#Proerosia

[pomegranatehymns]

PERSEPHONE

A informational post about Persephone:

Persephone is the goddess of spring, and passing of seasons as well as the queen of the Underworld. Kore being the epithet heavily associated with her connection to spring, translating to “the maiden”. Persephone also using many more epithets for diffrent aspects Associated with her. Persephone is the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Persephone Deione- “Daughter of Demeter”. Being one of her many epithets.

"He [Zeus] came to the bed of all-nourishing Demeter, and she bare white-armed Persephone whom Aidoneus [Haides] carried off from her mother; but wise Zeus gave her to him.” (theoi.com- PARENTAGE OF PERSEPHONE)

stuff Associated with Persephone:

Pomegranate

Bats

Deer

Spring

Underworld

Flowers

Skulls

Garnet, gems, coins (stuff Associated with hades)

Cerberus

Dogs

The Eleusinian Mysteries:

i feel like this link sums up the mysteries pretty well.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030920115808/http://www.uwec.edu/Philrel/faculty/beach/publications/eleusis.html

“The Homeric Hymn narrates the founding story for the Mysteries as well. Demeter, disguised as a human, arrives at Eleusis while searching for her daughter, and the city takes her in as a nurse. She feels obliged to reward the city for its hospitality and reveals herself. Then she shares her secret rites, which consequently become the central theme of the Eleusinian Mysteries. But initiation to these rites was no simple task. Participants had to prepare for at least half of the year or more and nurture themselves spiritually to embrace the secret revelation.” (Eleusinian Mysteries: The Secret Rites No One Dared Talk About" TheCollector.com)

Proerosia:

(Demeter related but can Also involve Persephone)

“The Proerosia, is about the things to be done “before plowing”. The first fruits festival was in May, when the “first fruits of the cereals” were harvested. According to H. W. Parke (74), the offerings to Demeter were made to invoke her blessing on the plowing and seeding to come.” (proerosia- hellenion.org)

Hymn to persephone:

Orphic Hymn 29 to Persephone (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) :

"Hymn to Phersephone. Daughter of Zeus, Persephone divine, come, blessed queen, and to these rites incline: only-befotten, Plouton's [Haides'] honoured wife, O venerable Goddess, source of life: 'tis thine in earth's profundities to dwell, fast by the wide and dismal gates of hell. Zeus' holy offspring, of a beauteous mien, Praxidike (Avenging-Goddess), subterranean queen. The Eumenides' [Erinyes'] source, fair-haired, whose frame proceeds from Zeus' ineffable and secret seeds. Mother of Eubouleos [Dionysos-Zagreos], sonorous, divine, and many-formed, the parent of the vine. Associate of the Horai (Seasons), essence bright, all-ruling virgin, bearing heavenly light. With fruits abounding, of a bounteous mind, horned, and alone desired by those of mortal kind. O vernal queen, whom grassy plains delight, sweet to the smell, and pleasing to the sight : whose holy form in budding fruits we view, earth's vigorous offspring of a various hue : espoused in autumn, life and death alone to wretched mortals from thy power is known : for thine the task , according to thy will, life to produce, and all that lives to kill. Hear, blessed Goddess, send a rich increase of various fruits from earth, with lovely peace : send health with gentle hand, and crown my life with blest abundance, free from noisy strife; last in extreme old age the prey of death, dismiss me willing to the realms beneath, to thy fair palace and the blissful plains where happy spirits dwell, and Plouton [Haides] reigns.”

Here are some of Persephone's epithets:

Azesia- “of the Dried Fruits” and/or “Who Seeks”. The epithet is shared with Demeter

Brimo- “the Angry” or “the Terrifying”..

Carpophorus- “Bringer of Fruit”. This epithet was specific to Persephone in the role of Kore.

Chthonia- “of the Earth” (used by several chthonic deitys)

Deione- “Daughter of Demeter”.

Despoena- “The Ruling Goddess” or “The Mistress.”

Eleusina- “of Eleusis”. This epithet is shared by Persephone and Demeter.

Epaine- “the Fearful”. (More like feared by her worshipers)

Hagne- “Pure” or “Holy One”

Kore- “The Maiden”. Usually used when referring to persephone before she became queen of the Underworld. I use it in reference to her spring aspects

Leptynis- refers to wealth with her role as queen of the Underworld and being a chthonic deity

Megala Thea- “Great Goddess”.

Praxidike- “Bringer of Justice”.

Sources:

theoi.com- PARENTAGE OF PERSEPHONE

Hesiod, Theogony 912 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.)

theoi.com- Titles of Demeter & Kore: Ancient Greek Religion

The Eleusinian Mysteries, Edward A. Beach

Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C8th B.C.

The Homeric Hymns - Greek Epic C8th-4th B.C.

Orphic Hymn 29 to Persephone (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.)

Tareen, Zeynep. "Eleusinian Mysteries: The Secret Rites No One Dared Talk About" TheCollector.com, February 18, 2022, https://www.thecollector.com/the-eleusinian-mysteries-ancient-greece/.

https://www.tumblr.com/diana-thyme/737747722995712000/greek-gods-101-persephone?source=share

https://www.hellenion.org/festivals/proerosia/

[nothoughtsgayboy]

Is anyone doing anything for Proerosia? It's gonna be the first time I celebrate with someone else irl so i'm super excited!!

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Persephone

Persephone is a goddess of the underworld, spring growth, agriculture, renewal, death and rebirth, and the cycle of life. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Flowers

Bones

Pomegranate and Pomegranate Products

Depictions or Imagery of Butterflies

Seeds

Tea

Dirt from a Dead Plant (or Person)

Wine

Depictions or Imagery of Pigs

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Gardening

Taking Care of Graveyards

Visiting Forests and Fields

Learn About Local Plants, Flowers, and Herbs

Going Bone Hunting

Creating Flower Crowns

Creating a more Biodiverse Lawn/Backyard

Not Killing Animals (Spiders, Mice, Etc.)

She is celebrated in multiple Athenian holidays:

Lesser Mysteries

Eleusinian Mysteries

Proerosia

Stenia

Thesmophoria

Heliogenna

[aceofcupsbiggestfan]

Proerosia

~ Pyanepsion 6 ~

Proerosia focused mainly on things that need to be done before the plow of crop of that season. Offerings to Demeter were given this day to invoke her blessing of the crop. Proerosia took place at Eleusis, hence heightening the worship of Demeter. It is also during this day that Kore and the Horai are worshipped.

Apollon is also a notable figure during Proerosia. It is said the rites were implemented after a plague in Greece. The Delphic Oracle said Apollon demanded a tithe for Demeter on behalf of the Greeks. After disruptions of the Peloponnesian War, offerings were given to Demeter for the plow. Along with it the Apollon festival of Pyanepsia was celebrated a few days after, during which an offering to Demeter was also made.

Traditional Offerings:

First fruits of the season

Wheat

Demeter Imagery

Apollon Imagery

Kore Imagery

Horai Imagery

Libations of water or wine

Traditional Acts:

Offerings to Demeter

Offerings to Apollon

Offerings to Kore

Offerings to the Horai

Khaire Demeter! Happy Harvest!

[the-mortuary-witch]

PERSEPHONE

WHO IS SHE?

Persephone, also known as Kore (meaning "young woman” or “maiden" in Greek), is one of the main deities from Greek mythology, she is the Greek goddess of spring, the dead, the Underworld, grain, and nature.

BASIC INFO:

Appearance: Persephone is typically depicted as a young and beautiful woman, with long, dark hair and eyes. She is often shown wearing a white dress or robe, and she is usually associated with flowers, especially flowering plants that bloom in the spring. She is also often associated with pomegranates, which symbolized her wedding to Hades, and which she ate while she was in the Underworld.

Personality: Persephone is usually depicted as kind, gentle, and compassionate. She is often seen as a mediator and peacemaker, and a defender of the innocent and vulnerable. She is also often portrayed as a motherly figure who is caring and nurturing. She is also sometimes seen as defiant and rebellious, and she is known to have a more powerful side that can punish those who defy her.

Symbols: pomegranate, waxing moon, narcissus, bones, seeds of grain, bats, torch, flowers, and deer

Goddess of: spring, the dead, the Underworld, grain, and nature

Culture: Greek

Plants: asphodel wheat, willow, narcissus, lily, ivy, cherry tree, lily of the valley, daisy, lavender, vines, roses, pomegranates, oak, and hibiscus

Crystals: rose quartz, garnet, pigeon’s blood, rosolite, star diopside, flower agate, grossular, balas ruby, chiavennite, red spinel, clinoptilolite, Mozambique garnet, heliodor, African jade, uvarovite garnet, biotite, green calcite, hiddenite, green agate, African emerald, quantum, vivianite, indigo gabbro, green jasper, diopside, garnet, clinochlore, aventurine, iolite, and snowflake obsidian

Animals: deer, bat, black ram, dove, parrot, and monkey

Incense: rose, pomegranate, jasmine, apple, vanilla, almond, horal, bergamot, and cinnamon

Practices: death magick, ancestor worship, spirit work, growth, bone divination, transformation, embodying the divine feminine, balance, and plant/earth magick

Colours: green, pink, black, light blue, purple, magenta, and yellow

Numbers: 3, 6, and 7

Zodiac: Virgo

Tarot: High Priestess and Ace of Pentacles

Planets: Earth and Pluto

Days: Monday, Friday, Ostara, Beltane, Lammas, Samhain, Lesser Mysteries. Eleusinian Mysteries, Proerosia, Stenia. Thesmophoria, and Heliogenna

Parents: Zeus and Demeter

Siblings: several paternal half-siblings and maternal half-siblings

Partner: Hades

Children: Melinoë, Zagreus, and Erinyes

MISC:

Grains: due to her connection to the cycle of life and death. She is often depicted with grains, such as wheat, barley, and oats, which symbolize the cycle of life and death.These grains represent the cycle of life, as they are sown and then harvested, only to be sown again in a constant cycle. This symbolic representation of death and rebirth aligns perfectly with Persephone's association with the underworld and the cycle of seasons. Therefore, she is associated with grains to showcase the cycle of life and death.

Spring: due to her connection to the changing of seasons and rebirth, she is often depicted as rising from the afterlife in spring, representing the renewal and rebirth of nature.This is because in the Greek myth, Persephone spends part of the year in the underworld with Hades, but returns to the land of the living in spring. Her return symbolizes the return of light and warmth, and the blossoming of nature.Therefore, she is associated with the season of spring as she symbolizes the rebirth and rejuvenation that comes with the new season.

Pomegranates: according to the myth, Hades abducted Persephone and took her to the Underworld, where he forced her to eat a pomegranate. This act was a symbolic gesture of his hold over her, and it was also seen to symbolically represent her connection to the Underworld.The pomegranate became closely associated with Persephone and the Underworld, and it has remained a symbol of Persephone and her association with the Underworld ever since.

Flowers: she is associated with flowers due to her association with spring. She is often depicted holding a bouquet of flowers, or being surrounded by blooming flowers.This is especially the case from the Greek festival of Anthesteria, which was a celebration in honour of Persephone's return from the Underworld. During this festival, people would decorate their homes and temples with flowers, representing the growth and renewal associated with Persephone's return.

Birds: mainly doves, she is frequently depicted with a dove on her shoulder, and she overall shown with doves all around her. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, doves have long been symbolic of peace and tranquility, which aligns with Persephone's gentle and calming nature. Second, doves are often associated with symbols of fertility and rebirth, which aligns with Persephone's connection to the Underworld and spring.

Gold: the Underworld is associated with riches and treasures that are commonly represented in the form of gold. This connection to riches represents the fact that the Underworld was a place of great wealth and abundance, and it represents the treasures that were found there, such as gold, jewels, and precious metals. This is another aspect of Persephone's connection to the Underworld and her role as a divinity of death and rebirth.

FACTS ABOUT PERSEPHONE:

She takes her role in the Underworld seriously.

Her epithets included but were not limited to: Despoina (The Mistress), Melindia (Honey), Aristi Cthonia (Best Cthonic), and Kore (The Maiden).

Unlike Hera and Amphitrite, Persephone didn’t have a husband that constantly cheated on her (she was married to Hades). However, there is a myth about her cheating on Hades with Adonis, depending on the version. As far as I know, Hades did nothing about the matter. I think that implies it didn’t count as cheating to him, or maybe Persephone only loved Adonis as her son, which makes sense to me since she raised him. But yes, it’s perfectly acceptable and legitimate to say she cheated on Hades.

Persephone is often called a spring or vegetation goddess but all that seems to mainly be related to Demeter, her mother, when it’s time for Persephone to return her. Truly incidental. Persephone was much more an Underworld goddess than a flowery Goddess.

There’s evidence to suggest that, as far as religious history goes, Persephone as a character in religion is older than Hades, and was an underworld deity too.

Some sources suggest Persephone was the mother of Dionysus, but to be fair Dionysus has a bajillion origin stories.

As far as I know, and correct me if I’m wrong, it wasn’t too popular to depict Persephone with red hair colours until the Victorian era, when a popular red-headed model was used for a famous painting of Proserpina (the Roman equivalent to Persephone). Before, she had occasionally been depicted with red hair, but black and blonde were just as popular. Nowadays, in media, she’s often portrayed as red or pink haired, although even that trend is dying again.

Some people like to think Persephone was a minor or weak goddess. That was simply not true. She was considered frightening in her own right.

Rose quartz is a go-to stone for me for many gods, Persephone being one of the many. 

Someone tried to kidnap her right from the Underworld. Hades had him attached to a chair for eternity.

HOW TO INVOKE PERSEPHONE:

First, set up an altar or sacred space dedicated to her, you can then set offerings such as candles, flowers, and other symbolic items are also essential to respectfully honouring her. Prayers and incantations can be said to her to ask for guidance, support, and her blessings. Meditation and visualization can be used to feel Persephone's presence and connect with her energy. Feast days and holidays can also be celebrated to honour her.

PRAYER FOR PERSEPHONE:

Queen Persephone, goddess of the Underworld. I come before you in humility, I seek to find peace and healing to shed myself of pain and strife. I ask for your guidance and strength in my time of need to weather through the storms of life.

Thank you for your love and kindness. Please open my path to the light and give me the strength to continue to walk down this path. May we all find peace and healing, in the realm of both life and death. Hail Queen Persephone.

SIGNS THAT PERSEPHONE IS CALLING YOU:

A sense of calmness or peace around you.

Feeling connected to nature and the changing of seasons.

Attracting more birds than usual.

Seeing or smelling flowers in unexpected places.

• Having vivid dreams about death and rebirth.

• Experiencing a sudden increase in energy and motivation.

• Feeling connected to the Underworld and the realm of death.

• Having a deep feeling of contentment and acceptance within yourself.

OFFERINGS:

Flower crowns or arrangements. 

Jewelry. 

Green, pink, black, light blue, purple, magenta, or yellow candles. 

Flowers: rose, crocus, violet, iris, lily, and larkspur. They can be dead/dried or alive. 

Animal bones (collected ethically).

Images or drawings of deer, bats, black rams, doves, parrots, and monkey’s. 

Crystals: rose quartz, garnet, agate, black onyx, pink tourmaline, obsidian, coral, and jasper. 

Spring water. 

Food and drinks: sweets, wine, crushed mint, dark chocolate, bread, floral tea, pomegranates/pomegranate juice, milk, olive oil, nuts and seeds, foods containing lemons, 

Dirt from a dead plant (or person, ask permission first). 

Poetry. 

Dove or parrot feathers (shed naturally).

Incense: rose, pomegranate, jasmine, apple, vanilla, almond, horal, bergamot, and cinnamon. 

DEVOTIONAL ACTS:

Eat foods with grains, such as bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, grits, etc.

Stop to smell flowers.

Pair lace and leather together, she loves this.

Singing.

Celebrate Ostara and Imbolc wth her.

Also honour Persephone (and Hades) during Samhain as she returns to the Underworld.

Contact her through bone divination.

Plant flowers.

Wear pomegranate scented things—perfume, lotion, lip gloss, etc.

Tend to wild plants if they need care.

Go barefoot more often and feel the way the ground feels on your bare feet (be careful of glass, anything rusty, and so on).

Honour your ancestors.

Support local farmers and beekeepers.

Honour the deaths of animals and if you can, bury them or leave them in a place where nature will care for them.

Buy yourself a nice bouquet of flowers, or make your own.

Place flowers on barren graves.

Spread seeds of native flowers on the sides of highways or other unincorporated places (be sure to check local laws on this).

Wear something fancy when you feel like it, make yourself feel like the royalty you are.

Listen to music that reminds you of her.

Collect crystals like rose quartz, garnet, citrine, green tourmaline, and topaz.

Love yourself, of course, just as she loves you.

Gardening.

Cleaning up graveyards (with permission).

Visiting forests and fields.

Learn about local plants, flowers, and herbs.

Creating and wearing flower crowns.

Set up a bird feeder outside during spring and summer.

Going bone hunting.

Creating a more biodiverse lawn/backyard.

Not killing animals (spiders, mice, etc.)

[hearthfirehandworks]

The Proerosia or pre-ploughing is a part of the agricultural festival cycle; it is the first such festival of the agricultural year and takes place before the fields are ploughed. It is celebrated in a number of regions including Eleusis, and most often honors Demeter although in at least one area Zeus is honored at this time. (Parker, Polytheism 479) In Eleusis it was held on 6 Pyanepsion (October 8 in 2024), and would have been held elsewhere at the proper time for ploughing, whenever that was.

[jamieroxxartist]

Today, Oct 12, also the #AncientGreeks were celebrating the festival #Proerosia.

* which prayers were offered for an #abundantharvest

( https://sites.google.com/site/hellenionstemenos/Home/festivals/proerosia )

Painting: Demeter Mourning for Persephone, 1906 by: Evelyn de Morgan oil on canvas

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a Custom #Commissioned #Painting I painted a few years ago:

‘Morning has Broken over the Heartland’

2013 acrylic & oil blend on canvas 20"x16" by @ArtistJamieRoxx #JamieRoxx ( www.JamieRoxx.us ) This Sold Painting is Not Available.

#HorrorPop #Zombie #PopArt

[iliosflower]

100% agree with all the above, and just wanted to add,

"The Panhellenic character of the cult is indicated by the establishment, perhaps in the fifth Olympiad (760 BCE) of a festival and sacrifice at Eleusis known as the Proerosia. About the time of that Olympiad a great famine desolated Greece. The oracle of Delphi ordered the Athenians to offer a sacrifice to Demeter in the name of all the Greeks before the beginning of the ploughing season. The sacrifice was held at Eleusis and the famine came to an end." Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, G.E. Mylonas

"Ceres is the goddess of agriculture. During a drought in 496 BCE, the Sibylline Books ordered the institution of the worship of Demeter, Dionysus and Persephone, called by the Latin names Ceres, Liber and Libera." - Meditations on the Roman Deities, L. Triarius

I could go on in regards to Demeter, but other gods as well - how many cults started because of terrible things happening that they as gods had influence over - whether that was drought and famine with Demeter, or plague with Apollon, etc. The gods doing 'terrible things' in the myths was so important to the ancients that it showed up in cult practices/festivals that they held, aka it's valid as fuck.

Thinking thoughts about the “all worship is valid and the gods are always kind and myths are fake” idea.

People — including me! — love to speak on how the theoi appear and the physical influence we believe they’ve had on our lives.

Except the ancients right? The ones who wrote the myths we know based on their beliefs? For some reason their worship isn’t valid, their stories aren’t valid, their myths to explain their beliefs and experiences aren’t valid because they don’t match with modern sentiment.

[withlovetohestia]

does anyone have Proerosia, Puanepsia, Theseia, or Stenia plans? or Thesmophoria for that matter

[thegodsaremyhome]

Hellenic Festivals Masterlist

(I’ll add the links as I go)

-Attic Calender post-

-Monthly Holidays-

♡ Noumenia ♡ Agathos Daimon ♡ Hekate’s Deipnon

-Yearly Holidays-

♡ Adonia ♡ Anthesteria ♡ Aphrodisia ♡ Chloia ♡ Dikhomenia ♡ Dionysia ♡ Elaphebolia ♡ Genesia ♡ Kallynteria ♡ Khalkeia ♡ Kronia ♡ Plynteria ♡ Proerosia ♡ Pyanepsia ♡ Thalysia ♡ Theogamia

[thegrapeandthefig]

2022 ATTIC CALENDAR

Since it's already almost 2022, I made a new calendar. Same formula as last time aka most of the Athenian festivals and days are slapped on the modern calendar (friendly nicknamed "Civil Roman Calendar" lol) to make keeping track of events easier.

Compared to the 2021 iteration, I have made some changes to this one:

Have included information taken from Robert Parker's Polytheism and Society at Athens in addition to the dates that I used last time (which were taken from Jon D. Mikalson's The Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year).

Have included for each Attic month the names of festivals for which the exact dates are unknown. I have not attributed dates but are mentioned so that each person can make their own decision as to what to do with them.

Still, festivals that are really too obscure have been omitted.

Festivals that have been added to the calendar are: the Lesser Mysteries, Asklepieia, Skirophoria, Great Nemesia, Kybernesia, Proerosia, Theseia, Stenia.

Like the 2021 version, the 2022 calendar is available in 1) an image-heavy PDF (meant to be viewed digitally) and in 2) a printer-friendly version (no image, black text on white background).

The complete list of festivals and additional information can be found on the last page of the calendar. Want to customize it to your own needs? Feel free to shoot me a message and I'd be happy to send the Powerpoint file your way.

DOWNLOAD

1 - Digital

2 -Printer-friendly

[dionysianmystery]

On the Festival of Kalamaia

Kalamaia: June/July (High Summer)

Kalamaia, a festival of Demeter, was held primarily in Eleusis, along with several other locations. It is known to have involved a sacrifice, as well as possibly a procession. Like its sister festivals of Chloia and Antheia, little mention of it is found outside of inscriptions. The name Kalamaia gave its name to the Ionian calendar month of Kalamaion, with the month falling in high summer; It is possible that the festival was for the protection of the grain before harvest, due to the name translating to ‘grain stalk’, but it is disputed. Other sources assume that it was a festival of ‘gleaning’, which is to say, the practice of harvesting leftover crops from fields that were not considered ‘profitable’ or worthwhile to harvest prior. It shares a cycle with the other festivals of Proerosia-Chloia-Antheia-Kalamaia, that being festivals that follow the agricultural cycle.

Works Cited:

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Mikalson, Jon D. Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1998

Polytheism and Society at Athens, Parker. (Pages 195, 197)

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Demeter

Demeter is a goddess of agriculture, grain, and bread. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Seeds

Flowers

Fruit

Grass

Vegetables

Grains

Bread

Oils

Tree Branches

Acorns

Plants

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Planting Seeds

Harvesting Plants

Using Herbs in Recipes

Growing Your Own Herbs

Growing or Buying Flowers

Making Bread

Trying New Recipes

Cooking with Organic/Self-Grown Foods

She is celebrated in multiple Athenian holidays.

Lesser Mysteries

Thargelia

Skira

Eleusinia

Eleusinian Mysteries

Proerosia

Stenia

Thesmophoria

[ofinkandstars]

Holiday Calendar 2021

So here’s my calendar for 2021! Happy New Year! I’m deciding to help myself ease back into the calendar, and figure out what works for me, I’m going to prioritize holidays instead of pressuring myself to do everything. 

January

New Year’s Day (Jan 1)

Haloa (Jan 10)

Lenaia (Jan 26-28)

February

Imbolc (Feb 2)

Theogamia (Feb 10)

St Valentine’s Day (Feb 14)

Helios, the Muses, Rhea (Feb 21)

Anthesteria (Feb 23-25)

March

Lesser Mysteries (March 4-10)

Ostara/Vernal Equinox (March 20)

Asklepia (March 22)

Dionysia ta astika (March 24-31)

Pandia (March 31)

April

April Fool’s Day (April 1)

Delphinia (April 18)

Mounykhia (April 28)

May

Beltane (May 1)

Khalkeia (May 2) artisans, first sunday in the arts, originally in November)

Mother’s Day (May 9) 

Thargelia (May 18-19)

June

Kallynteria (June 6)

Plynteria (June 7)

Arrephoria (June 14)

Litha/Midsummer (June 20)

Father’s Day (June 20)

Skira (June 23)

Dipolieia/Bouphonia (June 25)

Anniversary of the Capital Gazette shooting (June 28)

 July 

4th of July (July 4)

Kronia (July 22)

 August

Lughnasadh (August 1)

Panathenaia ta mikra (August 2-9)

Kourotrophos (August 25)

Hera Telkhinia (August 29)

 September

Zeus Epoptes (Sept 3)

Genesios (Sept 12)

Artemis Agrotera (Sept 13)

Mabon/Autumnal Equinox (Sept 22)

Eleusinia ta megala (Sept 22 - 28)

 October

Apatouria (Oct 10)

Proerosia (Oct 13)

Pyanepsia and Oskhophoria (Oct 14)

Stenia (Oct 15)

Thesmophoria (Oct 18-20)

Samhain (Oct 31)

November

Thanksgiving (Nov 25)

Elaphebolia (Nov 28) start of firearm deer hunting, originally in March 

December

Poseidea (Dec 13)

Rural Dionysia (Dec 15)

Yule (Dec 21)

Christmas (Dec 25)

New Year’s Eve (Dec 31)

[jamieroxxartist]

Today, Oct 12, also the #AncientGreeks were celebrating the festival #Proerosia.

* which prayers were offered for an #abundantharvest

( https://sites.google.com/site/hellenionstemenos/Home/festivals/proerosia )

Painting: Demeter Mourning for Persephone, 1906 by: Evelyn de Morgan oil on canvas

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a Custom #Commissioned #Painting I painted a few years ago:

‘Morning has Broken over the Heartland’

2013 acrylic & oil blend on canvas 20"x16" by @ArtistJamieRoxx #JamieRoxx ( www.JamieRoxx.us ) This Sold Painting is Not Available.

#HorrorPop #Zombie #PopArt

[verdantlyviolet]

2021 Personal Festival Calendar

Note:

Based on Southern Hemisphere

Some dates have been moved for personal reasons *

Some to align with Australian holidays **

Split months mean it is likely dependant on the weather

All include Hestia

Italics for personal festivals

Plus my monthly libations/offerings, which usually simply involves lighting incense, maybe a candle, and saying thanks:

1st - Noumenia

2nd - Agathos Daimon, Tykhe

4th - Aphrodite, Eros, Hermes, Herakles

14th - Zeus

16th - Hera

30th/31st - Deipnon

January

1st - Demokratia (Zeus, Themis) **

February

10th (27 Gamelion) - Theogamia (Hera, Zeus)

20th - Adonia (Adonis, Aphrodite)

March

21st - World Poetry Day (Sappho)

27th - Daedala (Hera, Zeus) *

March/April

Plerosia (Demeter, Zeus, Horai, Hermes)

April/May

Proerosia (Demeter, Kore, Horai, Zeus)

May

1st (19 Mounykhion) - Olympeia (Zeus)

9th - Homestead Heritage (Ancestors)

June

July/August

?planting festival (Demeter, Zeus, Horai)

August

10th (2 Metageitnion) - Herakleia (Herakles)

September

1st - Genesia/Diasia (Zeus, Ancestors) *

October

November

3rd - Heraia (Hera, Iris) *

December

10th - Oikos New Year

21st (Midsummer) - Aphrodisia (Aphrodite, Peitho)

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