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Golden Touch † Hand of Midas

— by Clayshaper

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Stuart Townsend as Lestat in Queen of the Damned (2002)

requested by @taintedrebel​​

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QUEEN OF THE DAMNED dir. Michael Rymer, 2002

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A goddess of angels, witches, and freedom. She is the mother. She may very well be the wife of God.

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I know that as a woman I have the power to tear down the obstacles in my path. I need to find this strength. I move forward, burn through everything I hate, to find the things I love. Kali, I adore your feminine Power. I adore your wrath.

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I do consider Medusa a goddess, she has gained many followers and in this way much power. Medusa, I see you as an archetype of restoration, healing, and strength.

Eris, please bring me change. I understand that there is always pain that comes along with it, but I need to grow. If chaos is what I need for knowledge, change, adventure, and freedom then that is a fair price to pay.

Persephone, I recognize my younger self. She has been used and neglected too much. I hope that with strength I can come to find peace with my past sufferings and come back to these wounded parts of me after hard work is done.

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Lilith, I will find the leader in myself. You are a fiery and incredible role model, that which I respect and honor in many ways. Hail Lilith, hail yourself.

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Love and beauty can influence war in many profound ways. I see you, Aphrodite Areia

Aphrodite is a War Goddess

Many don’t know this. It’s something I didn’t even know until my friend had told me. It’s not uncommon for deities to have several purposes and roles that seem unrelated. Like say a god of storms also being a god of pretty little flowers. However, throughout the god’s lore, you only ever seem him throwing lightning, so the flower aspect is forgotten, lost to time, or purposefully left out to fit someone’s (or a certain culture’s) perspective of the god. In my opinion, this is why it is not as well known that Aphrodite is a war goddess.

The cult epithet used to describe Aphrodite’s war side is Aphrodite Areia (or “Warlike Aphrodite”). There were cults dedicated to Aphrodite Areia in ancient Greece, the earliest of which stemmed in Sparta, Cyprus, and Kythira. In Sparta especially, Aphrodite Areia was worshipped.

So what exactly are these war aspects of Aphrodite? What did she do? Being born from the sea, naturally, she is a goddess of the sea and seafaring. Aphrodite Areia was deemed the female version of Ares by some. Women who took up arms and defended themselves were associated with warlike Aphrodite.

In the Iliad, the opposite image of this is shown when Aphrodite’s wrist is wounded and she’s proven incompetent for battle. However, this a lonian interpretation of Aphrodite used to maintain her portrayal and role as a goddess of love and beauty (among other things).

Notably, her warlike aspect most likely stemmed from Astarte, Ishtar, and Inanna—goddesses from who Aphrodite were derived from. These goddess had warlike associations with them, and when the cults of these goddess arrived in Sparta, Aphrodite Areia came to be and was worshipped.

Eventually, these warlike aspects were “dropped” from Aphrodite in favor of Athena and Ares as war figures. Even though war is not something many people associate with Aphrodite, it is still important to acknowledge this aspect of her and honor as the war goddess she is.

Many women (and men) find solace in Aphrodite, and like myself, also find strength. Aphrodite represents womanhood, and all that that has to do with being a woman. Women are strong. Women are powerful. Women fight and go to war. Women have battles of their own mentally, emotionally, and physically. From my perspective, it makes perfect sense for a deity like Aphrodite to also be a war goddess.

Aphrodite is strong—unfathomably so. She was forced to marry a man she didn’t love, only to face public humiliation from him. She has grieved many times. She’s constantly represented as ditsy and jealous, and undermined in both ancient and modern portrayals. She’s older than any other Olympian deity but she’s hardly shown the respect she deserves. Yet she’s survived so much. She is strong for herself, and she is strong for us. She fights on. She’s a war goddess and deserves the honor.

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Heheheheehe

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If we work together as a community, steal the small things (from big corporations), and only buy the big things.. then perhaps we could start to do more than just survive in this world.

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I would like to mix pretty alcoholic drinks with another witchy girl 🙏🏻

They are in all reality.. potions. As are teas, soups, any drink really..

me n one of the tumblr girlies

2girls1bottl3

& yes we know, don’t pour salt outdoors

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I have so many thoughts that if I began to try to explain them to you I would be dragged into a never ending cycle of subconsciously describing every detail of my perception and then inevitably subsequently I will trail off into several other topics and forget the original goal of my communication-

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Tempting 🙂‍↕️