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Digital Grimoire

Welcome to @aceofcupsbiggestfan digital Grimoire! Below I have complied all my research as a Hellenic Polytheist Witch of five years. Enjoy and best of luck on your witchery.

Lots of love,

Mud

Hellenic Polytheist Basics

Hellenic Festivals Masterpost

Theoi

The Horae

Hellenic Rituals

Heraklean Rituals

Pompe and Komos

Spells and Incantations

Kitchen Witch Spells

Eiresione : Ancient Greek Good-Luck Branch

Persephones' Binding Mirror

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So anyway @zeus-is-god is part of Joy of Satan which is a known racist cult (like, neo-nazi levels of racism). They do not try to deny that they are part of JoS and if you look at the language used in this interaction, they are actively trying to recruit people.

So report and block, lets get more nazi scum out of our communities

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I'm excited to announce that soon I'll be selling hand-made devotional vessels & artwork <3 I'm still a beginner when it comes to pottery, but I'm doing my best to create quality bowls for the Divine. everything will be hand-thrown, hand-painted, and designed with care.

I've been away from Tumblr for a while due to financial hardships and major life events. my artwork is the only kind of income I have right now, so if you can't or don't wish to buy it would help a lot to spread the word 🫶

I'll be posting progress and updates whenever I have them. the two pictured above should be finished soon and I hope to make progress on a Lararium-inspired plaque dedicated to Apollon.

if you'd like to keep up with my progress/what's for offer, I'll be tagging everything under "# devotional pottery ". also, if there are any requests I'm always open for inspiration or possibly commissions ! much love <3

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To Hestia, Both First and Last

Hestia's Scroll

Dimensions → 6.25in x 15in (approx.) Materials → 14 Count Aida Cloth, Embroidery Floss Duration → Design created 08.2024, project finished 02.2025

I began this project 6 months ago and it is finally finished. It would have been finished much sooner if it hadn't been for my move to South Carolina - but at long last I have completed this piece.

Every stitch was done individually (this can be more easily seen in the 3rd picture), as opposed to to each line being a single stitch. This was done both for how it made the final product look, and as an act of painstaking devotion.

I am so pleased with how it turned out; and I held a special offering ceremony last night - to present the finished product to Lady Hestia.

I am so grateful for the home that I have, and the life that I lead, and neither would be possible without the Great Goddess of Hearth and Home.

- Aön

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Ares is power.

He is the power to reignite the fire inside yourself.

He is the power to set healthy boundaries.

He is the power to accept yourself as you are.

Ares is strength.

He is the strength to cut ties.

He is the strength to get out of bed.

He is the strength to keep trying.

Ares is courage.

He is the courage to live your life the way you want.

He is the courage to be fully yourself.

He is the courage to be vulnerable.

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My Spear, My Shield

To the flame-eyed god who stamps harder than a stallion;

I thank you for reminding me of my own strength;

I am not a helpless deer or defenseless rabbit;

For even a deer bears antlers and a rabbit, claws;

I am not weak or incapable of standing up for myself;

The power to tell someone "fuck off" very much lives within me;

I am not a follower meant to blindly obey others;

My voice is my own, and I will make my thoughts known;

My boundaries protect me, but I also protect myself;

And setting them is an act of self-love and self-care;

Those who cross them time and time again;

Aren't worth even an ounce of my time;

Thank you for reminding me of the strength in my chest;

The pounding of my heart that reminds me I'm alive;

The proof of blood in my veins that I have still survived;

The reassurance of the breath in my lungs that there will be tomorrow, and tomorrow is another day;

You have taught me valuable lessons that I will take with me for the rest of my life;

Things that I have learned, seen, and experienced;

That will forever stay with me;

My gratitude goes beyond mere words;

With your mighty spear and great shield raised;

You reminded me to raise my own in triumph;

For I have not fallen today;

And I shall not fall tomorrow.

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|| An original poem of gratitude to Ares ⚔️🛡️❤️‍🔥🐗||

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I’m so tired of the demonization of Aphrodite. So often I see people, especially people of non-pagan faiths, claiming that Aphrodite’s defining feature is jealousy and deceitfulness, when that couldn’t be farther from the truth. She is so gentle and kind, only wanting the best for us. She wants us to realize our own beauty, she wants us to see ourselves the way she sees us.

She has made me feel so loved and taken care of, I couldn’t ask for a better goddess of love and war.

έπαινος αφροδίτης🐚🥀

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Praise Aphrodite, a goddess so much cooler and more interesting than her pop-culture portrayals would suggest

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(ง'̀-'́)ง I drew lord Ares !!!

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Love and War 💞❤️‍🔥🕊️

Happy valentines everyone!🥰 Februarys illustration is of Ares and Aphrodite looking very flirty and in love, or at least some form of it.

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a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

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ares slays his daughter’s rapist

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ares, aphrodite, and harmonia

‘he feeds her bloodlust and she dresses him in softness

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[Selene Reference + Doodle]

Okay so my other picture of Selene was kinda... meh. And I blame that on the fact that I drew her before actually drawing out her full design,,

So I drew it out !!!! She does still have the shawl but I hated drawing it so its not here lmao

(Also yes Helios is shorter than her and yes he complains about it)

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Αφροδιτη Αρεια

Aphrodite Areia

Αρεια (Areia) — the warlike, of Ares

Armed Aphrodite Statue

All across the world, hate and turmoil seem to be making themselves known, infecting our leaders and those we should be able to look up to. May Lady Aphrodite protect our heads from the onslaught of hate, and may our warlike goddess defend us from any harm that may come our way.

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APHRODITE AREIA, GODDESS OF WAR AND LOVE <333