These I Give

E-alter dedicated to the Great God Pan and beloved Dionysus Bacchus. NSFW (for all self-pleasure belongs to Pan)

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@jaxallen #nsfw

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Pan by Lala Berekai

Source:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/R31zoO

[tamerlaine]

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Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wine and the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.

-Euripides

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It is He, most magnificent

terribly beautiful god

who has my teeth shaking

in my skull

my tongue swollen

in dread

desire lashes my limbs

It is They, fawn-skin clad

thyrsos, honey-dipped

thrust from the mountain top

into the gathering storm

who has my blood

stealing my breath

It is She, horned and wondrous

stampeding with her maenads

down through the forest

on islands and in cities

and we have left all work

all labour for the drunken poetry

of this communion

IO IO IO Eleutherios!

Iakkhe! Iakkhe!

Bakkhos! Bassareus! Bromios! Agrios!

Lover of Trees! Slayer of Goats! The Goat Himself!

Initiator! Healer! Thrice-Born! Twice-Born! Many-Formed!

Ripped from our throats

our cries are conjured

Just as Medea once tore

the throats from serpents

and brought the moon

from the very sky

turned the rivers back

to their sources

and moved boulders and mountains

with her spells

so does Our Lord

disturb the insidious silence

of the peace of empire

and rally us all

to the harpy flooded forest!

to the satyr crowded orgy!

to the dark and lonely room

alone with their madness

i am

in the stark presence

of the God Who Comes

there is only the terrific

reminder of how alive i really am

will i go to life?

will i go?

IO. IO. IO Evohe.

-Fio Aengus Santika

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Pan

by Joe Phillips

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The CUTEST wild cat ever!

Luna was born in a traveling zoo, where her mother refused to feed her, so zoo employees asked Victoria to take her home & provide the cub w

Dionysus be praised! Look at those big beautiful eyes!! 😍

[olymposhiraeth]

The Goddess Ariadne, Goddess of the Labyrinth, Vegetation, Mazes, Paths, Fertility, Wine, Labyrinths, Snakes and Passion.

Ariadne is Depicted as a young maiden, dressed in traditional Mycenaean clothing for women. Her hands were shown holding snake and upon her head sat a crown with what appears to be a lion on top. In other artwork she is shown to be sad as she lays on the beach side after being abandoned there by the hero Theseus.

The symbols associated with Ariadne are bulls, lions, snakes, thread and labyrinth. Bulls, lions and snake also act as the sacred animals of Ariadne. The Roman equivalents to this can fall under two names, Libera and Ariana.

Ariadnes personality is that of a sweet and caring maiden; giving help to those she feels need it. She is adventurous and free spirited.

Some believe her name is nothing but an epithet, along side “Mistress of the labyrinth”. Ariadnes worship would including things such as: Ritual dancing, going into ecstasy like trances and action wild.

Ariadne is the daughter of king Minos, son of The god Zeus and the mortal Europa. Her mother was the nymph, Pasiphaë, Daughter of the Titan Helios and the nymph, Perse. Ariadne’s aunt was the nymph, Circe, famous as the witch from the Odyssey.

Ariadne was the sister of Acacallis, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Xenodice, Catreus, and the Minotaur.

Ariadne fell in love with the hero Theseus when he was sent into the labyrinth as a sacrifice to the Minotaur. Ariadne was the key holder for the labyrinth, and before he could be sacrificed, came up with a plan to save him and kill the beast. Ariadne gave Theseus a string attached to a ball, this was so Theseus could find his way out of the labyrinth. After slaying the Minotaur, Theseus and Ariadne left the island of Crete. They found a ship and sailed to an island for rest. When Ariadne woke up from her sleep, Theseus and his crew were gone, leaving her alone on a beach. Ariadne cried and the god Dionysos found the maiden and fell deeply in love with her. Dionysos took Ariadne to Olympos to be married and fed her the food of the gods, Ambrosia. She then became a goddess.

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{photographer&subject unknown sry*}

[6lacksoul]

[justcallmesatanstrashcan]

[spirits-child]

Types of Theoi

Good morning pals! (or whatever hour is there) So, i saw this post that is basically everything a baby hellenic polytheist should know and now im just going to do part of the research for you- But please remember we should all do our own research so read and research. (Also feel free to correct me if I did any mistake)

Primordial gods (Protogenoi) The first born gods and goddesses who were formed by fabric and components of the universe. 

Some examples: Uranus, Gaia, Pontus, Ourea 

Olympian gods  Gods who reside or that are associated with Mount Olympos

Some examples: Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares

Chthonian gods (Theoi Khthonioi) Gods of the Underworld and Earth

Some examples: Nyx, Thanatos, Hades, Persephone, Hekate

Titan Gods Pretty self explanatory 

Some examples: Themis, Prometheus, Atlas, Rhea, Tethys

Sky Gods (Theoi Ouranioi/ Meteoroi)

Some examples: Helios, Eos, Anemoi, Hesperides 

Sea gods (Theoi Halioi/Einalioi)

Some examples: Amphitrite, Thetis, Aphrodite, Galatea

Rustic gods (Theoi Nomioi)  Gods of the countryside, the pastures and wild forests

Some examples: Artemis, Ariadne, Dionysus, Pan

Agrarian gods (Theoi Georgikoi/Khthonioi) Gods of the agriculture

Some examples: Demeter, Dionysus, Horae, Persephone, 

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Trying out the design for Dionysos’ wedding garb, for my next comic Anthesteria. Looks pretty good.

[mother-of-all-monsters]

IS DIO GETTING MARRIED IN THE NEXT ONE? OH I’M SO EXCITED <3 HE LOOKS SO SEXY!

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Well, sort of. He goes through a wedding ritual every year during the Anthesteria, so it’s more like he’s celebrating an anniversary.

Thanks! This comic is supposed, at least partly, to have a slightly erotic theme. But we’ll see how well I succeed with that… ^^

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Let’s party.

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“Scholars have puzzled over the question of how all of these elements - the honoring of Dionysus, the celebration of new life and the appeasement of the dead - came together to create the festival complex known as the Anthesteria, and what ideas, cumulatively, it articulated. The fact that from at least the late Archaic period Dionysus was a god associated with mysteries and thereby with the world of the dead is surely of relevance, but there is a broader reason at work as well.

In Greece and elsewhere, the dead, and especially the unhappy dead, were assumed to be envious of those who were still enjoying life: thus, success and joy were often accompanied by a heightened awareness of possible misfortune and the jealous spirits who brought it. As Plato put it, ‘kēres cling to most of the good things of life.’

Given this attitude, the Greeks would have assumed that the dead were particularly likely to burst forth from the Underworld and attack them at that time of year when the living were celebrating renewal and abundance. A ritual complex that simultaneously rejoiced in the new vintage, the growth of flowers, and the health of the young even as it appeased and then exorcised the envious, restless dead, makes sense, then.”

Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece by Sarah Iles Johnston.

… I think this festival is so fascinating. My next comic will probably take place during the Anthesteria.

[wheredionysosdwells]

Who created these images?? I love these (and the one that features a woman dancing with skeletons that reads “Happy Anthesteria! Normalcy Ends Here”) but don’t know who to thank.

[tana-the-dreamchaser]