#desire for peace peitho

[ephemeral-roses]

Note: This isn't accurate to events in mythology, of course. In the myths, Leuke and Peitho have no connection to each other other than they were both daughters or Okeanos and Tethys. This is just me being creative and wanting to do more stuff with Peitho. This is all based on a recent ask I got regarding whether or not gods can die, what happened to Leuke, and if that means Peitho could die as well. The topic of the River Lethe was brought up and how Leuke could've drank from it and reincarnated, and that's why her soul didn't just stay in The Underworld. I started asking myself if Leuke's soul would remain godly or not.

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He didn't want her to ever get hurt, especially by him, after he had hurt so many others before, to a point he thought harming others was an inevitable part of his life. Before Leuke, the gods didn't think they could die. But after she died, they began to question the limits of their immortality. They weren't endless. Others weren't endless. She wasn't endless. Both of them were daughters of Okeanos and Tethys, Okeanides. So, were Okeanides the ones at risk from death? If so, would there ever be a moment where Peitho would die, and him falling in love with her was fate handing him another accidental victim? Thinking about it brought Hermes the same horror he felt when he accidently killed Krokos. The issue of himself was that he didn't know when to slow down or stop all together, and when he acts, he does it without thought and boldly, with no regard for others. When the horrible thought entered his head, he tried to be more mindful of his surroundings when he did things and the strength of his hand as it held hers. But he didn't believe it was enough, so he went to seek out Leuke’s reason for death to avoid it. Many of the gods did not know how Leuke died, including Haides, but he had an idea of who knew.

River Styx was a respected goddess, who everyone promised to obey when they swore an oath under her. He had a few oaths sworn under her name, oaths he wouldn't dare break. The sun and moon's paths across the sky weren't visible to The Underworld, with a ceiling of stalactites above. Things could be beautiful in The Underworld, but only further along. That's what made the journey meaningful. So, so far, there were only the sounds of pained groans coming from the waters.

He crouched down by the River Styx, his silver herald wand clutched in his hand that hung by his side. “Sorry to ask but… Do you happen to know how Leuke passed?” Hermes asked, and rather hesitantly too. Cold as she seemed, Styx was still Leuke's sister, so he didn't know if the pain of the lost still lingered.

With a splash, a head peeked out from the water, and a pair of piercing eyes stared directly at him. “What spurred this question?” The river asked, her voice smooth but equipped with what made others feel dread. She didn't seem too bothered with the question.

“I'm just curious. You know how often I get curious— you were the one who had to pick little baby-me up by the arm and find my way back to my mother after I ran off.” He replied.

He was curious, yes, but wasn't just curious. Styx knew there was no reason to pry. If he wanted to keep it, he could keep it. She wasn't the one to desperately try to learn about the lives of others. Besides, she could already tell it had to do something with fear.

“Ask the River Lethe.” Styx told him. “She knows everything.”

The River Lethe… The river of oblivion. As someone considered so smart, he certainly felt dumb for not realizing that perhaps Lethe knew everything about what happened, because perhaps she was the reason… Her being involved would be the only logical reason behind Leuke no longer being bound to Haides, as the river was truly the inhabitants’ only freedom. A mortal who drank from it would forget the events of their living days. Sometimes, they would drink from it to be born anew.

It didn't take Hermes long to get to the sluggish waters of Lethe, of course. His feet were swift, always has been, and he knew every inch of The Underworld, after escaping his mother’s supervision as she slept at night many times, and his job as the Underworld's psychopomp. He liked discovering places and memorizing where they were, so becoming the psychopomp when he was a young man gave him the chance to have open range. When he set his feet on the ground, it was against dark grass with bright red poppies and other herbs scattered about. The river was slow-paced, as it sat close to Hypnos’ cavern.

“Lethe.” He called out to the goddess, rubbing his eyes before taking off his brimmed traveler's hat and swinging it off to the side, held onto his body by the string whose arms hugged his shoulders and hands fell down at his chest, covered by his night blue chlamys.

Out from the slow water, peeked out Lethe, looking back at him with tired eyes, not entirely there, but waking up to her surroundings.

“I'm sorry for waking you up but I'm conducting a little investigation of my own, and I need a moment of your time…” He started before she interrupted with a loud and long yawn. He continued, “Styx told me you know everything about what happened to Leuke.”

Lethe's upper body emerged from the water and rested on the grass, her lower body in the water. “Why would you want to know?”

“I'm just curious—”

“You're not just curious.” Despite how tired she was, she was observant, and more willing to pry than Styx was.

Hermes let out a sigh, sitting himself on the grass. He was growing too tired of standing up, but it didn’t stop his feet from fidgeting there as he sat. He never truly knew how to stay still, even when he was asleep, as tossing and turning was usual behavior of his. Thankfully, Peitho was a heavy sleeper so she never stirred from his movements.

“I worry about death.” He admitted to Lethe. “Not about the death of myself, but of others.”

Lethe hummed out, taking a moment to think.

“Leuke couldn't do much to persuade Haides to let her go when he abducted her. His mind was set that he wanted her to be his, regardless of how she felt. The loneliness of himself mattered more. But, he was stupid with his plan. In The Underworld, she was surrounded by many of her family. He thought since so many were there, she'd feel at home, when in reality, they were just as willing as her to get her out of here.”

Hermes listened carefully, the poppies making him feel more relaxed and less tense.

“She was desperate to get out, so I told her to sink into my waters. By the time Haides got to her drowned body, the water filled up the place where her soul used to be, and it was mine to do with. We cleared her memories and reused her soul.”

“So… Gods can't actually die, just have their memories cleared and their souls reused… But I suppose that is a bit like dying. Still, she didn't die of injuries.” he rubbed his chin as he thought about it, tilting his head to the side. “When you recycled the soul, what did it turn into?”

“As a child of Okeanos and Tethys once again, so they can have their daughter back once more. They raised her with much caution, and she clung to them. She was repurposed into Persuasion, as a way to keep her safe from the events that once happened, since she couldn't persuade it into being otherwise before. So worry not. Nothing bad will come of your gods. Leuke was a deliberate choice, not a mistake.”

The poppies didn't do much to settle him down anymore, as there began to be a thumping in his chest as Lethe spoke. As observant as Lethe was, he didn't think she knew exactly why he was so startled by this news. Or, maybe she did, and she couldn't bother any less. She didn't bat either of her tired lidded eyes.

He didn't want to ask anymore questions, as he felt like he had already gone too far, like he learned something he was never supposed to know. All he did was respond with a simple nod of his head, put his hat back on, get up, and go on his way.

It was late when he got home, which wasn't a surprise. Hermes had begun his investigation right after he delivered all of the souls to The Underworld, which always began when the moon took show in the sky. He had already warned her he was going to miss dinner and that he'd try to eat while on his mission. He didn't eat like he said he would, but he wasn't going to tell her that. She had always worried about others, including him.

Peitho was already asleep in bed, and after he took off his hats, chlamys, and boots, Hermes carefully got into bed next to her, even though he knew he wasn't going to wake her. His arms wrapped around her and pulled her close to his body.

Hermes knew he should've slept that night, especially with what he had planned for the next day— he was gonna skip his job for the day, and spend the whole day with her trying to make it special for her. But, his mind was restless as he continued to think about what he had just learned. Despite being unable to sleep and all of the thoughts rushing through his head, the only thing that seemed to calm the racing of his heart down was Peitho close to him, much like the poppies by the River Lethe.

[sinsmockingbird]

Because I've seen people asking for it, here's all the information I have (and have made) for the PTN Goddess!AU. Keep in mind it's still in development, meaning I'm happy to hear people's ideas and input and I'll probably change things up from them.

CW: PTN Goddess!AU under the cut.

For this AU I'm using Greek Gods & Goddesses specifically. Mainly because I know about them the most and plus this was inspired by Chameleon, Chelsea, & Cabernet's Greek inspired attires.

Before I go into information on the PTN women, here's stuff to know about the Reader; They are a human who devotes their life to worshipping the Gods. So much so that's caught the attention of a few. They are devout and loyal to their Goddesses, worshipping not just at their shrines, but worshipping them in the bedroom as well.

Next, here's the women I don't have anything set up for yet (have chosen a Greek God they could be). So, would love to hear opinions on these women; Eleven, K.K., Macchiato, McQueen, Pricilla, Shalom, Stargazer, & Uni.

Now, here's a list of the other women and the Gods they represent in this AU;

✧ ADELA: Hades, God of the Underworld, the dead and riches.

✧ ANNE: Asclepius, God of healing and medicine.

✧ BAI YI: Hermes, God of travel, speed, thieves, trade and invention.

✧ CABERNET: Dionysus, God of grape-harvest, wine, orchards, madness and parties.

✧ CASSIA: Aglaia, Goddess of beauty, splendor, glory and adornment.

✧ CHAMELEON: Hypnos, God of sleep.

✧ CHELSEA: Aphrodite, Goddess of beauty, love, desire, passion and pleasure.

✧ CINNABAR: Soteria, Goddess of safety, salvation, deliverance and preservation from harm.

✧ COQUELIC: Demeter, Goddess of harvest, grain and fertility.

✧ CORSO: Lyssa, Goddess of mad rage, frenzy and rabies.

✧ DEREN: Pheme, Goddess of fame and renown.

✧ DREYA: Nyx, Goddess of the night.

✧ EIRENE: Plutus, God of abundance and wealth.

✧ ENFER: Hephaestus, God of technology, craftsman, sculptures and blacksmiths.

✧ GAROFANO: Hera, Goddess of women, marriage, childbirth and familial love.

✧ HAMEL: Terpsichore, Goddess of lyric poetry and dancing.

✧ IGNIS: Hestia, Goddess of hearth, home and family.

✧ IRON: Paean, God of healing and physicians.

✧ KELVIN: Khoine, Goddess of snow.

✧ LAMIA: Poseidon, God of the sea, storms, earthquakes and floods.

✧ LANGLEY: Athena, Goddess of wisdom, strategy, crafts and the arts.

✧ LISA: Apollo, God of the sun, light, plague, music, art, poetry, knowledge and truth.

✧ MANTIS: Pan, God of the wild.

✧ NOX: Psyche, Goddess of the human soul.

✧ NINETY-NINE: Kratos, God of strength.

✧ OAK CASKET: Thanatos, God of peaceful death.

✧ RAHU: Nemesis, Goddess of balance, retribution and vengeance.

✧ RAVEN: Calliope, Goddess of epic poetry.

✧ SERPENT: Morpheus, God of dreams.

✧ SUMIRE: Persephone, Goddess of the springtime and vegetation.

✧ TETRA: Peitho, God of persuasion.

✧ ZOYA: Ares, God of war and courage.

[aurora-daily]

Have we worked out which Greek deities correspond to each song yet? I think Blood in the Wine is Dionysus but not sure on all the rest!

Hello, anonymous warrior!

Yes, we had this worked out long before: when the quiz was released in October [link], also on the release day we had Aurora naming gods for each songs on enhanced version of the album on Spotify which I posted yesterday here [link 1] [link 2] [link 3]

So, to sum it all up with the additional songs:

The Forbidden Fruits of Eden — Gaia (Gaea) (Goddess of all. Embodiment of the earth)

Everything Matters — Atlas (God of endurance)

Giving In to The Love — Prometheus (Titan god of fire)

Cure For Me — Hermaphroditus (a half-man half-woman child of Aphrodite)

You Keep Me Crawling — this one I can't be sure about but the quiz showed again Persephone (Queen of the underworld)

Exist For Love — Aphrodite (Goddess of love. Pleasure, passion and beauty)

Heathens — Persephone (Queen of the underworld. Queen of the damned)

The Innocent — Eros (God of sexual desire, sexual freedom)

Exhale Inhale — Thanatos (the personification of death)

A Temporary High — Janus (Roman god, the god of doors, gates, and transitions. Janus represented the middle ground between both concrete and abstract dualities such as life/death, beginning/end, youth/adulthood, rural/urban, war/peace, and barbarism/civilization)

Artemis — Artemis (Goddess of the hunt, the wilderness. The moon)

Blood In The Wine — Dionysus (God of wine, madness, drunkenness and parties)

A Dangerous Thing — Peitho (The personification of seduction and persuasion)

This Could Be A Dream — Morpheus (God of dreams)

A Little Place Called The Moon — Astraeus (God of the dusk, stars, planets and astrology)

The Woman I Am — Hera (Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage, women, childbirth and family)

The Devil is Human — Hades (King of the underworld. God of the dead)

- Nikol

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Anteros (Kingdom of Ichor)

*this character will appear later in the series

Nicknames- Mush by Aphrodite

Ant by Ares & the others in the pantheon

Mr. A by Eros

Rosy by Harmonia

Age- 16 (immortal)

Location- Cyprus, Olympius

Personality- He and his twin brother are two drastically opposite sides of the same coin. Anteros is a soft spoken, serious, & sensitive soul in addition to being intelligent. He's not really interested in the glitz and glamour of the pantheon.

He has the standard abilities of a god. As the god of requited love (& avenger of unrequited love), his powers and abilities include flight (due to his feathered butterfly shaped wings), summoning/communicating with swans & doves, limited amokinesis (can curse two people to temporarily fall in love), being exceptional at archery (on par with his brother and aunt & uncle), and invisibility.

Anteros lives with his mother & younger siblings at her mansion in the state of Cyprus. He also spends time in Thrace, Sparta, the New Olympus neighborhoods of Chant du Cygne & Queenstown, Shimmering Tail Island, and the royal palace on Mt. Olympus.

He along with his fraternal twin brother Eros (god of love) were the first set of twins to be born to Aphrodite (goddess of love & beauty) and Ares (god of war). Their "official" debut was a full spread in Modern Olympus magazine. The cover featured Anteros and Eros (at only a few days old) laying side by side on a mink blanket with their bare bums touching. Anteros and his brothers were some of the few in the pantheon to age the fastest!

His go-to drink is an almond amaretto smoothie. He also likes red wine, ginger ale, espresso con panna, earl grey tea, martinis, blue velvet cocktails, and aviation cocktails.

Ant loves his twin brother. Even when there are instances of arguments and moments when he thinks Eros is too immature & selfish or when Eros calls him a "tight-assed humorless prick", they ultimately care for each other. They often spend time together- whether it's shopping, surfing at the beach, going to the spa, going to the opera, going to the cinema, or practicing their archery. He also cares for his younger siblings. Anteros has been teaching his baby sisters how to read and he plays basketball & watches wrestling matches with the "demon duo."

His favorite colors are lavender, gray, brown, & powder blue.

Ant's relationship with his parents is interesting to say the least. He obviously cares for them, but views their "on again/off again" relationship as painful whiplash. He also can't help but feel overlooked by them. Even though they say that they don't have favorites, Anteros does pick up on how Aphrodite is with Eros and Harmonia (goddess of peace & harmony) versus how Ares is with Deimos (god of terror), Adrestia (goddess of revolt), & Phobos (god of fear). With his mom, he'll go shopping with her, check out an art gallery or two before going to the spa (he loves the steam room & full body sea salt scrub). They'll end the day with a bottle of red wine and eat pink macaroni (her favorite comfort food) while watching a sad movie marathon.

Some of his favorite desserts include the pain au chocolat, chocolate & caramel souffles, creme brulee, and galette de rois.

In the pantheon, Anteros is close with his cousins from his uncle Hephaestus (god of the forge)- Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme, & Philophrosyne. He also views some of his mom's close friends as honorary aunts and uncles like The Graces, Ganymede (god of homosexual love & desire), and Ditus (god of bisexuality, effeminacy, & fertility). His nona (godmother) is Peitho (goddess of persuasion & sensuality). Anteros also really likes his aunts Hebe (goddess of youth) and Eileithyia (Ella) (goddess of childbirth). He often has tea & milano cookies with his grandmother Hera (goddess of women & marriage) and he golfs with his grandfather Zeus (god of the sky, thunder, & lightning).

He also sometimes tends to the pet lions of his great-grandmother Rhea (Titaness of fertility, motherhood, & comfort).

He describes his fashion style as "high fashion dark academia."He's a fan of tailored trousers, collared shirts, cozy knit sweaters or vests laid over button-downs, oversized coats & blazers, and chunky loafers & boots. Anteros also doesn't mind dressing casually in linen tees, skinny jeans, and chuck taylors.

He uses the Glory's Crown coconut milk & honey curling custard on his bouncy dark brown coils.

His favorite sandwich from The Bread Box is the croque monsieur.

To keep busy, Anteros sometimes models for his grandfather's fashion brand, Platinum Alchemy. He also writes for his magazine and was even featured in his mom's Look Book- a collection of photographs & stylized portraits.

As far as romantic relationships, Anteros is feeling conflicted about the feelings he has for one of The Hesperides, Erytheis (who's also good friends with his mom). After sharing a passionate kiss in a secret room of the royal palace during a Summer Solstice celebration, they both decided that starting up a relationship would probably not be the best idea. She stated that the kiss felt like a betrayal to his mom. Anteros still hasn't stopped having fantasies of running his fingers through her long ash blonde hair or picking up the fragrant scent of lilies & vanilla from her neck. He almost touched himself to one of the fantasies he was having about her, but stopped himself.

Aphrodite gifted him with a steel gray vintage 1960's sports car.

In his free time, he loves reading poetry (as well as writing his own). He also likes to write romantic & gothic love stories. Some of the themes explored in his poetry include toxic relationships, unrequited love, forbidden love, identity, mortality, and death. Anteros also enjoys horseback riding, surfing, yoga, basketball, chess, & transcribing music. He's become quite skilled at playing the piano.

Some of his favorite meals include the coq au vin, ratatouille, moules-frites, and cuisses de grenouille.

"Even though we never said it to each other, we knew."

[thehistoricalgods]

The Forgotten Gods

A series of Greco-Roman Gods who seem to have very little information out about them. Every God deserves to be worshipped, so I thought I'd help get more names out there. This a list of Gods I will be covering, as they will each get their own individual post.

Philotes, primordial Goddess of friendship.

Eileithyia, Goddess of childbirth.

Aglaea, Goddess of beauty and adornment.

Akeso, Goddess of curing illnesses

Bia, Goddess of force.

Klymene, goddess of fame and renown.

Deimos, God of fear

Dike, goddess of justice.

Eirine, Goddess of peace

Eunomia, goddess of good order

Himeros, God of sexual desire

Hymenaios, God of weddings and marriage hymns

Iaso, Goddess of cures and remedies

Litai, goddess of prayers

Peitho, goddess of persuasion and seductive speech

Pothos, God of sexual yearning

Zelos, God of rivalry and competition

*i will do other gods in the future and might even look into non-Greek gods, depending on my interests. Anyways.

[scarletarosa]

Aphrodite 

Greek goddess of romantic love, infatuation, sex, beauty, passion, procreation, pleasure, desire, and fertility

Aphrodite (Roman: Venus) was one of the most popular deities of Ancient Greece and was believed to have immense power over gods and mortals alike (all except for Athena, Artemis, and Hestia- who all chose to remain virgins). In mythology, when Uranus, god of the heavens, was killed, his phallus was cast into the sea. Suddenly, a bubbling of blood and sea foam emerged at the surface. From this arose a giant scallop shell (representing the vulva), which bestowed upon the world a goddess who outshone all other things in creation. She stepped upon the shore, resplendent in her nakedness and smiling sweetly at the enraptured deities. Wherever she stepped, flowers grew and the birds came to sing to her. The Horai (the hours) clothed the goddess born of the heavens and sea and brought her to Olympus. The Horai clothing Aphrodite likely symbolize that Aphrodite is of all times of day, for she is beauty and beauty does not end. 

Roles: Although she was primarily a goddess of love, sex, and beauty to the Greeks, Aphrodite was sometimes honoured as a goddess of war and was known to bring victory and strength in battle. While she is indeed loving, she is also very powerful and has the ability to sway humans to her will- encouraging chaotic passions wherever she pleases. Though overall, Aphrodite focuses on her aspects of pleasure and desire- she is a goddess who takes many lovers, going from one to another. She is moreso connected to the erotic love than any other, and does not tend to focus on deep forms of love since it is not her preference. Due to her roles of both lust and uncontrollable passions, she was known as a goddess to be feared and respected in Greece. 

Despite her connections with war as said by the Greeks, Aphrodite is not much connected to battle and prefers harmonious atmospheres. The war-like aspects where only believed to be part of this goddess when the Greeks confused her with the neighboring goddess Astarte, who rules over sex and war. In spite of this, Aphrodite is still capable of handling herself; though she prefers peace to war. Aphrodite was most often the one called upon in regards to finding suitable lovers, though sometimes she was regarded as a blesser of marriages as well (along with Hera). According to the cosmogonic views of the nature of Aphrodite as her heavenly form, she is the personification of the generative powers of nature, and the mother of all living beings. But most commonly, she is the goddess of desire and sexual love, who excites this passion in the hearts of both gods and men.

In her myths, Aphrodite is always described as having many lovers. Though when she was young, Zeus had arranged her to marry Hephaestus, even though she did not desire him. Due to this, Aphrodite soon began to meet with Ares in secret, choosing him as a lover. During sex, Hephaestus was told of Aphrodite’s actions by a witness and he angrily created a metal net to capture her up in with Ares. When this was done, many gods came to witness the awkward scene the two lovers were caught in, which caused them humiliation. Hephaestus then denounced Aphrodite as his wife, and set them both free, causing she and Ares to run off to different areas of Greece. Aphrodite is also described as having had Hermes as a lover, with whom she bore a deity named Hermaphroditus, a deity who is both male and female. In another myth, Aphrodite is described as raising Adonis as a child, and later falling in love with him when he matured, since he was quite handsome in appearance. Though fearing the jealousy of Ares, Aphrodite tried to hide Adonis. But one day when the youth went hunting, Ares sent a wild boar that gauged Adonis, causing him to bleed to death. Although this is one of the myths that had not occurred in reality, as it was a rewritten story that was originally told in Phoenicia about Ashtart and Adon.

Personality: Aphrodite is very romantic, elegant, passionate, bubbly, friendly, confident, and empathetic. She is not entirely a “soft and pink” goddess but can be gentle when she wants to be, especially with those she cares about. Her energy feels like pure ecstasy, optimism, and beauty, so much so that it can bring tears to one’s eyes. She is incredibly sweet, loving, hopeful, and has a delightful sense of humour. Aphrodite is also not shallow in the slightest and is a deeply compassionate and wise goddess who will stand tall and proud alongside her followers; she will never allow any of them to feel weak or ugly. She has a wondrous healing touch, able to heal any sort of emotional wound and is incredibly soft with those who need this. As a goddess of fertility, Aphrodite adores all of nature and loves children deeply, causing her to often act motherly towards devotees. She is deeply supportive and likes to pamper everyone, making sure they feel good about themselves, or at least helping them with it. 

Regarding love, Aphrodite is both erotic and romantic love, but isn’t much connected to long-lasting love and instead prefers infatuations and many passions. As Aphrodite Pandemos, she represents sexuality and often acts as a patroness of sex workers; as Aphrodite Ourania, she represents the more celestial love of romance and will at times bless marriages (whereas Hera blesses all marriages, including arranged or political ones). As for beauty, Aphrodite represents all that inspires awe and hope in the hearts of people, it is something that keeps the world from becoming mundane and depressing.

Aphrodite is usually joyful and peaceful, seeking to love and give love to whoever is in need. She drifts like a gentle breeze and embraces, even for temporary pleasures. However, when Aphrodite becomes angered, she becomes more commanding, impatient, and vain. She does not hesitate to lash back at those who try to insult or diminish her and might often keep grudges against them. She is also often like this when her beauty is degraded in any way since she highly values looking as beautiful as possible. When she becomes deeply angry, her appearance quickly darkens and her voice becomes much more sharp and serious.

Appearance: Aphrodite usually appears as a slender and naked woman (or in a revealing pink or white dress), with long wheat-blonde hair, green-brown eyes, red lips, and is extremely beautiful to behold. She is always elegant and seductive in appearance and likes to flaunt this with revealing dresses. Sometimes rose petals can be seen falling around her when she appears.

| Some of her epithets |

Aligena (Sea Born)

Genetullis (Protectress of Births)

Ambologera (She Who Postpones Old Age)

Hêrê (Of Hera/Marriage)

Antheia (Friend of Flowers)

Nikêphoros (Bringer of Victory) 

Basilis (Queen)

Ourania (Heavenly)

Pothon Mater (Mother of Desire)

Pasiphaessa (The Far-Shining)

Peitho (The Persuasive)

Sy′ria Dea (The Syrian Goddess)

Skotia (Of the Darkness)

Philopannyx (The Night-Loving)

Pandemos (of The Common People; Sexual)

Philomeides (Laughter-Loving)

Symmakhia (Ally in Love)

Offerings: sweet red wine, pink champagne, cherry liquor, rose liquor, pomegranate liquor, pomegranate juice, aromatic rose tea, cream and sugar, cinnamon, talcum powder, chocolate, honey, red cherries, strawberries, passion fruit, chocolate, macadamia nuts, pastries, tarts, desserts in general, yellow cheese, all seafood, sea shells, red/pink/or white roses, peonies, myrtle, poppies, hibiscus, lingerie, elegant high heels, sex toys, make-up products, jewelry, sensual perfume, lotions, silk, rose quartz, diamonds, pearls, white beach pebbles, sea water, fish scales, dove feathers, pink silk, red or pink candles, hand-held mirrors, arched combs, rose soaps, small red pillows, poetry, prose, beautiful artwork, statues of winged Victory, statues of herself, marble pillars, swan or dove figurines, harps, incense of sandalwood, musk, myrrh, benzoin, or rose, and any elegant objects or jewelry

*no beer or pork (she detests filth)

[hopesbarnes]

Gold Dust Woman

Summary: Set Pre-Ragnarok. Inspired by the song Gold Dust Woman. The goddess of temptation and sorcery is ruled by no man and doesn’t do love. You prefer to sleep around and mess with men’s heads for fun. Loki is just the newest in the line of people who have taken to you. He wishes for you to rule beside him as queen, but that type of life isn’t made for you.

Pairing: Darker!Reader x Loki

Warnings: 18+, Smut, Cursing

A/N: This is so different from my usual writings, and I really like it. This isn’t a happy, reader falls in love type story. Reader in this is so unlike me, it was a lot of fun to write. Also the drug mentioned is 100% made up.  Bold Italics are song lyrics

In theory, being Asgardian is excellent. Thousands of years to experience the realms, powers that mortals dream of, and being worshipped sound wonderful. The little ones desire to be a goddess like you. Royalty is everything one wants. However, it’s monotonous. No good being loves the goddess of temptation and sorcery. They don’t leave you offerings or pray to you. You’re remarked on the same level as Loki. The people crave a white-veiled princess, and you’ve never been that.

Your lips are on his the moment he opens the door. There’s not a minute for him to digest your presence. The kiss is harsh, your teeth clash together and Loki moans into the kiss. You bite his lower lip to allow the kiss to deepen. His hands dig into your hips and yours lightly tug his hair. The two of you move until your back hits the wall. You pull him down, leaving him kneeling before you.

“What would people say, seeing you kneeling before someone?” you tease.

“What they don’t know is for the best, my love.”

He identifies his place and lifts your dress up and you move your leg over his shoulder to give him better access. Loki starts to move his tongue against your folds and you moan out from the feeling. He continues to tease you until you pull his head back to look at you.

“Continue teasing me and you won’t cum,” you threaten the mischievous god. He nods and moves back to your core. This time he doubles his efforts and fucks you on his tongue. Your hips move and you’re thrusting down on his face. The pleasure accumulates and you orgasm. The good boy that he is, Loki licks up every drop.

You pull him up to reach your lips and kiss. During the kiss, you wave away both of your clothes and activate a birth control spell. The goddess of seduction can’t get pregnant, it would ruin your image. The kiss continues until you reach the edge of the bed. You push him down and straddled his hips.

“I do love seeing you on top of me, it’s a beautiful sight,” he gushes to you.

“Keep being this sappy and I’ll find a new God to fuck,” you warn.

You hold his cock and guide yourself down on it. Once you’re seated fully, you move his hands to the headboard and lock them with a wave of your hands.

“Are these really necessary?” he complains.

“No, but I like the way they look. Plus, it reminds you where you truly belong.”

You start a quick pace, not looking for a sweet lovemaking session. You rock back and forth roughly and scratch his chest as you do. His torso looks as if a cat has clawed it up, and the sight sends you over. This, in turn, causes him to fill you with his cum.

You pull the sheet up on Loki before getting up and magically cleaning yourself up and reappearing your dress on the ground.

“You’re a shitty person, but a fantastic fuck,” you remark while redressing.

“It’s not like you’re quite sunshine, dear,” Loki quips back. He’s lying in his bed with his wrists still fixed to the bed frame. The sheet rests low on his hips and you can’t help but appreciate his physique once again.

“Is that what you want? A little blushing maid to control?” you ask as you straddle him once again. Leaning to his ear, you whisper, “We both know you could never be satisfied without me dominating you.”

His laugh is dark, and he doesn’t refute the statement. He would crawl the grounds naked for you if you asked. You will never truly be his, but he will always be yours.

You flick your wrist to remove the binds and free him. While keeping him tied up and hidden away seems ideal, he has duties as king to see to. You’d rather him as Odin than Odin himself running this wretched kingdom.

“Why won’t you accept my proposal as Queen?” he inquires while dressing himself.

“You and I both realize I’m not made for that.”

“We should rule the realms together, would that really be so terrible?” Yes, It would. You think to yourself.

“I’m no Queen,” you reply.

“I’m no King, and yet…”

“You were born for this life. The regal manner you have to conduct yourself, the diplomacy, the fights. It all fits you. I was born for revenge. I spend my nights high or drunk, fucking whoever falls into my sight. I tear apart relationships and fool people for fun! And I like it. I’m no Queen Loki, get that through your head!” you snap at him.

“If the people truly saw who ruled them, they would quiver in fear. I’m a fucking monster, or don’t you remember? I’m what parents warn their children of.” he spats shifting into his frost giant form.

“They warn of your race, not you. You really want to compare who's the bigger monster?”

“You’re not a monster.”

“Yes, I am. The sooner you realize this the better,” you sigh and walk out of the room.

—————

When you live thousands of years, the people in lesser worlds start to write stories of you. They call you gods and try to make sense of the senselessness way you impact their world. Thor is named Zeus to the Greeks and Jupiter to the Romans. You, on the other hand, are known as Peitho to the Greeks. The goddess of persuasion and seduction. They also created you into the story of the sirens, beautiful women who lured men to their death.

Most of the stories were true. There was a time when you seduced men and killed them. It wasn’t a high point of your legacy. But you never claimed you were innocent.

A few days after the fight with Loki, he came to apologize. Claimed the pressure of the throne was too much.

“Nobody told you to steal your father’s identity and be the ruler,” you quip back. Sympathy wasn’t a virtue you had.

“Father wasn’t fit to rule anymore. Thor isn’t around, too busy gallivanting around to care for his home,” he replied.

“Still didn’t mean you had to be king.”

“Want to destress, Allfather?” you tease just to get him to shut his whining up.

“What have you in mind, lover? He asks. The word lover leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but you ignore it.

“Snagged some Ferðalags last time I ventured the forest. Turned them into a potion to drink. Wouldn’t mind sharing,” you offer the vial. You consume the drug with him and spend the next four hours high forgetting the world.

It was only a matter of time before Loki begged for marriage again. He was planning to reveal himself as Loki soon and wished to have a wife for that. You never would love him though, and marriage went against every part of your being. A better person would cut off the relationship, leave him now before it ruined him. But you couldn’t, you enjoyed messing with his head and body too much.

 Tensions were running high amongst the realms. Loki’s approach to diplomacy and ruling wasn’t being taken to quite as he hoped. Rumors of Thor fighting and trying to bring peace about spread, and while he didn’t speak you can tell the mischievous God is worrying. You weren’t one for comfort, but you were fairly good at one of the best ways people relax.

Loki was sitting in the throne room, atop his chair. It was late, so he was in his true form instead of hiding behind the face of his father.

“Why are you here so late?” you ask.

“It takes a lot to rule a kingdom, dear,” he replies.

“You know what they say.”

“Hmm?” he questions.

“Rulers make bad lovers,” you remark.

“Is that so?” he asks, beckoning you closer with his stare.

“You better put your kingdom up for sale,” you declare walking to straddle his hips.

“I feel like I should fuck you in this throne for that statement.”

“Honey, the day you are the dominant one in this relationship, is the day I become the Goddess of Marriage.”

“Then you fuck me in this chair,” he suggests sharply.

You tug down his pants, not bothering to completely undress. You hike the long dress you have on up and he whines upon the realization that you had nothing underneath. You readjust your position and take him in one swift drop of your hips.

“This is how I would like to go, encompassed by you,” he remarks as you move your hips against his.

You lean forward to meet his lips as his hand snakes between your bodies. Instead of connecting your lips, a moan falls from them against his. It’s erotic the motion, and he groans against you. You quicken your pace and your head falls against his shoulder, unable to hold yourself up as you fuck yourself on his cock.

It doesn’t take long for you to come apart as he releases into you. You sit for a moment to catch your breath and then wave a hand to clean the mess.

“You could stay awhile, just sit with me,” he breathes.

“Loki,” you sigh.

“Loki what? Why can’t you let me love you!”

“You knew I didn’t do that! That isn’t me,” you snap, aggravated. He kept trying to make you into someone you weren’t. You warned him before the first hookup. Why didn’t he listen?

“It could be. I wasn’t supposed to be regal. I was supposed to die.”

“You wanted to change. You hated who you were. I love being this!” you shout waving your hands to emphasize the point. “I love fucking anything with a pulse! I love killing those who cross me. I love seducing people and watching their lives crumble as a result! I love being a witch in every sense of the word. I don’t get why you can’t understand that. I don’t want to be your fucking queen!” The entire declaration causes his face to fall.

“I love you,” is all he manages to mutter.

“Then I’m sorry to shatter your illusions of love, and what it should be. But this isn’t love.”

“Then I guess this is done.”

“I think I should visit Midgard for some time,” you suggest.

“I figure that’s for the best.”

[arkadialatreia]

The Greek Pantheon

Aceso- Healing, Curing Achelois- a Moon goddess Achelous- Shark spirit Acheron- Woe Achilles- a Deified mortal Achlys- Posion, Misery Achos- Trouble Acratopotes- Unmixed wine Adathodaemon- Luck Adephagia- Gluttony Adikia- Wrongdoing Adonis- the Circle of life Adrastea- a goddess Aegaeon- Violent sea storms Aegle- Radiant health Aeolus- Ruler of the winds Aergia- Sloth Aether- Light, Atmosphere Aetna- Mt. Etna Agon- Contest Aiakos- a Judge in the underworld(europe) Aidos- Modesty

Aike- Prowess Aion- Eternity, Time Aisa- Fate Alabandus- a Deified mortal Alala- the Warcry Alastor- Blood feuds Alecto- a Fury Alectrona- the Morning Aletheia- Truth Alexiares- Fortifies towns Amechania- Helplessness Amphiaraus- Chthonic oracle Amphictyonis- Wine Amphilogiai- Debates Amphitrite- the Sea Anaideia- Ruthelessness Ananke- Inevitability Androktasiai- Slaughter Anetheusa- Fountains Angelia- Messages Angelos- Chthonic Ania- Ache Anicetus- Fortified towns Anteros- Requited love Aparctias- the North Wind Aphaea- Agriculture Apheleia- Simplicity Aphrodite- Love, Beauty, Desire Aphroditus- a deity Apollon- Music, Art, Healing Aporia- Difficulty Arae- Curses Ares- War, Violence Arete- Virtue Argestes- the West/Northwest Wind Ariadne- Mazes Aristaeus- Bee-keeping Arke- a Messenger Artemis- Hunting, Archery Ascelpius- Medicine Askalaphos- Tends orchards in the underworld Asteria- Stars Astraea- Justice Astraeus- Celstial bodies, Astrology Athena- Wisdom, Strategy Atlas- Endurance, Astronomy Atropos- Fate Attis- Vegetation Atë- Delusion Aura- Breeze, Fresh air Auxesia- Fertility Auxo- Spring growth Benthesikyme- the Sea Bia- Violence Bolina- a Deified mortal Boreas- the North Wind, Winter Britomartis- Nets Brizo- Sailors Caerus- Oppurtunity Caicias- the Northeast Wind Carme- Harvestt Castor- Boxing, St. Elmo’s Fire Ceraon- the meal, specifically, the making of the wine Cerberus- Guard dog of the underworld Ceto- Dangers of the ocean Chaos- Nothingness Charites(p)- Charm, Creativity Charon- Ferryman of the underworld Charybdis- Whirlpools Chione- Snow Chiron- a Centaur Chloris- Flowers Chronos- Empirical time Chrysothemis- Harvest Circe- a goddess, a Witch Clotho- Fate Clymene- Renown, Fame Coeus- Intellect Comus- Revelry Corus- Surfeit Corymbus- Fruit of the ivy Cricios- the North/Northwest Wind Crius- Constellations Cronus- Destructive time (king of the Titans) Cyamites- Beans Cybele- Mountains Cymopoleia- the Sea Damia- Fertility Deimos- Fear Deino- Graeae Deipnus- the meal, specifically, the making of the bread Delphin- Dolphins Demeter- Grain, Harvest Despoina- Mysteries Dikaiosyne- Justice Dike- Justice Dione- Oracle of Dodona Dionysus- Wine, Madness Dolos- Trickery Dynamene- Ocean swells Dysnomia- Lawlessness Dyssebeia- Impiety Eidothea- sea nymph Eileithyia- Childbirth Eirene- Peace Eiresione- the Olive branch Ekecheiria- Truce Eleos- Mercy, Pity Elpi- Hope Endymion- a Deified mortal Enyalius- War Enyo- Destructive war Enyo- Graeae Eos- Dawn Eosphorus- the morning star, Venus Epidotes- a deity Epimetheus- afterthought Epione- Soothing pain Epiphron- Prudence Erebus- Darkness Eris- Strife Eros- Love, Attraction, Intercourse Ersa- Morning dew Eucleia- Good repute Eulabeia- Discretion Eunomia- Good order Eunostus- the Flour mill Eupheme- Good omens Euporie- Horae Eupraxia- Well being Euronotus- the Southeast Wind Eurus- the East/Southeast Wind Euryale- Goron Eurybia- Mastery of the sea Eurynome- Wateer, Meadows (ex-queen of the Titans) Eusebia- Piety Euthenia- Prosperity Gaia- Earth Galene- Calm seas Ganymede- a Deified mortal Geeras- Old age Gelos- Laughter Glaucus- Fishermen Glycon- a snake god Hades- Wealth (lord of the underworld) Harmonia- Harmony Harpocrates- Silencee Hebe- Youth Hecate- Magic Hecaterus- Hekateris Hedone- Pleasure Hedylogos- Sweet talk Heemphroditus- Andrgony Heimarmene- Sharing Helios- the Sun, Oaths Hemera- Day Hemithea- a Deified mortal Hepheastus- Fire, Crafts Hera- Marriage, Women (queen of the gods) Heracles- Strength Hermes- Travel, Messages Hesperus- the evening star, Venus Hestia- Hearth, Home Hilaera- a Deified mortal Himeros- Sexual Desire Homados- Battle Homonia- Concord Horkos- Oaths Horme- Impulse Hybris- Outrageous behavior Hygeia- Hygeine Hymenaios- Marriage Hyperion- Light Hypnos- Sleep Hysminai- Fighting Iapetus- Mortality Iaso- Cures Ichnaea- Tracking Ino- a Deified mortal Ioke- Pursuit Iris- Rainbows Iynx- the Love charm Kakia- Vice Kalokagathia- Nobility Karpo- Fruits Keres- Violent Deaths Keuthonymos- Chthonic Koalemos- Stupidity Kokytos- Wailing Kratos- Strength Lachesis- Fate Lampsao- a Deified mortal Lelantos- Air, the Unseen Lethe- Forgetfulness Leto- Motherhood Leucothea- the Sea Limos- Hunger Lips- the Southwest Wind Litae- Prayer Lupe- Pain Lyssa- Rage Ma- a goddess Macaria- Blessed deaths Machai- Fighting Mania- Madness Matton- the meal, specifically, the kneading of the dough Medusa- Gorgon Megaera- a Fury Melinoe- Offerings to the dead Men- Lunar god Mene- the Months Menoetes- Herded cattle in the underworld Menoetius- Anger Methe- the state of being Drunk Metis- Good council Minos- Judge (final votee) Mnemosyne- Memory Momus- Mockery Mormo- Chthonic Moros- Doom Neikea- Quarrels Nemesis- Retribution, Revenge Nereus- Old man of the sea Nesoi(p)- Islands, Seas Nike- Victory Nomos- Law Notus- the South Wind Nyx- Night Oceanus- the All-encircling river Oizys- Woe, Misery Oneiroi(p)- Dreams Ophion- Ruler of the Titans (overthrown by Cronus) Orithyia- Mountain winds Orthosie- one of the Horae Ourae(p)- Mountains Paean- Physician Palaemon- the Sea Palaestra- Wrestling Palioxis- Flight, Retreat Pallas- Warcraft Pan- Shepherds Panacea- Healing Pandia- sky deity Parthenos- a Deified mortal Peitharchia- Discipline Peitho- Persuasion Pemphredo- Graeae Penia- Poverty Penthus- Grief Pepromene- Share Phaenon- Saturn Phaethon- Jupiter Phanes- Procreation Pheme- Rumour Pherousa- one of the Horae Philomelus- the Wagon, the Plow Philophrosyne- Kindness Philotes- Friendship Phlegethon- Fire Phobos- Fear Phoebe(1)- Prophecy Phoebe(2)- a Deified mortal Phonoi- Murder Phorcys- Hidden dangers of the sea Phrike- Horror Phthonus- Envy Phylonoe- a Deified mortal Pistis- Trust Plutus- Wealth Poine- Retribution Polemos- War Pollux- Boxing, St. Elmo’s Fire Ponos- Hard labour Pontus- the Sea, Sea creatures Poros- Expediency Poseidon- Earthquakes, the Ocean (lord of the sea) Pothos- Yearning Praxidike- Exacting justice Priapus- Fertility Proioxis- Onrush Promtheus- Forethought Prophasis- Excuses Proteus- Herdsman of Poseidon Psamathe- Sand beaches Psyche- the Soul Ptocheia- Beggary Pyroeis- Mars Rhadamanthys- Judge (asia) Rhapso- Sewing Rhea- Fertility (queen of the Titans) Roma- Rome Saloazios- sky deity Sangarius- a River Scylla- the Sea Selene- the Moon Semele- a Deified mortal Silenus- Wine press Skeiron- the Northwest Wind Sophrosynee- Moderation Soteria- Safety Soter- Safety Stheno- a Gorgon Stilbon- Mercury Styx- Hatred, Oaths Taraxippus- a Ghost Tartarus- Tartarean Pit Techne- Art, Skill Telesphoruus- Convalescence Telete- Initiaion into the Bacchic cult Tenes- a Deified mortal Tethys- Fresh water Thalassa- the Sea Thallo- Buds Thanatos- Death Thaumus- the Wonders of the sea Theia- Sight Themis- Devine law Thetis- Marine life Thoosa- Sea currents Tisiphone- a Fury Triptolemus- Farming Triteia- the Sea Triton- the Sea Tthrasos- Boldness Tyche- Fortune Uranus- the Sky Zagreus- first incarnation of Dionysus Zelos- Rivalry Zephyrus- the West Wind Zeus- Weather, Lightning (lord of the sky, king of the gods)

[tales-from-exo-planet]

Quest for Eudaimonia

An Interlude 

Enter Minor Goddesses Asteria-Amphitrite and Peitho-Nyx

In the beginning there was darkness.

Never could we reveal what came after that darkness.

Our Mother Goddess teachings are strict about that.

But from what we can tell you...there was darkness.

The darkness was all consuming, in sound, in taste, in scent, in texture.

But it wasn’t sinister as it is known to be by humans and other beings.

It was.

It was.

Balance was created with light.

But it wasn’t to blot out the darkness.

Nor to rid the ALL of evil.

That came much later.

…..we will continue without compromising ourselves further.

Clarity was needed from the beginning.

The trouble began because of love.

Love of power.

Love between beings.

And the beauty followed because of love.

Love of power created new dynamic energies.

The capacity for creation and life knew no limits.

We are known by many names at every level.

…..the dynamic energies of creation birthed matter that could be molded and poured into.

There was a sudden need for governance.

For organization.

Hierarchy.

With Creation brought intelligence, will.

Remember that love incited much of the trouble.

Love of power.

Desire.

Unwavering devotion.

Aimed at one’s own goals and also in pursuit of “peace” in the ALL.

Prime Beings….

They were the darkness and the light we spoke of.

From them were the descendants, created perhaps foolishly in hindsight, of love.

The hierarchy was respected in the beginning.

It was revered at first and emulated within every region and district of the galaxies of the ALL.

But as with any and all beings, love and desire can change perspectives.

There was rebellion against the Prime Beings, an insurrection inspired by the descendants of the Prime.

The descendants of the Prime were given worlds of their own as they chose.

Love begat more and more and more.

But even in the expanse of the Great ALL there wasn’t enough for them.

They became in secret and then on purpose.

To right this matter, and as a demonstration of love the Prime Beings decided to allow their descendants to voice their concerns.

So began the Counsel of Prime Beings present at every level of the ALL.

Counsels of the Universe and there were multiples of those…...let’s continue on.

Smaller infrequent meetings at the supercluster level of the ALL.

There is also a galactic counsel, and an interstellar counsel.

But all of the above counsels are at the Divine level. They are the Divine Counsel.

They govern all that is of the ALL.

It is not often that they convene for their purpose is clear and rarely do they experience miscommunication.

It is at the Regional level of the Solar System that issues have been seen within many galaxies.

Issues are even more severe at the district planetary level.

Love of power.

The descendants of the Prime Beings realized their inferiority all too quickly for their liking.

What was within their capacity for creation was unsettling for them.

They realized they were in service to the Divine Counsel because that was their station.

The more that Prime Beings created descendants, the less likely of a chance there was for any descendant to garner the power and authority required to rule.

Until there was a shift in consciousness.

Any time a descendant of a Prime Being was destroyed, their power was reabsorbed.

It was tried many a time, especially at the regional and district level.

Jealousy amongst descendants…

Jealousy spawned murder and thievery.

Descendants would strip one another of their lives, hoping that if they consumed their hearts they would retain their power.

But they were sorely mistaken.

Many a descendant of a true Prime Being died in this way.

And the remaining descendant was mortal, a destiny considered worse than death for they had no power over their situation.

They were at the most base level of existence.

The existence of mortals was unintentional on part of the descendants but it provided them an opportunity for the power they had been seeking, however feeble that was.

So began famine.

So began hurricanes.

So began tsunamis.

Twisters.

Bad luck.

Disease.

So became pain.

Suffering.

Here was spawned true evil.

Violence.

Corruption.

And their Prime ancestors saw this.

Naturally another level of the hierarchy was created.

For balance.

And to symbolize this balance, for a time it was allowed that a Prime descendant could have a child.

In the past, a Prime descendant could only create through murder of another descendant.

It was only humans who could have offspring of those at their station.

But a Prime descendant was unable to create life in the way their ancestors could.

Only a Prime Being could create life.

It was as it was meant to be.

To prove their loyalty and their love, a Prime descendant was allowed a child.

However not all were able to conceive.

This was again as it was meant to be.

It was a sorrowful time.

Warring between the Prime descendants was at an all time high even in the midst of such joy.

And so the Prime Beings changed their minds.

The children of the descendants would be made to do what their patriarchs and matriarchs could not do.

They would be wiped of their memories and given new names.

New identities.

They would not be reunited with their parents even in death.

Such was the anger of the Prime Beings.

So bore the Temples of Seraphim and other schools like it.

So began once again the mission of Prime descendants to destroy the Old World.

[immortallionheart-archived-blog]

       "I’m the first and the last, the eldest and youngest, and keeper of the heart.”

↳    MINOR DETAILS

NAME: Hestia, goes by Camille O’Connell on Earth AGE: Appears 25 ALIGNMENT: True Neutral RESIDENCE: Skopelos, Greece PARENTS:     The eldest daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. SIBLINGS:

Zeus - Brother - @anditsxsorrows

Hades - Brother - @suitsofarmor

Poseidon - Brother -

Hera - Twin Sister - @ladamedemartel

Demeter - Sister - @ofbranson

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS:

Athena - Neice - @skaixheda

Artemis - Cousin - @hxdaleksakomtrigedakru

Ares - Nephew - @amongthcwreck

Aphrodite - Niece - @fiercerebekah

Dionysus -  Nephew - @kolhearted

Hephaestus - Niece - @skaibird

Persephone - Sister-in-law/ Niece - @bourbonandheels

Nyx - Cousin - @violentsorrows

Thanatos - Distant Relations - @eternalstud

Nemesis - Distant Relations - @badassbetaerica

Coeus - Distant Relations - @oftorchwood

Peitho - Distant Relations - @thetravelcr

Ero - Great Nephew - @wclfbait

Selene - Cousin - @honorcodes

Hebe - Niece - @petrcvadcppelganger

Nike - Distant Relations - @xnotafraid

Prometheus - Distant Relations - @atcning

Circe - Distant Relations - @mortemagicae

Hecate - Distant Relations - @bonbonxwitch

Distant relations mean either 1) I don’t know or 2) I haven’t figured it out yet

↳    BIOGRAPHY

Hestia was the first born child to both Cronus and Rhea and was, like all her siblings except Zeus, swallowed by Cronus to prevent a prophecy from coming true. Zeus, being hidden from Cronus, was able to defeat the Titan free his siblings, Hestia being the last one to be freed. This is why she is known as both the Eldest and the Youngest of the gods. Born first and yet freed last.

Hestia, unlike her other siblings with great history and feats, is for more quiet and passive. This isn’t to mean she is any less than the other gods, but simply she has learned to be the peace keeper of the gods. Hestia didn’t desire power or strength, she wanted to simply be there for not just her siblings but all the gods. She was a counselor of sorts with her door always open.

Unlike the mortals who believe Hestia is a virgin, this is not true. It's simply that she has no found the one to devote herself to. Love is a precious emotion and she will not give it freely and furiously like some of her siblings. Instead, she stays her hand and waits until she finds one to give her heart to.

↳    LITTLE TIDBITS ON MODERN DAY HESTIA

- Hestia is non-violent and never fights. In fact, she doesn’t raise a hand or anything physically violent to another. She does have a temper but very rarely does she speak out like so. If Hestia gets angry, everyone knows to shut up and listen.

- Hestia, in this modern day, goes by Camille O’Connell and is a multi-millionaire.

- Hestia has developed a worldwide chain of Boarding Houses. Each house is known to have a very welcoming warm feel and is home to many. Her prices are cheap. This money she gains from these boarding houses helps lead to her charities to bring better homes to orphans and youths across the world.  These Boarding Houses and orphanages seem to always be stocked with food and a fire that never dies. All her Boarding Houses/Orphanages has greek themes to them in connection to the gods/goddesses.  

- Hestia’s own Mansion, where she lives, is known as the Mansion of the Sacred Fire. This is a boarding house (or mansion really) has many rooms and a never-dying fire. Any of the gods and goddesses can visit and stay with her as long as she wish, but no one can be violent in her house.

Hestia holds to Keys to Olympus and has the power to stop those from entering the halls.

- Never disrespect Hestia. It's, not Hestia you should fear, she will not take action against you because she knows who she is and doesn’t need to defend herself because she has her own self-respect. You should fear her siblings, they will come down upon you like hell and fire.

- Hestia has an unconditional love for everyone. This is why she is known as the goddess that all gods and goddess respect and love in turn. She’s the one who anyone can go to and she will welcome you home with open arms and just be there for you and tell you what you need to hear (though it may not be what you want to hear)

↳   ABILITIES

Ambrosia/Nectar: Hestia cooked the food of the gods that granted and renewed immortality and divine power.

Keys of Olympus: The halls of Olympus responded to Hestia's wishes. She will always know who is on Olympus and knows when someone is approaching the gates.

Sanctuary: Olympus itself is imbued where when a god steps foot into the boarding house, no violence can be conducted in front of her or in those halls. Even mortals are influenced by this when in her boarding houses.

Teleportation: Hestia has the ability to move from one are to another in a blink of an eye. She also has the ability to call upon a god by name and they can instantly teleport to her if she needs them.

↳   POWERS

Architecture Manipulation: Being that Hestia is the goddess of Home, she naturally has the ability to wave her hand and craft a home if com the need. Though she loves to let people join together and build a home by hand. However, if the time comes and its needed she’ll do this.

Pyrokinesis:  Hestia had omnipotent control of all fire everywhere. Legend states she could create flames so hot the Titans themselves were burned.

Food Manipulation: Naturally, Hestia can wave a hand and food will shape itself. Though never deny the calm she gets from crafting food the mortal way.

Guardianship: Being chosen by Zeus, Hestia has the power and control over Olympus. She protects the halls and only those she grants passage to can enter into the gates. She knows when someone is in Olympus even when she isn’t there.

Order Manipulation: If there is disarray, Hestia can easily bring order and Harmony in just a snap of her finger. Fights, riots, and all other chaos will stop and people will find that they can no longer fight or cause problems.

Serenity Inducement: With a simple presence or touch, Hestia has the ability to grant serenity to those around her. She gives a calming aura that can envelop an area helping those relax, both gods and mortals.

Divine Healing: Hestia can heal and purify wounds of both gods and mortals. Anything from minor wounds to major wounds, including damaged or withered organisms, wounds, broken bones, low vitality, and diseases/poisoning, etc... she can heal with a use of her skill. The more damage or severe the problem, the more power it takes from Hestia that can leave her weaken.

↳  NOTABLE TRAITS

✔ Optimistic, Creative, Practical, Rational, Relaxed, Courageous, Adaptable, Friendly, Curious, Perceptive, Driven, Independent ✘  Quiet, Stubborn, Private, Reserved, Easily Bored, Risky Behavior, Cynical, Persistent, Defensive

[deitychallenge30]

Day 8:  Variations on this deity (aspects, regional forms, etc.)

There are many  deities from many pantheons and traditions that represent the aspects of love and beauty that Aphrodite encompasses.  There are problably more that are not mentioned as well.

Albanian:  Prende (Goddess of love and beauty)

Armenian:  Astghik (Goddess of fertility and love)

Aztec:  Xochiquetzal (Goddess of fertility, beauty, prostitutes, female sexual power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and women's crafts), Xochipilli (God of love, art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song), Tlazolteotl (Goddess of lust, carnality, sexual misdeeds), Ixcuiname (Goddess of the carnality), Tiacapan (Goddess of sexual hunger), Teicu (Goddess of sexual appetite), Tlaco (Goddess of sexual longing), Xocotzin (Goddess of sexual desire)

Buddhism:  Aizen Myō-ō or Rāgarāja (Deity who transforms worldly lust into spiritual awakening; his red-skinned appearance represents suppressed lust and passion), Kuni (God of love)

Canaanite:  Astarte (Goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare), Qetesh (Goddess of love, beauty and sex)

Celtic:  Áine (Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth and sovereignty), Cliodhna (Irish goddess, sometimes identified as a goddess of love and beauty), Aengus (God of love, beauty, and dreams)

Chinese:  Jiutian Xuannü (Goddess of war, sexuality, and longevity), Yue-Lao (God of love, who binds two people together with an invisible red string), Tu Er Shen (Deity who oversees the love between homosexual men), White Peony (Bai Mudan or Pai Mu-Tan) (Goddess who tempts men, especially ascetics), Wutong Shen (Group of five wanton deities from Southern China. They ravished and possessed beautiful women), Baimei Shen (Chinese god for prostitution and brothel. On her first assignment with a client, a prostitute was supposed to make sacrifice to him), Qian Keng (Peng Zu) (God of health-focused sex), Nüwa (Goddess of the wedding band and wedding jewelry. Represents Heaven and the never ending sexual desire between married couples), Chuangmu (Chinese goddess of the bedchamber. She and her husband Chuanggong look after everything that may happen in the bed room, including sex, sleep, and childbirth), King Zhou (One of worst tyrants in Chinese history. He is known as the god of sodomy)

Egyptian:  Bes (God of music, dance, and he is also the dwarf god), Hathor (Goddess of the sky, love, beauty, and music), Bastet (Goddess of felines, love,protection, perfume, beauty, and dance), Min (God of reproduction, love, and sexual pleasure)

Etruscan:  Albina (Goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers), Turan (Goddess of love and vitality)

Greek:  The Erotes, Peitho (Personification of persuasion and seduction), Pan (God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature, hunting and rustic music, and companion of the nymphs, also associated with sexuality and fertility. Famous for his sexual powers and is often depicted with an erect phallus. Diogenes of Sinope, speaking in jest, related a myth of Pan learning masturbation from his father, Hermes, and teaching the habit to shepherds. Pan's greatest conquest was that of the moon goddess Selene. He accomplished this by wrapping himself in a sheepskin to hide his hairy black goat form, and drew her down from the sky into the forest where he seduced her), Philotes (Goddess of Affection or a Daimon of sexual intercourse), Anteros (God of requited love), Eros (God of love and sexual desire), Himeros (God of sexual desire and unrequited love), Hedylogos (God of sweet talk and flattery), Hermaphroditus (God of hermaphrodites and of effeminate men), Hymen (God of marriage, weddings, and the bridal hymn), Pothos (God of sexual longing, yearning and desire)

Guaraní:  Kurupi (God of sexuality and fertility)

Hindu:  Kama (God of love and sexuality), Rati (Goddess of passion and lust, wife of Kama), Chama or Kamadeva (God of young love)

Lithuanian:  Milda (Goddess of love and freedom)

Mesopotamian:  Inanna or Ishtar (Goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare), Nanaya (Goddess personifying voluptuousness and sensuality)

Norse and Germanic:  Freya (Goddess associated with love, beauty, magic, shamanism, seiðr, sacrifice, war, death, and sexuality), Freyr (Worshipped as a phallic fertility god; he was said to "bestow peace and pleasure on mortals"), Frigg (Goddess of marriage, married women, household duty, and divination), Lofn (Goddess of forbidden loves; servant of the queen of Asgard, Frigg), Sjöfn (Goddess associated with love)

Persian:  Anahita (Ancient water goddess, fertility goddess, and patroness of women, marriageable girls and childbirth)

Roman:  Venus (Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite), Cupid (Roman equivalent of the Greek god Eros), Suadela (Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Peitho)

Slavic:  Dogoda (Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness), Dzydzilelya (Polish goddess of love and marriage and of sexuality and fertility), Lada (Fakeloric goddess of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty), Siebog (God of love and marriage), Živa (Goddess of love and fertility)

Turco-Mongol: Aisyt (Goddess of fertility)

Vodun:  Baron La Croix, lwa (Of the dead and sexuality), Baron Samedi, lwa (Of the dead, sex and resurrection), Erzulie Freda Dahomey, lwa (Of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers)

Yoruba:  Mami Wata (Pantheon of water deities sometimes associated with love and lust), Osun (Goddess of love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy), Yemoja (Mother goddess of the oceans, fertility, prosperity, peace, and protection)

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Since Hermes is a fertility god, there are a few art out there symbolism of his fertility via interesting anatomy...

DFP Hermes thinks they look silly and likes them a lot from how silly they are, DFP Peitho is slightly freaked out by them.

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Important thing to add, for my story on how they met, she blackmailed him during Aphrodite's welcoming to Olympus. The blackmail doesn't matter now since she loves him, but it was a thing that happened.

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Pt. 1 of how Hermes met Peitho.

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I love them. I love them so much.

Did I tell you guys about how when they met, Peitho blackmailed Hermes (not in the myths, there is no said story of how they met, this is just me being creative)? I think that would be a funny story to either draw or write in between working on doodle requests and the current chapter.

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My friend and I joke about how insane Hermes was as a baby, with one of the jokes being that he actually wanted to eat Apollo's cattle that he stole.

I suppose Peitho is just fine with Hermes' unhinged side, considering she must know that Hermes used a tortoise shell to invent lyres that night, which if separated from the tortoise, the tortoise dies, unlike the cartoons, making Hermes a killer at only a few hours old.

Also, envelope earrings.