#hellensim

[god-of-annwn]

I just think that having altars to the gods in our homes is so beautiful. It’s a practise that’s been carried down for thousands of years no matter how hard people have tried to wipe it out.

[mechanisedbastardart]

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🪽📨Apollo + Hermes devotional artworks☀️🎼

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[the-gentle-jellofish]

Little sketch of Dionysus

I love him

[for-dear-lorddionysus]

Zrobiłem mały różaniec dla Pana Dionizosa, idealny ten różaniec może nie jest ale bardzo mi się podoba i mam nadzieję że Panu Dionizosowi również :3

(zrobiłem też dla pani Ateny ale przez motyw tego bloga niestety nie pokaże)

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I made small rosemary for Lord Dionysus, this rosemary is not really perfect but I like it so much and I hope Lord Dionysus will like this too :3

(I also made for Lady Athena but bcs of theme of this blog I won't show it :c)

[szopon0w]

I want stop worship Lord Hermes...

Why I should worship God who hates me? I feel like I'm annoying him all the time.

Ofc it's not lord hermes fault that he hates me, it's only MY fault.

I have altar for him but idk what I should do with it after I stop worshipping him.

Please tell me what I should do, cuz I don't want randomly destroy my altar for him.

I wish I could know why he hates me.

[coinandcandle]

Eris Deep Dive: Goddess of Discord and Strife

Eris (Ἔρις) is the Greek personification of discord and strife—more notably she was considered to be the daimona of the strife of war. She was not considered a goddess in the same respect as the Olympians until more recently.

While she was not worshiped in ancient Greece, she has become a popular deity in Discordianism, a modern religion, as well as being worshiped by solitary individuals. In modern day she is given a kinder but still discordant role, worshiped as a goddess of chaos and specifically necessary chaos; chaos invoked as the catalyst of change. She is also said to be the goddess of the chaos needed for artists to create.

Parents and Siblings

Her parentage depends on who is relaying the story. The most popular belief is that she was spawned by Nyx alone.

Nyx, no father

Nyx and Erebus (only because Erebus was Nyx’s lover)

Zeus and Hera (because she is noted as Ares’ sister)

Siblings will also depend. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, her siblings are:

Aether

Hemera

Moros

Apate

Dolos

Nemesis

The Keres

The Moirai

The Hesperides

The Erinyes

Oizys

Momus

Oneiros

Hypnos

Thanatos

Philotes

Geras

If she is the daughter of Zeus and Hera then the list of siblings would be way longer including all half siblings. She is specifically mentioned to be Ares’ sister in Homer’s Iliad. Too many to list, I will instead offer you the genealogy of Zeus and Hera.

Her full-blooded siblings would be:

Hebe

Ares

Eileithyia

Lovers or Partners

No lovers mentioned

Children

Ponos (Hardship)

Lethe (Forgetfulness)

Limos (Starvation)

Algea (Pains)

Hysminai (Battles)

Makhai (Wars)

Phonoi (Murders)

Androktasiai (Manslaughters)

Neikea (Quarrels)

Pseudea (Lies)

Logoi (Stories)

Amphillogiai (Disputes)

Dysnomia (Anarchy)

Ate (Ruin)

Horkos (Oath)

Epithets

Note that these aren’t historically attested, they do come from translated myths but that doesn’t mean she was called this throughout history.

Strife

Infernal Goddess

Mother of Cacodaemons

Notes

Often Eris is called a goddess of chaos in modern times, but in history she is recorded as the goddess of discord. While they seem like synonyms they are not, chaos is disorder and confusion; discord is argument or disagreement. While discord may lead to chaos, they are not one in the same.

This confusion may come from the conflation of Eris and the similar but still separate Roman goddess Discordia, who is the goddess of chaos and was often seen in a kinder light than the Greek Eris.

Eris is the last born of Nyx according to the Theogony.

She is noted in mythology to be particularly fond of the bloodshed of war.

Eris and the goddess of war Enyo are often conflated.

In his writing Works and Days, Hesiod says that there are two Erises; one that exists purely to plague mankind with strife, and the other is a kinder Eris who instills a healthy sense of competition in mankind.

Unfortunately Eris does not appear in mythology often, as is the case for many daimones, However her most popular roles in mythology are:

Throwing the (sometimes golden) apple into a feast with the words inscribed ��to the fairest”, causing three goddesses, Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera, to argue about who the apple should go to. Eventually, not wanting to deal with it, Zeus made the human mortal Paris decide. Though her role was short, it was a huge part in starting the Trojan war in mythology. Read about The Judgement of Paris.

When Polytechnos and Aëdon said their relationship was way better than Zeus and Hera’s, Hera sent Eris down to create marital discord between them. She did just that, making them compete against each other. Polytechnos was completing a standing board for a chariot and Aëdon a tapestry at the time, so they made a bet on who would finish first. Whoever lost would present the other with a slave. It gets pretty dark and they end up getting turned into birds by Zeus, a common ‘kind’ gesture from him in mythology. Read more here.

Interestingly enough, Eris is pictured with Themis, the goddess of divine law and order on a vase depicting the Judgement of Paris. The two watch over the three goddesses.

In another painting, Eris is depicted wearing winged shoes and having wings herself. This could symbolize freedom and swiftness—sometimes sneakiness as well. This would make sense for Eris as she is considered in mythology to be a sneaky troublemaker.

There were no shrines known to be dedicated to Eris.

Discordia, Eris’ Roman counterpart, was associated with the type of discord needed for societal change and going with the grain.

Modern Deity Work

Seeing as she was not worshiped as far as we know in ancient times, these are pulled from mostly modern practitioners’ posts as well as general practices of Hellenism.

Correspondences

Rocks/Stone/Crystals

Gold, Onyx, Smoky quartz, moldavite

Herbs/Plants

Apples, hallucinogenic plants,

Animals

Venomous snakes, scorpions, ravens, foxes (all associated with other deities of chaos and discord)

Offerings

Apples with Honey

Honey

Fruits

Breads

Olive oil

Red meat

Wine

Blood (please be smart about this)

Gunpowder (again, don’t be dumb)

Imagery of war

Weapons or imagery of weapons

Acts of Devotion

Learn to embrace chaos as a catalyst for change.

Enter into competitions, whether they be sports or art contests, just go compete!

Learn about the history of war, especially the wars of Ancient Greece.

Join protests for what you believe in, breaking societal norms.

Pull a prank! She’s a trickster, what trickster doesn’t love a good prank?

References and Further Reading

Eris - Theoi Project

Eris - Britannica

Eris -World History Encyclopedia

Eris - Greek Mythology Link

A Guide to Worship Eris Cheat Sheet by screeching-0wl

Theogony by Hesiod

The Iliad by Homer

Works and Days by Hesiod

Subtle Eris Worship by khaire-traveler

[chloroplasted-cyclopamine]

i think a big difference between athena and ares is athena’s hands smell metallic from the metal of the trophy in her hands, the coins she’s awarded, the blade she clutches. but ares smell metallic from the thick layer of blood, its his, its a friend’s, a brother’s, a mother’s, a daughter’s, a stranger’s, a poet’s, men’s, men, all of them dead beside him; the flesh and meat cooks in the heat of battle, all the survivors leave colder. athena is on the front lines killing her way through a challenge almost stationarly, but ares falls to his knees and looses and regains pride like the tides and is surrounded in all directions by falling bodies and fear—who is his son after all

i love athena but the book soldier’s heart was my first introduction to the details of war so, i have a small bias

[blackshuckles]

The alter, plus tonight’s pull from tarot and oracle deck

[okayyeros]

I always find myself returning to religion more in the early months of a new year. Not out of a New Year resolution, or anything but because of when I first discovered Hellenism.

I first dealt with the ideas of Hellenism when I was at my lowest moment in high school. I was at my worst physically and was dissociating almost all day every day. I watched videos on Hellenism and felt hope that there was something looking out for me. It gave me the push I needed to keep existing and keep living my life how I wanted to. This ironically happened in 2020, before lockdown or the pandemic had been widespread.

I have learned I have extraordinarily bad luck for these few months every single year. Without fail something happens, it's gotten to the point where I deliberately schedule a lighter class load in these months so I don't fail.

Even this year, I'm struggling both with my personal life as well as everything happening in the world. And once again, I find myself turning to my altar. There is a spark of hope every time I return to praying at this time of year. I feel like I'm once again the girl who prayed on Eros in the wings of a theatre who was so desperate to feel loved, the girl who turned around and made jewelry in his honor. No matter how things have been, I have gotten through, and it truly is because of Hellensim.

[decimus]

Can anyone help me understand what the purpose of hellenic prayer beads are? I see people talking about them, but never how to use them or what their purpose is.

[god-of-annwn]

~ Greek Mythology - Apollo

God of the sun, music, poetry, dance, prophecy

[the-gentle-jellofish]

My camera is really shitty, it really doesn't do my drawings justice😭

Anyway, here's The godesses of luck

[mysteriouslygrandblizzard]

And I said to her

I have trouble seperating what I want

From what you are guiding me towards

And she said to me

There is no seperation

Our wills are twinned

I am what I desire

So should you be

[gandalf-theslay]

Have I ever told y’all that I rlly love Hephaestus?

[chloroplasted-cyclopamine]

there is such a pang of guilt inside me every time i dislike myself, i know thats just lady aphrodite trying to bloom brighter flowers so i may see how lovely i can be, but i need to give her a stage first, i need to set the dirt

[blackshuckles]

Tarot and offerings today for college. Offered specifically to Oceanus and Tethys.