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A few common misconceptions and hurtful myths about the gods I worship:
• Demeter is not careless or selfish for reacting the way she did to the loss of her daughter. Grief, even amongst the gods, is an emotion so powerful that it causes us to loose control, and surrender to our own emotions. You would not blame a woman in grief over the loss of her child for having a mental breakdown. Also, I don’t personally believe that the plagues that befell Greece after these myths were written were caused inherently by Demeter, as agricultural disasters happened often, especially back before modern farming and cultivation knowledge, and it was if anything, a coincidence of timing which frustrated and worried men used as justification to attack and blame Demeter as a target of their angst, and a scapegoat to direct their suffering at.
• Poseidon wasn’t a rapist, nor was he inherently malicious or “evil”. Although he is most certainly impulsive and often aggressive, it is rarely in a malicious way, as many of the myths paint him as. You have to remember as the embodiment of the sea, sailors and others who knew the dangerous and unforgiving nature of the ocean often cast these traits onto Poseidon by association, and not all of the things they believed of him were necessarily true. The idea that he is a rapist is also a myth, or many myths, cultivated I’m sure by the high ranking and extremely misogynistic patriarchal men of Greece, who saw powerful male gods like Poseidon and Zeus as equals to themselves (foolish) and therefore believed that if they liked taking advantage of women and other unconsenting individuals, than surely they did too. (I imagine many found themselves smitten as a result of this.) if anything, Poseidon was more of a dominant father figure, like Zeus. He saw the women of the Parthenon as his daughters and sisters, as well as his followers, hence the reason many modern devotees such as myself refer to him as “father”.
• conversely, Artemis was not a misandrist, she didn’t hate sex, and she was not some uncontrollable psychopath. Many of Artemis’s myths heavily exaggerate her animalistic tendencies, which do exist, but are certainly not psychopathic or evil in nature, as nature itself is inherently incapable of being so. She also did not “hate” men, non-virgins, or sex. In fact, as the patron goddess of pregnant women and babies, these things are inherently connected to her domain. One of the reasons these beliefs have emerged, besides the myths, is that people have exaggerated the fact that as a virgin goddess who remains chaste as a virtue, Artemis tends to avoid men and people who aren’t women in her myths, not out of misandry, or other ideas that are honestly quite terf-y, and have been used to push transphobic narratives, but because she hopes to protect these virtues. She does not hate her male, trans, or otherwise non-cis woman followers, she values them just as much, and this is an unfortunatley common, and hurtful, misconception. Like Poseidon, she is often aggressive, and can be impulsive, but she’s MUCH more of a stern mother of nature, than a ruthless animal.
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Please don’t fall for these common misconceptions, read Hellenic texts and stories yourself, and try not to spread misconceptions yourself! There are many reliable resources to avoid this, such as Wikipedia, theoi.com, and more! Have a blessed day 💙🏛️
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Queenly Deo, the sender of splendid gifts 🌾
To Demeter Eleusinia. O universal mother, Deo famed, august, the source of wealth, and various named: great nurse, all-bounteous, blessed and divine, who joyest in peace; to nourish corn is thine. Goddess of seed, of fruits abundant, fair, harvest, and threshing are thy constant care. Lovely delightful queen, by all desired, who dwellest in Eleusis' holy vales retired. Nurse of all mortals, who benignant mind first ploughing oxen to the yoke confined; and gave to men what nature's wants require, with plenteous means of bliss, which all desire. In verdure flourishing, in glory bright, assessor of great Bromios bearing light: rejoicing in the reapers' sickles, kind, whose nature lucid, earthly, pure, we find. Prolific, venerable, nurse divine, thy daughter loving, holy Kore . A car with Drakones yoked 'tis thine to guide, and, orgies singing, round thy throne to ride. Only-begotten, much-producing queen, all flowers are thine, and fruits of lovely green. Bright Goddess, come, with summer's rich increase swelling and pregnant, leading smiling peace; come with fair concord and imperial health, and join with these a needful store of wealth. --- The Orphic hymn to Demeter
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Portrait of Demeter, I was mainly practicing working with colors and drew from a lot of artistic references for this. Overall, I'm happy with the piece (despite how rough and messy she still looks) , and I had a lot of fun working on this for her
🌾I hope that everyone is doing well, and may Demeter keep your plate full and your cup overflowing 🌾
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i sing of demeter, dark-haired, dark-eyed, she of the earth, bountiful in her riches! you give us warm bread on our tables, the all-provider, you give us black earth under our feet. your name is heard amongst the many grasses, your hand is felt in every hearty meal. and how you give, o beautiful mistress, is rivaled only by how you take. beware, beware the wrathful goddess! beware of her, you — murderer, violator, abuser, colonizer! tremble, you who pollutes, you who conquers, you who betrays trust! the great mother has many teeth as well as she has many claws, and all of them are as swift as a swallow, and all of them are sharp like that of a beast. all glory to demeter furious, justice bringer; may your hand have its grasping presence upon each and every of lying throats.
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A digital offering to Demeter! May the nourisher off all creatures make our lives bloom with joy 💚

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Δημητηρ - Demeter
“I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess, of her and of her daughter lovely Persephone. Hail, goddess! Keep this city safe, and govern my song.”
Homeric hymns from theoi / Images from pinterest.
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shout out to all the Demeter and Hera devotees who have unstable family lives, you guys are strong and i’m so proud of all of you <3
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I just dreamt with Lady Demeter.
Like, I know NOTHING about her (in the most respectful way I'm saying it) and I had this dream where I was dancing and singing some kind of hymn and a lot of epithets that I truly don't know what they mean. And I had this kind of white really thin dress with some kind of veil, and on top of that it was in the middle of my old school's forest.
I fear I'm going crazy. Help as always, I'm sorry. I think you might know me as the "always asking for help person". 🕴🏻
#hellenic gods#hellenic deities#hellenic pagan#hellenic polytheism#helpol#eclectic pagan#demeter#demeter deity#demeter devotee#demeter devotion#send help#i think im going crazy
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I feel like both Hestia & Demeter would love stardew valley. I’m gonna play some stardew valley for them later I think
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If you worship any deity related to animals and have some money to spare, please consider this
Hello pagans and polytheists of Tumblr. As you may or may not know Spain is going through a flash fall. At least 100 people have lost their lives. Even though the rain will probably stop tomorrow, there's no way to know how long it'll take to rebuild the towns that have been swept away.
As humans and pets are being helped by family, friends and neighbours, I want to share some resources here to help those animals that lived in shelters until two days ago. If you are devoted to any deity related to animals or to any of these animals in particular, please consider donating as an act of worship.
Refugio Minipow gave shelter to 50 bunnies and guinea pigs. Luckily the owners have been able to evacuate all the animals to both their and their neighbours houses, but the shelter has been destroyed and they had just finished reforms. There's different ways to donate here.
Modepran is a dog shelter. The infrastructure has been damaged and some animals don't have a box to sleep in anymore. You can donate through PayPal here.
El Refugio de María is a dog shelter. The whole place is completely flooded and the poor dogs look so confused as you can see here. You can donate to PayPal maria.g.may@gmail.com
Gatos Campo de Gibraltar is a cat shelter. They mostly need help trying to evacuate the cats to new houses but also rebuilding the infrastructure, you can donate to their PayPal gatoscampodegibraltar@gmail.com
Thank you so much and may the gods bless you all!
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Thank you gods and goddess for giving me the energy to learn to cook for my family of 4.
My depression has been so bad, and while living in a double motel room I have very limited space for kitchen items, considering there’s no actual kitchen at all.
My aunt gave me this crockpot and I have been learning to make soup, which feeds many and warms us in the cold months while Persephone is in the Underworld ❤️❤️✨✨✨
THANK YOU especially to Hestia and Demeter, who have helped me become the homemaker and mother that I so desperately want to be for my children 🥔🧅🍅🥕
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lady demeter

working on an offering for lady demeter
{i love drawing & painting offerings, for sure will later use it in my collages}
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If you’re a closeted hellenist, teen or adult, and are in a family that requires you to join in prayer before meals, and you don’t want to pray to the Christian god, one way you can divert this is by using that time while your eyes are closed to pray to Demeter instead! She is the Hellenic god of crops and farming, so we believe that she delivered that food to your plate. Your family will never know which god you were actually praying to ;)
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WIP portrait of Demeter
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my mistress is so beautiful
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A prayer for Demeter + Digital offering
I sing of kind-hearted Demeter whose face framed in golden locks is so beautiful it endlessly expresses itself through blossoms of all sorts
Richly crowned with leaves of lively-green, cradling in your arms fruits of various hue; beloved queen, the yield of the harvest belongs to you
Year after year you send to mankind wonderful gifts from below the ground, they receive them gladly and with open arms wherever they may be found
Your generosity keeps us fed and supports all of mortal life, you fill our souls with bliss and remove our minds from strife
You give our hearts the strength to keep on beating, you keep away hunger’s cruel pangs so that they may be fleeting
To lay in the soft grass is to be held in your arms, to rest under a tree’s shadow is to be mantled in your veil; you know our needs and in accordance to them you provide us with the sustenance they entail
The wide-pathed earth is your throne, strong and deep-bosomed, teeming with life; a glorious chariot pulled by scaly dragons is yours to drive through the sky
Bearing ears of grain in one hand and a sickle in the other, you taught the art of agriculture to mortals, you are every seed’s mother
Birther of spring, when your daughter is away your grief barrens the world and dries up the land, yet when she comes back your joy overflows and enlivens every plant
Persephone is her name and to hug her is your greatest delight, fate has decreed that she divides her time between the underworld’s darkness and Olympus’s light
Oh, flower-decked mistress of the Horae, you who applauds and rewards toilsome labor; trim-ankled Deo, much besought for your bountiful favor
Lover of peace, bringer of justice, you uphold the laws of nature and men; petal-soft to those who act justly, thorn-sharp to those who spread pain
I beg you to heed my words and hear my prayer, children-cherishing crop-begetter, remind me to water myself so that I may keep on growing better and better
Guide me towards a fertile path where my life can bloom with glee; send your son, beauteous Plutus, to walk alongside me
Regard me graciously, bearer and nourisher of all beings, for day-to-day I honor your presence in all ground-born things
Smile upon me, happy and mild; daughter of lovely-haired Rhea, hold the hand of your child

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