mythicalmuseomine

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you cannot be anti-immigrant and a Zeus worshipper.

being an anti-immigrant hellenic polytheist is directly against the Gods, and you are not welcome to my blog.

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I am at a feast tonight and it is truely the place of Lord Dionysus and perhaps a few other deities… there is music of various styles playing live lights and drunken people dancing and having fun fires burning and food being shared

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Let yourself be cringe in your worship!!!

The Gods don’t find you embarrassing. The Gods don’t care about seeming cool and professional for the approval of others.

Make that fucking aesthetic photo collage for Aphrodite with cute pics you found on Pinterest .

Dress up like Hermes and go for a damn walk.

Collect random stones you think are cool and put them on your altar.

Put that photo of that cartoon character that reminds you of your deity on your altar.

Make that Minecraft temple to Hekate, domesticate those damn Minecraft wolves for Cerberus.

Make your deities in the sims!

Write soppy melodramatic poetry for Dionysus that no one else will read.

Make self insert fanfics about your favourite Gods and write them all as your best friends. Let them interact with your edgy ocs.

Create an AU where you and your Gods are all characters from your favourite anime.

Record silly little songs for them

Make them paintings that are full of clashing colors and weird forms.

Draw them a fursona

Wear that bright yellow outfit for Apollon.

Put on a dramatic makeup look for Aphrodite.

Call your closest deity that silly little nickname you have for them and let them call you one too.

Share your special interests with your Gods. Design your God as a pokémon or a crystal gem, or a sonic character.

Those losers that try to make you feel bad for being passionate will never have what you have.

In the words of the Great Lord Hermes: “Every human I have ever liked was at least a little bit cringe”

BE CRINGE. BE PROUD. THE GODS LOVE YOU.

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Unpopular HelPol opinions

Disclaimer: my wording is blunt and harsh in this, if that's something that makes you uncomfortable, proceed with caution!!

I could give less of a shit about people referring to gods as "Lord" and "lady". Yeah it isn't traditional, but we live in 2025, a lot is different in terms of how people choose to show their respect. An extra layer of respect never hurt anybody, and with good intentions it's literally such a non issue

The offerings of OTHER PRACTICIONERS shouldn't matter at all to YOU. if it does, you're probably insecure. If you genuinely give a shit and try to police what other people offer, instead of just letting them accept consequences if they offer something the gods don't like, you're a weirdo. The exception to this is if someone is going to offer something like blood, and you warn them. That's in good faith. Telling people that their offerings are WRONG will only push them farther away. Let people make mistakes and learn. 

While Apollo and Hyacinthus technically do have the same type of relationship as Zeus and Ganymede, it's perfectly okay if people have a hard time separating Zeus and Ganymede from a less savory version of the myth. It's the same thing that happened to Persephone, so I see no reason why we can't view it the same with Zeus and Ganymede, with respect and reverence, but an inherent vibe of tragedy. That isn't for everyone, and everyone has a different view of the gods, but some people relate to Ganymede because they've been victimized, and that's perfectly okay. 

Priesthood, godspousal, etc, is not anyone's business but the practicioner. So many of you are really weird, why do you care? 

I believe Zagreus is an epithet of Dionysus, and I believe Melionë is an epithet of Hekate. It's very valid to view both as separate, I just personally do not!!

I will always use the English names for the gods on social media. It's much more screen reader friendly, where as using the Greek names makes it much less accessible to a disabled audience as the reader trips over it. The only benefit is that it makes you sound more well read and slightly more respectful. You can do what you want, but I'll use the more common versions of the names so that they can be easily recognized by anyone using a screen reader. 

While Apollo was never ORIGINALLY considered a god of the sun, years and years of him being associated with the sun is culturally significant enough that ignoring it isn't accuracy, it's ignorance. You don't have to include every aspect of every god in your practice, especially one you don't vibe with, but other people can absolutely view the gods however they please. Disagreement about this didn't be something that genuinely divides people, it's immature. 

I don't think there's anything wrong with worshipping the primordials. I've seen people claim that for one, you only worship the gods to get something out of it, and that there's nothing to get out of the primordials. For one, I think that's ridiculous and offensive to think that people only worship the gods to get something out of it. For another, I think building a relationship with the primordials is actually incredibly important!! Forces like sleep, the night, the sun, death, they all have impact on our lives in big ways.

If you have an Olympian that you don't want to interact with for whatever reason, but you interact with the rest of the pantheon (that part is important) maybe it's just not the right religion for you. If there's a god that's so important as to be an Olympian and you refuse to include them in your practice, it's uneducated and disrespectful. 

The gods DO care about you. Kharis is still very important, but I've been seeing growing sentiment that the gods don't care about their worshippers, even with kharis. Why are you even following a religion if you think your gods don't care about you? 

Just because a god had no cult practices in antiquity (that we know of) doesn't mean that you can't still worship them and build a relationship with them. 

The people on this app who are the most vocally anti priesthood are friends with priests. If you can only justify your beliefs when it's people you like, maybe what you actually have is a bias.

UPG is not as important as knowing the fundamentals of the religion, but I genuinely believe that if you have no UPGs at all, you have no relationship with the gods.

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"Zeus is objectively evil" I had the greatest conversation with him last night where I felt so much more safe than I remember having felt in a long time and if you think that's evil then off the blog, shoo. respect my king

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before you ask "are the gods mad at me?" THINK:

have you...

1. killed or maimed someone

2. killed or maimed an animal for purposes other than consuming/processing it

3. knowingly and purposefully hurled vile obscenities or insults at any god or gods

4. made it a life goal to be a terrible person

5. been a terf

IF YOU SAID NO TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS then girl you're fine go have a dr. pepper

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I drew this with PEBBLES!!!!!! I really enjoyed the process though, guess I'm a caveman now. Hope my god is pleased, that's for him🙏☀

Apollo do you like the view?

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Just saw another long post about how we, some Hellenistic pagans, are doing religion wrong for how we interpret myth. I blocked them but:

Again, read the above. As long as no one is getting hurt, who cares how someone worships a deity compared to you? I wake up before sunrise to thank Lord Apollon as it rises, but apparently that’s “not correct” as I’m “personalising gods”. But it brings me joy, and I feel like I am approaching my religious beliefs how I want to approach them. So who cares?

You should not get to dictate how I worship in my religion. I don’t get to dictate how you worship.

If a persons religious beliefs are “literal” and they take every myth in their religion as fact, that’s fine.

If a persons religious beliefs are conceptualand are by idea (eg this myth was an explanation of spring) that’s fine too.

If a persons religious beliefs are a mix of both conceptual and literal, that’s fine as well.

You don’t get to dictate how someone follows a religion. You don’t get to say “well actually”.

All types of religious beliefs are valid and should be respected.

As long as no one shoving it on people or using religion to discriminate against people or harm people, then it does not matter. It does not affect you.

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hail Apollo, son of Zeus

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been busy with school and the other half of my faith(for obvious reasons) so here’s some love for Apollon and Ares bc I don’t want them to feel left out

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May Lord Apollon and Lord Asklepios bless my new journey into nursing. I’m incredibly excited to see where this takes me 🖤

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Hear, O' Lord Apollon

The beloved golden-haired son of Olympian king Zeus and titaness mother Leto. O’ good god of all good things, I seek your guiding radiance. With your light my path is true, for darkness cowers against your warding rays. Along with blessed Muses may you guide me in my enlightened road. Your songs give joyful gifts to all, and your light-kissed hands restores life. My passions be lit by your splendent aid and may it burn. O’ Shining One. I offer you my absolute reverence. For your blessings I shall rejoice.

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Which charm is better for worshipping devoting to Lord Poseidon?

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Ruthlessness is *sniff* mercy upon ourselves

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(Poseidon design by @neal-illustrator !! I don’t know if she’d want to be tagged or not but I’m putting it just in case)

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Which charm is better for worshipping devoting to Lord Poseidon?

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If a persons religious beliefs are “literal” and they take every myth in their religion as fact, that’s fine.

If a persons religious beliefs are conceptualand are by idea (eg this myth was an explanation of spring) that’s fine too.

If a persons religious beliefs are a mix of both conceptual and literal, that’s fine as well.

You don’t get to dictate how someone follows a religion. You don’t get to say “well actually”.

All types of religious beliefs are valid and should be respected.

As long as no one shoving it on people or using religion to discriminate against people or harm people, then it does not matter. It does not affect you.

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To Lord Apollon, on the seventh day, I am devoted to you.

God of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, knowledge, medicine and logic, the Sun and light, poetry and Leader of the Muses

I sang today a little, I wrote a little, and I thanked the sun. I awoke before sunrise and watched it rise and thanked it. I shall burn candles for you later, my lord, as well as an offering. There are too many things to worship about you, my lord.