#zeus' steps

[hermesserpent-stuff]

mentioned in sunshower. I wanted to doodle this zappy little plant.

[amadryas]

Breaking: Guy known as the Father of Gods and Men fathers gods and men

[bugwolfsstuff]

You ever think of Hera preventing Zeus from saving his son Sarpedon from his fated death and Zeus mourning by sending blood rain in the Iliad

and then in ToA

Zeus preventing everyone from saving his son and Hera/Juno's champion, Jason Grace from his fated death and Hera mourning by wearing a veil and scolding Zeus

@thel1ghtningthief @smileyalater @unubinary @bodeyeen2132

[the-shrine-to-deified-heroes]

Hello travelers, guests, and visitors, I am writing this and putting this before you as an official Apology.

First of all, so we can clear the air and provide the clearest explanation of what is happening, my name is either Camila or Neptune--I go by both--and I am the main "Host"/Maintainer of this Temple--The Temple of Deified Heroes. I created this space not too long ago--a few months, maybe--to provide a space for the "lesser known" aspects of Hellenic Paganism, that you can Worship, Devote, and Work with the Greek Heroes. I was and still am new to Paganism in the public space--I have been practicing privately through my knowledge of religion and Ancient Practices for over a year at this point--but I only started looking at what is going on in the public recently (also a few months ago).

Moving on to the problem I am apologizing for. My intentions of creating this space were entirely pure--if very uneducated. I knew the role I was stepping into would be a big one--I would unconsciously become an "authority figure," simply by being the one to create this space, much less how I put myself out there--but I was ready to do my research and step into it. I wanted to use this space to both learn and teach what I love--both in my practices and in the Mythology--but, unfortunately, I could not keep my promises. I have tried many times to keep up with this space and do my duties in learning and spreading knowledge such as deep dives and providing information many probably weren't even thinking about asking, but each time I have truly and utterly failed. I will stop lying to myself now, because it's really only harming people: I cannot keep up with the promises I signed up for making this space.

Thank you to @hyakinthou-naos and @khaire-traveler along with another poster that I unfortunately did not grab before writing this for educating me on this subject--of how big of a space I am trying and failing to fill. I do not know if they were directed at me or as a collective, but the message was heard anyway. Yes, I am embarrassed and truly and utterly sorry for doing this, but I know how to admit defeat and move on. Doing anything other than making this post would be wrong of me. Their posts, to everyone out there that may want to or need to gain the same information I did, will be linked at the end of this one as resources so we may all know more going forward.

What is the future of this space now? Well, I have spent many hours thinking about this along with our Discord Server, but I have decided this Temple will stay up because, despite my failings, it did do some good to the people it was meant to provide for and maybe putting up this apology will allow people to realize what truly goes on behind the scenes of these Temples. As for myself, I will be converting to a Digital Shrine so that people may continue to come by and offer things but it will be more of my space and very much less formal. I do still want to "showcase" my Deities (for the lack of a better word), but I have realized that this is not the space for it.

Thank you, again, everyone else, for allowing me to realize the severity of my situation. I realize the role that I was trying to assume and I am now finally taking responsibility of my wrong-doings for it. I hope you all can forgive me in some capacity and I hope this post will bring education toward other people who may need it. May all our roads be amusing, pretty, or at least rewarding in the long run, and may we all move forward knowing what is going on and accepting it as we need to.

-Camila/Neptune, Devotee of Lord Perseus

Resources, As Promised:

Digital Temples are really lovely, and I adore the fact that all these temples are suddenly popping up - by @khaire-traveler

Temples, Clergy, and Hellenic Faith - by @hyakinthou-naos

[biggestqiblifan]

Ok- Hades has a kid. Hades is the brother of Zeus who is the father of Apollo- making Nico his cousin.

Which means...Nico is Will's uncle.

[seaglassdinosaur]

See what I took from Zeus’ anger about Athena making him feel shame was never about her winning the game, but how she won it, namely with her final argument to Hera being that Odysseus has never cheated on his wife.

It plays to Hera’s domain, being the god of marriage, but is also an obvious jab at Zeus’ serial adultery, and that the winning blow being a thinly veiled insult toward him that convinced his wife, while Athena steps forward proudly to present the victory—as if Zeus’ favor isn’t even a factor—is what pissed him off.

[thirteendaysintaunton]

Zeus being mad that Athena -- the goddess of wisdom and strategy who knows her Olympian family better than anyone -- won a game that he challenged her to, to convince them of her point of view is the equivalent of being angry that you lost a race to an olympic gold medalist runner like bro

[regina-noctis-blog]

Testing the new arm

[nectaric]

ZEUS AND ATHENA RAHHHHHH GOD GAMES RAHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!

[sarafangirlart]

An underrated relationship is Demeter x Iasion. Shame Zeus had to ruin it.

I wonder if Iasion is staying at Hades’s place and wether Persephone would like him or not lol

[ethannku]

something something jason and piper were forced into a relationship and still managed to love each other, maybe not in the way they were “meant” to but in a way that they chose for themselves, and the moment they tried to explore that other, different, “wrong” love they were punished for it

[dejwrld]

like you truly can’t “you just jealous” me, i have did that a lot of notes on fics on dejwrites and when i was in that mindset of reblogging my shit and saying “yay 3k notes” or “yay __k notes” it made me so addicted to pushing out quick fics after fics because truly as time went on in the fanfic writing community especially anime fanbases, people move on from fics, characters, fandoms, etc as quick as takemichi get his ass beat in s1 of tokyo revengers. but when i moved accounts and self reflected and just entered writing fanfics as a hobby that i enjoy and want to use to help me grow as a writer….not only did it help me mentally, but it made me fall in love with writing again and appreciate the writers who do put their whole pussy/dick into their writing even more. if you feel like the shoe fit on that post, then idk what you want me to say…but pookie tumblr user chosoist being jealous over notes…never that 😭

[l-g-6-5]

Ah, yes. My favorite set of Valkyrie Connect heroes.

The Stardust Crusaders.

[happyk44]

Me for the longest while: Hera is super meticulous and organized and is the person gently tapping a portrait until it's perfectly aligned and/or gutting the entire wall to rebuild it because they've realized it's why the pictures keep getting off tilt by less than a degree. She very much is a perfectionist, and likes everything to be spotless and flawless, from her home to her children to the entirety of Olympus, and blessings on anyone who threatens her immaculate tranquility.

Me for the last couple years or so: Zeus is also super organized but in an orderly, autistic, "everything has its place and must be in that right place, and if it is not I will not handle it in a healthy way at all because I have been more or less catered to my entire life and therefore have terrible coping mechanisms" and "gets weird about the right names and uses for things, and will get even weirder, for example, if you use a mug for cold water because it's supposed to be for hot beverages" kind of way

Me:

Me: This is definitely an area they fight and have weird sex about.

[butchwink]

the problem with no gods and no masters is that youre all a bunch of gods and masters of your own bullshit and none of you are brave enough to challenge the christian god on turtle island

[deconstructthesoup]

Raise your hands if you've ever had the sudden and profound realization that the Greek pantheon is, essentially, a story about godly generational trauma