#Mother of the gods

[temperamentalgreen]

⛰️🦁RHEA🦁⛰️

⛰️🦁RHEA🦁⛰️

"I prithee, clear-voiced Muse, daughter of mighty Zeus, sing of the mother of all gods and men. She is well-pleased with the sound of rattles and of timbrels, with the voice of flutes and the outcry of wolves and bright-eyed lions, with echoing hills and wooded coombes. And so hail to you in my song and to all goddesses as well!"--- The Homeric Hymn to the mother of the Gods

This is my interpretation and how I see Rhea, the mother of the gods.A few years back when I studied the mythos I became entranced by Rhea and the more I learn the more fascinating I find her so when I learned that she early was closely identified with the Phrygian mother-goddess Kybele (whose orgiastic cult seemed to have included nocturnal mountain rites with much drinking and frantic dancing) and that In ancient Rome, where Kybele was known as Magna Mater (The Great Mother), her priests were castrated and wore women's clothes - she became a bit more crazy to me and I loved it! It gave me a different perception and deeper understanding of her than the one I previously had.She's a wild, fierce and strong figure despite what she went through.

I hope that everyone is doing well

🌾May Demeter keep your plate full and your cup overflowing!🌾

[royal-wren]

Eagerly, I celebrate the Mother of All, Rheia Antaia Delighting in the mountains, among the trees and animals Grass yielding beneath your feet, rejoicing as you dance Queen of Beasts, adoring revelry with the cries, and harmony of music You sing without a care, carrying on like the buzzing bees, Just like your attendants who wordlessly followed your orders It seizes you as it flows through you and your rich tresses sway An unforgettable image I mustn't delay in singing my many praises, All for the wild and enthusiastic Kretan goddess of the earth Far-famed, enthroned, always near your most dear children in worship

[artbyanca]

Rhea leaving baby Zeus in Gaia's care.

[thegodwhocums]

From "The Great Mother of the Gods" by Grant Showerman, 1901

[satyrmagos]

Fourth in my 2023 Pride line is the image of Kybele, the Great Mother, Mother of the Gods.

Cybele / Kybele is the Phrygian Mother of the Gods, syncretized and identified with the Greek Titan Rhea, and worshiped in Rome as Magna Mater. It is her cult into which Dionysos was initiated to cure him of the madness inflicted by Hera. She is famous for the frenzied dancing and drumming of her rites, and for her gender-deviant priesthood – who may have included transwomen and/or eunuchs.

On the front of the talisman the goddess is shown on her throne, flanked by lions. She holds a pomegranate in one hand and a frame drum in the other. On the back is an image of two pine trees, like that found at her shrine in a temple of Aesclepius.

This talisman was commissioned by author Ariana Serpentine as a part of her personal devotional work, made available to the public by her astounding generosity, and included in this year’s Pride line at her particular request. You can find Ariana’s book, Sacred Gender, wherever fine books are sold.

* Talisman is one inch in diameter with an image on each side.

* Available as a pendant with an upeye suitable for a 3mm chain or with three rings suitable for stringing as a rosary piece.

* Available in sterling silver or red bronze.

This piece is not consecrated. That is your responsibility to do in accordance with your tradition or gnosis.

[sag-dab-sar]

Mother's Day (Month) Shrine May 31, 2024

To the Mothers of The Gods— Sumerian Amadiĝirdiĝir Namma & Hellenic Mêtêr Theôn Rheia

I wanted to get a shrine up during this month since I couldn't manage it on Mother's Day itself. I'm not sure if I can do any ritual, maybe just a libation at the shrine at least. Changed the incense to lavender.

Happy Mother's Day to all deserving mothers 🤍

[dea-syria]

The primitive statue of the goddess of Pessinus, a black stone or baetyl dignified by the name of the Mother of the Gods, was transported to Rome in the stress of the Second Punic War and there became the centre of a ritual served by eunuch priests supported by the State; while, later, her analogue, the Syrian goddess, whose temple at Hierapolis, according to Lucian, required a personnel of over three hundred ministrants, became the object of the special devotion of the Emperor Nero.

--Francis Legge, "Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity"

[myshiningpath]

My altar to the Mother of the Gods, Holy Cybele.

Salt for purification, wine and incense as offerings, olive branches on the flowerpots and a little box I made myself with a Renaissance print of Cybele with her feet on the celestial globe with the Zodiac✨

Japanese Shinto ritual implements are surprisingly flexible and good for Greco-Roman paganism.

[babydolllblogger]

he only exists in my dreams . ۫ ꣑ৎ . mine

[eaissilyy]

A kinder mother would sure seek her sons, even if it was her who abandoned them.

(Just a Thought of Marika in ragged clothes and covered in veil, unfortunately didn’t hide her grace, descending down to the shunning ground she made to cage her rage and grief from the time long past, just to see her sons who she refused to hold and look at their births. SADLY THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AHUGHGAHHHHH)

[d0llkisses]

[orbinpng]

i hope you know i genuinely start sobbing over grunkle stan when i draw him like this , my maternal instincts overwhelm me

[artbyanca]

Rhea mourning her children.

[melancholygirl111]

[satyrmagos]

Fourth in my 2023 Pride line is the image of Kybele, the Great Mother, Mother of the Gods.

Cybele / Kybele is the Phrygian Mother of the Gods, syncretized and identified with the Greek Titan Rhea, and worshiped in Rome as Magna Mater. It is her cult into which Dionysos was initiated to cure him of the madness inflicted by Hera. She is famous for the frenzied dancing and drumming of her rites, and for her gender-deviant priesthood – who may have included transwomen and/or eunuchs.

On the front of the talisman the goddess is shown on her throne, flanked by lions. She holds a pomegranate in one hand and a frame drum in the other. On the back is an image of two pine trees, like that found at her shrine in a temple of Aesclepius.

This talisman was commissioned by author Ariana Serpentine as a part of her personal devotional work, made available to the public by her astounding generosity, and included in this year’s Pride line at her particular request. You can find Ariana’s book, Sacred Gender, wherever fine books are sold.

* Talisman is one inch in diameter with an image on each side.

* Available as a pendant with an upeye suitable for a 3mm chain or with three rings suitable for stringing as a rosary piece.

* Available in sterling silver or red bronze.

This piece is not consecrated. That is your responsibility to do in accordance with your tradition or gnosis.

[sonic-adventure-3]

it’s crazy that rouge straight up said this and people still see her as a mother figure lmaooo