#God of agriculture

[mythological-art]

Bacchus

Artist: Joachim Wtewael (Dutch, 1566–1638)

Date: Before 1638

Medium: Oil on Panel

Collection: Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

Description

Bacchus was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility, equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus. He is often seen with vines of grapes with him. Dionysus was said to be the last god to join the twelve Olympians. Supposedly, Hestia gave up her seat for him. His plants were vines and twirling ivy. He carried a pine cone-topped staff, and his followers were goat-footed Satyrs and Maenads, wild women who danced energetically during his festivals. Bacchus is the son of Jupiter.

Mythical history

Bacchus was the child of Jupiter and Semélé, a human whom Juno had tricked into asking to see Jupiter as he really was. Since she was a mortal, she was burned up by the sight of Jupiter in his divine form. So Jupiter sewed the infant Bacchus into his thigh, and gave birth to him nine months later. As a child, Bacchus was tutored by Silenus, who was a great lover of wine and often had to be carried on the back of a donkey. Before he took his place at Olympus, Bacchus wandered the world for many years, going as far as India to teach people how to grow wines.

[elizabeth-halime]

Baal/Bael/Ba'al = It is a title meaning "lord" or "master", There were many local Baals. The greatest, known as the “Great Baal”, is Son of the Father of the Gods, El, and Brother of the God of the seas and rivers, Yam-Nahar. Baal, known as “Knight of the Clouds”, is a God of fertility who represents the beneficial aspects of water such as rain. His lightning and thunder represent his Power, and the fertile land his beneficence.

[universe-gods-and-goddesses]

Huencoatl

Name: Huencoatl Age: 2mil Species: quetzalcoatl Gender: male Power: plant and agriculture fertility God: agriculture Rank: God of Agriculture Children: demigods Neieces: none Nephews: none Grandchildren: demigods Partners: none Siblings: none Lives: in a very dense jungle by an abandoned farm near Teocoatl and Ilhuicacoatl

(Tag for Huencoatl is Farm-snek)

[tales-of-the-other-gods]

Aww come now Craftsman you're going to leave people in suspense you know they only have two braincells to rub together like a tiny violin

As if you have any more than them. I've seen how you look at Cetta

[NAME UNLOCKED]

[welshwitchking]

These pictures make me think of the two sides of Amaethon who I worship.

Amaethon the Younger: God of the lamb and calf, nurturer of livestock and fields, ripener of fruit and the midday sun. God of hedgerows, cider and herbs.

Amaethon the Elder: God of the bountiful harvest, bringer of autumn. God of natural cycles and the changing of the leaves, of manual labour, of the earth and heavy toil. God of the herd, vegetables and the scythe.

Amaethon

welsh god of agriculture 

[ancientsstudies]

Demeter

The roof of the cabin constructed of growing grass and has tomato vines growing on the walls.

[anarchywoofwoof]

What's New Experts are warning of a looming increase in grocery prices as agricultural soil becomes increasingly unproductive. In a concerning trend that could impact households across the globe, the combination of overfarming, climate change and insufficient sustainable practices has left vast swaths of farmland degraded and unproductive, threatening food supply chains and driving up costs. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 33 percent of the Earth's soils are already degraded and more than 90 percent could become degraded by 2050. Why It Matters According to the FAO, soil erosion "occurs naturally under all climatic conditions and on all continents, but it is significantly increased and accelerated by unsustainable human activities (up to 1,000 times) through intensive agriculture, deforestation, overgrazing and improper land use changes. "Soil erosion rates are much higher than soil formation rates," the FAO said. "Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human lifespan." A map previously published by Newsweek predicts that 95 percent of America's soil will be degraded in less than 30 years. Only a 5 percent area is marked not degraded.

i absolutely love (/s) how this story is being framed as further price inflation and economic woes being the primary thing to worry about. the worst part of barren food stores isn't related to high prices.

the soil of our earth, our home planet, is dying/being killed by industrial agriculture, and as such we are now struggling to produce food. what this describes is imminent global famine within most of our lifetimes (~30yrs). sticker shock is not the biggest threat. that award goes to malnutrition and starvation.

it's possible to recover from this. but the solutions involved cost money and also winds up reducing overall crop yield, so many farmers aren’t going to pursue these solutions as frequently because they just aren’t feasible. the biggest concern for the average farmer is economic viability. point blank.

thus, any efforts at taking even baby steps to solve this problem will require centralized governments, particularly in the west, to enact direct, formative changes. unfortunately, all of them happen to be collapsing at this very moment. so... hang on tight, i suppose.

[ranahan]

Random thought:

Do you ever think Mandalorians might have practiced slash and burn agriculture? And that one incarnation of Kad Ha’rangir, the god of destruction and growth and change, might have been a fertility and agriculture god?

Slash and burn agriculture can be sort of a seminomadic life, since jungle soils are actually very thin and the cleared plot only gives good yields for a few years, after which the group has to move on and clear a new plot.

[nightmarearian]

blood dripped from Poseidon's mouth, red.

red.

the day they overthrew Kronos, child-eater (stomach acid crawling around them, after maw of teeth grazing his small, child body), his golden ichor bled red.

god blood, degraded into a mortal's.

the day Typhon, father of monsters (as big as their father was, as big as the Titans with sharp claws and teeth) ripped out Zeus' tendons, his blood was red.

Poseidon, god of the tides, son of Kronos, looked up at the dark shape stood above him, his own golden trident in his hand, the teeth like prongs drenched in red.

Odysseus is a mortal. was a human.

sharp webbed ears spread out on the side of their head, scales grew around their neck and arms, shining like a coral reef, illuminated by their growing red eyes, that were shrunken to slits.

Odysseus' teeth glinted in the lightning, showing their unnaturally sharp point.

monster.

[wisebeth]

why does the pjo series have to unnecessarily villainize goddesses (hera & athena) or show them as silly ladies (aphrodite & demeter) BUT posiedon and apollo are somehow shown as the coolest/most likeable gods, even though arguably, they're right after zeus on terms of corruption?

ares shown as the worst god after zeus and hera amuses me. last time i checked, he was the patron god of amazons and literally killed a man for attempting to rape his daughter but guess who cursed women for rejection? apollo. guess who raped women when they said no (aside from zeus)? posiedon.

[wkyarts51243]

Demeter goddess of agriculture

Demeter is responsible for bringing the abundant harvest, she is known for being the doting mother of Persephone (wife of Hades)

She is the kindest and most empathetic of her siblings, but she can also be the cruelest and coldest.

Its symbol of divinity is wheat ears.

#greekmithology #greekgods #epicthemusical #art #drawing #olympiangods #demeter #goddessdemeter

[elizabeth-halime]

Dagon/Dagan = Fish god (according to some stories), lord of the fields, god of the Philistines, father god (according to some stories), god of prosperity, fertility of grains and harvests

[elftwink]

one thing thats so interesting about being a vegetarian is you get to hear all about everyones hypothetical activism that they care about very deeply when talking specifically about your diet and why it's stupid, but literally will never bring up ever again in any other context

[tales-of-the-other-gods]

If we can't see the gear can we ask their name? Or what they do? They aren't time I don't think so what role do they fill?

Well he's quite young compared to some of the oldest. Still learning after all. But our dear Agriculture God took quite good care of him while they could

[nostalgia-tblr]

it's been almost two years since i got lured into the marvel cinematic universe and i remain unable to shake off what i learned from other scifi and so every time fic uses the word 'god' to refer to one of these characters every cell in my body screams "THEY'RE JUST ALIENS, WHY ARE THEY LYING TO US, WHAT ARE THEY UP TO"

[theology101]

If Helio turns out to be Cassandra and Ankarna’s son and Sol forcefully adopted him through ‘As Above, So Below’ then it PROVES TO ME that he Chose Kristen well