#Tykhe

[bitterbatsgrimoire]

Tyche; Prayer for trust in the workings of fate

O Tyche, Goddess of fortune and fate,

I come to you in times of dismay.

When disappointment weighs heavy on my heart,

Guide me to see with clearer eyes.

Help me find the strength to accept what is,

And find peace in your embrace.

Though storms may rage and troubles persist,

I surrender my worries and trust in your plan.

I embrace the unknown,

Knowing that with you, I will never be alone.

[luck-of-tyche]

my parents: *make a witch joke every time i roll the exact number i need on dice or guess something hard to guess* me, who worships tyche and hermes: 👍

[helihi]

The Chthonic & Miscellaneous Gods I’m the Dungeon Master of a Graeco-roman inspired dnd campaign called Champions of Olympia! Commissions The Olympians

I decided to do artwork for all the gods for my players. For this, I did a ton of research of the Greek mythology with some extra Roman add-ons since the campaign focuses on gladiators and the Coloseum. I also drew inspiration from Stray Gods, Hades, God of War, Hadestown and some YouTube channels who discuss Greek myths.

[puppyqueers]

Green candle spell

Meanings Abundance Growth Money Good luck

Goddess - Tykhe [Tyche]

Hymn Approach strong Fortune, with propitious mind and rich abundance, to my pray'r inclin'd Placid, and gentle Trivia, mighty nam'd, imperial Dian, born of Pluto fam'd; Mankind's unconquer'd, endless praise is thine, sepulch'ral, widely-wand'ring pow'r is divine! In thee, our various mortal life is found, and some from thee hi copious wealth abound; While other mourn thy hand averse to bless, in all the bitterness of deep distress. Be present, Goddess, to thy vot'ry kind, and give abundance with benignant mind. - [71] LXXI. To Fortune. The Fumigation of Frankincense.

Light an incense, any kind you wish, and wave the smoke around your candle, if using a jar make sure to get into the jar and around the top, and speak the Hymn. If it's within your head that is okay, although saying them out loud can be very fun. Light the candle and let it burn to the end, if a jar candle light and relight as you are able to stay within the house with the candle.

Happy spell casting.

[dionysianfreak]

What....... are you talking about. "Ares mixed with agricultural gods to create Mars worship". "Greece conquered". Fortuna, Bona Dea, is literally an Italic Goddess that existed before Athens were formed as a state. Are you. Well..

Two parts of Greece were conquered, and neither of them had cults of Ares. Ares was highly disliked and avoided in Greece and had a prominent pre-Greek cult in thr Roman Republic through the Empire. Like... please, get off your high horse of Greek supremacy.

hello lovely. i think next time we want to correct something I've posted we should do so with a little bit of humility. just as I'll make mistakes in my information, you'll have big reactions to things important to you. remember that the people behind these usernames are only human. a message like this could have seriously harmed someone in the wrong headspace or time in their life.

i do want to remind you that I am a pre-hellenistic Hellenic Polytheist. if my blog comes off as Greek centric... it's because it is— i post explicitly about the Greek religion i practice. showing you one part of my life does not mean it's all I know or believe. now, this is a good learning moment for those wanting a crash course on Greco-Roman syncretism

the ask information isn't entirely correct unfortunately. you can't argue that Fortuna's Roman cult didn't emerge from Tyche's greek cult but did from Bona Dea's Italic/Roman cult. this neglects a very important contextual aspect of Roman religion: these things can be and are mutually exclusive. Rome, up until the ages of Christianity, was generally very religiously tolerant in the sense that they heavily practiced syncretism. any land they forced to join their empire had their local culture mixed with Roman culture, repeatedly. and history didn't happen overnight. layers and layers of syncretism create a religious snowball effect, causing minor or medium sized cults (such as Tyche's or Bona Dea's) to become entangled with many others. this produces the Roman pantheon, and Fortuna.

this aspect of Roman rule is exactly why we have to differentiate between Hellenistic and pre-hellenistic Greece. Hellenistic Greece is hellenic enough to be part of the "Hellenic ages" but is messed up enough by Roman influence to be an entirely different era culturally. the death of Alexander the Great marks this big cultural shift, and it ends with Rome's complete control.

in fact, surface level information makes it seem Bona Dea's cult origin is identified with Damia's Hellenic cult. She is the Hora of the fertile earth, similar to Bona Dea as stated by Encyclopedia Britannica:

"Bona Dea, (Latin: “Good Goddess”) in Roman religion [was the] deity of fruitfulness, both in the earth and in women. She was identified with various goddesses who had similar functions…The goddess Herself was also known as Damia and her priestess as damiatrix. These names are almost certainly Greek, and it is highly probable that the Greek cult of Damia was grafted onto the original cult of the Roman goddess Bona Dea."

just because you have one piece of the truth doesn't make it the whole truth. we're both generally correct, as this is much more complex in real time than I am knowledge of. this is a very interesting Goddess I've never heard of before, so thank you for bringing Her to my attention.

and finally, its impossible for Ares to have had a pre-greek cult in the Roman empire—the Greeks existed before the Romans did. the cult of Ares/Mars within the Empire was because of Hellenic worship of Ares

if you believe Ares to be a hated God among the Hellas i highly recommend you change your sources, whatever they may be. it's true His worship wasn't super common, but when it occurred Ares was an extremely revered and respected God. war was a prevalent and very real threat to the common people all over Europe and Asia, and you don't worship War unless War is already there. i urge you not to mistake dislike and anger of wartime as hatred for the God Ares. you cannot generalize the personal morals or beliefs of all the people who worshiped hellenic Gods. it is okay to be angry with the Gods. life is not always fair.

if anyone has any other information on Bona Dea, please share the links or reblog if you wish :)

[paganby]

my sister is blessed by a luck deity. Has to be, because I can't explain how a person can have so much dumb luck (it's infuriating). (does lead to very good outcomes though when she and I are in a car together)

[punkfistfights]

i love having whackadoodle headcanons. anyways percy is a legacy of fortuna ☺️🫡

[spot-the-antisemitism]

poor little tykhes 🥲 disappointed by people they follow posting their appalling takes of (checks notes) compassion...

someone who steals Jewish words but hates Jews is big mad their hate movement is rapidly receding back to the fringes

“You can’t be pro-Palestine and treat Israelis like humans” fucking try and stop me you antisemitic partisan

[verdantlyviolet]

I include her in my prayers and home worship in conjunction with Agathos Daimon (who she was sometimes connected to) and Zeus Ktesios. I don’t really have more to share, it’s a fairly routine worship as part of ensuring the safety and blessings of my household.

Anyone in my helpol circle have experience working with/worshipping Tyche? I may have been getting some hints and tugs lately. Lemme know your experiences and UPG and stuff :)

[bitterbatsgrimoire]

Tyche; Prayer for safety while travelling

O Tyche, Goddess of fortune and fate,

As I set forth on my journey,

I ask for your protection.

When shadows loom and fear takes hold,

Help me to trust in the path before me,

And find courage in the unknown.

May every obstacle be overcome,

And every challenge met with ease.

Let all things fall into place,

And may good fortune accompany me wherever I go.

Surround me with protection,

Both seen and unseen,

And may I return home safely,

Enriched by my experiences.

In your care, I place my trust.

[rainbowskittle]

If you Greek and lgbtq+ hiii! Can we be friends ?? Your food is delicious and country is beautiful!! Haha.

[blue-lotus333]

The Buddha in different religions/beliefs. 

Firstly, who is the Buddha?: 

The historical Buddha was a prince named Siddhartha Gautama who lived 2500 years ago in what is today northern India/Nepal. He was born into a warrior clan known as the Shakya, which is why he is often called Shakyamuni, “Sage of the Shakyas.” He is the one to later abandon worldly attachments, become enlightened, and found Buddhism.

The Buddha in Hinduism.

Some Hindus consider the Buddha as the 9th avatar of Vishnu/Dashavatara, The Buddha was integrated into Vaishnavism, it was also believed the Buddha’s wife, Yasodhara, was the avatar of the wealth Goddess Lakshmi, though Buddhists deny this, so as other Hindus who identify the 9th avatar of Vishnu to another being who was also called “buddha”.

The Buddha in Christianity.

Called St. Josaphat (Budhasaf) of India, The story of St. Josaphat tells of a prince in India who is converted to Christianity by a monk, despite his father's attempts to prevent it. The monk and prince are later honored as saints in Christendom. The Buddha was honored as a Christian saint for about a thousand years, but this wasn't recognized until the mid 19th century.

The Buddha in Hellenism.

Buddhism had a big influence on ancient Greeks, in which they would identify Buddhist beings with Greek beings, the Greeks were also the first ones to make Buddhist statues. Heracules (or Zeus) was identified with The bodhisattva Vajrapani, whom was seen as Buddha’s protector. There also was a Syncretism between The Buddhist Goddess Hariti & Greek goddess tykhe.

The Buddha in Taoism.

Some Taoist believe that the Buddha was a reincarnation of Laozi, the founder of Taoism. Some also believe he was either on the same power-level as the Jade emperor, the Taoist king of heaven, or stronger than him. 'Buddha' is absorbed wholly into the Taoist cosmology, becoming another term used to describe the generative tissue at the source of all things in both the mental and physical realms.

The Buddha in Shinto.

Buddhism & Shinto are mostly seen highly entwined in Japan. The buddha is called Shaka in Japanese & was transformed into a powerful Japanese deity, whom coexisted with the Shinto gods. Buddhist temples were often attached to Shinto shrines. A Shinto temple would sometimes have a priest of that shrine read a Buddhist sutra in which Shinto events took place.

[thrilling-oneway]

i thought about this for a bit longer because i was like "surely surely there's gotta be a slash or femslash where people do that" and while there are some instances, from observation flanderisation and mischaracterisation of both the character and the ship generally seems to happen more with m/f

M/f ships especially for whatever fucking reason

[dionysianfreak]

Hey i don't know much info about this but i do know that the Roman Gods aren't entirely the same as the Greek Ones, so, is Tyche the same as Fortuna? When it comes to fields and domains and such.

hello love ! sorry this answer took so long :")

unfortunately I don't know much about Tykhe let along Fortuna, but I'll post this so anyone who does know has the opportunity to share with you.

one thing you can do is look into any local Gods that were absorbed into Fortuna when Greece was conquered. when cultures were absorbed they weren't eradicated, just added into the Roman Culture Soup. many of the Theoi were combined with local Roman gods to create the Greco-Roman pantheon, such as Ares being smushed with a few agriculture and war Gods to create Mars's worship.

it may be helpful to look into all the Gods that became Fortuna once Greece was absorbed, which would probably include Tykhe. it's also entirely possible Fortuna and Tykhe are practically the same, as is the case for Artemis/Diana. i hope this helped you <3

[paganby]

my sister is blessed by a luck deity. Has to be, because I can't explain how a person can have so much dumb luck (it's infuriating). (does lead to very good outcomes though when she and I are in a car together)