Tag: religion tag

epicene-street-light:

when i was 6 and looking like some kind of little girl from a victorian painting i had to sing “angels we have heard on high” a cappella during christmas office, hidden behind the altar, and of course i was wearing a long white dress… then when the hymn was finished and i went to sit back with my parents the whole church literally gasped and an old lady shouted “not only does she sing like an angel but she does look like one, too!” and several people literally grabbed me and another lady told me that i was a true “godsent messenger” so…….. im actually AAAC (Assigned Angel At Church)

in a surprising turn of events, tho, those very people exorcized me the year after this & now im a godless raging dyke so really, god gave up on me after 2004 christmas

Historically Accurate Offerings to the Theoi

hellenismossuggestion:

Zeus

  • Oak
  • Carnations
  • Olive branches
  • Styrax incense
  • Eagle, bull, swan images

Hera

  • Lilies
  • Peacock feathers or images
  • Pomegranate
  • Incenses
  • Cuckoo images

Athena

  • Olive branch/oil/fruit
  • Weavings
  • Myrrh incense
  • Perfume
  • Owl images

Apollon

  • Laurel
  • Red roses, sunflowers
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Palm tree
  • Raven, swan, wolf, mouse, dolphin images

Artemis

  • Cedar, palm and cypress trees
  • Tokens of deer
  • Jasmine
  • Myrtle, white flowers
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Amaranthus
  • Peanut
  • Wormwood
  • Deer, dog, bear, partidge, quail images

Hestia

  • Incenses
  • Chaste-tree
  • Pig images

Poseidon

  • Sea anemone
  • Myrrh incense
  • Pine
  • Bull, dolphin, horse images

Dionysos

  • Ivy
  • Grape vine
  • Pine
  • Styrax incense
  • Leopard, panther, donkey, bull images

Hermes

  • Tongue-shaped tokens
  • Rosemary, saffron
  • Almond tree and pine tree
  • Frankincense and styrax incense
  • Mint (for Kthonios epithet)
  • Cow, ram, hawk, turtle, hare images
  • Wild strawberry (purslane)

Ares

  • Bronze weapons
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Swan, vulture, dragon/poisonous snake, owl images

Aphrodite

  • Roses, myrtle, anemone (poppy)
  • Quince
  • Apple, pomegranate

  • Perfumes and fragrances as incense
  • Dove, goose, sparrow, turtle images

Hephaistos

  • Daisies
  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Donkey, dog, crane images

Asklepios

  • Frankincense (manna) incense
  • Bread
  • Serpent, dog, goose, rooster images

Pan

  • Pine, beech trees
  • Fern
  • Wild flowers

  • Herbs burnt as incense and the smell of perfumes

  • Reeds
  • Goat, turtle images

Demeter

  • Poppy
  • Tokens of pigs
  • Styrax incense
  • Mint (for Kthonia epithet)
  • Wheat
  • Dove, bee, pig images

Persephone

  • Asphodel
  • Wheat

Hades

  • Pitchfork
  • Pomegranate
  • Daffodil
  • Styrax incense
  • Dried laurel leaves
  • Poplar, cypress trees
  • Mint
  • Daffodil

Hekate

  • Saffron
  • Rosemary
  • Garlic
  • Red Mullet
  • Amphiphon (candy)
  • Styrax incense
  • Dry laurel leaves
  • Oak
  • Ferret, dog, bull, lioness images

Source: LABRYS’ Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship and Theoi.com

boatiechat:

frislander:

moghedien:

Apollo: Sister, what are you the goddess of?

Artemis: *lounging by a spring on piles of deerskin surrounded by three dozen naked girls with a dead pan expression* Virginity.

“Heracles, they’re lesbians”.

Note that the concept of “virginity” in Ancient times merely meant “unmarried”, and had nothing to do with sexual activity. Some priestesses were “virgins” because they chose (or were committed to) a life of worship, but it was merely a question of social status, not of personal choice or practice. Of course, one can suppose that this lifestyle would be rather attractive for lesbians.

So when Artemis is said to be the Goddess of Virgins, it is meant to be understood as “Goddess of Unmarried Women”, or, quite possibly literally, of lesbians. 

(It’s only Christianity that reframed the concept of virginity to mean “never had sex”. Many ancient religions has “Virgin goddesses”, which symbolized feminine power, and in this case too it meant “untied to a man”, or “whole for herself”)

strongorcbutch:

One of the fuckin greatest bamboozlements of Christianity is it has every white person convinced that every spirituality is just Christianity with the names swapped round. Even white atheists who used to be Christians think like this. 

thebuttkingpost:

Greek mythology: aren’t the god great they only sexually harassed my wife and turned one of my children into a stag beetle this week

Norse mythology: dînghïr œne nüt got his name when he killed a lizard the size of every mountain in the world without Odin’s permission so Odin thought it would be funny to punish him by making him fart so hard one of his nuts flew off