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01: Demeter Chthonia

I sing of Demeter and Kore, wife of Klymenos, raising the honey-voiced hymn in the deep-sounding Aeolian harmony.

Fragment of a hymn by Lasos of Hermione, 6th century BCE.

Pausanias is our most detailed source for the famous cult of Demeter Chthonia (of the Underworld) at the remote town of Hermione in the Argolid. This cult is unusual in its emphasis on the role of Hades (who is given the euphemistic name of Klymenos, the Renowned One). “He reports that the Chthonia festival took place in the summer and began with a procession of all the priests, magistrates, and townspeople, even the children. Dressed in white and crowned with wreaths made from a local summer wildflower, they led a heifer to the sanctuary, where it was allowed to roam about until it entered the open doors of the temple. Inside, four old women rose from their ceremonial thrones and pursued the heifer until one of them cut its throat with a sickle. Three more cows were slaughtered for the goddess in the same way.”

“The indoor sacrifice is very unusual, but can be explained as the result of the strict gender segregation practiced in the cult. The cult statue of Chthonia was so sacred that only the old women were permitted to view it, and the exclusion of men seems to have extended to the sacrificial slaughter, usually a male prerogative.”

“Opposite Chthonia’s sanctuary was that of Klymenos, and the area was famed for its entrance to the underworld, an opening in the earth from which Herakles once emerged, it was said, leading Kerberos.”

Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson

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Hello all, it's been awhile hasn't it? Punderworld volume 2 reached over 50 pages so far! Hooray! This month I'm taking a break from Patreon content in order to focus prep for another convention (Paris fan expo) and catch up with all the backlog that piled up. for convention info check here:

So I am sharing all of my stuff for free.

Yes all of it that I have so far, Blood stain 1-4, Punderworld 1 and 2 (up to a recent point) and even a taste of smutstein neatly packed in pdfs.

all of you who are lazy to go to read stuff on webtoon, now's your chance LOL XD

Enjoy!

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you know in Orphic tradition, Demeter prophesied Apollo would marry Persephone.

So the one person that Demeter would actually approve of, doesnt see Persephone that way and I think thats hilarious

yeah, Apollo loves his muses too much ;)

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Queen of the Dead part 2, 26

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fine print book 2 is out in 7 days until then i present one of the greater acts of crime against translators i apologize in advance to anyone misfortunate enough to translate my writing.

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Stjepan and I will be attending Prague and Paris conventions this month! :3 If you're there come say hi :) we'll do sketches, free signings and have prints, cute pins, keychains and stickers :3

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Hi. You don't know me but I just recently finished Punderworld on Webtoon and it is sooooo cuuuute! Both the story and the artstyle!

Ever done an storyboard or animation? Cuz I have an idea suggestion: Hades and Persephone dancing to We Become We from Journey to Bethelhem

Again, love your art and your comics💚🩶💚🩶

Thank you so much! I've tried doing animation but it's way too much work and takes too much patience and time XD so creating comic books was the best of both worlds for me :)

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hello, just letting you all know Stjepan and I will be attending Prague and Paris comicons in April. We will be signing books for free, and will have merch with us! Prague 5th-7th April and O2Universum Paris 27th -28th April Porte de Versailles If you're attending, feel free to stop by :D

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Is your husband doing another April fools drawing colab?

not this year,as far as I know. March was a rough month

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Queen of the Dead part 2, 23

I had some problems with the script and I'm still not sure about this page, but I'm gonna leave it like this for now.

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BDSM gets a bad rep as like a violent (male) dom pushing the boundaries of a reluctant (female) sub but in my experience it's a lot of subs with wildly elaborate fantasies screaming shit like "PUT MY ASS IN THE CHILI" while a new dom is like "Okay I think, we are reaching yellow for me,"

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sneks say nope XDD

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watermelon mom

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Its getting close to April 1st so I reformatted this little gem for Blood Stain hardcover XD

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ah yes, Blood Stain has one of those classic meet-cute moments XDDD

Prepping files for the hardcover edition and these pages never fail to amuse me XD

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for those who missed it yesterday^^

next episodes are up on webtoon and tapas :)

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next episodes are up on webtoon and tapas :)