#asclepius devotee

[bolszaja-miedwedica]

Hecate: save money

me: again??

Hecate: "again" you should save money all the time

me: okay i just want to buy this bunny I'm saving I'm saving

Hecate: okay

Hecate: i love you

me: 🥹🥹🥹love you too

Hecate: also relax a bit, you've been devoting a lot today you deserve rest

me: i didn't even-

Hecate: also don't push your so to work with deities you're scaring him

me: sorry mom

Hecate: it's okay

me: i was actually trying to ask Asclepius a question so like...

Hecate: right, I'll just *disappears*

me: right so where were we

Asclepius: don't be scared of spending money

me: oh my fuckin god

[worshipthesunshine]

Thank you, Lord Asclepius, for keeping me safe in my surgery today.

Thank you, Lord Apollo, for aiding me in my healing and my medicine.

I am so thankful for the Gods and Goddesses who watch over me and protect me. This healing journey will take a while, but once it’s through I can’t wait to begin praying everyday and offering as much as I can.

[iristhemuse]

Reach out to Apollo ,yes, but do too to his son! Asclepius! The god of medicine ^^ And when you do reach out to them use the epithet Paean("The Healer" ) Blessed be ^^

I've been thinking about reaching out to Apollo bc lately my health has been really funky (I'm okay don't worry, just small things), and I get a lot of headaches too.

Do y'all recommend I do so? I've been thinking about it too just because I've been interested in him in general. Do you have any advice? Any prayers for health or small offerings related to health? Any advice is welcome, tysm 🫶🏻

[themodernwitchsguide]

altars for greek heroes

ACHILLES: hero of the Trojan war, son of nereid Thetis

Colors: gold/bronze, red for Trojan War. blue, white for his mother Thetis

Offerings: yarrow, gold/silver, shells, gull feathers, olive, laurel, gemstones

Crystals: aquamarine, sodalite, jaspers (red, yellow, ocean especially)

*to honor Achilles you must also honor Patroclus*

PATROCLUS: hero of the Trojan war, son of King Peleus

Colors: gold/bronze, red for war. purple for royal birth

Offerings: incense/fire, oil, olive, laurel, gemstones, gold/silver

Crystals: agates (moss, tree especially), amethyst, lepidolite, rose quartz, citrine

ADONIS: lover of Aphrodite, became god of rebirth and beauty

Colors: pink, purple, red for beauty and association with Aphrodite

Offerings: fast growing plants (lettuce, fennel, barley, wheat), anemone and other flowers, dead plants, cake, honey

Crystals: flower agate, rose quartz, amethyst, rutilated quartz, jaspers (specifically rainforest or other green ones)

ARIADNE: helped Theseus to defeat the Minotaur, later married Dionysus and became goddess of labyrinths

Colors: gold for noble birth. purple for association with Dionysus

Offerings: grapes, puzzle toys, spools of thread or fabric art, wine, herbal tea, saffron

Crystals: grape agate, celestite, star jasper, pyrite, amethyst, scolectite, selenite

ASCLEPIUS: god of healing, son of Apollo

Colors: yellow, white for association with Apollo. red, pink, orange for healing

Offerings: snake skin, clay/bronze humanoid figurines, cypress, pine, olive trees, medicinal herbs

Crystals: quartz, rhodonite, amethyst, fluorite, selenite, citrine

ATALANTA: one of the Argonauts, devotee of Artemis, killed the Calydonian boar

Colors: brown, green for the hunt. white, blue, grey for association with Artemis

Offerings: pork, boar hide, apples, laurel, forgeables, lion/bear imagery

Crystals: jaspers, moss/tree agate, petrified wood, amethyst, rose quartz, selenite

CASTOR AND POLLUX: Pollux was a son of Zeus who shared his immortality Castor, they were turned into the Gemini constellation, saviors of seafarers

Colors: purple for noble birth. white and grey for association with zeus. black for the night sky

Offerings: shells, laurel, olive, meat, wine, two things conjoined (like two cherries or two grapes on a vine)

Crystals: star and ocean jaspers, sodalite, aquamarine, obsidian, hematite

HERAKLES: went mad and killed his wife and kids, did 12 labors as penance, god of strength and heroes

Colors: red, gold for strength and heroes

Offerings: hellebore, olive, laurel, meat, alcohol, yarrow

Crystals: bloodstone, carnelian, garnet, red jasper, smokey quartz, pyrite

HYACINTHUS: Spartan prince and lover of Apollo, became god of vegetation

Colors: pink, yellow, green for vegetation. yellow/gold for association with apollo

Offerings: iris (they were called hyacinths by the Greeks) and other flowers, grain, yarrow, clove

Crystals: tree/moss/flower agate, jaspers (especially bumblebee), citrine, carnelian, pyrite, honey calcite, amber

ODYSSEUS: clever hero of Homer's "The Odyssey," favored by Athena

Colors: gold, purple for royal status. grey, white for wisdom

Offerings: owl feathers, shells, boat imagery, poetry/speeches, laurel, olive, cypress

Crystals: jaspers, obsidian, quartz, aquamarine, turquoise, sodalite, bloodstone

ORION: lover of Artemis, was turned into a constellation after death. Sirius is his dog and Scorpius the scorpion that slayed him

Colors: black, white for night. brown, green for the hunt

Offerings: forageables, apples, hides/leather, mugwort, cypress, moon shaped items

Crystals: star jasper, bloodstone, selenite, celestite, howlite

ORPHEUS: son of Apollo, famed musician and poet of the Argonauts, travelled to Haides to try to save his wife Eurydice

Colors: yellow, gold, white for Apollo. black for the Underworld

Offerings: music (especially lyre), poetry, hymns, honey, laurel, wine, meats

Crystals: aventurine, obsidian, black tourmaline, smokey quartz, selenite, yellow jasper, honey calcite

PERSEUS: son of Zeus, slayer of Medusa, has a constellation

Colors: gold and red for hero status. white, grey, blue for association with Zeus

Offerings: meat, laurel, snake shed, alcohol, fruit, honey, milk (to honor his mother Danae)

Crystals: jaspers (red, star especially), bloodstone, serpentine, quartz, obsidian

THESEUS: slayer of the Minotaur, united Attica, completed six trials for the entrances to the Underworld that he passed on the way to Athens

Colors: blues for ocean, being a son of Poseidon (in some stories)

Offerings: ship imagery, meat, olive, yarrow, gold

Crystals: pyrite, sodalite, lapis lazuli, coral, blue aventurine, aquamarine

[piristephes]

Todos os dias, desperta o Deus Asclépio em seu dourado palácio. As serpentes o cumprimentam em sua passagem, sibilando em seus pés bronzeados. Suas gentis m��os colhem as ervas, provando o sabor fresco e singelo. Sopra o Deus para os ventos, carregando os ares que chegam na casa, O devoto respira, chamando-o perto, o aroma belo o alcança. Vem o gentil Deus que cura em graça.

english:

Everyday, the God Asclepius awakens in his golden palace. The serpents greet him as he passes, hissing at his tanned feet. His gentle hands gather the herbs, tasting their fresh and simple flavour. The God blows to the winds, carrying the air that reaches to the house. The devotee breathes, calling Him close, the beautiful aroma reaching in. Comes the gentle God who heals with bliss.

[sidrashakti]

Week 2: Goddess Sirona “She Who Makes Us Better"

Sirona is a Gaulish/Celtic healing deity. Her cult predates the Romans, but all her iconography comes from the Romanization of Gaul, and her worship was widely spread all over Europe from Hungary to Brittany. 

Many artifacts of her worship come from the Treveri in the Moselle Valley who venerated Sirona and built the rich healing shrine at Hochscheid. Shrines to Sirona have been found at Niedaltdorf, Bitburg, and Wiesbaden in Germany, and Metz, Luxeuil, and Corseul (Brittany) in France. 

Her statues appear both alone and with Apollo Grannus or Apollo Borvo. The Romans interpreted Sirona as Hygeia, daughter of the healer-god Asclepius and granddaughter of Apollo, and her imagery indicates references to the chthonic mystery cults, including ears of corn, associated with Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries.

She is often shown with the snake and bowl of eggs, both symbols of regeneration and rebirth. The eggs represent the snake’s young, perhaps a fertility reference. While she normally wears a dress and sometimes even a veil, the bronze statue at Mâlain depicts Thiron(a) semi-nude with a serpent on her arm.

The context of her artifacts stress her role as one who heals through hot springs. Healing sanctuaries at springs drew large numbers of pilgrims who came there to spend the night. Hygeia/Salus protected against danger and cured mental as well as physical illness, it was believed Sirona did as well. 

An inscription at Le Mans calls her Serona Sivelia, “She Who Makes Us Better.”

Her partner, however, is Atesmerius, whose name comes from the same root as Rosmerta and Smertios, and means “Provider.”

It has been speculated based upon linguistic evidence that Sirona was a ‘star’ goddess. The ancient Transalpine Gaulish word for ‘star’ was ‘sirom‘, related to the Latin word ‘Sidus‘ (from which we get the word ‘Sidereal’). The 116 Sirona is an asteroid named in her honor. 

Sirona is possibly syncretized with a goddess known elsewhere as Divona/Dirona, the goddess Damona (meaning “the Great Cow” possibly a connection to the nakshatra of Pushya), and the river goddess Verbia. (The rippling motion of the snake can symbolize the motions of the water). 

Celebration: Sirona can be honored during the Telesphorus Festival in January, on the festival of Salus in March and with Apollo or Grannus in July.

Reading from Goddess Sirona 

Card 12 - Nephthys, Purpose, Peace, Understanding 

“Mistress of the Gateways, illuminate my purpose.” 

Sirona locates herself at life’s beginning and life’s end, in our dream states and waking states. She is our constant companion. She calls to Healers specifically, encouraging them to be extremely devoted to their paths. 

Sirona is fiercely loyal to her devotees, and possesses the ability to transform or change even impossible situations. Sirona is a very humanitarian deity, many of the innovations in medicine are divine inspiration from Her. Much of the knowledge of healing is in the intuition. She would like her memory on Earth to be recovered and remembered. 

Sirona emphasizes the healing power of love. 

Our Lady of the Sacred Son: Within your heart is a love that is unconditional, compassionate, and healing. From that love, emerges wisdom and the capacity to make choices based on what holds essential meaning and value to your soul. 

Sri Varahi-Pada: The knowledge of life Sirona calls us to detach the body from the ego. 

[positivelybeastly]

Hank, if you had a mythological figure and a guardian would it be?

"Stars and garters, that is quite the question, isn't it? Let's turn it to the floor. Gentlemen?"

"I've always been partial to Thoth myself! An ancient Egyptian deity, he was the god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art and judgment. The Greeks went even further, and claimed he was the true author of every work of every branch of knowledge, human and divine. I should be so lucky."

"A strong answer, but then, I was quite the ancient Egypt devotee when I was younger. Funny, the things that come in handy when you find you need to decipher hieroglyphics to work out what Apocalypse happens to be cooking up next. Any other candidates?"

"Whiskey Jack!"

"I think you mean Wisakedjak, from Cree and Algonquin folklore?"

"Yeah, sure, that one. A real hepcat - bit of a troublemaker, of course, but unlike some other trickster gods I could mention, he'd often pull his pranks to benefit mankind, rather than to harm them. Something I, as one of Earth's Mightiest, can certainly relate to~"

"He's also known as a shapeshifter."

". . . Yeah, he is. He is."

". . . Moving swiftly on. I personally would like to nominate Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, from whom we derive the Rod of Asclepius, which you'll still find used as a symbol of medical practice today, though you'll often see it confused for the very similar caduceus. Asclepius, however, has just the single snake."

"Get on with it."

"Fine, fine. As is the usual for Greek deities, he has a great number of children whom represented different aspects of his divine aspect, namely his daughters, the "Asclepiades," Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, Aegle, and Panacea, the last of which you might recognise as the origin of the word for a general purpose cure or cure all!"

"I . . . would pick . . . I don't know, is there a god of mistakes? Afraid I don't know this one, gents."

"Clementia. The Roman goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution, acquittal and salvation."

". . . Yes, I suppose that would be nice."

"Laverna. The Roman goddess of thieves, cheats and the underworld. She had an altar on the Aventine Hill, near the gate named after her, Lavernalis. Her aid was often invoked by thieves to enable them to carry out their plans successfully without forfeiting their reputation for piety and honesty."

"I would mock you for not just picking Satan, but then you would have stolen my pick."

"Well, I think that seems quite comprehensive . . . tell me, what do you think would suit us best?"

[aspyn-posts]

Intro Post

I was bored and haven’t made one of these so here we go!

General

✨ My name is Aspyn (pronounced like Aspen- people have been confused about it before)

✨ I AM A MINOR

✨ My pronouns change a lot but most of the time it/its is good

✨ my gender is unlabeled and I’m aroace

✨ I have a queerplatonic partner and if you knew me you’d know I never stop talking about them

✨ I have diagnosed depression and technically undiagnosed generalized anxiety disorder but every medical professional who’s brought it up says I have it

✨ It’s very likely that I’m either autistic, ADHD, or both

Religion

✨ I am pagan, specifically omnitheist (I believe in all Deities from all faiths) but I mainly worship Hellenic Deities (and one Norse God)

✨ I am an Aphrodite Devotee

✨ I worship (in alphabetical order) Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Asclepius, Athena, Dionysus, Gaea, Hypnos, and Loki

✨ Nobody IRL knows I’m pagan so my altar and stuff are hidden and I can’t offer as much as I wish I could

✨ Most of my posts lately have been about paganism and the Gods

✨ I post offerings on @just-pagan-things

Interests

✨ I love to crochet

✨ I have always been a big reader- my favorite genres are fantasy, dystopian, and sci-fi

✨ I enjoy writing and creating characters but I don’t have the attention span to finish anything

✨ I really really enjoy music

✨ I play the french horn and sing

✨ I am a huge theater kid

✨ I love to learn about anything and everything (if you ever want to tell anyone random facts…)

✨ I like to curl 🥌

Thanks for reading!

[piristephes]

More Gods and Their Epithets - Asklepios, the God of Healing.

We continue our series, expanding on brief descriptions of the deities we worship. Now, we move on to one more of the Gods who used to be mortal during his mythological life - Asclepius, god of healing and medicine. His mythological origin tells us of the son of Princess Coronis with the God of light, Apollon. Born from the first cesarean section, Asclepius owes its name to his genesis: Which means to cut open. His mother, depending on the version, died during labor or was later killed by Artemis after betraying Apollon. The young Asclepius was trained by the wise centaur Chiron and was talented in the healing arts, so much so that even though he was only a demigod (the son of a deity and a mortal) he was able to restore the dead to life, a fact that infuriated Pluto, the God of the dead, for disturbing the natural order.

Having been condemned to death by Zeus through a lightning bolt for his crime against the King of the Underworld, the demigod underwent an apotheosis (i.e., became a deity), being placed in the heavens as the constellation Ophiuchus and joining the Immortal Gods as the God of healing and medicine.

Often represented as a bearded man carrying a staff girded with a serpent, Asclepius has been worshiped since ancient times as the patron of health workers. His temples being some of the oldest hospitals in the world.

The cult of Asclepius contains many surviving records, being widely spread during the Classical Era and surviving into the Roman era, where he was worshiped as Aesculapius. His greatest cult center was the city of Epidaurus, where a whole guild of minister-doctors worshiped Him. They were called asklepiades. Let us review here some epithets of the God. And let it be said in passing: There are many of them.

POETIC AND CULT EPITHETS

Iatros (Ιατρος) - "Physician" / Paean (Παιαν) - "Healer", both titles describe the healing ability of the God. Paean is also an epithet of other Gods, such as Dionysus, Apollo and Thanatos.

Epios (Ηπιος) - "of relief"/"soothing"

Cotileos (Κοτυλεως) – "[of] the hip-joint"

Most of His titles focus on his mastery of the arts of healing and relief. Asclepius, as a god responsible for alleviating the pains of the mortal condition, became quite popular in worship. Which yielded the next epithet:

Philolaos (Φιλολαος) - "Lover of People", title under which Asclepius was worshiped in Laconia.

MISCELLANEOUS EPITHETS Archagetas (Αρχαγετας) - "Founder", his title in Phocis and Titorea.

Kyros (Κυρος) - "Ultimate/Supreme Authority"

Paidos (Παι��ος) - "Boy"

Agnitas (Αγνιτας) - "of the Chaste-Tree"

A deity of paramount importance, Asclepius is the son of Apollno with the most surviving accounts from antiquity. His unique potency as a mortal who has undergone apotheosis, operating graces such as resuscitation and healing, earns Him a very unique position in the Pantheon. In his cult, he is often accompanied by his wife, Epione, goddess of relief, and a quintet of daughters: Aigle (The bright one), Hygeia (Health), Iaso (Medicine), Akeso (Healing art) and Panacea ( cure-all).

Temples of his were famous for being partially hospitals, where travelers and devotees would travel to the place in search of a cure for some affliction. After sleeping and dreaming in the temple, there was the possibility of metanoia happening: Asclepius would reveal the cure to the devotee in a dream, whose dream content would be interpreted by one of the local priests.

One of the most beloved Gods and with a very important role in our society, we dedicate this post to the Healer and end with one of his hymns.

Homeric Hymn 16 to Asclepius (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) : "I begin to sing of Asklepios (Asclepius), son of Apollon and healer of sicknesses. In the Dotian plain fair Koronis (Coronis), daughter of King Phlegyas, bare him, a great joy to men, a soother of cruel pangs. and so hail to you, lord: in my song I make my prayer to thee!"

Mais Deuses e Seus Epítetos - Asclépio

Continuamos nossa série, expandindo breves descrições sobre as deidades que cultuamos. Agora, seguimos com mais um dos Deuses que costumavam ser mortais durante sua vida mitológica - Asclépio, deus da cura e da medicina.

Sua origem mitológica conta-nos do filho da princesa Corônis com o Deus da luz, Apolo. Nascido da primeira cesariana, Asclépio deve seu nome a sua gênese: Que quer dizer fazer um corte/cortar aberto.

Sua mãe, dependendo da versão, morreu durante o labor ou foi morta depois por Ártemis após trair Apolo. O jovem Asclépio foi treinado pelo sábio centauro Quíron e era talentoso nas artes da cura, tanto que mesmo sendo somente um semideus (o filho de uma deidade com um mortal) foi capaz de restaurar os mortos à vida, fato que enfureceu Plutão, o Deus dos mortos, por perturbar a ordem natural.

Tendo sido condenado a morte por Zeus através de um relâmpago por seu crime contra o Rei do Mundo Inferior, o semideus sofreu uma apoteose (ou seja, tornou-se uma divindade), sendo alocado nos céus como a constelação ofiúco e se juntando aos Deuses Imortais como o Deus da cura e medicina.

Sendo representado sempre como um homem barbudo portando um cajado cingido com uma serpente, Asclépio é cultuado desde os tempos antigos como o patrono dos trabalhadores da saúde. Seus templos sendo alguns dos hospitais mais antigos do mundo.

O culto de Asclépio contém muitos registros sobreviventes, sendo vastamente espalhado durante a Era Clássica e sobrevivendo à era romana, onde foi cultuado como Esculápio. Seu maior centro de culto era a cidade de Epidauro, onde toda uma guilda de doutores-ministro o cultuava. Eles eram chamados de asclepíades.

Repassemos aqui alguns epítetos do Deus. E diga-se de passagem: Eles eram muitos.

EPÍTETOS POÉTICOS E DE CULTO

Iatros (Ιατρος) - "Médico"/Paean (Παιαν) - "Curandeiro", ambos títulos descrevem a capacidade curativa do Deus. Paean/Peã, também é um epíteto de outros Deuses, como Dionísio, Apolo e Tânato.

Êpios (Ηπιος) - "do alívio"/"Que alivia"

Cotileos (Κοτυλεως) - "do quadril"

A maioria de seus títulos focam no seu domínio sobre as artes de cura e alívio. Asclépio, como um deus responsável por aliviar as dores da condição mortal, se tornou bastante popular em culto. O que rendeu o próximo epíteto:

Filolaos (Φιλολαος) - "Amante das Pessoas", título sob o qual Asclépio era cultuado na Lacônia.

EPÍTETOS DIVERSOS

Archagetas (Αρχαγετας) - "Fundador", título dele em Fócis e na Titoréia.

Kyros (Κυρος) - "Autoridade Máxima/Supremo"

Paidos (Παιδος) - "Garoto"

Agnitas (Αγνιτας) - "Do Agno-Casto", referente a uma árvore.

Uma deidade de suma importância, Asclépio é o filho de Apolo com relatos mais sobreviventes desde a antiguidade. Sua potência singular enquanto um mortal que sofreu apoteose, operando graças como ressuscitação e cura, rende-lhe uma posição muito única no Panteão. Em seu culto, ele é frequentemente acompanhado de sua esposa, Epione, deusa do alívio, e um quinteto de filhas: Aigle (A brilhante), Higéia (A saúde), Iaso (Remédio), Akeso (Arte da cura) e Panacéia (Cura-a-tudo).

Seus templos eram famosos por serem parcialmente hospitais, onde os viajantes e devotos viajariam até o local em busca de cura para alguma aflição. Após dormirem e sonharem no templo, havia a possibilidade da metanoia acontecer: Asclépio revelaria em sonho a cura ao devoto, cujo conteúdo onírico seria interpretado por algum dos sacerdotes locais.

Um dos Deuses mais amados e com um papel muito importante na nossa sociedade, dedicamos este post ao Curandeiro e encerramos com um de seus hinos.

Hino Homérico XVI

Começo a cantar para Asclépio, filho de Apolo e curador das doenças. Nos prados de Dotian da justa Coronis, a filha do Rei Flégias, te deu a luz, uma grande alegria aos homens, um alívio para as cruéis dores e aflições. E então te saúdo, deus: na minha canção eu faço uma prece a ti!

(Tradução de Alexandra Nikaios)

[bolszaja-miedwedica]

an online offering for Asclepius you guys would need context for this one lmao

[mosscaller]

Legit.

[littlelunardove]

Fuck dude I read a prayer for Asclepius about needles and hospital visits I think from someone who either reblogged or liked something I’d written and I thought I reblogged it but I can’t find it but I’m in urgent care (I’m fine, just a crohn’s flare up) thinking about that piece that someone wrote and I wish i knew where to find it, can anyone help me?😩

[fatedtime]

...Aand here's my end of it! All of our thoughts/descriptions are under the readmore. @nasuversekinkmeme

1.) We went back and forth on this a lot, but ultimately settled on Kagetora as a blood-soaked Oath of Conquest Paladin. Yan Qing is delighted by his new murderous companion, as he (Changeling Rogue) really has been wanting a tank, while Tristan (College of Valour Bard) finds himself with an increasingly wild number of stories to tell.

2.) Quite a number of characters would fit into the Artificer class, either wholly or part of a multiclass. Though they all individually go off to their own adventures and parties, their time spent in Artificer School cramming for finals forms the rose-scented blooms of their youth. Perhaps, one day, Nobukatsu with his mechanical Nobbu, Avicebron with his golems, Odysseyus with his mecha horse, Habetrot with her canon, and Takasugi with his great, empire conquering robots will meet again and show off the skills they've learned during their adventures. Hopefully they won't blow up a town while doing so.

(Takasugi is exhausted because he double majored in artificer/bard, and thought he'd breeze through by pushing all his group work onto other people. alas, he was hunted down and dragged to the work sessions by the rest of his group, who thought they were just being friendly and including him.)

3.) Baobhan is a fey warlock whose patron is her mother, Morgan. She is exceedingly proud of that fact, and takes the opportunity to show off the results of her pact whenever possible. Meanwhile, Paris, with his celestial pact, ends up crossing her path while doing the bidding of Apollo, and they form an unlikely team as their mutual objectives send them in the same location.

4.) Asclepius (Aasimar, probably artificer with alchemist subclass), Nightingale (Cleric, Life Domain), and Kirei (Way of the Long Death Monk) are the party that you do NOT want coming across you in your hour of need. Asclepius travels the world looking for interesting maladies to study, Nightingale heals by beating people with her Devotee's Censer, and while Kirei (Way of the Long Death Monk) has the medicine specialty, you feel an ominous sense of foreboding from him.

Because Nightingale is an elf, she has very unhinged ideas about the maladies facing short-lived species, and is constantly aghast at how easily they die.

Miss Crane (Druid, Aarakocra) travels with them for a time, hiding her Aarakocra identity as she hangs out in taverns to listen to the music. (Asclepius thinks she has some manner of terrible ailment, which is why she covers up, and is quickly bored when he realizes she's just a bird.) She eventually parts from them when she stumbles across a group of bards whose flashy concerts and beautiful singing make her want to devote her entire life to creating the best, most flower-filled stage for them to perform on.

Penth runs the Fantasy Cosco Fantasy Amazon, where all your dreams come true.

Sketches of Fate characters as DnD classes and races that I did with Fatedtime on stream for a Kinkmeme prompt! We talked with chat and came up with ideas for various characters with them, then drew them out.

(from top left to right) Himiko and Iyo are traveling monks, with Iyo taking their jobs more seriously then Himiko over their travels. Douman is an Eladrin Warlock pacting with as many patrons as they can to make a string of deals that mutually fuck over the various powers they've pacted with. Sieg is a Kobold ranger who doesn't start very strong but Seigfried later transfers his magic powers into him and he gets much stronger and less terrified. Berserker Cu is a Firbolg Barbarian. Artoria is a Dragonborn/Leonin Paladin. (from bottom left to right) Lobo and Hessian are both Paladins, Lobo a Paladin of Vengeance and Hessian a Paladin of Remembrance. Lobo is a fey wolf (we were thinking like a blink dog) who travels in a party with Hessian enacting justice. King Hassan is a Rouge/Cleric multiclass who's in a party with Hessian and Lobo. He misty steps behind their enemies before doing a sneak attack. Edison would be a Leonin Artificer and be making a variety of helpful and mildy destructive inventions on his quests.

[witchling-guidence]

Have you ever had problems with people saying you shouldn't believe in one or multiple of your gods?

🤔 no I haven't, not even from atheists. 😁 o have had one 'issue' with people questioning my deity choice (Kali Ma) and that she is of closed culture and 'why am I a devotee of her'. So, I acknowledged that, and went out of my way to explain to OP that she approached me, (for many many many many many years to my blind self) and then went and looked for the okay to worship her. I found a Temple of Ma Kali! (Plan to visit as soon as I can!) And emailed them! Explained who I am, that I am not of Hindu decent (to my knowledge) and what I should do, any guidance they could give me, since I would like to worship her. The emailed within 24 hours! And said, and I can find the email, though I believe I posted it here, and said, "Do you need permission to worship your Mother? She is your Mother because she came to you and more that I cannot currently remember. If I find the post I will post it after this. But, other than that, nope! My deities are my deities and they know their place on the worship scale. God sits at the top, no exceptions. Then, since that is my personal I wont break it further down, the others fall in their worship place. But they all get their day, even when shared, and when shared they get equal time throughout the day.

I hope this helps!

Blessings to you and yours

Candii

[screeching-0wl]

You mentioned Apollo was the God of healing, does that include psychological healing aswell?

Personally, I do believe so but it's largely based on my own interpretations and reasoning.

Apollo is the god of health and health does not end with our physical body. The fact that he's been associated with philosophy, getting to know oneself and bettering oneself (as I understand it, as a human being, as a whole) also prompted me to think that his area of influence over health extends to mental health as well, on the contrary to his son, Asclepius, who was primarily associated with medicine and the more physical aspects of health. We could search for answers in ancient sources, however, the ancients did not have the same terminology for such things as we do nowadays.

Let's look at this text:

"These two, Asklepios and Plato, did Apollo beget; One, that he might save the soul; the other, the body." Olympiodorus, Life of Plato, 2.164 - citing the alleged inscription on Plato's tomb

This could technically indicate that by Apollo's will, Asklepios helped with physical wellness, while Plato was supposed to "heal the soul" - perhaps Apollo's contribution to healing the psyche (soul & mind) could be interpreted as him assisting with mental wellness as well.

On top of that, Apollo had functions as the god of religious healing and ritual purification, so maybe this could also be linked to healing the psyche.

But how about we move on to some mythology now?

"As for Aristaeus, after the death of Acteon, we are told, he went to the oracle of his father, Apollo, who prophesied to him that he was to change his home to the island of Ceos and told him likewise of the honours which would be his among the Ceans." Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, 4.82.1

Aristaios was a rustic god whose son Acteon fell to the fatal wrath of Artemis, punished for having seen her bathing. Such an event is obviously a huge tragedy and experiencing it would leave any parent terribly heartbroken.

In this case, Apollo essentially gave advice to his son Aristaios, who'd just suffered the loss of his child, to move to a different place where he might feel better, and perhaps we could even assume, find it easier to recover.

[Although this is just me interpreting this fragment of the text in the context of the possible connection between Apollo and mental health.]

Apollo is also the god of music and art, both of which can be quite therapeutic. The god was believed to play songs for the Moirai to help them relax, for example.

Now let's take a look at another text referencing mythology:

"Neither doth Thetis his mother wail her dirge for Achilles, when she hears Hie Paeeon, Hie Paeeon." Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo, 17

Here we can see that hearing a pean (a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving sung during some festivals dedicated to Apollo) had the power to soothe the grief of Thetis, the mother of Achilles who was mourning the death of her son.

Other gods:

On a side note, if you're interested in other gods who could be associated with mental health Hygeia, daughter of Asclepius and Epione, goddess of good health was sometimes thought to be the giver or protectress of mental health.

[piristephes]

You guys know your rituals don't have to be all solemn and quiet all the time, right? I mean, dancing and singing is important since ancient times to please and honour the Immortals. Depending on what deity and the occasion you're celebrating, it may be very well-suited, like those paeans for Apollon and Asklepios, for example.