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Thanatos

“The thought of a Grim Reaper never scared me very much. If someone offered to walk you home in the dark, wouldn't you accept? Wouldn't it be nice to have a hand to hold?”

- Frances Molina, “O’Death”

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🥀Thanatos🥀

Thanatos is fascinating. He’s so quiet and calm and self-kept. He may be a little cynical at times, but he’s always supportive. I felt like talking a little bit about him. He reminds me of dark coffee, thunderstorms, the changing of seasons, ravens, wilting poppies, and meditation, where one is at peace.

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holy shit the gods are listening to my prayers I GOT THE APARTMENT

I've been praying to Hestia like every few hours for the last few days cause I'm trying to get an apartment. and She's probably sick of me fr

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I've been praying to Hestia like every few hours for the last few days cause I'm trying to get an apartment. and She's probably sick of me fr

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May the Gods ease your gender dysphoria.

May they bless you with gender euphoria, and supportive friends and family.

May they guide you and help you on the path for your transition, no matter what form that may take.

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The Death of Hyacinthos.

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prayers don't have to be perfect by the way.

I pray to the gods in the middle of my classes, my shifts at work, and in the shower.

I pray waiting at the bus stop.

I pray looking for something I lost.

I'm not always the best at consistently praying and leaving offerings at my altar. most of my worship is quick prayers on the go and devotional acts.

that's ok. I'm trying and the gods don't hate me or anything.

they don't hate you either. practice in a way that fits into your life and your needs. that's enough I think.

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also if I had to pick someone I thought killed Astyanax it would def be Neoptolemus not Odysseus

thinking about epic the musical and Odysseus having a moral panic over killing Astyanax.

like, in the little Illiad it's Neoptolemus who kills him. and in other versions Odysseus is like actively arguing for it to be done. just interesting I think

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thinking about epic the musical and Odysseus having a moral panic over killing Astyanax.

like, in the little Illiad it's Neoptolemus who kills him. and in other versions Odysseus is like actively arguing for it to be done. just interesting I think

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A zine about Lady Aphrodite and transsexualism as an offering for her :)!

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All hail Hera Boopis.

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Me, first approaching the gods: “Hi, I have a fountain of issues that will constantly make things difficult, I’ve got this 50 cent candle and my undying love for you. 👉🏻👈🏻🥺”

The gods: “Hell yeah.”

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Hestia commission for @scarlet-gryphon!

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desire not to take up any more space on this earth after I die vs urge to be buried according to ancient Greek religious practices fight

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this kid I was at my job orientation with was asking me about my scarf because I said I was raised Mormon and he was like, so did you switch religions? are you Muslim now?

and like. it's a question I get asked cause I veil ik I'm gonna get asked it and it doesn't bother me, but I am always concerned that people are gonna get weirded out when I explain that I'm a Hellenic polytheist, but he actually thought it was super cool which was awesome.

win for the day.

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I have some advice if it's wanted.

always make sure both your scarf and your under scarf if you have one is pinned to you. (also use an under scarf or cap if you don't already. it helps a ton with slipping)

I wear silky scarves a lot, and I wear a cotton bandana underneath to keep it from slipping, and both that and my scarf are pinned to my hair with clips and Bobby pins.

I also wear a style that's pinned behind my head a lot, and that's harder in the wind. personally I wouldn't do it if it's very windy, but if you do just make sure it's pinned down good and tuck it into your jacket or put it over your shoulder if you have to.

with styles that are wrapped around your neck, again with the pins, and then also you can pin it to your shirt with safety pins, or wrap it tighter. If you have a jacket, putting that on over can also help.

under caps and under scarves really help to keep scarves from slipping so I'd recommend that.

maybe not a ton of help but oh well.

How do you keep your veil/head scarf on in the wind? I just started veiling and omg I didn't think the wind was going to affect me this much!!

Also if you know any good tutorials for headscarves, it would be sooo so soo appreciated.

Hello! I don’t live in too windy of a place but I think the best thing you can keep in mind is what is anchored and what isn’t. All the styles I wear are anchored to my head completely. If you were to grab me by my ankles and shake me upside down for spare lunch money like a playground bully, nothing would be exposed! You’ll mostly find problems with loose and drapey styles, which honestly might simply not be practical where you live. I suggest looking at tichel tutorials done by Jewish women, especially Wrapunzel (I particularly like their tutorials with no shapers because I’m more of a bun than a bobo girly myself)!

If you do like length and flowyness I often achieve it by still anchoring it to my bun by pinning one tail under a tightly wrapped tail. And by pinning I don’t necessarily mean using pins, but having it sort of strapped partially to my bun with the other tail wrapping around a bit of it, that tail will fly and flap in the wind, but everything else stays put!

And then as for keeping your anchor on your head I think I talked about how I do my base in my post about keeping your hair while veiling, so maybe you can check that out and that will help!

I see you liking a lot of my posts so I really hope my blog has given you a bit of joy or information that’s helping you out, feel free to send in more asks or DM me if you need anything! Best of luck and lots of love!

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The Athenian Calendar 🏛️🌿📅

There was no standard calendar in ancient greece, however the most written about and commonly used one by modern reconstructionists is the Athenian Calendar! This calendar can be easily incorporated into the Gregorian Calendar as well (in my opinion)

I would like to thank @hermesmystic for creating a beautiful lesson on our Hellenismos Online Temple discord server! It helped a lot with this post ♥

It’s a long one so brace yourself!

D A Y S 🌇 The days in the Athenian Calendar begin at sunset. This was important for being able to observe festivals or holy days, if they were to begin at midnight like it does for us, the Greeks would have had a much harder time practicing their religion.

The main Olympians have sacred days of the week which can be used if you would like to make small daily offerings. Weekdays have two gods and weekends have three. A week in review would be: Monday: Artemis and Demeter 🏹🌾 Tuesday: Ares and Athena ⚔️📜 Wednesday: Hermes and Hephaestus 📬🛠️ Thursday: Zeus and Hera 🌩️💍 Friday: Dionysus and Aphrodite 🍇🕊️ Saturday: Hestia, Hades and Persephone 🕯️💀 Sunday: Apollo, Posedion and Amphitrite ☀️🌊

Obviously you don’t need to change your clock and begin living your life around this BUT it is useful to remember.

M O N T H S 🌑 The months are where it gets a little complicated! So we’ll begin with the way the months began and ended and that is with the new moon.

Most Athenian months will fall between two Gregorian months, and sometimes a Gregorian month can have two full moons. A rule of thumb to remember with this is an Athenian month begins on the last (or only) new moon of a Gregorian month and ends on the first (or only) new moon in the next Gregorian month.

The Athenian Calendar also has seasons like the Gregorian calender, and these seasons have three months within them.

S u m m e r: 🌻🏄 Season Theme: Setting foundations and goals Hekatombion (holy month of Zeus 🌩️) - Falls between July/August. Theme: Planning and getting your life sorted Festivals for this month are the: Aphrodisia (6th), Kronia (12th), Synoikia (15-16th) and Panathenaia (28th)

Metageitnion (holy month of Demeter 🌾) - Falls between August/September Theme: Securing foundations from the previous month This month doesn’t have confirmed festivals but these are believed to fall under this month: Metageitnios (Unknown), Herakles Emera (Unknown)

Voedromion (holy month of Hestia 🕯️) - Falls between September/October Theme: Focus on spiritual/religious comfort Festivals for this month are the: Genesia (5th), Kharisteria (6th), Boidromia (7th), Eleusinian Mysteries (15th-21st)

The Eleusinian Mysteries was the most important festival in the Athenian year held in honour of Demeter and Persephone. What happened during this festival isn’t well known so it’s challenging for a modern Hellenic Polytheist but for the ancient Greeks acknowledging the festival was important, acknowledging meant to observe the festival, in the modern sense this can be doing a personal ritual.

A u t u m n / F a l l: 🍂🥧 Season Theme: Tackling hardships, the gods challenge Pyanepsion (holy month of Ares ⚔️) - Falls between October/November Theme: Time for tackling hardships Festivals for this month are the: Proerosia (5th), Puanepsia (6th), Oskhophoria (7th), Theseia (8th), Stenia (9th), Thesmophoria (11-13th), Khalkeia (30th)

Maimakterion (holy month of Artemis 🏹) - Falls between November/December Theme: Time for taking care of yourself through hardship Festivals for this month are the: Maimakeria (unknown), Pompaia (20-end)

Poseideon (holy month of Poseidon 🌊) - Falls between December/January Theme: A time to prove work ethic (or arete) to the gods Festivals for this month are the: Poseidea (8th), Rural Dionysia (last two weeks of the month), Haloa (26th)

W i n t e r: ❄️☃️ Season Theme: A time to recover and revise goals Gamelion (holy month of Hera 💍) - Falls between January/February Theme: Time to reconnect with the gods Festivals for this month are the: Lenaia (12-15), Gamelia (26)

Anthesterion (holy month of Haephestus 🛠️) - Falls between February/March Theme: Time for ingenuity/finding creative solutions Festivals for this month are the: Anthesteria (11-13th), Diasia (23**/28th)*, Lesser Mysteries (unknown)

Elafevolion (holy month of Athena 📜) - Falls between March/April Theme: Reflecting on potential weaknesses and improving Festivals for this month are the: Elapheblia (6th), Asklepieia (8**/9th)*, Greater Dionysia (9-13th), Pandia (14/17th**)*

S p r i n g: 🌷🐣 Season Theme: Strength and Hope! Mounikhion (holy month of Aphrodite 🕊️) - Falls between April/May Theme: Celebrate the progress you’ve made! Festivals for this month are the: Feast of Eros (4th), Mounikhia (6/16th**)*, Olympieia (19th)

Thargelion (holy month of Apollo ☀️) - Falls between May/June Theme: Faith and Divination, working hard Festivals for this month are the: Thargelia (6-7th), Plunteria (Last week with the peak on 25th)

Skiroforion (holy month of Hermes 📬) - Falls between June/July Theme: Making goals for the new year, devotion Festivals for this month are the: Arrhephoria (3rd), Skirophoria (12th), Dipolieia (14th) 

[* means it can be observed on either day] [** means that is the prefered date to observe it]

Each month has an 11 day transitionary period from one to the next called the Neos Minas, each day (except one) has an event that help to fully transition spiritually from the theme of one month to the next.

Day 1: Chthonia 1 - the 3rd day before the end of the old month 🧹 Day 2: Chthonia 2 - the 2nd day before the end of the old month 🧹 Day 3: Hekate’s Deipnon - last day of the old month 👻 Day 4: Noumenia - First day of the new month ✨ Day 5: Agathos Daimon - 2nd day of the new month 🎉 Day 6: Tritomenis - 3rd day of the new month / Athena’s birthday 📜 Day 7: Tetras - 4th day of the new month 💖 Day 8: Rest Day - 5th day of the new month 🥱 Day 9: Birth of Artemis - 6th day of the new month 🏹 Day 10: Birth of Apollo - 7th day of the new month ☀️ Day 11: Poseidonas - 8th day of the new month 😤

M o n t h   1 3 ? Occasionally there will be two new moons in a Gregorian month, this was a dillema for the ancient Greeks as well and their solution was to add a 13th month! Mounikhion has to begin and Elafevolion has to end on the same day but there are two new moons… what do we do? Who do we honour?!

DIONYSUS TIME BAYBEEE 🍇🍇🍇🍇

Dionysus would be given a month whenever this issue would arise and it fit his theme perfectly, to come in and cause chaos! This month never had any festivals as it was so sparadic in length or time of year, routine went out the window! In even more Dionysus fashion this month isn’t named after him! It’s called Duo Poseideon and has nothing to do with Poseidon’s month!

Y E A R S 🎉 Years in the Athenian calendar begins in the summer, giving the Greeks plenty of energy to honour and celebrate. The final day of the year was always to honour Athena and Zeus for blessings in the new year

To keep with the theme of four seasons, the years were also grouped into fours called Olympiads 4 years = 1 Olympiad. The way to write the year would go as such: “Year 4 of the 704th Olympiad” Once the year is complete this summer it will become “Year 1 of the 705th Olympiad”

The years also come with their themes, they follow that of the seasons.

I hope this post was helpful! Sorry if I got anything wrong but I hope you can add some of this information to your worship and have fun with it! Don’t worry about trying to follow the calendar perfectly.

Gods bless xx ♥