#hel devotional

[honoringthor]

🐈‍⬛Hel.🪦and Garm🐕

For Samhain

Based on a woodcut

By SallyA

[honoringthor]

Be you a king or a street sweeper

Sooner or later everyone dances with the reaper

(From a Bill and Ted movie)

death as a gravedigger

miniature from the vergänglichkeitsbuch by wilhelm werner von zimmern, swabia, c. 1575

source: Stuttgart, WLB, Cod. Donaueschingen 123, fol. 62r

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Okay. hear me out. Creaking Helsknight

[notthesomefather]

Baldr, you whose smile casts the light of a new dawn, Be with us now. We ask you to inspire us with the hope of tomorrow.

Freyr, you whose generosity blesses harvests and hearths, Be with us now. We ask you to inspire us with the joy of community.

Loki, you whose laughter lifts the lowest spirits, Be with us now. We ask you to inspire us with the heart to smile.

Hel, you whose arms embrace the siblings we have lost, Be with us now. We ask you to inspire us with the words to keep their memories alive.

Frigge, you whose autonomy and resolve can not be stolen, Be with us now. We ask you to inspire us with the vow to protect one another.

Lord Thor, defender of Midgard, hear our prayer and be with us now. Accept our praise as we offer these words with devotion.

Lord Tyr, speaker of justice, hear our prayer and be with us now. Accept our veneration as we offer these words with humility.

Lord Odin, decider of victory, hear our prayer and be with us now. Accept our worship as we offer these words with reverence.

[sparrowmp4]

HEL LOKIDOTTIR (and Garmr)

I’m contemplating on coloring and adding more details (especially on her skin) but this is what I have so far and I wanted to share with you guys <33

Design based off of @sigyn-foxyposts ‘s Hel

[broomsick]

She is the one who stands with Her arms open,

Ready to welcome those who have walked across the Gjöll bridge.

She is not one to be tricked,

For Her holy name is renowned through the nine worlds,

All of which know of Her power:

She cradles the souls of those who come to rest with the Gods,

And She does not discriminate the peasant from the king,

Nor the humble from the noble.

To Her we send songs of praise.

Onto Her I entrust my life.

Beside Her does the Luminous One sit.

Upon Her is a crown made of ash.

Artist

[skillzissuez]

I think the shitten has invaded my brain

[silverskye13]

Seeing you use a Hunchback song for the comic is making me lose it bc I started reading RnS right as I saw the musical for the first time (local theater production) and so I've been imagining Welsnight and Helsnight as sounding like Frollo and Jehan (from the official cast recording) respectively the entire time.

You can't just say things like that to me

[keysatthecrossroad]

Mother Hekáte please heal us,

Please make us new,

Bring us through this liminal plane,

And through to a life with You.

Goddess Ækátî please protect us,

Let us never be parted,

Let us always feel joy,

Never heavy hearted.

Blessed Ekáth bring us prosperity,

Let us want for nothing,

All of our needs met,

In our hands always something.

Perfect Hekáte, Queen of All, this is what we ask if You!

[bowldrips]

LOGYN: MAKIN' BREAD 🥧 2

If you've given me a dollar or more this month on ☕️ you've seen this in progress over the past week. What started out as a joking response to some discourse about Sigyn being a tradwife is turning into what I think is a lovely slice of life illustration series~

Click to see the first in the series.

[whereserpentswalk]

The souls of the tyrants, Emperor Constantine, General Cortez, and Pope Urban II, facing consequences in their afterlives. Devotional art to Hel. Happy indigenous peoples day.

[honoringthor]

🍃genus loci🍂trembling aspen

Aka. Popple, quaking aspen, American aspen, (what do you call trembling aspen?)

Trembling aspen are native to North America and are a pioneer species. They get up to 82ft(25 m) tall and stems(?) live on average 100 yrs. Aspens reproduce mostly by cloning and have male and female clones. They also spread by seed and are wind pollinated. They flower in early spring and leaves turn yellow(usually) red or orange(sometimes). Trembling aspen are an important food source for many animals. They’re not great for fuel or permanent structures but they were used an a quinine substitute and paper. Trembling aspen is the state tree of Utah. If there isn’t regular fire aspen will be out competed by conifers. Unfortunately recently there has been an increase in dieback.

The largest known tree is a trembling aspen in Utah called Pando. Pando may be 14000 yrs old and covers 106 acres(42.89 hectares). Most of its stems are 100-130 yrs old.

Aspen symbolizes eloquence, lamentation, wealth, protection.

(Pic taken at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of natural history in Jamestown Ny. By sja)

Sources

[norsemythologie]

Lady Hel

my first devotional painting for Lady Hel, done woth watercolors and chalk pastels ♡

The flowers are not really intended to represent anything, but the background is how I imagine one of many hallways of Hel's hall, Éljúðnir. I might add more details later, like detailing the flowers and giving Hel brooches and beads.

[looking-at-the-deiwos]

Could you do an informational post on Mórā?

K̑ólyā

Or as I write it Kólya, also found as Kolyos, her name means "The Coverer". She's also known as Mórā or Mértis.

She's the goddess of the underworld, the dead and winter. While Yemós is the deity who rules over the underworld, Kólya is death itself. She is in charge of taking away souls to the underworld when the time of death comes. She is said to take the souls with a noose or a snare.

According to this source, she is the daughter of the goddess of night, Nókʷts, and the god of sleep, Swépnos. She is in turn the consort of the god of magic Wélnos and with him fathers the many monsters of Proto Indo-European myth, like the great monster Wṛ́tros which is slain by the thunder god Perkʷū́nos.

Offerings

taken from here

Goad

noose or hook

black stone, ideally one with a magnetic charge

imagery of scavenger animals: crow, raven, etc.

crow or raven feathers

Devotional acts

UPG

Visit cemeteries and leave flowers (with permission!)

Collect animal bones (ethically sourced)

Learn more about death and take your time to get more comfortable with the concept

Collect antiques

If you can, help those who are closer to death (the elderly, those in hospice, etc.)

Associations

Black

Noose

Hook

Winter

Beech

the feast of Samhain

Descendants in later pantheons

Hel (Nordic)

Calypso (Greek)

Mors (Roman)

Sarva (Indian)

Kālī (Indian)

Māra (Indian)

[notthesomefather]

Prayer for the Autumn Equinox

[[ I typically honor Nott during this holiday, but this year I felt compelled to write a prayer to Hel and Idun. ]]

Nurturers of diminishing buds and resurrection, Shepherds of decay and vibrancy, Be with us now and hear our praise this morning. Guard the harvest we reaped in months far brighter, As the leaves begin to blush in brilliant displays.

Ladies of setting dusk and rising dawn, Bringers of the dimming and rising light, Be with us now and hear our thanks on this day. Guide us through the nights that grow longer, As the brilliant hues of summer fade and rest.

Goddesses of life and its cycles, Preservers of growth and balance, Be with us now and hear our adoration this evening. Stoke the warmth in our hearths and hearts, As the chilly fingers of frost grasp ever closer.

Hail to Lady Hel! Hail to Lady Idun!

[lokisapreentice]

I spent a few months without coming in here and in the meantime Hel appeared in my life. Her presence is so strong and powerful and yet so good. It wasn't long ago that this happened, what I feel is that Loki appeared to me at a time when I needed to find the courage to make big changes in my life. But Hel is with me so I can deal with the issues within me, including grief.