the Iliad and I’d like to see an adaptation which actually keeps the scene where she brings Briareus to Olympus, but it feels like Iliad adaptations are often ashamed of having gods in there.

If you want to dig deeper, there are oddities like Malis/Maliya, a craftsmanship(?) goddess from Lydia and Lycia treated as analogous to Athena back at home, but seemingly as a river nymph in Greece (I worked on her wiki page recently).

[sumbluespruce]

Shooting Star

5/30/23 (Dodecatheon meadia)

[bridges-to-ashes]

Sure! M!A a bundle of flowers!

[Specifically, hazel flowers, cress, ageratums, cowslip, and dodecatheons!]

Huh.. thanks.